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Sénèque et Saint Paul - College of Stoic Philosophers

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TEXTE DES LETTRES APOCRYPHES. 435<br />

EPISTOLA XII.<br />

ANNJiUS SENECA PAULO SALUTKM.<br />

Ave, mi <strong>Paul</strong>e charissime. Putasne mehaud contristari,<br />

<strong>et</strong> non luctuosum esse quod de innocentia vestra subinde<br />

supplicium sumatur, dehinc quod tam duros tamque<br />

obnoxios vos reatui omnis populus judic<strong>et</strong>, putans a vobis<br />

effîci, quod in urbe contrarium fit? sed feramus sequo<br />

animo, <strong>et</strong> utamur foro quod sors concessiU, donec in-<br />

victa félicitas finem malis imponat. Tulit <strong>et</strong> priscorum<br />

œtas Macedonem Philippi filium, Persam Darium, <strong>et</strong><br />

Dionysium; nostra quoque Gaium Cassarem, quibus quid-<br />

quid libuit licuit. Incendium urbs romana unde ssepe<br />

patiatur, manifeste constat. Sed si effari bumilitas<br />

humana potuiss<strong>et</strong> quid causas sit, <strong>et</strong> impune in his tene-<br />

bris loqui licer<strong>et</strong>, jam omnes omnia vidèrent. Christiani<br />

<strong>et</strong> Judsei, quasi machinatores incendii, supplicio affici<br />

soient. Grassator iste, quisquis est, cui voluptas carni-<br />

ficina est, <strong>et</strong> mendacium velamentum, tempori suo des-<br />

tinatus est, <strong>et</strong> ut oplimus quisque unum pro multis donatum<br />

est caput 2 , ita <strong>et</strong> hic devotus pro omnibus igni cre-<br />

mabitur. Centum triginta duse domus, insulse quatuor<br />

sex diebus arsere. Septimus pausam dédit. Bene te valere,<br />

frater, opto. — Data V kal. Apr., Frugi <strong>et</strong> Basso coss.<br />

1 Métaphore très-usitée en latin, <strong>et</strong> qui signifie se servir des circons-<br />

tances, comme les marchands qui suivent le cours, dit Donat. Scisti uti<br />

foro. Térence, Phorm. (i, 2, 29.)<br />

2 Allusion à ce vers :<br />

Unum pro multis dabitur caput. (Enéid., v, 815.)

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