Letter 7059: I believe my letter reached you some time ago, explaining that my friend Iucundus, though eager for your judgment,...

I believe that my letter was some time ago delivered into your hands, in which I set forth that my friend Iucundus, although eager to undergo your examination, is unable to set out on account of his health, as has been confirmed by the courts. His illness grows worse by the day, and for that reason I renew my request, lest a man who deserves compassion fall under the odium of contumacy. And indeed your kindness will detract nothing from the civil suit, if you transfer the examination to your deputy. For thus injury will at once be removed from a man in distress, and an end will come to the matter.

lamdudum litteras meas in manus tuas credo perlatas , quibus allegavi , quod iudiciis adprobatum est, amicum meum lucundum quamquam tui examinis cupidum per valetudinem non posse proficisci. huius in dies morbus augescit, et ideo repeto postulatum, ne incidat invidiam contumaciae, qui miserationem meretur. et sane ci- 25 vili causae nihil decerpet humanitas , si ad vicarium vestrum transferatis examen. nam pariter et laboranti detrahetur iniuria et negotio finis eveniet. LXXXX (LXXXVim) a. 399. AD MESSALAM. Probavit effectus non inmerito a me sperata, quae praestare dignatus es, magis- 30 que me culpam potuisse contrahere , si apud amantem praetorias pignoris nostri ne- quendam V 13 recepit V 14 religiosi debitum PVy religlonis debitum FM, scribe: religiosi fenoHs debitum vel aimUe quid 15 his PVMF 17 auctor V, om. M cerpet] VAf, dccerpit (11), periii in P humanitas si ad] VM(IT)y periit in P nostrum V trans- feratis examen] VM, transferatur examen (17), tr//////y ///////// P 26 et pari post pariter inser. V la- boranti detrahetur iniuria] VM(n), \A\)OTti///////////////\ur\a^ P eueniot] VAf(/7), eue//// P ma////// P 30 apu/ P ' Q. AvRKLrva Stmmachvs. 2H 202 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE PVM cessitates pudore tacuiBseni. oraari ergo nos gaudeo frequentibus amoris tui testi- moniis, et volo speres, quidquid gratiae editio nostra quaesiyerit, ad tua beneficia me cedente referendum. LXXXXI (LXXXX) a. 399.