Letter 5034: I've given this letter to the carrier of the official dispatches, paying my respects with a greeting and at the same...
I've given this letter to the carrier of the official dispatches, paying my respects with a greeting and at the same time mentioning that a matter concerning my child needs to be rescued from the clutches of his guardian, as the formal report will explain.
I'm not worried about the cause of justice itself — that's your chief concern — but I do dare ask that the imperial response come quickly, to give force to the rulings already made.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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