Letter 5019: Ad Aredium abbatem
XIX
Ad Aredium abbatem
Opto, benigne pater, verbo tibi ferre salutem,
si minus hinc oculo cernere te valeo.
est etenim vestri tantus mihi cultus honoris,
ut pro me occurrat hinc tibi missus apex.
quaeso, beate, tamen per dulcia pabula Christi:
me quoque commemores, cum dabis ore preces.
munera credo dei tribui mihi, pastor Aredi,
si Fortunati sis memor, alme, tui.
pro me etiam sanctam genetricem, care, salutans,
cum redit iste puer, redde loquentis opem.
vos itidem genitae propriae, pater ample, salutant,
Agnes amore pio cum Radegunde simul.
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