Letter 8028: What return of correspondence I have earned from you, you alone can measure.

Ennodius of PaviaBeatus, Chancellor|c. 516 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
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From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Beatus
Date: ~516 AD
Context: A letter pressing for reciprocity in correspondence.

Ennodius to Beatus.

What return of correspondence I have earned from you, you alone can measure. But I will say this: the balance sheet is heavily in my favor, and the debt grows with every unanswered letter.

Pay something on account. Even a few words would shift the balance. Farewell.

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

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