Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido

While a notorious case was pending in the court of the prefecture, Dyscolius, who had brought an action for theft and had implicated many men of our order with his accusation, secretly entered into a pact with the defendants and evaded the hearing, not without bringing discredit upon the judge. An officer has been dispatched to investigate this matter; if he obtains the support of the praetorian guards, he will find it easier to bring the accuser back. It is therefore in the interest of public discipline, and also concerns the reputation of the judge, that you order Dyscolius to be sought out with the utmost effort and brought back to court under guard, lest a suspicion liable to rumors tarnish the innocence of the senators.