illud his iunge, quod, si quid ibi vel causaliter placet, tu per consilium meum lectitas, ille quandoque per beneficium tuum, qui munusculi mei incassum pressus invidia necdum ad facultatem legendi, ut suspicor, venit, cum iamdiu ipse perveneris ad copiam transferendi.
Note also that if anything in the book pleases you, at least in its subject-matter, it is by my contrivance that you can read and reread it; but it is by your favour that the other man will some day be able to do so'and I suspect that, helplessly inarticulate with jealousy, he still awaits a chance of reading my little gift, whereas you have long ago had the opportunity of transcribing it.
final_alignments\Sidonius_Letters_Book9.json