Letter 9022: I place my hope in the Trinity, our God, through the intercession of the saints, that the outcome we seek will be...
I hope in the Trinity, our God, through the venerable intercession of the saints, that he will guard his servants placed in whatever place, as the pupil of the eye is protected, and will restore to good health whatever hostile adversity has broken. Yet I, even if I cannot follow with the body, follow with duties: for at the command of my concern I have granted words, begging to be informed how well you are. Behold, I scarcely endure a brief absence, who must be wearied by a long one. But the lords to whom your holy soul entrusted you are powerful and are friends, and I ceaselessly remind them, as those mindful of a deposit, to be present to their duties. They will stand by their obligations and will preserve what was received by them without diminution. To this I add that, by the mercy of almighty God, your servants, having now returned from Venetia, have produced documents confirmed by law, and that a formal introduction has been completed here without delay. Now whether anything ought to be said to a friend by you, consult with that maturity which is your wont.
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Latin / Greek Original
XXII. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.
Spero in trinitate deo nostro per sufifragia ueneranda sanctorum,
quod seruos in quocumque loco positos quemadmodum munitur
oculi pupilla custodiat et ad bonam ualitudinem reducat quicquid
inimica fregit inaequalitas. ego tamen, etsi corpore nequeo,
sequor officiis: nam imperio sollicitudinis uerba concessi deprecans,
ut quam sani sitis edocear. ecce uix fero breuem,
absentia longa fatigandus. sed potentes sunt et amici domni,
quibus uos anima sancta commisit ego memores, ut depositum
seruos, sine cessatione conuenio. aderunt partibus suis et
quod ab eis susceptum est sine inminutione seruabunt. his
addo praestante omnipotentis dei misericordia seruos uestros
de Venetiis iam regressos exhibuisse documenta confirmata de
legibus, hic introductionem sollemnem ilico fuisse confectam.
nunc utrum amico a uobis dici aliquid debeat, illa qua soletis
maturitate consulite.
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