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To Aburgius

Letters of Basil · Saint Basil the Great

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Letter CXCVI.

BasEp 196.1.1

To Aburgius.

BasEp 196.1.2

Rumour, messenger of good news, is continually reporting how you dart across, like the stars, appearing now here, now there, in the barbarian regions; now supplying the troops with provisions, now appearing in gorgeous array before the emperor. I pray God that your doings may prosper as they deserve, and that you may achieve eminent success. I pray that, so long as I live and breathe this air, (for my life now is no more than drawing breath), our country may from time to time behold you.

BasEp 196.1.3