Letter 5048: The quadragesima [a 2.
Quadragesimae portorium [sive vectigal] non recte poscitur a senatoribus candi- 25
datis, quia nostri ordinis functiones onerari geminis incommodis non oportet. hoc tibi
etiam pro Cynegio dudum missis litteris indicavi. nunc filii mei Pompeiani cla-
rissimi et optimi iuvenis par necessitas depoposcit. ut repeterem postulatum. quaeso
igitur, ut humanitatem, quae inter virtutes tuas prima est, nostri ordinis editoribus
(tignanter inpertias et ursorum transvectionem cupiditati mancipum subtrahas. perve- 30
niet beneficii istius gratia et ad senatum, qui levatur incommodis, et ad populum,
cuius voluptatibus praestatur immunitas.
singrafls V 3 m, M 6 pigit P l m, strofls (Hs ^ m. in raa,) P, stroflt V adparatio PF, ap-
paratio M 8 pro se iuris] PF, pro se et iuris F, pro se et uirea M criminosis nerborum bia V
LXVI (LXmi) a. 396—397.
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