Ennodius of Pavia → Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
Tradução moderna em inglês
Ennodius to Symmachus.
Petition is never ineffective when it reaches a man of justice and compassion. I bring my request to you confident that it will receive the hearing it deserves — not because I have any claim on your time, but because the cause itself does.
Consider it, and act as your conscience directs. Farewell.
Texto latino / grego
XXXVIII. ENNODIVS SVMMACHO. Non inefficaciter poseit qui parenti omnium peregrinos insinuat: nobilibus generalis debetur adsertio, maxime apud eos qui beneficia tribuunt non rogati. Beatum sublimem adulescentem praesentium baiulum si corona uestra dignanter excipiat, praeclarum iuxta morem pontificis ornat officium: est enim qui gratiam uestram et natalibus mereatur et moribus. sufficit dignis stricta laudatio. nunc seruitiis . salutationis exhibitis rogo, ut me amantem uestri crebri releuetis promulgatione conloquii.