5 surviving letters between Ennodius of Pavia and Maximus of Madaura, spanning 496-512 AD.
I would be swollen with pride at the flattery of your letters if I were not kept in check by my own awareness of my...
While the servants of the wine-press were completing the bounty of autumn — and the whole countryside was occupied...
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Your Eminence's voice carries more weight in a single line than lesser men achieve in pages.
Your Greatness extends the festivities of the wedding, and the joy that attends them spreads like ripples in water.