Letter 1077: Since the gods have given you the power to be useful to my friends, I'm confident that Romanus — an excellent man...

Since the gods have granted you this power, that you can be of service to my friends and connections, I trust that in your protection there stands ready, for Romanus, an excellent man with whom I have long had a close acquaintance, an abundant store of good hope. For he is supported by two recommendations, of which the care is, in your eyes, of long standing: the special weight of my testimony and the awareness of his own merit. For I venture diligently to judge that he is worthy, one whom you should hold of account, and, that I may not speak at length, one by whose friendship you would not be burdened. The tranquility of his mind, the diligence of his duty, have been proven to me in him; no one employs a readier good faith toward his friends. That these things are so, if you grant me any credit, I would have you believe; if your mind should inquire further, I urge you to examine it. Farewell.