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CAius Curtius Mithres is Free-man to Posthumius, my familiar ac∣quaintance; but he honours and ob∣seru••s me, as much as his owne Master. Whensoeuer I was in Ephesus, I was no lesse bold with his house, then with mine owne: and in diuers occasions, I
haue found him to mee, both a good, and faithfull friend. Wherefore, if it occurre, that either I, or anie of my friends haue need of anie thing in Asia, I vsuallie write to him: I make vse ther∣in, not onely of his fidelitie and ende∣uour; but I command his house and goods, as freely, as if they were proper to my selfe. Thus much I thought good to write vnto you somwhat dif••u∣sedly, to giue you to vnderstand, that I recommend not vnto you anie vulgar person, or, that I discharge this office out of anie ambition; but by reason, that by the intimate familiaritie, and viscerall amitie, I haue with him, I am thereunto excited. I beseech you ther∣fore, in a suite which he hath about cer∣taine lands with one Colophonius, fauour me, to backe him, so far as conuenient∣ly you may, without your owne dispa∣ragement, or preiudice. Though I know his modestie so well, that he will in nothing bee bu••thensome vnto you. If by meanes of this my recommenda∣tion, and the merit of his owne inte∣gritie, he may obtaine, that you will be his friend, and repute him for an honest man: he will thinke, he hath made the greatest purchase that the world affor∣deth. And therefore I entreat you, the most effectually I can, to take him into your protection, and to reckon him in the number of your f••iends. In all your
occasions, I will not faile, both with my counsell and endeuours, to doe you anie acceptable pleasu••e. Farewell.