Letter 6015: The providence above arranges things well: while I am making my request of you from one direction, events themselves...

To Faustus, from Ennodius. The providence above arranges things well: while I am making my request of you from one direction, events themselves are pushing the same cause from another. What I ask, circumstances confirm. I take this as a sign that the matter is just, and I trust you will take it the same way. When God and reason agree, the man who hesitates does so at his own risk. Act as your conscience directs. I know it will direct you well. Farewell.

XV. FAVSTO ENNODIVS. Bene prouidentia superna disponit, ut dum a me beneficia postulantur, sic sollicitudo mea uotiuos inueniat perlatores. facessat negare aliis quod mihi tribuo et illud auaritia sordente continere quod subleuat largientem. Simplicianus praesentium baiulus adulescens nobilissimus natalem scientiae sedem Romam conatus expetere hoc sibi credidit pro singulari euenire conpendio, si ad notitiam culminis uestri duce pagina perueniret. cui ego nequaquam uolui cupita subtrahere, sciens consuetudinis uestrae esse quod reliqui faciunt exorati. nunc, mi domine, seruitia salutationis accipientes facite, ut praefatum peregrinationis dura non onerent meque crebra scriptionis uestrae per hanc inpetratam frequentiam releuare munia non desistant. XIIII. 2 ennodius auito B 8 quidquam Lb 4 ab B1, a B\'LTVb 5 distiti B uiri memoriae LTV 7 actenus B I 8 ezanimi b et m. rec. 8. I. B 9 m T, mihi BL V 10 prae. cor B XV. 15 pstolantur T 18 adoliscens B 21 subtraere B 28 mihi B 2# onerent 6, honerent BTV (prius e in rcu. carr. B), honorent L