Letter 7036: We're planning to retrace our route and finally return to your sight, even though my son is still weak and I've been...
We're planning to retrace our route and finally return to your sight, even though my son is still weak and I've been touched by fever myself. Short stops along the way should lighten the burden. I'm hoping the change of scenery brings some improvement.
I'm glad to see the care you take for me -- proven by experience -- growing day by day. I'd thank you at length if I thought you did it for praise rather than from genuine devotion. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Relegere iter et in conspectum vestrum tandem redire meditamur, licet filii no-
stri virium vacui sint et me febrium noxa temptaverit. minuetur tamen labor inter-
vallis brevibus mansionum. spero locorum mutatione processurum aliquid optatis.
curam in me diligentiae tuae usu probatam crescere in dies gaudeo; cui inpense ver-
25 bis gratias agerem, si id laudis potius adfectatione quam sincera pietate faceres. vale.
xxxm.
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