Letter 8020: Ad eundem precatoria pro ipso agro
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Ad eundem precatoria pro ipso agro
Munifici reparans Martini gesta, Gregori,
texit ut ille habitu nos alis ipse cibo.
discipulus placidum sapiens imitando magistrum
ille ubi dux residet miles habebis opem.
ut chlamydem ille prius, sic tu partiris agellum,
ille tegendo potens tuque fovendo decens,
ille inopem antiquum relevans, tu, care, novellum:
fit dives merito paupere quisque suo.
quando reposcetur, vestris redit usibus arvum
et domino proprio restituemus agrum.
unde amplas refero grates, dulcissime rector,
et repeto pangens haec, tua, pastor, ovis.
nec tantum reddo quantum tibi debeo, praesul:
pro Fortunato sed, rogo, flecte deum.
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