Letter 6008: Your letter was delivered while I was at the seventh milestone along the Via Ostiensis, and I immediately arranged...
Your letter was delivered while I was at the seventh milestone along the Via Ostiensis, and I immediately arranged through the distinguished vicarius to have the official documents produced at my request. But your servant left the city without consulting me — slaves being all too familiar with that kind of insolence. Whether you let it go unpunished is your decision. Meanwhile, he reported that my daughter's illness has returned. That news struck deep into my heart, and my anxiety won't ease until I receive written assurance of her recovery. Please, I beg you, send relief for my fears as quickly as possible. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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