Letter 7030: I dare invite you to my estate at Lavinium [an ancient town south of Rome] after the delights of Tibur, and I won't...
I dare invite you to my estate at Lavinium [an ancient town south of Rome] after the delights of Tibur, and I won't belabor the request. Between friends, petitions should seem easy to the one granting them, even when they feel large to the one asking. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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