Letter from Demetrios to Flavianus about the illness of their lady TM 33344OxyrhynchosIV

[recto] To my lord Flavianus, Demetrios, greeting. As in very many other things, now still more has the regard of God the Lord toward you been made manifest to all of us, in that the lady has recovered from the illness that seized her; and may we continue always confessing our thanks that he was gracious to us and assented to our prayers by preserving for us our lady, for in her we all have our hopes. Forgive me, my lord, and receive me kindly, if I unwillingly threw you into such great anxiety by writing to you about all that she suffered. For at first, when she was in great distress, not being myself, I sent Ploutarchos, in case you could somehow by every means come to us, as duty demanded; but when she seemed to have turned for the better, I hastened to send another letter by Euphrosynos to overtake you, so that I might make you more cheerful. For by your safety, my lord, which is my chief concern, if my son Athanasios had not been ailing in body at that time, I would have sent him to you together with Ploutarchos when she was weighed down by the illness. But now I am at a loss how to write more about her; for, as I said before, she seemed to be more tolerable once she sat up, but nevertheless her body is still rather sickly. We are comforting her, awaiting your arrival every hour. I pray to the Lord of all that you may always be well, my lord. Pharmouthi 6. [verso] To Flavianus, Demetrios.