Letter 3027: I do not know whether Your Greatness is pleased or displeased with me, and the uncertainty is worse than either outcome.
To Avienus, from Ennodius.
I do not know whether Your Greatness is pleased or displeased with me, and the uncertainty is worse than either outcome. Displeasure I could address; pleasure I could enjoy. But this limbo offers neither remedy nor reward.
End my suspense with a letter. Tell me where I stand. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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