Letter 4046: King Theodoric to Marabadus, Vir Illustris [Most Illustrious].

King Theodoric to Marabadus, Vir Illustris [Most Illustrious]. It befits our mercy to arrange petitioners' requests through sound administration, since the spirits of our subjects are relieved each time a mourner's complaint is settled. The respectable Liberius has come before us with a grievous petition, stating that his wife was unfairly treated in your court in violation of proper legal procedure. If this is so, then -- setting aside any prior rulings -- let the case be heard according to law before arbitrators chosen by the consent of both parties, with you presiding. If a resolution cannot be found there, we do not deny either party the right to send authorized representatives to our court -- or to come in person, if they so choose -- where neither bribery can be suspected nor malicious false accusation can do harm.

XLVI. MARABADO V. I. THEODERICUS REX. [1] Convenit pietatem nostram petitiones supplicum salubri ordinatione disponere, quia subiectorum animi relevantur, quotiens maerentium querela componitur. vir spectabilis itaque Liberius dolenda nobis aditione suggessit coniugem suam in vestro iudicio contra iuris ordinem praegravatam. quod si ita est, remotis praeiudiciis apud arbitros, quos partium consensus elegerit, te imminente causa legibus audiatur. quod si illic finis negotii nequiverit inveniri, per instructas personas, si tamen ipsae venire non eligunt, nostro comitatui occurrendi licentiam partibus non negamus, ubi nec redemptio sit forte suspecta nec insidiosa possit nocere calumnia.