Letter 9007: A personal matter draws me to seek your friendship, though your distinguished family and fine character would have...

A welcome occasion leads me into friendship with you, though for the distinction of your lineage and of your character your intimacy was already to have been courted by me. My son's praetorship -- may the word prove of good omen -- must be furnished with curule horses [for the games]. [...] some time ago, through my people, from your herds of cattle [...]. [The remainder of the letter survives only in part; the legible continuation reads:] Yet I wish that, in re-reading [...], you would chastise in a severe address the slowness of our architect over the Capuan road, and ply on my behalf my gall. [...] Farewell.

Votiva me in amicitiam tuam causa deducit, quamvis ob decus generis et morum tuorum familiaritas tua mihi fuerit ambienda. praetura filii mei — fors dictum iu- vet — equis curulibus instruenda est. dudum per meos gregibus tuis pe- coris 30 4 quod iam me istlus] ego^ quam me istius Fy tu me huins (IT) 11 signitiem (II) 12 relegendo *********t\one castiges] Py relegendo ******************* ca- stiges (H), uolo tamen relegendo iter Gapuanum architecti nostri tarditatem seuera oratione oastiges et uicem mei fellis exerceas Scioppius 13 uicem] (17), ut uicem F Hispanias] (77), hispaniam F mitteremus] (r), misimus F 20 exhibere (F) 21 adicio F^ exerpere F^ 1 m. 22 ista tracUtione F^ 1 m. 24 uale add, F 26 hanc epist, om. (II), primu$ edidit Scioppius in VerisimiUum l. 111 1 11 XX (XVrni) a. 399.