Letter 4016: A reply would rightly be owed to multiple previous letters.

Ennodius of PaviaAgapitus|c. 506 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
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From: Ennodius, deacon and literary figure in Pavia
To: Agapitus
Date: ~505 AD
Context: A letter pressing for a reply to multiple previous communications — Ennodius is nothing if not persistent in his demands for correspondence.

Ennodius to Agapitus.

A reply would rightly be owed to multiple previous letters. I have written; you have not answered. The silence is becoming difficult to explain in any way that does not reflect badly on one of us — and since I know my own intentions are good, the question remains on your side.

I do not accuse; I inquire. Write to me, and let us put this interval behind us. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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