Letter 98: How do you think I received your welcome letters — I who was thirsting to hear from you?
To Olympius.
How do you think I received your welcome letters — I who was thirsting to hear from you? Every passage made my heart melt. They inspired many different feelings, and now I look forward to seeing again that Alexandria where there still lives a friend so dear to me.
By taking such an interest in Secundus, you have done me great honor, and in praising him in your letter you have bound us to yourself completely.
I walk humbly and do not consider myself worthy of such honor. You do me a double favor: by the greatness of what you wrote, and by the energy of your actions. I have already written several times to my Lord the Count, but since you reproach me in the letter I received through the young man for not writing to him, I have entrusted my brother with another letter.
Take care of your health. Be happy. Give yourself to philosophy, as befits one who has been drawn to her by divine love. I am writing to you from my bed, barely able to form the letters. Pray that the best things may be mine — whatever God judges best. If I recover, I am off to Alexandria at once.
Human translation — Livius.org
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