Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido

Tradução moderna em inglês

I've given this letter to the carrier of the official dispatches, paying my respects with a greeting and at the same time mentioning that a matter concerning my child needs to be rescued from the clutches of his guardian, as the formal report will explain. I'm not worried about the cause of justice itself — that's your chief concern — but I do dare ask that the imperial response come quickly, to give force to the rulings already made.