Letter 8023: The distinguished Eleutherius, in a matter of his own that the Vicar had accepted for hearing from the lord Prefect,...

23. Ennodius to Florus. The distinguished man Eleutherius, in his lawsuit, which the Deputy [Vicarius] had undertaken to be heard by the lord prefect, has hoped for a letter of recommendation from me to your eminence, believing that, with justice preserved, complete assistance could be available to him if he were aided before you by my words. I ask therefore, the honor of a greeting having been shown, that you stretch out a healing hand to him, if he truly labors against equity, since it is an abomination that, to the prejudice of a good cause, cunning should see that what it contrives benefits itself.

XXIII. ENNODIVS FLORO. Spectabilis uir Eleutherius in negotio suo, quod a domno praefecto audiendum Vicarius susceperat, ad amplitudinem uestram a me commendaticias sperauit, credens salua iustitia opem sibi integram posse subpetere, si meis apud uos iuuaretur alloquiis. rogo ergo honore salutationis exhibito, ut ei, si uere contra aequitatem laborat, manum medicam porrigatis, quia nefas est, ut in praeiudicio bonae causae prodesse sibi calliditas uideat quod molitur.