Letter 7023: Ad Paternum
XXIII
Ad Paternum
Nominis auspicio fulgent tua facta, Paterne,
munere qui proprio te facis esse patrem.
servitii nostri non inmemor omnia praestas
et tibi devotis das pia vota libens.
ut bona distribuas modo qui tam promptus haberis,
unde magis praestes amplificentur opes.
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