Letter 2020: Everyone should gladly contribute what they see can serve the public good, since the limbs must feel what affects...
XX. VVILIGIS SAIONI THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Omnes decet gratanter impendere quod publicas videt utilitates posse respicere, quando necesse est hoc membra sentire, quod corporis summa sentitur. atque ideo praesenti decernimus iussione, ut quantas in Ravennati urbe exculcatorias potueris reperire, frumentis fiscalibus oneratas ad nos usque perducas, quatenus alimonia publica tali provisione relevata necessitatem inopiae non debeant sustinere. reddat Ravenna copiam Liguriae, quam ex ipsa consuevit accipere. nam quae praesentiam nostram sustinet, multorum debet solacia reperire. trahit enim comitatus noster observantium catervas et, dum ad beneficia praestanda curritur, necessaria populis copia postulatur.
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