Letter 9190: I need you to locate Adeodatus, who bears this letter, and to look into the matter of a structure he has built on...
Indicavit* nobis'* Adeodatus praesentium latoF° aiite multos annos in solo se iuris
ecclesiae noBtrae hac'^ condicione aedificium posuisse, ut duos Bolidos annis singuliB
ecclesiasticae rationi peraolveret' et post eius obitum solum ipsum cum imposito aedi-
ticio ad tuB ecclesiae Bine dubitatione aliqua remaneret". Sed quia in tantam se aaaerit
pauperiem per^enisse, ut eosdem duos solidos, sicut promiserat, sing^ulis non possit
annis impendcre et ob^ hoc unum'' sibi petiit relaxari, experientia tua curet addiscere.
Et si pauper, ita ut asserit, manifeste est, nostrae praestationis partem mediam re-
laxatam volumua, ut annis Hingulis non amplius quam solidum unum exsolvat, quia'
et actatis sonium et pauperies eius indicat, ut onus ei, quod postulat, debeat relevari.
Ita ergo hoc scrvare studii tui sit, ut tamen proprietatem soli atque impositi aedificii
post obitum ipsius ecclesiae sollicite^ ommno vig;ilantia cuDcta conservet'.
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