Letter 8014: I wish I could report that my son's illness has passed.
I wish I could report that my son's illness has passed. But there's no point in making up stories for worried hearts. I do dare hope for better. The fevers have begun, with God's help, to diminish, and the prospect of recovery is starting to take shape.
I'm grateful for your concern on our behalf, and I pray to the heavenly powers that your caring heart may be repaid with every kind of good fortune. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
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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