Letter 80: eplal (always) B, epist la (always) Ewald emilie B 3 sublimitas (nihil not.

To Symeon, the illustrious. [The bulk of this record consists of the modern editor's critical apparatus rather than the letter itself: variant readings ("epla" always in B, "epistola" always in Ewald; "sublimitas" with nothing noted, Ewald), a note on the dating ("The days on which this and the two following letters were given I have established by relying on a firm conjecture, namely that they were given after letter 54; compare the prolegomena, p. XXXV"), a note on the title ("To Symeon, the illustrious: known only from this passage. This man was, with great probability, only an honorary or unattached ‘illustris,’ for he is not granted the title of ‘glorious’; compare the notes on letter 20,1, p. 62"), and a note on the place-name ("Aemilia, which, together with Flaminia, formed the eighth Roman region"), together with a note on the address "your sublimity" ("Inasmuch as he was an ‘illustris,’ this title befitted him; P. Koch found it last in use in the year 539") and a note on the "refutation addressed to Pope Vigilius" ("That is, a certain letter in which, after Vigilius had condemned the Three Chapters, he intended to clear himself before the pope of his own opposition to that same condemnation, the pope wishing to condemn one like himself, and threatening a penalty unless he should at last assent to the verdict of his condemnation"). These are not part of the letter and are rendered here only as glosses.] [The legible letter text of Pelagius reads:] ...wished to condemn, and six books in defense of the Three Chapters, shut up [...] through various monasteries and places of exile [...] but the things which men of diverse heresies, who are always [...] scandals, wrote to me [...] they sent in secret. Besides this man, if anyone says that he possesses a letter of mine, made while I was in the diaconate, concerning this same matter, he is openly lying. [The apparatus continues, with variant readings ("per nichil, B; ‘mittebant,’ Ewald; ‘praeter,’ by conjecture of the author, ‘propter’ B; ‘si’ with the c deleted, B") and a further note ("through various monasteries and places of exile, not having a copy: these same complaints are found in the work of Pelagius, In Defense of the Three Chapters; compare R. Devreesse, ibid., p. XVII-XVIII").] [A separate heading and rubric, of Pelagius I the Pope, follows:] He decrees what the judges ought to be, in whose presence churchmen may be able to present themselves.

eplal (semper) B, epist^^la (semper) Ewald emilie B 3 sublimitas (nihil not.) Ewald Dies quibus haec et duae seqq. epistulae datae fuerunt statui firmae innitens coniecturae, eas post ep. 54 esse datas. Cf. prolegomena p. XXXV. Tit. Symeonis illustri: His modo notus. Hic vir magna cum probabi¬ litate erat tantum inlustvis honorarius aut vacans, nam gloriosi titulo non donatur. Cf. notulas ad ep. 20,1, p. 62. 1. de epistula: Cf. quae scripsi ad ep. 3,4, p. 8. Aemilia: Quae, una cum Flaminia, VIII regionem Romanam formabat. Cf. HueESEn, Aemilia, in Pauly-Wissowa, t. I,c. 540; J.Jung, 0 . c., p. 59-61; P. Kehr, o. c., t. V, p. 1-2; F. Lanzoni, o. c., p. 705-706; E. Josi, Emilia, in Enc. Cattol., t. V, c. 301-302. sublimitas tua: Utpote qui inlustris esset, eum hic titulus de¬ cebat. P. Koch, 0 . c., p. 124, ultimum invenit usurpatum a. 539. Cf. prae¬ terea M. Bridget, o. c., p. 50-51. 2. refutatorium ad papam Uigilium: Id est, litterae quaedam ubi posteaquam Vigilius Tria Capitula damnaverat, de repugnantia sua adversus eandem damnationem se purgare intendebat coram papa, qui sibi similem EPiSi:ui<A 80,1-3 dam[p]nare uolebat, et sex libros in defensionem <trinm> capitu¬ lorum, clausMS per diuersa monasteria et exilia non cem sed quae mihi scripto diuersi heretici, qm scai^ala semper 8en«ar. moUuStur, secreta mW^bant. Praeter iste 3 Stas, si epistubm meam in diaconatu de .sta causa factam ab- quis se habere dicit, aperte mentitur. per nichii; B 11 mittebant] Ewald praeter] com. auctor, propter B 12 si] (c expunx.) B. poenam minabatur, nisi damnationis suae sententiae demum adsentiretur per diuersa monasteria et exilia non habens codicem: Mes querimoniae inveniuntur in opere PEEAOn, In Def. Tnum Cap. Cf. R. D - VREESSE, ihid., p. XVII-XVIII. PEl/AGn I PAPAE Quales esse debent indices, in quorum praesentia ecclesiastici sese valeant sistere, decernit.