Letter 7012: The news of your illness alarmed me terribly, even though the same letter reassured me that your health had been...
The news of your illness alarmed me terribly, even though the same letter reassured me that your health had been restored. So I'm hurrying toward you with an anxious heart, praying for heaven's protection -- that both my letter and my arrival find you fully recovered. For it's the fulfillment of a father's prayer that will make the homecoming a joy. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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