I n what holiday-wise we have kept our holiday at Alsium1 I will not put on paper, that you may not be yourself troubled and scold me, my master. On my return to Lorium2 I found my little lady3 slightly feverish. The doctor says, if we soon . . . . . . . . . . . .4 If you were well, I should be happier. For I hope to see you already enjoying the use of sound eyes . . . . Farewell, my master.
Fronto to Marcus Antoninus
162 A.D.
To my Lord Antoninus Augustus.