Letter 1060: You've given me great comfort in my grief.
You've given me great comfort in my grief. As the news has already reached you: I was wounded by my brother's death and have been torn apart by unbroken anguish. Still, it brought me no small relief to learn that you are well and thriving, in accordance with our shared hopes.
All that remains is for you to keep up this kind of attention — you can see that it serves as a kind of medicine for my sorrow and misfortune. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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