Letter 9175: My beloved brother, I am glad to report that the business brought to us by the bearer of your last letter has been...
ocripta dulcissimae vcstrae sanctitatis latore pmcBcntium dcferentc auscepi, quae
mihi de eiua cauBa citiuB tcrminanda locuta Bunt. Scd mox ut venit, qualiter poBBosaio
■) ex BKlutem corr. B 1. ■»} uoe H 1. ■>) perdurat Bl. **) perfui Bl. p) meTMlar
C. q'3, ted eorr. C3.
IX, 174 in ^iUo: ti-ibuno C* t et mdicet C1.2 ei C3; tribo Cl.2, ted eorr. m.3 m Iributio C3 —
cenduin eodd. n. ^) add. e«t C3. ') ila scr. Eip.; om. a codd. n.,- risuni add. edd.
IX, m offi. «*'■ — It* abdo: Eolochio Cl — pktriaroha Cl.a el in tad. — pstriuchi C3 —
AlexuHln) Bl.
3) Cf. ep. IX, 340: camc tuoe eat cum pccuuiis bni: veoire, teU. ad rogam dicidendim.
IX, 174. De JtAamw cf. ep. IX, 113 n. 6. I) De Bimifatio ef. ep. V, S p. 387 n. 2 i». 3.
2} De ntafiano, epiaoopo S^ontim, cf. ep. VIII, 8 m.
,GoogIe
raDlCTIO n. IDL. (IX, 173-17G). 171
quam quaerebat ab ecclesia nostra* tenebatur, agnovit aibic)ue ipai oitiusrationem red-
didit. Ea autem quae cum aliis habnit sine Btrepitu decidit.
De causa vero de qua mibi omnino scribendum fiierat'' nihil veetra sanctitaa
Bcripeit, in qua me et tardum eese iudicavit; quae ae" fortasse in scandalo diTisioDis
Ligna vero^ sicut veetra beatitudo scripeerat, maiora paraveram-. sed ita" parva
10 navia huC transroieea est, ut, niei reciea eeecnt*', ferre non possetP. Quae recidi'>
nolui, sed veetro iudicio, quid de hie 6eri debeat, reeervavi'. 3i autem non sunt ne-
cessaria, hic* ea in aUis ueibus aptamus*. Poto autem, ut pro me enixius veetra
sanclitaB orare debeat , quia et podagrae doloribus * et barbarorum gladiis et curamm
afHictionibus inccseanter premor. Scd si" mihi orationis vestrae opem impenditis, credo,
)^ quod me contra adversa omnia fortitcr iuvetis.
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