Letter 8014: I wish I could report that my son's illness has passed.
Vellem sedatam filii mei aegritudinem nuntiare, sed nihil prosunt figmenta solli-
citis. audeo tamen sperare meliora. inminutio enim febrium deo auctore ad fidu- 25
ciam sanitatis coepit accedere. tuae pro nobis sollicitudini gratias ago et caelestem
conprecor potestatem, ut tuo circa amicos animo prosperorum omnium vicissitudo re-
spondeat. vale.
XXXXVUI (XXXXVU).
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