nam dum solum mercatoris praetendit officium, litteras meas ad formatae vicem, scilicet ut lector, elicuit, sed quas aliquam gratiarum actionem continere decuisset.
ostensibly a mere trader, he succeeded, on the plea of being a Reader, in extracting from me a letter in the canonical form, a letter, however, which ought properly to have contained some expression of thanks.
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