Letter 3034: It is our policy to send men proven in strength and moderation to govern and protect you, so that the welfare of the...
XXXIIII. MASSILIENSIBUS THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Propositi nostri est probatas fortitudine et moderatione personas ad ordinationem vestram defensionemque dirigere, ut et provincialium ratio sublevetur et utilitas publica bonis praesidentibus augeatur. [2] Proinde comitem Marabadum nobis aequitate compertum ad Massiliensem civitatem credidimus dirigendum, ut quicquid ad securitatem vel civilitatem vestram pertinet, deo iuvante perficiat memorque gratiae nostrae curam possit habere iustitiae, minoribus solacium ferat, insolentibus severitatem suae districtionis obiciat, nullum denique opprimi iniqua praesumptione patiatur, sed omnes cogat ad iustum, unde semper floret imperium. [3] Quapropter designato viro in his, quae vobis pro publica utilitate praeceperit, libentibus animis oboedite, ut fides vestra, quae iam prioribus monstratur exemplis, subsequentibus quoque declaretur indiciis, quia gratius est obsequium quod devotione perpeti custoditur. nos autem reddere cogitamus locum vicissitudini, qui impensa servitia non possumus oblivisci.
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