Letter 17: The generosity that distinguishes your pontificate has been felt throughout the church, and I want to acknowledge it...
Ennodii ad Symmachum papam.
13. famulatus sui ohsequium exhibens de quadam legatione litteras ipsas episcopi
referentis indicat.
Ennodius domno papae.
Pervigil beatitudinis vestrae cura quasi coram positos, in quo-
cunque loci sint, obsequentes attendit, et sine uUis feriis dum
gratiae suflragium praestat expertis, invitat extraneos. Etenim plu-
res de spectaculo fructus capiuntur laboris alieni: quia discit ope-
ram navare, in cujus oculis redduntur praemia sudoris et fidei.
Atque utinam par votis esset effiectus, et quod didici pro religione,
cuperem, daretur implere! Domine mi, famuUitus mei humilitatem
exhibens, parca in maximis elocutione contentus, quid domnus epi-
scopus frater vester supei directa legatione^) senserit, patefacien-
dum praefati litteris derelinquo.
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