PAUL to SENECA Greeting.
I RECEIVED your letter yesterday
with pleasure, to which I could
immediately have written an answer,
had the young man been at home,
whom I intended to have sent to you:
2 For you know when, and by whom,
at what seasons, and to whom I must
deliver everything which I send.
3 I desire therefore you would
not charge me with negligence, if
I wait for a proper person.
4 I reckon myself very happy in
having the judgment of so valuable
a person, that you are delighted
with my Epistles:
5 For you would not be esteemed
a censor, a philosopher, or be the
tutor of so great a prince, and a
master of everything, if you were
not sincere. I wish you a lasting
prosperity.