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Gregorius Romano defensori. Quia praesentium portitorem Argentium colonum Ecclesiae nostrae curam hospitalitatis habere cognovimus, necesse est ut in parte aliqua ejus studium adjuvemus. Idcirco hujus tibi praeceptionis auctoritate mandamus ut terrulam 1106 modiorum plus minus, sicut asserii, decem, possessionis Disterianæ, Quam tenuit, reddere ei sine mora aliqua vel excusatione festines, ut eam diebus vitae suae babeat, atque ex ipsa rationibus ecclesiasticis nihil impendat sed in ea ille quam exhibet hospitalitate proficiat. Quia dignum est ut bono laudandoque operi concurrere ac ferre consultum modis omnibus debeamus.
Gregory to Romanus the defensor. Because we have learned that the bearer of these presents, Argentius, a colonus of our Church, exercises the care of hospitality, it is necessary that we aid his zeal in some part. Therefore we command you by the authority of this instruction that you hasten, without any delay or excuse, to restore to him a little plot of land of about ten modii, more or less, as he asserts, of the Disterian possession, which he held, so that he may have it for the days of his life, and may pay nothing from it into the ecclesiastical accounts, but in it may prosper in that hospitality which he shows. For it is fitting that we ought by all means to concur with, and to bring counsel to, a good and praiseworthy work.
額我略致護產官羅曼努斯。因我們得知這封信的持有人、我們教會的佃農阿爾根提烏斯盡心款待客旅，我們就有必要在某方面資助他的熱心。為此，我們憑這道訓令的權柄囑咐你辦理：要趕緊，不得有任何遲延或推託，把迪斯特里亞地產中約十摩狄（如他所稱，或多或少）、他曾持有的一小塊田地歸還給他，好使他終其一生都可持有，並不需從中向教會的帳目繳納什麼，反倒在其上藉他所行的款待得以昌盛。因為理所當然，我們對於美好而可稱讚的善工，理當千方百計地予以協助、提供扶持。