Letter 2010: Justice, admittedly, doesn't need an advocate.
Justice, admittedly, doesn't need an advocate. But friendship can often speed a case along. Where am I going with this, you ask? I want Your Excellency to know that the praiseworthy Carissimus, a former count, places his hope in the quality of his case — but recognizes that having my letter to support him won't hurt when it comes to winning the judge's favorable attention.
I ask, therefore, that you advance the petition of a man I embrace with a brother's affection. I've taken up his cause because I've weighed the character of the petitioner and found his claim to be just.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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