Letter 5010: The bearer will deliver to you a gift that our friendship has long promised.
The bearer will deliver to you a gift that our friendship has long promised. I ask only that you receive it in the spirit in which it was sent — as a token of lasting regard between us. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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