Letter 7024: Our common son Marcellus demands of me the admonition that his progress requires.
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From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Stephen
Date: ~513 AD
Context: A letter prompted by the need to advise a shared godson or spiritual charge named Marcellus.
Ennodius to Stephen.
Our common son Marcellus demands of me the admonition that his progress requires. I write at his prompting and for his benefit, trusting that your guidance will complement mine. Between the two of us, the young man should lack for nothing in the way of counsel. Farewell.
XXIIII. ENNODIVS STEPHANO.
.Exigit a me filii communis Marcelli adhortatio, quem natura
uobis, mihi dedit affectus, ut ad scriptionis munia praeuius
adspirarem et solacium litterarum, per quod uetustas uoluit
absentiae nil licere, amore uictus inpenderem. iam debes mihi
duplicem gratiam, etsi responsa restitueris, ob hoc quod primus
2 laetitia B 8 indirex T 6 responde] finit add. B exp .
tn. rec .
XXIII. Epistulas 23-29 om. LTV 8 maximo] uersus add. B
ap. m. rec . 12 inoombat B discendit B 14 dedicisgis
B 15 et] et adhuc B ted adhuc deletum et addidi, om. Bb
16 quae B, qui b 18 gattnlis B 20 diliciis B
XXIIII. 25 literarum b nolnit B (m. rlC.) b, nolnet B
incepi. ille dilectionis ianuam pandit, qui in conloquiis praestat
exemplum:. propositam custodiunt formulam qui scripta restituunt.
ergo auctore deo nuntiam prosperitatis nostrae epistolam
destinamus. illud ad gaudium uestrum, quo uestrum paterna
mens exultet, adiungimus, filium uestrum in studiis liberalibus
ingenuitatis testimonium iam tenere et talem se in hac cura
praestare, ut auara suorum uota transcendat. spes perfectionis
est honesta in adulescente inchoatio, nec ab erudito distat qui
inter exordia boni gloriam occupat instituti. salutans ergo
adfectione qua debeo spero, ut reparata opportunitate de bono
me faciat uestrae prosperitatis adtolli.
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From:Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To:Stephen
Date:~513 AD
Context:A letter prompted by the need to advise a shared godson or spiritual charge named Marcellus.
Ennodius to Stephen.
Our common son Marcellus demands of me the admonition that his progress requires. I write at his prompting and for his benefit, trusting that your guidance will complement mine. Between the two of us, the young man should lack for nothing in the way of counsel. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.