Letter 7021: Ad Sigimundum et Alagisilum

XXI To Sigimund and Alagisil The sweet letter discloses to me the names of friends: from here Sigimund shining, from here Alagisil seemly. A happy prosperity has poured forth the blasts of the winds, when the breeze announces to me men who are dear. I call both your lives to witness, my prayers are aided as greatly as a glad crop grows flourishing beneath the rain-shower. Lest I thirst in the summer season with raging flames, you have revived me with the waters of a nectar-bearing spring. From the lands of Italy you send me kinsmen, Ebene; by the arrival of brothers I shall not be a stranger. In time of war the new joys of peace arise, because these men have come whom my love longs for. You who have doubled for me the honor of a festive day, so may your honor grow by the gift of the king.

XXI Ad Sigimundum et Alagisilum Nomina amicorum mihi dulcis epistula pandit: hinc Sigimunde nitens, hinc Alagisle decens. prosperitas felix ventorum flamina fudit, quando mihi caros nuntiat aura viros. testor utrumque caput, tantum mea vota iuvantur quantum fit florens laeta sub imbre seges. ne sitiam rabidis aestivo tempore flammis, nectarei fontis me recreastis aquis. post Italas terras mittis mihi, Ebene, parentes; adventu fratrum non peregrinus ero. tempore belligero pacis nova gaudia surgunt, hi quia venerunt quos meus optat amor. qui mihi festivae diei duplicastis honorem, sic vester crescat munere regis honor.