Letter 7019: Item ad Flavum et Euodium

To Flavus and Euodius How well it suits those whom one father raised together — if at the same time one heart holds them both! Flavus and Euodius, born from the same flesh — our flesh [Fortunatus speaking as a spiritual brother] covers them both with one love. In seeing one, the other is seen by me; the image of the brother has given the brother's appearance. From the face of the one the face of the second is known to me — as a reflected form shows its like in a mirror. So, giving equal greetings with equal prayers, I will be a third and alternate between you both: wishing that those whom one dear embrace holds together — three loves as one — let also this page bind us together.

XIX Item ad Flavum et Euodium Quam bene conveniunt genitor quos sustulit unus, si simul hos unum pectus utrosque tenet! visceribus hisdem genitos Flavum Euodiumque prorsus amore uno viscera nostra tegunt. alter in alterius mihi visu visus habetur, et fratris speciem fratris imago dedit. unius ex facie facies mihi nota secundi: sic speculo similem forma repressa refert. ergo pari voto paribus dans vota salutis ambos inter ego tertius alter ero: hoc cupiens, ut quos caris amplexibus idem tres amor unus habet, nos quoque Charta liget.