Letter 10024: When the most learned Peter arrived, the love of Your Serenity so filled me that I felt I was seeing you in person,...
When the most learned Peter arrived, the love of Your Serenity so filled me that I felt I was seeing you in person, having received such gracious conversation on your behalf. Who would not respond with the highest reverence to such affability, when even before your words of favor, everyone rightly owes you the tribute of their commendation?
Therefore, through the venerable [name], the ambassador my lord husband has sent specifically to you, I have taken care to dispatch these greetings — so that your Serenity's returning word may bring us joy about your wished-for health and make us rejoice in the assurance of your most steadfast favor. Through such exchange, both the proper order of affairs is well arranged and our affection for your tranquility doubles and grows. Let us then receive the blessings of your spirit, for this is truly the royal way — to live gloriously in the love of all.
I have entrusted certain matters to be conveyed to you verbally through the bearer of this letter. In your natural gentleness, please receive them willingly and, with God's help, act on them effectively.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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