Letter 2037: The generosity of our reign should keep pace with our growth, relaxing its gifts in proportion to the state's...
XXXVII. FAUSTO PPO THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Provectum regni nostri benignitas debet aemulari, ut tnatum humanitas relaxet dona, quantum res publica suscepit augmenta. non enim aliter laudatum modum possumus custodire, nisi ad considerationem rerum nostrum debeamus excitare propositum. inter tot enim cottidie deo propitiante successus tenacitatis esset vitium angusta largitate contentum. atque ideo illustris magnificentia tua praesenti auctoritate cognoscat Spoletinis civibus ad exhibitionem thermarum supra consuetudinem aliam millenam esse deputandam. cupimus enim libenter impendere quae ad salubritatem novimus civium pertinere, quia laudes sunt nostrorum temporum celebrata gaudia populorum.
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