Letter 2080: Our brother Andromachus possesses all the good arts, but above all others, faithfulness.

Our brother Andromachus possesses all the good accomplishments as his familiars, but above the rest his loyalty, by which, well proved in my eyes, he desires also to earn the favor of your judgment. And so, while he seeks you out, he has set upon a journey burdensome to the weak, forgetful of his own frailty. This above all was for him a source of strength, since the mind, as it generally does, is wont to lighten sickness by hope and joy. You perceive, therefore, with how ready and open a bosom of friendship he ought to be received, who has set his longing for you above his own health. What need of more words? He would have to be sought out by you, were he not following you of his own accord. Therefore stretch out a devoted hand to him as he hastens to you, so that he who has come to know you as his superior in virtues may feel himself your equal in shared fellowship.