A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger.

A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger.

  [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.]

  {fol. 50r}

.LIBER.III.

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_ PASSUUM 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 CUMULAT SANCTITA[.T][.I]S[2] SCRI 15
BENTIS UBI HORA BALNEI NUNTIATA EST
EST AUTEM HIEME NONA.AESTATE 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 CUM SE
NECTUTE LOTUS ACCUBAT ET PAULIS
PER CIBUM 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 manuscripts.]

  [Footnote 2:  sanctitatis is corrected to sanctitas in the manner
  described in the preceding note.]

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

  {fol. 50v}

.EPISTULARUM.

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 CUM
INERTIAE CRIMEN EFFUGERO UAL_E_.[4]

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