Letter 4021: King Theodoric to Gemellus, Vir Spectabilis [Most Respectable].
XXI. GEMELLO V. S. THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Quamvis efficaciam tuam insistere credamus iniunctis et studiose deflectere quae nobis cognoveris displicere, tamen sollicitum ammonitio nostra non deserit, ut instructior reddaris, dum infra scriptis brevibus definita susceperis. proinde ordinatio nostra nulli videri debet ingrata, cum necessitas temporis excuset onera iussionis. [2] Esto itaque ad iniuncta sollicitus, quia licet sit semper adhibenda, maxima tamen utilis est in necessitate custodia. parebis ergo commonitus, ut sic possis cum provincialibus agere, quemadmodum nos eis respicis velle praestare, quatenus securus de nostra gratia consequaris, quicquid sollicitus de pravo studio habere contempseris.
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