Gregory to Gregorius, provost of Italy. The goodness of your excellency, which I have always known, I have now recognized by an added proof. Wherefore I beseech Almighty God that He may guard you with His protection, and bestow upon you both grace with Himself and favor with the most serene princes. But if no depravities of the men who are present divide us, hold it most certain that I am your very own. Which I trust in the omnipotent Lord, because I show this to you even by the document of my attestation. Paying therefore the address of salutation, I ask that, as often as need shall require, you take care to relieve me with your words.