Letter 74: Chrysostom does not summon Hesychius because of danger but asks for health letters.

I myself desired to see you. Neither fear of the Isaurians nor the weakness of my body would have prevented me, if it were up to me to move wherever I wished. You, however, are master of your movements, yet even so I do not draw you here or urge you to rise from home and run to us. Although the season permits it and the journey would be short for you, since we are not separated by a great distance, nevertheless I would not choose to draw you here because of the fear of the Isaurians. But I beg you to write to us continually concerning your health. Surely the raid of the robbers will not be an obstacle to this too. Grant us this favor, easy and simple as it is, and one that gives us much gladness. You know what a great favor you will grant us by showing this generosity toward us.

Ο∆ʹ. Ἡσυχίῳ. Ἐγὼ μέν σε καὶ ἰδεῖν ἐπεθύμουν, καὶ οὐκ ἄν με ἐκώλυσεν οὔτε ὁ τῶν Ἰσαύρων φόβος, οὔτε ἡ τοῦ σώματος ἀσθένεια, εἴ γε ἐπ' ἐμοὶ τὸ κινεῖσθαι, ὅπουπερ ἐβουλόμην, ἔκειτο· σὲ δὲ, καίτοι κύριον ὄντα τούτου, οὐδὲ οὕτως ἔλκω, οὐδὲ ἀναστῆναι οἴδοθεν παρακαλῶ, καὶ πρὸς ἡμᾶς δραμεῖν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ ἔτους τοῦτο ἐπιτρεπούσης, καὶ τῆς ἀποδημίας δι' ὀλίγου σοι γινομένης οὐ γὰρ πολλῷ διειργόμεθα τῷ μέσῳ, ὅμως ἑλκύσαι σε ἐνταῦθα οὐκ ἂν ἑλοίμην, διὰ τὸν τῶν Ἰσαύρων φόβον. Παρακαλῶ δὲ συνεχῶς ἡμῖν τὰ περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας ἐπιστέλλειν τῆς σῆς· οὐ γὰρ δήπου καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο κώλυμα τῶν λῃστῶν ἔσται σοι ἡ καταδρομή. ∆ίδου δὴ ταύτην ἡμῖν τὴν χάριν, ῥᾳδίαν τε οὖσαν, καὶ εὔκολον, καὶ πολλὴν παρέχουσαν ἡμῖν τὴν εὐφροσύνην. Οἶσθα γὰρ ἡλίκα ἡμῖν χαριῇ, ταύτην περὶ ἡμᾶς ἐπιδεικνύμενος τὴν φιλοτιμίαν.