Letter 7007: Our trip abroad has been extended by a few extra days, since the rains have postponed the games.
Our trip abroad has been extended by a few extra days, since the rains have postponed the games. But I want you to bear this delay calmly, secure in the knowledge that I'm well, and to soothe with steady writing the longing for you that only grows stronger with each day's wait. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Accessit peregrinationi nostrae largior dies ex conperendinatione ludorum, quos
pluviarum interventus retardat. sed volo, ut hanc dilationem salutis meae certus le- 20
niter feras et desiderium tui, quod apud me crescit ex mora, stili adsidnitate so-
leris. vale.
VIII a. 400.
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