Letter 9018: I have no doubt that you care about men of quality -- for your own character must take pleasure in the company of...
I have no doubt that you care about men of quality -- for your own character must take pleasure in the company of kindred spirits. If you have any regard for me, I ask you to embrace the friendship of my lord and son Flavianus, whom I commend to you not merely on the faith of his father but as a witness myself. You will find in him a mind worthy of your love and deserving of a better fortune -- though the magnitude of the imperial favor has already met his misfortunes, and a summons to court has been added to crown his relief. It is only right, therefore, that a man whom imperial patronage has noticed should not be abandoned by your friendship. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
XXXXVn (XXXXmi) a. 398.
nF Bonorum virorum curam tibi esse non ambigo; mores enim tuos necesse est si-
railium [virorura] coniunctione gaudere. si quid igitur mihi tribuis, amplectere, quaeso s
te, amicitias domini et filii mei Flaviani, quem non solum parentis verum etiam
testis fidelitate commendo. reperies in eo mentem dignam amore tuo et meliore fortuna,
licet sacri beneficii magnitudo casibus eius occurrerit et ad cumulum lenitatis adiecta
sit evocatio. unde aequum est , ut quem respicit imperiale suffragium , familiaritas
vestra non deserat. vale. 10
xxxxvin (xxxxv).
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