Letter 6024: I should have held off writing, since my distinguished son Decius is heading your way and will tell you far more...
I should have held off writing, since my distinguished son Decius is heading your way and will tell you far more about our affairs than any page could contain. But I couldn't resist adding my pen to the pleasure his brotherly visit will bring you. So I pay your household the honor of a greeting, hoping the anticipation of my own arrival may be eased by this written token. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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