non nova vestra dignatione sed nostro affectu adhuc vetere gaudemus, qui, si Romanarum rerum sineret adversitas, aegre toleraremus, nisi singulae personae, non dicam provinciae, variis per te beneficiis amplificarentur.
not because of your new rank but because of our old friendship; and if the unpropitious state of Romes fortunes gave scope for such things, I should be distressed if each individual, let alone each province, were not enriched by various favours from your hands.
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