(For) we think that you would not allow us to be disappointed at all, especially in such a matter. For your soul will be able to benefit greatly from it. We inform you that we need some beams for the churches of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and for that reason we have given orders to our sub-deacon, Sabinus, that he should cut down some beams from the territory of Calabria, and haul them right down to the sea, to a suitable place.
And because he lacks support in this matter, we salute your Glory with paternal love, and ask that you request your agents who are in that place to send over men under their control, with their oxen, to assist him. Thus with your support, he might better complete what we have imposed on him. For we promise that, on the completion of the matter, we shall send you a worthy present, which would not be unjust.
And because he lacks support in this matter, we salute your Glory with paternal love, and ask that you request your agents who are in that place to send over men under their control, with their oxen, to assist him. Thus with your support, he might better complete what we have imposed on him. For we promise that, on the completion of the matter, we shall send you a worthy present, which would not be unjust.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 617.
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