Letter 2008: VARIAE, BOOK 2, LETTER 8
VIII. SEVERO VIRO VENERABILI EPISCOPO THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Quis melius ad aequitatis iura deligitur quam qui sacerdotio decoratur, qui amore iustitiae personaliter nesciat iudicare et diligens cunctos in commune locum non relinquat invidiae? proinde aptam considerantes vestris meritis actionem significamus nos per Montanarium sanctitati vestrae mille quingentos solidos destinasse, quos provincialibus, prout quemque praesenti anno exercitu nostro transeunte dispendium pertulisse cognoveris, habita laesionis aestimatione distribuas, ut nullus a nostra munificentia reddatur alienus, quem sua damna gravaverunt. nolumus enim sub confusione largiri, quod decet sub ratione distribui: ne quod nos necessarie transmisisse constat afflictis, superfluo tribuatur illaesis.
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