Letter 3019: Thanks be to God, who, in keeping with my desires, makes my correspondence purposeful rather than idle, so that the...

Ennodius of PaviaFaustus of Riez|c. 508 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
illnessslavery captivity

Ennodius to Faustus.

Thanks be to God, who, in keeping with my desires, makes my correspondence purposeful rather than idle, so that the demands of love can serve practical ends as well. And so, my lord, while reporting on my health, I believe I have found your runaway slave — a boy named Germanus, who disappeared three years ago. I have sent a description. If he is truly yours, let me know promptly what steps to take.

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Latin / Greek Original

XVIIII. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.

Deo gratias, qui iuxta desideria mea, ne aliquando ab scriptione
temperem, negotiosa facit esse conloquia: potest enim
et utilitati prodesse quod exigit uis amoris. proinde, domine,
indicia meae. ualitudinis faciens fugacem puerum uestrum
Germanum uocabulo, qui ante triennium lapsus est, me suspicor
inuenisse, de quo indiculum destinaui: qui si uere uester
est, mature sequenda cognoscam.

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