Letter 1068: Full of hope since you announced your forthcoming visit, I'm putting the spur to those already hurrying, and I ask...
Full of hope since you announced your forthcoming visit, I'm putting the spur to those already hurrying, and I ask your help in this: urge forward as champion what others have already set in motion. My memory of your kindness will stand forever, and it won't stay silent — provided you see to the tasks my brothers have delegated. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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