Letter 67: The man delivering this letter to you is a decent person who took on business from which others would have profited,...
**To Florentius** (359)
The man who delivers this letter to you is a decent fellow, one who has taken charge of affairs from which he might have profited, yet not for profit's sake. I have called upon him as an ally on many occasions and have never once found him idle.
Indeed, I have urged him to reverse the proverb and go from the donkeys to the horses. And you, my lord, must make this man a knight as swiftly as possible. Once you have tested him, you will say that I do not know how to praise bad men.
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