Chapter II
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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.