LETTER LXXXVIII. 

A friendly letter of commendation of Priscus.

AMBROSE TO ATTICUS.

1. You entrusted my friend Priscus with a letter, which he delivered to me, and I now give mine in turn to Priscus. Continue to love Priscus, as you do, and even more than before; this I advise, because I also value my Priscus highly. For I feel towards him that ancient love, which from our childhood upwards has grown together with our years; but it is long since I saw him before, so that not only in name but from so long an interval of time he came to me as truly Priscus.

Farewell: love me your lover, for I also love you.

EPISTOLA LXXXVIII.

 Priscum litterarum utriusque bajulum laudat. 

AMBROSIUS ATTICO.

1. Prisco meo dedisti litteras. Priscus meus mihi reddidit, et ego Prisco. Tu Priscum, ut soles, dilige; et plus etiam quam soles: quod eo suadeo, quia et  1284B ipse Priscum meum facio plurimi. Est enim erga eum priscus hic noster amor, qui a pueritia jam inde nobiscum aetate accrevit simul: sed eum multo post vidi tempore; ut vere mihi non solum nomine, sed etiam tanti intervallo temporis priscus advenerit. Vale, et nos amantes tui dilige; quia nos te diligimus.