Letter 1104: When I'm vouching for a friend to someone who already trusts me, I keep things brief.
When I'm vouching for a friend to someone who already trusts me, I keep things brief. Elaborate speeches are beside the point when the relationship does the work.
So here is my honest, unadorned assessment of my friend Ponticianus: I wouldn't be handing him over to you if I hadn't judged him worthy of our shared bond. His character is an open book, his life a public record [Text breaks off in source.]
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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