Letter 9020: It is right for me to hope for what is good, and right for you to fulfill it.

From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia To: Mascator Date: ~509 AD Context: A letter expressing hope and expectation that Mascator will fulfill a pious duty. Ennodius to Mascator. It is right for me to hope for what is good, and right for you to fulfill it. The piety that I attribute to you is not wishful thinking — it is based on evidence, and I trust you will add to it. Do what you know is right, and let the result be its own reward. Farewell.

XX. ENNODIVS MASCATORI. Et me sperare quod pium est et uos decet adnuere. nam disparibus uiis ad unum finem remuneranda tendit intentio. 1 sufficet B XVIIII. 7 excelentissimi B 9 quia] qui L nisua scripti, uisum libri 11 plene B fidutiam B 12 arche B 0 u∗bis L praecipuae B 13 socia a B quos (s in ras. uid.) T, quod Sirm. 14 tuae B bonorum Pb 15 quos Pb perdncnnt (er ex rae corr.) B opitionis L 20 quod m. q. potentiae L 8. I . 21 erites B 22 lectari B XI. 25 decit B uos solacia rebus inpenditis ̃ s, a me tenue sermonis postulatur auxilium. sic fit, at cui incumbit per officii considerationem praestare potiora uix possit exigua. reddat ingenuitatem homo palatii, quia ecclesiae nihil amplius sufficit quam precari. scitis pro ascinis a quo ueniat retributio, si iuuentur. succurrite his quos et patria terra captiuat, quibus et iuuentur est cum originariis et condicio dolenda cum profugis. pluribus Christianum et sapientem non decet admoneri, ne longa deprecatio fructum sibi ueniat adscribere laboris alieni. saluto ergo humilitate qua dignum est et ut praefatos cum gaudio ad me remittatis inploro..