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Dilectissimo fratri, b Mariano episcopo, Gregorius episcopus e servus servorum Dei. Homilias d quæ in beatum Ezechielem prophetam, ita ut coram populo loquebar, exceptæ sunt, multis curis irruentibus in abolitione reliqueram. Sed post annos octo, petentibus fratribus, notariorum schedas requirere studui, ea<que, favente Domino transcurrens, inquantum 1174 f ab angustiis tribulationum licuit emendavi. Tua itaque dilectio has sibi 'ad legendum mitti poposcerat, sed valde incongruum credidi ut aquam despicabilem hauriret quem constat de beatorum Patrum Ambrosii atque Augustini lorrentibus profunda ac perspicua fluenta assidue hibere.
To his most beloved brother, Bishop Marinianus, Gregory, bishop and servant of the servants of God. The homilies which, upon the blessed prophet Ezechiel, were taken down just as I spoke them before the people, I had left in neglect, many cares rushing in upon me. But after eight years, at the request of the brethren, I took pains to seek out the notaries' papers, and, running through them with the Lord's favour, I amended them in so far as amid the straits of tribulations I was able. Your affection therefore had begged that these be sent to you to read; but I judged it very unfitting that he should draw despicable water who, it is well known, constantly drinks the deep and clear streams from the torrents of the blessed Fathers Ambrose and Augustine.
致我至愛的弟兄馬里尼安主教，額我略，主教、神眾僕之僕。那些關於有福的先知以西結、正如我在百姓面前所講而被記錄下來的講道，因許多憂慮向我湧來，我曾將它們擱置疏忽。但八年之後，應弟兄們的請求，我費心尋出記錄員的稿紙，靠主的恩眷通覽一遍，在患難的困厄所容許的限度內加以修訂。因此，你的摯愛曾懇求把這些寄給你閱讀；但我認為極不相宜的是：一個眾所周知常從有福教父安波羅修與奧古斯丁的洪流中暢飲深邃清澈之水的人，竟去汲取可鄙之水。
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Sed rursum dum cogito quod saepe inter quotidianas delicias etiam viliores cibi suaviter sapiunt, transmisi minima legenti potiora, ut dum cibus grossior velut pro fastidio sumitur, ad subtiliores epulas avidius redeatur.
But again, when I consider that often, amid daily delicacies, even the coarser foods have a pleasant savour, I have sent to you, as reader, the lesser matters before the better, so that while the coarser food is taken as if to relieve satiety, one may return the more eagerly to the finer fare.
但另一方面，當我思想到：在每日的珍饈之中，較粗劣的食物往往也別有滋味時，我便把較次要的東西先於較好的寄給你這位讀者，好使當人彷彿為解膩而取用較粗的食物時，可以更熱切地回到較精緻的筵席。