Letter 4001: A good commander knows to encourage the proven valor of a soldier who has been tested in battle, so that courage,...
I. SVMMACHO PAPAE ENNODIVS.
Boni imperatoris est probatam in acie militis animare uirtutem,
ut fortitudo laudis pabulis inuitata in secundis congressibus
dediscat lucis affectum. cuius robur ducis praeconio
non nutritur? quibus se denegent etiam minus ualida tironis
membra conflictibus, quando rectoris testimonio uidet sibi non
perire quod gesserit? sola uia est, qua ad proeliandum crescat
intentio, quotiens bene gesta non delet obliuio. utinam diuinitas
uestris mota precibus diabolicum certamen interimat!
utinam deuotionem meam in pace manifestet, ut cuius studium
resignauit aduersitas, illius concordia commendet obsequium!
ad Marcellianum episcopum directa est a fratre uestro instructa
legatio: sed quid promouerit ipse rescripsit. quod restat,
porrectis salutationis precor officiis, ut quicquid aegrum est
medica oratione curetis et inter latentium secreta morborum
qui in generalem necem seruatur ferro spiritali resecetis errorem.
uale.
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