Droctulf [a Lombard] has come from the enemy of the republic, inspired by the goodness of your reputation, that spreads far and wide, and as he has hastened to serve your Excellency with the greatest desire.
And since he had asked for himself to be recommended to you in our letter, we greet you with paternal affection and ask that your Excellency should deign to appoint him, just as God will inspire your heart and it will seem advantageous.
And since he had asked for himself to be recommended to you in our letter, we greet you with paternal affection and ask that your Excellency should deign to appoint him, just as God will inspire your heart and it will seem advantageous.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 551
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