Letter 12026: I must raise with you a matter of fairness in your military dispositions.
AD MAURENTIUM MAGISTRUM MILITUM.
Ne dimissis aliis, Domitii filium retineat.
Gregorius Maurentio magistro militum. |
Petiit Domitius vir magniſicus, ut vestre gloriz
8cribere deberemus, quatenus, navigantibus aliis, et
ſilio $uo similiter esset licentia navigandi. Et quam-
vis de gloria vestra certi sumus quia nihil quod indi-
scretum est ſaciat, sed omnia $apienter intendat;
hortamur tamen ut 8i alii relaxantur, ille non debeat
retineri, ne forsitan non ex ratione, ® sed sola fra-
trum inimicitia relineri videatur. Vos tamen qui
presentes eslis, 2quitatis consideratione generalem
etiam utilitatem attendentes, melius quid expediat
potestis advertere.
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