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Epistle XXX.
To Mauricius Augustus.
Gregory to Mauricius, &c.
The Piety of my Lords, which has been wont
mercifully to sustain your servants, has shone forth here in so kind a
supply that the need of all the feeble has been relieved by the succour
of your bounty. On this account we all with prayers and tears
beseech Almighty God, who has moved the heart
of your Clemency to do this thing, that He would preserve the empire of
our Lords safe in His unfailing love, and by the aid of His own majesty
extend their victories in all nations. The thirty pounds of gold
which my fellow-servant Busa brought, Scribo1599
| 1599 Or Scribo may
be the official designation of the officer commissioned to distribute
the imperial bounty. Cf. II. 32, note 7. |
has distributed faithfully to priests, persons in need, and
others. And, since certain females devoted to a religious life
(sanctimoniales fœminæ) have come to this city from
divers provinces, having fled hither after captivity, of whom some, so
far as there was room for them, have been placed in monasteries, but
others, who could not be taken in, lead a life of singular destitution,
it has been thought good that what could be spared from the relief of
the blind, maimed and feeble should be distributed to them, so that not
only needy natives, but also strangers who arrive here, might receive
of the compassion of our Lords. Hence it has been brought about
that all alike with one accord pray for the life of our lords, that so
Almighty God may give you a long and quiet
life, and grant to the most happy offspring of your Piety to flourish
long in the Roman republic. The pay also of the soldiers has been
so distributed by my aforesaid fellow-servant Scribo1600
| 1600 Or Scribo may be
the official designation of the officer commissioned to distribute the
imperial bounty. Cf. II. 32, note 7. | , in the presence also of the glorious Castus,
magister militum, that all received with thanks the gifts of our
lords under due discipline, and abstained from all murmuring such as
was formerly wont to prevail among them.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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