Letter 3029: Your long-desired letter finally arrived with my servant's belated return, and it brought me very welcome news of...
Your long-desired letter finally arrived with my servant's belated return, and it brought me very welcome news of your health. If only the ease of finding a courier matched the frequency I'd like to write.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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