Letter 5010: While the apostolic see is graced by the care of Your Holiness's crown, and the heavenly governance of the Church...
X. SVMMACHO PAPAE ENNODIVS.
Dum sedem apostolicam coronae uestrae cura moderatur et
caelestis imperii apicem regitis, blanditur profectibus parentum
quod meis promissum tenetur officiis. spem sine labe obtinet
apud constantem uirum fideliter obsecutus. grandis est pompa
praestantis, quotiens quod unus meruit plurimis repensatur.
1 con inualescant V, coninualescant L liberalis B 4 tendent
Pb nisi ex tibi T m . % germinae B 5 qua. (t eras.)
L 8 genuB Tl eziget B 9 hortum B 10 beniflcium
B 11 uniueraus B 12 diBceditis Pb, discedetis B, disciditis
LTV 13 statutus L alius B 14 iubet B, iiuuet (b eras.)
L munus b sed minus m mg . 15 mihi BL V repraesentas
L 17 prozimitatiB Pb
X. 19 Bymacho B 20 cum T sedem ex secundum T
i
tn. 2 moderatur Bb, modoretur LPTV 21 regetis B, regatis
e.
T 22 quid B tenet B labe] labore Pb 28 fedeliter
B 24 prestantis B pluribus Sirm .
superorum instituta sectantur per quos generatio recipit quod
persona condiderit. sic Israelitici delicta populi propter Dauid
poena non tetigit, dum genti opitulata est praecessoris integritas,
et fides hominis aut eripuit de errore populum aut
iuuit in gratia. Partenius igitur praesentium portitor germanae
filius hac ad coronam uestram fiducia animante directus est,
quem sollicitudo liberalis Romam coegit expetere. sancta sunt
\'studia litterarum, in quibus ante incrementa peritiae uitia
dediscuntur. hoc itinere cana ad annos pueriles solent uenire
consilia, dum quod aetas refugit norunt instituta praestare.
fouete ergo cuius ueniendi causas patefacta [consanguinitate
didicistis. habetis obsidem, in quo dilucide meritorum apud
uos meorum qualitas innotescat. domine, ut supra salutationis
reuerentiam obsequiorum deuotione restituens precor, ut perlator
praesentium famulus uester felici sorte peregrini apud
uos nomen excipiat, quia quod adtributum fuerit precibus
meis uestrum supra dotes suas ornat officium.
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