Letter 3014: VARIAE, BOOK 3, LETTER 14
XIIII. AURIGENI VIRO VENERABILI EPISCOPO THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Quamvis iudicio vestro credamus omnia facinora displicere, maxime a vobis confidimus exsecrandum quod matrimonii genialis impugnat affectum. quibus enim animis a continentibus accipitur, quod etiam laicorum detestatione damnatur? Iulianus itaque nobis lacrimabili aditione conquestus est uxorem suam vel res a vestris hominibus iniusta usurpatione pervasas. unde si veram petitionem supplicantis agnoscitis nec se rationabiliter pulsatus absolvit, in auctorem facti sine aliqua tarditate resecate. malum enim cum perseverat, augetur, et remediale bonum est in peccatum accelerata correctio.
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