Letter 7037: We wish our subjects, with God's help, to glory in the varied prerogatives of rank.
XXXVII.
FORMULA SPECTABILITATIS.
[1] Optamus nobis deo auxiliante subiectos varia dignitatum praerogativa gloriari: desideramus probabile genus hominum inpressa gratia dignitatis ornare, ut laudabilius unus quisque possit vivere, cum se honores reverendos cognoverit accepisse. sic enim et ad virtutis studia decenter ascenditur et a bonis civibus res publica plus amatur. atque ideo te spectabilitatis nitore decoramus, ut sententiam tuam in conventibus publicis spectandam esse cognoscas, cum inter nobiles decorus assederis, ut, si haec praedicabili conversatione tractaveris, in futurum praemiis melioribus augearis.
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