Quote from Letter 9.77 to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples. November-December 598
Therefor, we exhort your Fraternity, as soon as you have received the present letter, to restore the gates to Theodore, a magnificent gentleman and chid officer of the people, and the aquaduct to Rusticus, a most illustrious gentleman and elderly citizen, without any argument. And in this business, do not insert a delay of any excuse, in case you incur blame for indiscretion, if you think what you ought to have done of your own accord should be put off, by suggesting a chance event of some sort.
Therefor, we exhort your Fraternity, as soon as you have received the present letter, to restore the gates to Theodore, a magnificent gentleman and chid officer of the people, and the aquaduct to Rusticus, a most illustrious gentleman and elderly citizen, without any argument. And in this business, do not insert a delay of any excuse, in case you incur blame for indiscretion, if you think what you ought to have done of your own accord should be put off, by suggesting a chance event of some sort.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 590.
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