Letter 2061: Your graciousness makes us familiar with you, since what we willingly offer is gratefully received by you.

Bishop Ruricius to his son Vittamerus, greeting. Your worthiness makes us your intimate, since that which is freely offered by us is gladly received by you, seeing that the gift is proved acceptable and sweet which not its greatness has recommended but affection has commended. This circumstance brings it about [...] that, for rendering to you the service of a spontaneous devotion, we hold even this among our wishes which we do not hold among our words. And so, our greeting being paid [...] since I have presumed to send a hundred pears to your eminence and another hundred to my daughter, these, even if perhaps they should displease in the tasting of their savor, will please, as we trust, by the affection of the one who sends them.

LXI. RURICIUS EPISCOPUS FILIO UITTAMERO SALUTEM. Familiares nos uobis facit uestra dignatio, dum hoc, quod a nobis libenter offertur, a uobis gratanter accipitur, siquidem illud munus acceptabile probatur et dulce, quod non magnitudo insinuauerit, sed commendarit affectio. quae res facit, 1 scio] uos addendum uidetur 3 uos v, suos S 4 quam S, tam P Luetjohann prumti S 5 etiamsi adsiduitas Luetjohann, etiam siduitas S, etsi assiduitas Mommsenus, et adsiduitas v in textu, quamquam adsiduitas (omisso quam) v in notis 6 uberrimas scripsi coII. lin. 11, uberrimae S, uberrime Kr . pietatis S 7 bone S patres S 10 sthoh rachio S 11 abeo 8 12 negligentiam S rescire Luetjohann, nescire S, scire v 15 inferri Mommseum pacientia S 16 conpacientia S conjibarit S 17 dispendio Luetjohann, dubio S 18 benefitium S 20 Vittameno v salutem om . v 21 familiaris S 22 accepitur S ut ad persoluendum uobis spontaneae deuotionis obsequium etiam id habeamus in uotis, quod non habemus in uerbis. itaque salutatione depensa *** quia centum pira sublimitati uestrae, alia centum filiae meae destinare praesumpsi, quae si fortasse displicuerint saporis gustu, placebunt, ut confidimus, transmittentis affectu.