A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger Part 6

[Footnote 5: _t_ over an erasure.]

[Footnote 6: _c_ over an erasure.]

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AD IULIUM GENITOR EST OMNINO ARTEMIDORI 5 AD CATILINUM SEUER UENIAM AD CENAM AD UOCONIUM ROMANUM LIBRUM QUO NUPER AD PATILIUM 10 REM ATROCEM AD SILIUM PROCUL PETIS UT LIBELLOS TUOS ad nepotem adnota.s.se uideor fata dictaque[1]

AD IULIUM SERUIAN[2]

RECTE OMNIA 15 AD UIRIUM SEUERUM OFFICIU CONSULATUS AD CALUISIUM RUFUM ADSUMO TE IN CONSILIUM AD MAESIUM MAXIMUM 20 MEMINISTINE TE AD CORNELIUM PRISc.u.m AUDIO UALERIUM MARTIAL

[Footnote 1: Added interlineally, in black, by first hand using a finer pen.]

[Footnote 2: This is followed by an erasure of the letters _um_ in red.]

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CPLINIUSCALUISIO SUO SALUTEM NESCIO AN ULLUM IUCUNDIUS TEMPUS EXEGERIM QUAM QUO NUPER APUD SPU RINNAM FUI ADEO QUIDEM UT NEMINEM MAGIS IN SENECTUTE SI MODO SENESCE 5 RE DATUM EST AEMULARI UELIM NIHIL EST ENIM ILLO UITAE GENERE DISTIN CTIUS ME AUTEM UT CERTUS SIDERUM CURSUS ITA UITA HOMINUM DISPOSITA DELECTAT SENUM PRAESERTIM NAM 10 IUUENES ADHUC CONFUSA QUAEDAM ET QUASI TURBATA NON INDECENT SE NIB_US_ PLACIDA OMNIA ET OR^{DI}NATA[1] CON UENIUNT QUIB_US_ INDUSTRIA SER^{U}A[1] TURPIS AMBITIO EST HANC REGULAM SPURIN 15 NA CONSTANTISSIME SERUATQUIN ETIA_M_ PARUA HAEC PARUASI NON COTIDIE FIANT ORDINE QUODAM ET UELUT ORBE CIRCU_M_ AGIT MANE LECTULO[2] CONTINETUR HORA SECUNDA CALCEOS POSCIT AMBULAT MI 20 LIA Pa.s.sUUM TRIA NEC MINUS ANIMUM QUAM CORPUS EXERCET SI ADSUNT AMICI HONESTISSIMI SERMONES EXPLICANTUR SI NON LIBER LEGITUR INTERDUM ETIAM PRAE SENTIB_US_ AMICIS SI TAMEN ILLI NON GRAUA_N_ 25 TUR DEINDE CONSIDIT[3] ET LIBER RURSUS AUT SERMO LIBRO POTIORMOX UEHICULU_M_

[Footnote 1: Letters above the line were added by first or contemporary hand.]

[Footnote 2: _u_ corrected to _e_.]

[Footnote 3: Second _i_ corrected to _e_ (not the regular uncial form) apparently by the first or contemporary hand.]

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ASCENDIT ADSUMIT UXOREM SINGU LARIS EXEMPLI UEL ALIQUEM AMICORUM UT ME PROXIME QUAM PULCHRUM ILLUD QUAM DULCE SECRETUM QUANTUM IBI A_N_ TIQUITATIS QUAE FACTA QUOS UIROS AU 5 DIAS QUIB_US_ PRAECEPTIS IMBUARE QUAMUIS ILLE HOC TEMPERAMENTUM MODESTIAE SUAE INDIXERIT NE PRAECIPE REUIDEATUR PERACTIS SEPTEM MILIB_US_ Pa.s.sUUM ITE RUM AMBULAT MILLE ITERUM RESIDIT 10 UEL SE CUBICULO AC STILO REDDIT SCRI BIT ENIM ET QUIDEM UTRAQ_UE_ LINGUA LY RICA DOCTISSIMA MIRA ILLIS DULCEDO MIRA SUAUITAS MIRA HILARITA[.T][.I]S[1] CUIUS GRATIAM c.u.mULAT SANCt.i.tA[.T][.I]S[2] SCRI 15 BENTIS UBI HORA BALNEI NUNTIATA EST EST AUTEM HIEME NONAAESTATE OCTA UA IN SOLE SI CARET UENTO AMBULAT NUDUS DEINDE MOUETUR PILA UEHE MENTER ET DIU NAM HOC QUOQ_UE_ EXER 20 CITATIONIS GENERE PUGNAT c.u.m SE NECTUTE LOTUS ACCUBAT ET PAULIS PER CIb.u.m DIFFERT INTERIM AUDIT LE GENTEM REMISSIUS ALIQUID ET DULCIUS PER HOC OMNE TEMPUS LIBERUM EST 25 AMICIS UEL EADEM FACERE UEL ALIA SI MALINT ADPON^{I}TUR[3] CENA NON MINUS

[Footnote 1: The scribe first wrote _hilaritatis_. To correct the error he or a contemporary hand placed dots above the _t_ and _i_ and drew a horizontal line through them to indicate that they should be omitted. This is the usual method in very old ma.n.u.scripts.]

[Footnote 2: _sanct.i.tatis_ is corrected to _sanct.i.tas_ in the manner described in the preceding note.]

[Footnote 3: _i_ added above the line, apparently by first hand.]

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NITIDA QUAM FRUGI IN ARGENTO PURO ET ANTIQUO SUNT IN USU ET C^{H}ORINTHIA[1] QUIB_US_ DE LECTATUR ET ADFICITUR FREQUENTER CO MOEDIS CENA DISTINGUITUR UT UOLUPTA TES QUOQ_UE_ STUDIIS CONDIANTUR SUMIT ALI 5 QUID DE NOCTE ET AESTATE NEMI^{NI}[1] HOC LO_N_ GUM EST TANTA COMITATE CONUIUIUM TRAHITUR INDE ILLI POST SEPTIMUM ET SEPTUAGENSIMUM ANNUM AURIUM OCULORUM UIGOR INTEGER INDE AGILE 10 ET UIUIDUM CORPUS SOLAQ_UE_ EX SENEC TUTE PRUDENTIA HANC EGO UITAM UO TO ET COGITATIONE PRAESUMO INGRES SURUS AUIDISSIME UT PRIMUM RATIO AE TATIS RECEPTUI CANERE PERMISERIT[2] IN 15 TERIM MILLE LABORIB_US_ CONTEROR QUI HO RUM MIHI ET SOLACIUM ET EXEMPLUM EST IDEM SPURINNA NAM ILLE QUOQ_UE_ QUOAD HONESTUM FUIT OB^{I}IT[1] OFFICIA GESSIT MAGISTRATUS PROVINCIAS RE 20 XIT MULTOQ^{_UE_} LABORE HOC OTIUM ME RUIT IGITUR EUNDEM MIHI CURSUM EU_N_ DEM TERMINUM STATUO IDQ_UE_ IAM NUNC APUD TE SUBSIGNO UT SI ME LONGIUS SE EUEHI[3] UIDERIS IN IUS UOCES AD HANC EPIS 25 TULAM MEAM ET QUIESCERE IUBEAS c.u.m INERTIAE CRIMEN EFFUGERO UAL_E_[4]

[Footnote 1: The letters above the line are additions by the first, or by another contemporary, hand.]

[Footnote 2: _permiserit_: _t_ stands over an erasure, and original _it_ seems to be corrected to _et_, with _e_ having the rustic form.]

[Footnote 3: The scribe first wrote _longius se uehi_. The _e_ which precedes _uehi_ was added by him when he later corrected the page and deleted _se_.]

[Footnote 4: _uale_: The abbreviation is marked by a stroke above as well as by a dot after the word.]

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_A tout ceulz qui ces presentes lettres verront et orront Jehan de sannemeres garde du scel de la provoste de Meaulx & francois Beloy clerc Jure de par le Roy nostre sire a ce faire Salut sachient tuit que par._[1]

CPLINIUSMAXIMO SUO SALUT_EM_ QUOD IPSE AMICIS TUIS OPTULISSEMSI MI HI EADEM MATERIA SUPPETERET ID NUNC IURE UIDEOR A TE MEIS PEt.i.tURUS ARRIA NUS MATURUS ALTINATIUM EST PRINCEPS 5 c.u.m DICO PRINCEPS NON DE FACULTATI BUS LOQUOR QUAE ILLI LARGE SUPER SUNT SED DE CASt.i.tATE IUSt.i.tIA GRA UITATE PRUDENTIA HUIOS EGO CONSI LIO IN NEGOTIIS IUDICIO IN STUDIIS UT 10 OR NAM PLURIMUM FIDE PLURIMUM VERITATE PLURIMUM INTELLEGENTIA PRAESTAT AMAT ME NIHIL POSSUM AR DENTIUS DICERE UT TU KARET AMBITUI[2]

IDEO SE IN EQUESTRI GRADU TENUIT c.u.m 15 FACILE POSSIT[3] ASCENDERE ALTISSIMU_M_ MIHI TAMEN ORNANDUS EXCOLENDUS QUE EST ITAQ_UE_ MAGNI AESTIMO DIGNITATI EIUS ALIQUID ADSTRUERE INOPINANTIS NESCIENTIS IMMO ETIAM FORTa.s.sE 20 NOLENTIS ADSTRUERE AUTEM QUOD SIT SPLENDIDUM NEC MOLESTUM CUIUS GENERIS QUAE PRIMA OCCASIO TIBI CO_N_ FERAS IN EUM ROGO HABEBIS ME HABE BIS IPSUM GRATISSIMUM DEBITOREM 25 QUAMUIS ENIM ISTA NON ADPETAT TAM GRATE TAMEN EXCIPIT QUAM SI CONCU

[Footnote 1: A fifteenth-century addition, see above, p. 21.]

[Footnote 2: The scribe originally divided _i-deo_ between two lines. On correcting the page he (or a contemporary corrector) cancelled the _i_ at the end of the line and added it before the next.]

[Footnote 3: _i_ changed to _e_ (not the uncial form) possibly by the original hand in correcting.]

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PISCATUALE CPLINIUSCORELLIAESALUTEM c.u.m PATREM TUUM GRAUISSIMUM ET SAN CTISSIMUM UIRUM SUSPEXERIM MAGIS AN AMAUERIM DUBITEM TEQ_UE_ IN MEMO 5 RIAM EIUS ET IN HONOREM TUUM I^{U}NU^{I}ICE[1]

DILIGAM CUPIAM NECESSE EST ATQ_UE_ ETIA_M_ QUANTUM IN ME FUERIT ENITAR UT FILIUS TUUS AUO SIMILIS EXSISTAT EQUIDEM MALO MATERNO QUAMQ^{U}AM[2] ILLI PATER 10 NUS ETIAM CLARUS SPECTATUS^{Q_UE_}[3] CONTIGE RIT PATER QUOQ_UE_ ET PATRUUS INl.u.s.tRI LAU DE CONSPICUI QUIB_US_ OMNIB_US_ ITA DEMUM SIMILIS ADOLESCET SIBI INBUTUS HONES TIS ARTIBUS FUERIT QUAS PLURIMUM REFER[4] 15 ??T[5] A QUO POTISSIMUM ACCIPIAT ADHUC ILLUM PUERITIAE RATIO INTRA CONTUBER NIUM TUUM TENUIT PRAECEPTORES DOMI HABUIT UBI EST ERRORIB_US_ MODICA ^{U}E^{L}ST[6] ETIA_M_ NULLA MATERIA IAM STUDIA EIUS EXTRA 20 LIMEN CONFERANDA SUNT IAM CIRc.u.mSPI CIENDUS RHETOR LATINUS CUIUS SCHO LAE SEUERITAS PUDOR INPRIMIS CASt.i.tAS CONSTET ADEST ENIM ADULESCENTI NOS TRO c.u.m CETERIS NATURAE FORTUNAEQ_UE_ 25 DOTIB_US_ EXIMIA CORPORIS PULC^{H}RITUDO[7]

CUI IN HOC LUBRICO AETATIS NON PRAECEP

[Footnote 1: _inuice_: corrected to _unice_ by cancelling _i_ and _ui_ (the cancellation stroke is barely visible) and writing _u_ and _i_ above the line. The correction is by a somewhat later hand.]

[Footnote 2: _u_ above the line is by the first hand.]

[Footnote 3: _q_ above the line is added by a somewhat later hand.]

[Footnote 4: Final _r_ is added by a somewhat later hand.]

[Footnote 5: The dots above _ra_ indicate deletion. The cancellation stroke is oblique.]

[Footnote 6: A somewhat later corrector, possibly contemporary, changed _est_ to _uel_ by adding _u_ before _e_ and _l_ above _s_ and cancelling both _s_ and _t_.]

[Footnote 7: _h_ added above the line by a hand which may be contemporary.]

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