Letter 6015: The fortunes of our shared homeland have been reduced to such dire straits that the worst must be avoided.
The fortunes of our shared homeland have been reduced to such dire straits that the worst must be avoided. I want to send your brother back to you immediately. Please provide him with pack animals so that his haste can be properly supported. As for my daughter, she must not be subjected to the hardship of travel, as I wrote before -- after her recent serious illness, her health needs rest and quiet to recover. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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