Letter 4046: King Theodoric to Marabadus, Vir Illustris [Most Illustrious].
XLVI. MARABADO V. I. THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Convenit pietatem nostram petitiones supplicum salubri ordinatione disponere, quia subiectorum animi relevantur, quotiens maerentium querela componitur. vir spectabilis itaque Liberius dolenda nobis aditione suggessit coniugem suam in vestro iudicio contra iuris ordinem praegravatam. quod si ita est, remotis praeiudiciis apud arbitros, quos partium consensus elegerit, te imminente causa legibus audiatur. quod si illic finis negotii nequiverit inveniri, per instructas personas, si tamen ipsae venire non eligunt, nostro comitatui occurrendi licentiam partibus non negamus, ubi nec redemptio sit forte suspecta nec insidiosa possit nocere calumnia.
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