Letter 6071: Although I hope, God willing, that we'll be seeing each other face to face very soon, I still couldn't let any time...
Although I hope, God willing, that we'll be seeing each other face to face very soon, I still couldn't let any time pass without the proper courtesies between family. So accept this advance greeting, which I'm still committing to the page as a token of good omen -- but which I'll deliver in person before long. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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