Letter 6030: Opportunities to send you greetings must be sought out when they're scarce and seized when they appear -- especially...
Opportunities to send you greetings must be sought out when they're scarce and seized when they appear -- especially at a time when I'm worried about my daughter's health, which I believe has been further weakened by fasting. Put my fears to rest with news that she's improving.
My own step is still unsteady, but if a reply brings good news about you, my body's complaints will immediately ease. I should also mention that a legal summons drove Martinianus away. Such terror was struck into him over his long-delayed departure for Gaul that he had to leave ahead of schedule.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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