Letter 1080: Looking after a friend's requests is the duty of a good man — especially when justice supports the petition.
10 Amicorum orata curare bonae frugis officium est, praecipue si non refragetur aequi-
tas postulatis. quorsum spectet hoc anteloquium breyiter explicabo. Sabinianum cla-
rissimum yirum ita magnifacio, ut quos maxime colo. buic per inpressionem nequa-
quam patior a fratris sui liberis tutelae mnnus inponi. duobus enim privilegiis amolitur
iniuriam, maturitate aevi et numero filiorum. ea res publicis designata monumentis
15 necdum a proposita obstinatione deducit pervicacem petitionem. nunc quia secundante
fortnna in te huius negotii spes recumbit, quaeso, ut ei virtute, qua celsus es, factum
velis, cui vel in meam gratiam praestandus est favor vel ad tuam gloriam iuris prae^
rogativa servanda est. vale.
LXXVm (LXXn) a. 376?
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