Ep. 7.15.1Requīris quid agam.You ask what I am doing. Ep. 7.15.1Quae nōstī: distringor officiō, amīcīs dēserviō, studeō interdum, quod nōn interdum sed sōlum semperque facere, nōn audeō dīcere rēctius, certē beātius erat.What you know: I am distracted by official duty, I serve my friends, I study now and then — and to do that not now and then but exclusively and always would have been, I do not dare to say more right, but certainly more blessed. Ep. 7.15.2Tē omnia alia quam quae velīs agere molestē ferrem, nisi ea quae agis essent honestissima.I should be sorry that you are doing everything other than what you wish, were not the things you are doing most honourable. Ep. 7.15.2Nam et reī pūblicae suae negōtia cūrāre et disceptāre inter amīcōs laude dignissimum est.For to look after the business of one's own community and to arbitrate between friends is most worthy of praise. Ep. 7.15.3Prīscī nostrī contubernium iūcundum tibi futūrum sciēbam.I knew that the company of our friend Priscus would be pleasant to you. Ep. 7.15.3Nōveram simplicitātem eius, nōveram cōmitātem;I knew his straightforwardness, I knew his courtesy; Ep. 7.15.3eundem esse - quod minus nōram - grātissimum experior, cum tam iūcundē officiōrum nostrōrum meminisse eum scrībās.that he is also most grateful — something I knew less well — I am now discovering, since you write that he remembers my services so pleasantly.
Ep. 7.15.3Valē.Farewell.