Letter 9012: Other letters of mine have been chasing you across Spain -- I had assumed you were living there because of the...
Requirunt te per Hispanias aliae litterae meae; illic enim te degere ob rei fa-
miliaris amplitudinem duxeram. postquam te in avitis penatibus otiari constantior
fides adtulit, egi huic errori gratias, qui mibi praestitit, ut te rursus adloquerer. et *
tamen ista geminatio, quamvis satisfacere animo tuo debeat, nondum meo sufGcit;
vellem quippe ita continue honorare amicitiam tuam litteris, ut mente iugiter colere
r 2 numquam dissimulaverim. | subiungo postulatum. iampridem commendata sensibus
tuis praetoria filii mei, si fors dictum iuvet, instat editio. ea nos admonet, ut qua-
drigas nobiles in certamen quae posset ex multorum gregibus edecumare me- lo
liores. non obsit securitati meae, quod Hispanias longinqua sede Twu/asti; admotos a
me equorum coemptioni tantum litteris iuva. valebit pro nobis, ut spero, apud ami-
cos curae tuae delegatio.
xxnn (XXH) a. 399.
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I reap annual harvests of joy from your letters -- this is the return, these are the riches that Spain pays me.
I take great pleasure whenever I receive one of your letters.
Accept, then, letters from both of us on behalf of a single matter -- the one asking, the other demanding.
Are you then forgetful of us?
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