Letter 1528: What you will often leave to your enemies against your will — give it willingly now.
Another form of almsgiving is practiced. For he who, even unwilling, has often been drawn by love...
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Latin / Greek Original
Αὐα εἰοεπιυενπαηε ἐοτίαἴμγ. .--- δῶρ. δρίδι. εἰ . θυξ γ6] ποϊθπβ ἐπί πιὶςὶβ βθροπυμιεγο το φθογίβ, Β ἄα πυης νο]θΠ8, δἰηπ6 ποορϑϑιίδίο βοθΟΥΪβ ΔῸ Υἱῦ- (υἱἷς διυάΐαπι οἰῖοα,, πὸ πο ροηϊοηἀδ ἀθρίογοβ, ρεροδ)ϊθης5 ἰῃ υἱίϑιη : (6ΓΏΔΠ , Ο0η56- ᾳυλνῖβ σφ υ . ΟΧΙΥ. -- ΤΠΕΟΡΗ͂ΙΟ. Ἃ καὶ ἄχων πολλάχις ἐχθροῖς καταλείψεις, ἑχὼν δός" καὶ τὴν ἀνάγχην ποίησον φιλοτιμίαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀμεταμέλητα θρηνήσειας - ἀλλὰ προπέμψας αὑτὰ εἰς τὸν ἀγήρω αἰῶνα, ἕξεις χρησιμδύοντα.
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