Letter 9023: I ask that, having been admitted into your clientele, he may be glad both that my patronage has been of use to him...
praeteritam F^ cicatridem doloris praeteriti F^ 4 dej FF, om. [II) Nemesii] (/f), om. F
honoratissima F^ facnnda F^ 5 nunc F^ 6 iu manu trado uel reddo F^ de utroque
placere F^ roeorum F^ 7 eius ac litterarum om. F^ iiisi om. F^ 1 m, 8 uale add. F^»^
11 de] Pareuay om, [11) 13 non] lureius^ nuuo (//) 14 qua in re Leethu fautor
*»««««»«»«« liberis] (i7), fautor «««»»«*«»««beri8 {F) 17 nunc] luretuSf nec (//) 18 audieris] lurelut,
adiuueris {II)
23 receptam petitionem] /*, recepta est (//)
27 Quintiliano] (//], otn. F 28 approbatisque (//), et probatisque F3, ac probatis (r)Fi, atque
probatis F* 29 Asellus] F^, -a- F^, AsseUus (//), ansellus F^
LIBER Vrai. 253
stris militiae stipendia sine offensione confecerit , quaeso , ut admissus in clientelam IIF
tuam et meum sibi patrocinium profuisse et tuum accessisse laetetur.
LVni (LV).
AD CAECILIANVM. /T
& Intervenire pro iustis debitis non recuso; malitiae est euim repudiare locum gra-
tiae in his, Formianis ad egestatis levamen certum ex Africa olei
modum decrevit antiquitas. poscunt a te morem longa aetate servatum, cui debet
adicere celeritatem praestantis bumanitas.
LVim (LVI).
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