Letter 1549: I will neither condemn nor acquit a man of whom I was neither a witness nor a judge.
One must not judge another rashly. I shall neither vote against nor pronounce judgment upon a man...
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Latin / Greek Original
ΝΟ ἰέπιότο ἀὁ αἰϊο 7μαἀϊσαπάμηι. Ἐγὼ οὐ χαταψηφιοῦμαι, οὔτε χαταποφανοῦμαι ἀνδρὸς, οὗ μήτε ἀχροατὴς ἐγενόμην, μήτε διχαατής" εἰ δὲ κρινόμενος ἁλοίη, τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἡ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξενεχθήσεται Ψῆφος. ᾿
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