A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger / A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved / in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York - E. A. Lowe; Edward Kennard Rand

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RIAM EIUS ET IN HONOREM TUUM I^UNU^IICE¹ DILIGAM CUPIAM NECESSE EST ATQUE ETIAM QUANTUM IN ME FUERIT ENITAR UT FILIUS TUUS AUO SIMILIS EXSISTAT EQUIDEM 10 MALO MATERNO QUAMQ^UAM² ILLI PATER NUS ETIAM CLARUS SPECTATUS^QUE³ CONTIGE RIT PATER QUOQUE ET PATRUUS INLUSTRI LAU DE CONSPICUI QUIBUS OMNIBUS ITA DEMUM SIMILIS ADOLESCET SIBI INBUTUS HONES	1. inuice: corrected to unice by cancelling i and ui (the cancellation stroke is barely visible) and writing u and i above the line. The correction is by a somewhat later hand. 2. u above the line is by the first hand. 3. q· above the line is added by a somewhat later hand.
15 TIS ARTIBUS FUERIT QUAS PLURIMUM REFER⁴ ṘȦT⁵ A QUO POTISSIMUM ACCIPIAT ADHUC ILLUM PUERITIAE RATIO INTRA CONTUBER NIUM TUUM TENUIT PRAECEPTORES DOMI	4. Final r is added by a somewhat later hand. 5. The dots above ra indicate deletion. The cancellation stroke is oblique.
HABUIT UBI EST ERRORIBUS MODICA ^UE^LST⁶ ETIAM 20 NULLA MATERIA IAM STUDIA EIUS EXTRA LIMEN CONFERANDA SUNT IAM CIRCUMSPI CIENDUS RHETOR LATINUS CUIUS SCHO LAE SEUERITAS PUDOR INPRIMIS CASTITAS CONSTET ADEST ENIM ADULESCENTI NOS 25 TRO CUM CETERIS NATURAE FORTUNAEQUE	6. A somewhat later corrector, possibly contemporary, changed est to uel by adding u before e and l above s and cancelling both s and t.
DOTIBUS EXIMIA CORPORIS PULC^HRITUDO⁷ CUI IN HOC LUBRICO AETATIS NON PRAECEP	7. h added above the line by a hand which may be contemporary.

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STRARE TIBI POSSE IULIUM GEN^ITIOREM¹ AM^NATUR² A ME I^UDICIO³ TAMEN MEO NON 5 OBSTAT KARITAS HOMINIS QUAE ^EX⁴IUDI CIO NATA EST UIR EST EMENDATUS ET GRA UIS PAULO ETIAM HORRIDIOR ET DURIOR UT IN HAC LICENTIA TEMPORUM QUAN TUM ELOQUENTIA UALEAT PLURIBUS CRE 10 DERE POTES NAM DICENDI FACULTAS APERTA ET EXPOSITA · STATIM CERNITUR UITA HOMINUM ALTOS RECESSUS MAG NASQUE LATEBRAS HABET CUIUS PRO GE NITORE ME SPONSOREM ACCIPE NIHIL 15 EX HOC UIRO FILIUS TUUS AUDIET NISI	1. The scribe wrote gentiorem: a somewhat later corrector changed it to genitorem by adding an i above the line between n and t and cancelled the i after t. 2. Above the m a somewhat later hand wrote n. It was cancelled by a crude modern hand using lead. 3. u added above the line by the later hand. 4. ex added above the line by the later corrector.
PROFUTURUM NIHIL DISCET QUOD NESCIS⁵ SE RECTIUS FUERIT NE^C⁶ MINUS SAEPE AB ILLO QUAM A TE MEQUE ADMONEBITUR QUIBUS IMAGINIBUS ONERETUR QUAE NOMI 20 NA ET QUANTA SUSTINEAT PROINDE FAUEN	5. cis is added in the margin by the later hand. The original scribe wrote nes \| se. 6. c is added above the line by the later hand.
TIBUS DIIS TRADE ^EUM⁷ PRAECEPTORI A QUO MORES PRIMUM MOX ELOQUENTIAM DISCAT QUAE MALE SINE MORIBUS DIS CITUR UALE 25 ·C· PLINIUS MACRINO SALUTEM QUAMUIS ET AMICI QUOS PRAESENTES HABEBAM ET SERMONES HOMINUM	7. e added above the line.

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FACTUM MEUM COMPROUASSE UIDEAN TUR MAGNI TAMEN AESTIMO SCIRE QUID SENTIAS TU NAM CUIUS INTEGRA RE CONSILIUM EXQUIRERE O^PTASSEM¹ HUIUS ETIAM 5PERACTA IUDICIȦUM² NOSSE MIRE CONCU PISCO CUM PUBLICUM OPUS MEA PECU	1. p added above the line by the scribe. 2. The superfluous a is cancelled by means of a dot above theletter.
NIA INCHOATURUS IN TUSCOS EXCUCURISsemac aefectus aerari cepto ut pr COMMEATU³ LEGATIPROVINCIAE
BAETICAE QUESTURI DE PROCONSULATUṠ⁴ 10CAECILII CLASSICI ADVOCATUM ME A SE NATU PETIERUNT COLLEGAE OPTIMI MEIQUE AMANTISSIMI DE COMMUNIS OFFICII NE CESSITATIBUS PRAELOCUTI EXCUSARE ME ET EXIMERE TEMPTARUNT FACTUM 15ṪU̇Ṁ⁵ EST SENATUS CONSULTUM PERQUAM HONORIFICUM UT DARE^R⁶ PROVINCIALIBUS PATRONUS SI AB IPSO ME IMPETRASSENT LEGATI RURSUS INDUCTI ITERUM ME IAM	3. The scribe originally wrote excucuris \| sem commeatu, omittingaccepto ut praefectus aerari. Noticing his error, he erasedsem and wrote it at the end of the preceding line, and added theomitted words over the erasure and the word commeatu. 4. The dot over s indicates deletion. 5. tum: error due to diplography. The correction is made by meansof dots and crossing out. 6. r added by the scribe.
PRAESENTEM ADUOCATUM POST^ULAUE⁷20RUNT INPLORANTES FIDEM MEAM QUAM ESSENT CONTRA MASSAM BAE	7. u added apparently by a contemporary hand.
BIUM EXPERTI ADLEGANTES PATRO^CINII⁸FOEDUS SECUTA EST SENATUS CLARIS SIMA ADSENSIO QUAE SOLET DECRETA 25PRAECURRERE TUM EGO DESINO IN QUAM P. C. PUTARE ME IUSTAS EXCUSA TIONIS CAUSAS ADTULISSE PLACUIT ET	8. c added above the line, apparently by a contemporary hand.

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