Letter 7018: If a judge of humble persons takes the trouble to hear their case, how much more should a man of your stature attend...
XVIII. ENNODIVS AVIENO.
Si iudex uilium personarum laboret iniuriis, nescio utrum
possit ab hoc onere alios subleuare, cui ipse subcumbit. grauibus
medica manus est adhibenda uulneribus, ne inpunitate
morbus adolescat. sublimis uir Vicarius haec a me, quamuis
pro iustitiae consideratione deberentur, tamen extorsit alloquia:
quid pertulerit, ipse manifestet. unum scio, quia, nisi
succurritis, generale futurum est malum, cui ipse est disciplinae
tutor expositus. hoc non est alienum a christianitate,
cum defero, quia impium est rerum ordinem sub hac permixtione
confundi. domine mi, salutationis honore praelato
XVII. 4 maximae B, et mwime b dominae Bb, dne T, ///dn ̃ e
L 7 non] etiam non T 8 cathenis T 9 fauore fudit B b
11 dedicistis B meroris BLTV 12 post deum] potestatem fort .
m T, mihi BLVb 18 domino B\'Тb 14 digna B 8. I .
XVIII. 18 honore B subcumbet B, succnmbet b, anboombit T*,
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sucnmbit L 20 uigarius Bb 21 pr B iusti.tiae (a ertu.)
L deberent (nt u: m) L 23 subcurretis B, succurretis B (a. L
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m. rec.) b 25 hac] ac B piomistione B 26 m T, mihi
BLVb
nos uocem supplicis gratanter accipite, ut qui tanti fascem
laboris adripuit conualescat effectu.
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