Letter 49: Domnus -- the man whose penalty you deferred by advising him to appeal to the emperor's mercy for relief -- has done...
**To Modestus** (359)
That Domnus, for whom you deferred the penalty by ordering him to take refuge in the emperor's clemency for his relief — he has done so, and has obtained mercy. But he needs you to confirm that mercy for him.
Keep, then, your own law — or if you prefer, the law of Zeus — which is that promises be free of deceit, and preserve for Domnus his estate, from which come his hopes of sustenance.
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