Letter 2033: The report of the distinguished vicar, our colleague, will lay out the shameful nature of the crime that's been...
The report of the distinguished vicar, our colleague, will lay out the shameful nature of the crime that's been discovered. There's no need for my letter to catalog things that are foul to say and foul to hear.
One thing only I and everyone else ask: that in your commitment to justice, you not let this go unpunished. The consequences will be grave if the boldness of others is not checked by severe punishment.
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Latin / Greek Original
"i Relatio viri spectabilis fratris nostri vicarii indignitatem deprchensi sceleris elo-
quetur , atque ideo non est necesse, ut dictu et auditu nefaria noster sermo percenseat.
nnum est, quod et mea petitio et ceterorum vota desiderant, ut pro iustitia tua in-
ultum esse non sinas, quod exemplo gravissimum erit, nisi ausus aliorum vehemens
poena conpresserit.
10 XXXniA a. 383—394.
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