Letter 6017: The distinguished lord Senarius commends himself to your attention through this letter, and I add my own endorsement...
Ennodius to Bishop Marcellinus.
The distinguished lord Senarius commends himself to your attention through this letter, and I add my own endorsement to his cause. He is a man whose character speaks for itself, but custom requires that friends lend their voices when an introduction is needed.
Receive him with the generosity that your office and your nature both provide. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
XVII. ENNODIVS MARCELLINO EPISCOPO.
Magnifici uiri domni Stephanioni filii uestri facit dignatio,
ut beatitudini uestrae legendus occurram, cuius beneficio itineris
caritas detrimenta. non patitur et quod praesentia non ualet
sermone conpensat. his ergo seruitia apostolatui uestro debita
repraesentans quaero, ut me orationum suffragio subleuetis,
quatenus insertus uenerabili conscientiae de omni merear dignationis
uestrae fruge gratulari, quia fiduciae meae coronam
uestram non ambigo responsuram.
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