To my master. Possibly enough for that matter


To my Lord. I have halted at Caieta4


2 The first four letters seem to refer to the same occasion
as the four that precede.
® The first mention of Faustina in connection with Marcus,
to whom she was married in 145,

4A harbour of Latium. Marcus (Thoughts, i. ad fin.)
mentions a stay there.
IQ!


THE CORRESPONDENCE OF


Ad M. Caes. v. 5 [20] (Naber, p. 78).
<MaaisTro meo.>


Vat. 106: Quantum tu mihi... . | in biduo! nune, si
uat. x. 4 Ἴ ἕ
ends videtur, dentes adprimamus tamen; et quo brevius —


iter sit tibi recenti morbo Caietae nos opperire.
Facio delicias, quod ferme evenit quibus quod
cupiunt tandem in manu est: differunt, affluunt,
gestiunt ;* ego vero etiam fastidio omnia. Domina
mater te salutat, quam ego hodie rogabo ut ad me
Gratiam perducat—vel fumum inquit patriae Graius*
poeta. Vale mi—omnia mea—magister. Amo me
quod te visurus sum.
Ad M. Caes. v. 6 [21] (Naber, p. 78).
Domino meo.
Postquam profecti estis, genus dolore arreptus —
sum, verum ita modico ut et ingrederer pedetemptim
et vehiculo uterer. Hac nocte vehementior dolor —
invasit, ita tamen ut iacens facile patiar, nisi quid —
amplius ingruerit. Augustam tuam vexatam audio.
Deis equidem salutem eius commendo. Vale, Domine
dulcissime. Dominam saluta.
1 Cod. viduo. From defendam in Ad M, Caes,. v. 4 (p. 190) ©
four pages are lost.
