dixisset alius: neminem tibi praetuli, nullas ad ullum peculiares litteras dedi: quem praelatum suspicabare, unius epistulae forma contentus abscessit, atque ea quidem nihil super praesenti negotio deferente: tu, qui te quereris omissum, tribus loquacissimis paginis fatigatus potius in nausiam concitaris, dum frequenter insulsae lectionis verbis inanibus immoraris.
Another person would have said I did not give anyone precedence over you, nor did I write anyone an individual letter. The man you suspected me of preferring to you went on his way contented with the formality of a single letter, and that letter said not a word about the present business; on the other hand, you, who complain of being passed over, have instead been bored with three most garrulous letters, yes, bored and nauseated as three times over you immerse yourself in the empty verbiage of such stupid matter.
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