Letter 5031: I love your letters — they always bring me some good news.
I love your letters — they always bring me some good news. I, on the other hand, answer your kindnesses with nothing but words. But knowing you, you count these as equally valuable, and so I diligently keep up this work that I know you value highly.
Meanwhile, I've written a letter of thanks to our lord and emperor for his generosity toward me — modest in words perhaps, but rich in heartfelt gratitude. If your steadfast friendship and proven loyalty can present it at a favorable moment, I won't seem ungrateful. The unconquered emperor will see, as I hope, that his kindness was bestowed on a man who remembers it.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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