Letter 7033: Who could doubt that it is in the public interest for those to whom we have given gifts to suffer no hardship on...
XXXIII.
FORMULA TRACTORIAE LEGATORUM DIVERSARUM GENTIUM.
[1] Quis dubitet utilitatis publicae interesse rationem, ut, quibus nos constat dona conferre, nullam videantur itineris iniuriam sustinere, quando nec vobis morarum detrimenta faciunt et illi se bene habitos fuisse cognoscunt? atque ideo humanitatem subter annexam vel ad equos capitum definitum illius gentis legatis sine aliqua tarditate praestabitis, quatenus ad sedes suas inremunerati non debeant pervenire, quia festinantibus gratior est celeritas in redeundo quam quaelibet munerum magnitudo.
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