sed tamen scribis tum quod erraverim veniabile fore, si quod et ipse decantes mittam ab exemplo, quia scilicet Tonantio meo ad parem causam futuras usui litteras bimetras miserim.
Nevertheless, you write that my delinquency will be pardoned if only I follow precedent and send something in verse for you also to recite, because, to be sure, I have sent to my friend Tonantius a letter in prose and verse for a similar purpose.
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