Letter 30: causes istius E amputare E 4 5 euuangeJiis B E 8 cognoscatis Ej E E 4 9-.
Pope Pelagius I to Decoratus, patrician.
We instruct you to require the taking of an oath in the matter at issue before you. Since the opposing party was absent when the documents were presented, the laws do not accept such records as fully valid; and regarding the claim of Placidus from the previous year, since the fault is not established in his case, the question cannot be determined under civil law without further hearing. We ask you to proceed in accordance with legal procedure, ensuring that oaths are sworn on the holy Gospels, so that the truth of the matter may be established and justice properly administered.
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Latin / Greek Original
causae istius E amputare E 4 5 euuangeJiis B E^ 8 cognoscatis Ej E^ E 4 9-tem]
ex -ter corr. vid. B 2 legibus] 1 scrips. aut rescrips. B 2 ueritatis E 4 .
Tit. Decorato patricio; Non aliis fontibus mihi notus. Ut e contextu
litterarum patet iudiciaria potestate pollebat. Cf. notulas in ep. 22,2, p. 68.
EPiSTtJEAE 29,3; 30; 31,1-2
Sindulae participem facit de impossibilitate definite solvendi cau¬
sam Lucidi, cum pars adversa praesens non fuerit. Quoad quaestionem
uxoris Placidi, absente culpa, sub vi legis cadere non potest.
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