Letter 3058: I don't mind writing to Your Excellency often, even though I've received nothing in return.
I don't mind writing to Your Excellency often, even though I've received nothing in return. I answer for you myself: amid the cares of military life, there's no room for leisurely correspondence. I just hope my steady stream of greetings doesn't start to feel like an intrusion.
I'd almost consider it a favor returned if I simply knew that what I write doesn't bore you.
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Latin / Greek Original
LXX ante a. 399.
Saepe adloqui praestantiam tuam non piget, quamvis nihil invicem sermonis ac-
cepi. ipse enira mihi pro te sponte respondeo, quod inter castrenses curas locum
ofGcia otiosa non habeant. atque utinam tibi adsiduitas adfatuum meorum non videa- &
tur obstrepere! prope est, ut referri mihi litterarum gratiam putem, si sciam, quae
scribo, non adferre fastidium.
LXXI ante a. 399.
AD TIMASIVM.
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