Letter 2020: I come to the aid of my conscience, which will not allow me to remain indebted to the services of friends.

I come to the aid of my good faith, which does not permit me to remain a debtor any longer in the duties owed to friends. My brothers Romanus and Magnillus, most distinguished men, bound me long ago by the services of their devotion, and although they do not demand back the rewards that lesser fortune is wont to look for, they nevertheless press my mind the more sharply, and often, by their honorable conduct. I would be lying if I were to allege that time is wanting to me for [...] rendering what is due, since my influence is reckoned by the strength of your office. See to it, I beg, that they perceive the effect of his honor: for the sake of the concord that exists between me and you, let whatever is conferred upon the one be owed by both of us. [Letter XXI, before the year 395.]

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