7 surviving letters between Naucellius and Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, spanning 370-379 AD.
This letter's text is heavily interspersed with critical apparatus notes.
You want longer letters from me.
I count it a personal credit that you've announced your long-desired return.
You will perhaps accuse me of an excessively long silence.
The person who brings you this letter is known to me in the way that one knows people whose family one has done...
You possess such an abundance of eloquence that you earn pardon for your previous silence through the excellence of...
You're quite comfortable, I see, neglecting to write back — you know this kind of offense will go unpunished.