Letter 191: For those of moderate virtue, suspicion is an inconvenience.

To Nilus. If it is possible for Zosimus, Maron, and Eustathius -- who have been caught in evils so many and so great -- to be brought to their senses and to return to the place from which they fell, that is the better course. But if not, then amputation: just as incurable limbs that are rushing to spread to the vital parts [must be cut off].

Εἰ μέν δυνατόν σωφρονισθέντας Ζώσιμον, καὶ Μά- ρωνα, καὶ Εὐστάθιον τοὺς ἐπὶ τοσούτοις καὶ τηλι- κούτοις κακοῖς ἁλόντας, ἐπανελθεῖν ὅθεν ἐξέπεσον, ἄμεινον. Εἰ δὲ μή, ἐκκοπὴν, ὥσπερ μέλη ἀνίατα σπεύδοντα βαδίσαι ἐπὶ τὰ καίρια.