Letter 158: A man impoverished by his brother's injustice seeks help from law at Caesarea.
The bearer of this letter is a good man, and he laments poverty caused by his brother's injustice. For this reason he is going to Caesarea, if he can, to recover what belongs to him. Please deign to help, preparing the powerful people among you to give him adequate support. He has one hope of consolation: to receive assistance from the laws, of which he has been deprived for far too long, because he has a very wicked brother who is always devising new evasions. Console his distress by cutting down the expenses of the courts as much as possible.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἰωάννηι Ὁ τὴν παροῦσαν ἐπιστολὴν ἐπαγόμενος, ἀνὴρ ὢν ἀγαθός, ἐξ ἀδικίας ἀδελφοῦ τὴν ἀπορίαν ὀδύρεται. ὅθεν καταλαμβάνει τὴν Καίσαρος, ἄνπερ οἷός τε ᾖ, τὰ προσήκοντα κομιούμενος. ἀλλὰ συλλαβεῖν καταξίωσον, τοὺς παρ' ὑμῖν δυνατοὺς εἰς συμμαχίαν αὐτῷ παρασκευάζων ἀρκοῦσαν. μίαν γὰρ ἔχει παραμυθίας ἐλπίδα, τῆς ἐκ τῶν νόμων ἐπικουρίας τυχεῖν, ἧς πλεῖ στον ἄγαν ἐστέρηται χρόνον, πονηρότατον ἔχων τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ καινο τέρας διαδύσεις ἀεὶ μηχανώμενον. ὅθεν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀπορίαν παραμυθήσασθε, τὰς τῶν δικαστηρίων δαπάνας ὡς δυνατὸν περικόπτοντες.
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