sequitur libellus quo splendidissimum et mihi iucundissimum iuvenem Maecium Celerem, a sacratissimo imperatore missum ad legionem Syriacam, quia sequi non poteram, sic prosecutus sum.
Follows a piece addressed to Maecius Celer, a young man of great distinction in whose friendship I take the greatest pleasure. He had been dispatched by our most sacred Emperor to a legion in Syria, and since I could not follow him, I sent it by way of escort.
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