Letter 5046: I would say more, if justice needed many prayers to assist it.
Causa amici suasit, ut scriberem; sed fatendum est, maiorem me curam tnae
existimationis habuisse. nam Minucianus v. c. exiguo periclitatur argento, Ubi autem
non tenuis ad laudem reserabitur via, si falsis, ut audio, syngraphis calumnia excitata 5
2 consederit. piget dicere, quibus strophis adpar/tio Itali grassetur aerarii. ferunt sub
publici debiti specie privatorum nominum falsa recitari. invalidos quidem statim vin-
cit inpressio, validiores autem, cum munimenta pro se iuris adsciverint, criminosis
verborum interpretationibus inplicantur, ut ad damni patientiam sese invidiae timore
summittant. sed v. c. Minucianus tui securus et legum relationis minas amoliri optat 10
3 examine. da igitur, oro te, iudices, quos urbanis potestatibus imperialis praefecit
electio; neque enim dignum est ad longinquam cogn/tionem vocari debitum tenue et
praecipuam dignitatem. longius pergerein, si aequitas vellet multis precibus adiuvari.
causae genus relatio publicabit ; quae etsi errorem tuebitur cognitoris, numquam tamen
poterit emereri, ut illi a te sine alio disceptatore credatur. 15
Lxnn (Lxn).
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