Letter 4030: Generously, as is your way, you sent an attendant to assist our return journey.
Generously, as is your way, you sent an attendant to assist our return journey. I dismissed him at the heights of the Apennines, adding this letter so that I might repay with words the favor I can't match in deeds.
The rest of the road, with God's grace, I hope to complete without hardship. The final miles are always easier when the destination is in sight.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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