Letter 1034: VARIAE, BOOK 1, LETTER 34
XXXIIII. FAUSTO PPO THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Copia frumentorum provinciae debet primum prodesse cui nascitur, quia iustius est, ut incolis propria fecunditas serviat quam peregrinis commerciis studiosae cupiditatis exhauriat. alienis siquidem partibus illud debet impendi quod superest et tunc de exteris cogitandum, dum se ratio propriae necessitatis expleverit. [2] Atque ideo illustris magnificentia tua per loca singula qui curam videntur habere litorum, faciat commoneri, ut non ante quispiam peregrinas naves frumentis oneret ad aliena litora transituras, quam expensae publicae ad optatam possint copiam pervenire.
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