Letter 1074: Rufus, the treasurer of the pontifical college, is bringing you the college's formal petition.
Rufus pontificalis arcarins prosequitur apud te mandata collegii, cui prae ceteris
retinendi Vaganensis saltus cnra legata est. efGce, oro te, nt ^vinitns videatur ob-
latum tui honoris auxilium, et utrinsque te sacerdotii antistitem recordare. qnidquid
que P 1 m.f anqn^ P i m, ne uastaUone F, nooos taUone P 7 eogite P
11 om. VM symmacos P 12 faotom VMF^ 13 in moribos medici. nam eam primis
nostrac V, in moribus medici. nam id in primis suae Af 14 fata P 1 m. summatis PV aule P 1 m.
1
16 eoenlat VM
LIBEB I. 31
pnblicus vigor aut priyata poscit industria, oratus exeqnere. mnltam in gratiam taam PVM
pnblica ntilitas promovebit. babcB snmmam petitionnm. singnla antem tibi vel com-
monitorii series indicabit vel Kufns expediet, cni matnrnm praestabis effectnm, nt se-
qnestratnm panlisper ofGcinm regressns adripiat. vale.
5 LXVnn (LXm) a. 380.
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