Letter 7024: After your letter was delivered by my coachman and the greeting he brought from the road discharged my obligation,...
After your letter was delivered by my coachman and the greeting he brought from the road discharged my obligation, I've had frequent occasion to speak with you in writing during your absence. So let me start with what matters most to you: by God's grace, the health of my household and my only son is holding up. I escape the bustle of the city as much as I can at the Vatican estate, though whenever the council calls, I report for public duty.
I know you want nothing more than this from me. I'm equally eager to learn about your affairs.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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