Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
Your letter was delivered while I was at the seventh milestone along the Via Ostiensis, and I immediately arranged through the distinguished vicarius to have the official documents produced at my request. But your servant left the city without consulting me — slaves being all too familiar with that kind of insolence. Whether you let it go unpunished is your decision. Meanwhile, he reported that my daughter's illness has returned. That news struck deep into my heart, and my anxiety won't ease until I receive written assurance of her recovery. Please, I beg you, send relief for my fears as quickly as possible. Farewell.
Texto latino / grego
Redditae sunt nobis litterae vestrae, cum in Ostiensis viae septimo degeremus, et ilico per inlustrem virum vicarium petitu meo actorum processit editio. sed puer vester inconsultis atque ignorantibus nobis urbe discessit, ut est servis familiaris in- probitas. vestra m manu est, utrum hoc inultum esse patiamini. interea filiam meam 10 iactari instaurato ianguore non siluit. cuius nuntii vulnus alte incidit pectori meo, nec abolebitur metus, nisi mutua scriptione fidem sanitatis eius accepero. facite igi- tur, oro vos, ut formidinem meam securitas protinus reportata commutet. vale. vim.