Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
I've already satisfied both my regard for you and your expectations with a great number of letters in recent days. This particular page doesn't need to be long: I simply advise, for what my judgment is worth, that you transfer the handling of your Sicilian case to the praetorian prefects -- assuming the financial contribution they've assigned you leaves anything worth pursuing.
Texto latino / grego
Superioribus diebus et meae circa vos observantiae et vestrae expectationi multo epistularum numero satisfeci. haec vero pagina copiam non requirit, cum hoc tantum 15 benevolentiae vestrae pro captu consilii mei suadeam, ut ad praefectos praetorio Sici- liensis causae vestrae actio transferatur , si tamen aliquid vobis ad experiendum data oblatio reservabit. LVIU (LVUU) a. 398.