Letter 8001: I believe I've beaten the news to you — the report that you've been relieved not only of the honor but also of its...
Praevenisse me arbitror famam, quae te absolutum non modo honoris verum etiam
curarum fasce vulgavit. si ita est, ero tibi nunc confirmator boni olim desiderati.
mea cum filio sanitas ope divinitatis in solido est ; tibi ut salus valida et reditus felix 5
secundet, tam nostra vota quam tua merita praestabunt.
Xim a. 400.
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