Letter 6025: Your Greatness knows what devotion I bear you.

From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia To: Faustus Date: ~514 AD Context: A letter noting that Faustus already knows how devoted Ennodius is — the letter is merely a confirmation. Ennodius to Faustus. Your Greatness knows what devotion I bear you. This letter adds nothing to your knowledge — it merely confirms what experience has already taught you. But confirmation, even when unnecessary, is the duty of friendship, and I discharge it gladly. Farewell.

XXV. ENNODIVS FAVSTO. Scit magnitudo uestra quo me honorent praeiudicio studiorum liberalium sectatores tamquam rem sibi debitam commendationis meae scripta poscentes. in usu est uos beneficia, me uerba conferre et magnitudinem rerum desiderium uincere postulantis. si ab his muniis temperem, saluo munerum uestrorum genio, ego uotum beniuoli non habebo. perlator praesentium 1 iutus LTV, iustus Bb, adiutus Sirm., iussus coni. Schottus XXIIII. 4 arcotamie T 5 affectionis ius LTV 6 prolexitate B 7 nectet Bb 9 nesciuntur LTV 10 cUusa L (a eras.) 12 uendicant B (eorr. rec. ?) Tb 14 prcBtitit B 16 portitor] potior Bb benificii B . XXV. 21 honerent B sed onorent s. I. m. rec- B, onerent b 22 sectatoris B 23 ustun BlLTlV 24 magnitudine BTb , rerumJ tiestram fort . 25 Balua Bx (ut uidetur) b 26 beniuoli B* LTV v/non B habeo Tlb 11* Pertinax teste apud uos natalium suorum pudore uulgabitur, qui in adstipulatione stemmatis usurus est bono uerecundiae, per quem indiciis ualitudinis meae pro uestro desiderio factis precor, ut fiduciae suae fructum capiat ex dignationis uestrae messe locupletem, et quotiens uotiuus conmeantum cursus accesserit, ad subleuandum me quas in amoris solacio accipitis paginas destinate.