Letter 272: You have long known how much I care about Dulcitius.

To Modestus. (361?) That I care about Dulcitius you have long since known. For long ago entreaties were made by me to you on his behalf, and favors were granted by you to us. For since we asked what was just, you could not refuse; and so neither now will you refuse, since the things we now ask are likewise just. He says that he farms a small piece of land around Beroea, but has been compelled to sell much grain, and that he is being wronged by those who cheat him, concealing some things, falsifying others, passing over others, raising the price of others, and making others small in their account. He has come to explain these matters; so help him. For a judge's goodwill counts for much, even against those who argue forcefully.

Μοδέστῳ. (361?) Ὅτι μοι μέλει Δουλκιτίου πάλαι τυγχάνεις εἰδώς. πάλαι γὰρ ἐμοί τε ὑπὲρ τοῦδε πρὸς σὲ γεγένηνται δεήσεις παρὰ σοῦ τε χάριτες εἰς ἡμᾶς. δίκαια γὰρ αἰτούντων οὐκ εἶχες ἀνανεύειν οὐκοῦν οὐδὲ νῦν ἀνανεύσεις, ἐπεὶ καὶ ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ νῦν αἰτοῦμεν δίκαια. μικρὰν μέν φησι χώραν περὶ τὴν Βέρροιαν γεωργεῖν, πολὺν δὲ σῖτον ἠναγκάσθαι πωλεῖν, ἀδικεῖσθαι δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐξαπατώντων καὶ τὰ μὲν κρυπτόντων, τὰ δὲ πλατ- τόντων, τὰ δὲ ὑπερπηδώντων, τὰ δὲ αἰρόντων, τὰ δὲ μικρὰ τῷ λόγῳ ποιούντων. 3 ταῦθ’ ἥκει διδάξων καὶ βοήθησον αὐτῷ. δικαστοῦ δὲ εὔνοια μέγα καὶ τοῖς ἰσχυρὰ λέγουσιν.