quo respicit, ais, ista praefari? ut scilicet memineris eo tempore, quo personam publicam portas, gratiae te privatae  memorem semperesse oportere biennium prope clauditur, quod te praefectum praetorio Galliarum.
What, you ask, is the object of this preamble? It is to make you remember that you ought, when wearing an official dignity, to be ever mindful of your private friendship. For almost two whole years I have rejoiced to see you praetorian prefect of Gaul'
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