Ep. 9.27.1Quanta potestās, quanta dignitās, quanta maiestās, quantum dēnique nūmen sit historiae, cum frequenter aliās tum proximē sēnsī.How great is the power, the dignity, the majesty, in short the divinity of history, I have felt often on other occasions, and especially just recently. Ep. 9.27.1Recitāverat quīdam vērissimum librum, partemque eius in alium diem reservāverat.A certain man had been reciting a very truthful book, and had kept part of it back for another day. Ep. 9.27.2Ecce amīcī cuiusdam ōrantēs obsecrantēsque, nē reliqua recitāret.Look! the friends of a certain person, begging and beseeching him not to recite the rest. Ep. 9.27.2Tantus audiendī quae fēcerint pudor, quibus nūllus faciendī quae audīre ērubēscunt.So great is their shame at hearing what they have done, who felt none at doing what they blush to hear. Ep. 9.27.2Et ille quidem praestitit quod rogābātur - sinēbat fidēs -;And he did indeed grant what was asked — his honour allowed it —; Ep. 9.27.2liber tamen ut factum ipsum manet manēbit legēturque semper, tantō magis quia nōn statim.yet the book, like the deed itself, remains and will remain and will always be read, all the more because not at once.
Ep. 9.27.2Incitantur enim hominēs ad nōscenda quae differuntur.For men are spurred on to learn what is put off. Ep. 9.27.2Valē.Farewell.