Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
It is common practice for those who need help to turn to proven supporters. One such person is Eusebius, who, having slipped into the errors of youth and been marked by a judicial ruling, now implores the surest remedy -- an imperial pardon. But so that the desired result may smile on him quickly, he has hoped that the cause of his petition might be entrusted to your care. The essence of his request is this: that through the remission of the judgment against him, he may erase the wound to his reputation.
Texto latino / grego
25 Ex usu venit, nt opem desiderantes ad snffragia probata confugiant. homm nnus Ensebins est, qui adulescentiae prolapsns errore notatnsqne iudicio exploratissimum remedinm veniae imperialis implorat. sed nt ei celeriter adrideat effectus optati, de- ferri in cnram tuam spem petitionis optavit ; cnius haec summa est, ut iudicati remis- sione famae suae vulnns exclndat. 1 indicU PV 3 aale add, VM moninm P 1 m, V in eam prouinciam PVM, fort. intra eam prouinciam 18 mataritatem P bonas artet V 19 ligoriam V redundantes P 2 m. V 20 baiolo PV mores V, et mores M 21 interuentium P, intnitum VM 22 uale add. VM tonit om. F 29 uale add. VF Q. Atbslivs STMMAonva. ]] 82 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE XXXVI ante a. 398.