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Gregorius Cypriano diacono. Zenon trater et coepiscopus noster quosdam in ci. vitate sua alimoniarum necessitatem innotuit 794 sustinere. Quibus quoniam, ut possibile est, aliquod desideramus ferre consultum, idcirco dilectionem tuam ame dicto fratri et coepiscopo nostro mille modios tritici, aut, si pius levare potuerit, usque ad duo millia scriptis te dare praesentibus deputamus. Hortamur igitur ut i n his præbendis nullam moram aut excusationem adducas, quatenus, dum tempus sinit, t L hic cnm Dei adjutorio sine periculo ad propria reJneare, et citius valeat necessitatem patientibus subvenire. (Joan. Diac., I. II, c. I5.)
Gregory to Cyprian the deacon. Our brother and fellow-bishop Zeno has made known that certain persons in his city are enduring the necessity of want of food. To whom, since, as far as is possible, we desire to bring some relief, therefore by these present writings we appoint your Beloved to give to the aforesaid brother and fellow-bishop of ours a thousand measures of wheat, or, if he can bear more, up to two thousand. We exhort you, therefore, to bring no delay or excuse in furnishing these things, so that, while the time allows, he may with God's help return home from here without peril, and may the more quickly be able to relieve those suffering want. (John the Deacon, book II, ch. 15.)
額我略致執事西彼廉。我們的弟兄兼同主教則諾知會我們：他城中某些人正忍受缺糧之苦。既然我們渴望盡可能為他們帶來若干救濟，故此我們藉這現今的書函委派你親愛者，給我們上述的弟兄兼同主教一千斗小麥，或若他能承運更多，至多兩千斗。因此我們勸勉你：在供應這些糧食上不要帶來任何拖延或藉口，好使趁時間許可之時，他能靠天主的幫助平安地從這裏返回本地，並能更快地救濟那些受缺乏之苦的人。（執事若望，第二卷，第十五章。）