Letter 4019: You complain of both my delays and my silence.
Sidonius Apollinaris→Florentinus and others (multiple letters)|c. 467 AD|Sidonius Apollinaris
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Sidonius to his friend Florentinus.
You complain of both my delays and my silence. Both can be excused: for here I am — and here I write. Farewell.
EPISTULA XIX
Sidonius Florentino suo salutem.
1. Et moras nostras et silentium accusas. utrumque purgabile est; namque et venimus et scribimus. vale.
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Sidonius to his friend Florentinus.
You complain of both my delays and my silence. Both can be excused: for here I am — and here I write. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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