Sum enim non ignotus illi sacricola nec recens cultor nec ingratus antistes, ac iam et prorsa et vorsa facundia veneratus sum, ita ut etiam nunc hymnum eius utraque lingua canam, cui dialogum similiter Graecum et Latinum praetexui, in quo sermocinabuntur Sabidius Severus et Iulius Persius, viri et inter se mutuo et vobis [et] utilitatibus publicis merito amicissimi, doctrina et eloquentia et benivolentia paribus, incertum modestia quietiores an industria promptiores an honoribus clariores.
For I am not a devotee unknown to him, no recent votary or unwelcome priest, and I have worshipped him before now with eloquence in prose and verse. Similarly, I will sing him a hymn in both languages on this occasion too, and I have prefaced it with a dialogue that is similarly both in Greek and in Latin. The speakers will be Sabidius Severus and Julius Perseus, men who are the closest of friends to each other and to you too, as well they should be for their public services. They are matched in learning, eloquence and benevolence, and it is an open question whether they are more unobtrusively modest, energetically zealous, or conspicuously distinguished.
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