Here is the first extra reading for Latin 410 students (from, K.P. Harrington, Medieval Latin, 2nd ed., rev. J. Pucci, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press): a letter by pope Gregory I. I think I have picked something with relatively few medieval oddities. You will have to work on mostly on your own (or with other students). You can come and see me and ask specific questions, but I won't go over it word-by-word as we do in class. By all means use a translation to check your work. Remember that a passage from this handout will appear on the first exam for translation by those of you who are Latin 410 students, and that means that you will also have more material to translate within the same time as Latin 327 students. The remaining two extra readings will be a bit more challenging.
