sane ista pauca, quae quidem et levia sunt, celeriter absolvi, quamquam incitatus semel animus necdum scripturire desineret, servans hoc sedulo genus temperamenti, ut epistularum [non] produceretur textus, si numerus breviaretur.
As a matter of fact, the present specimens, being few in number and indeed of little importance, have been quickly finished off'although, when once my mind had been set to work I found the urge to write as strong as ever; and I studiously kept to this compromise that the text of my letters should be extended if their number was reduced.
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