Letter 11025: It is fitting that I promptly grant the promotions that the constant labor of service deserves.

XXV. ON THE CHIEF OF THE SHORTHAND-CLERKS [primicerius exceptorum, head of the recording secretaries]. [1] It befits us to grant without hesitation the advancements of promotion to those whom unremitting toil in service deserves. For just as it is just to deny to the slothful the rewards of those who labor, so it is fitting to grant to those who keep watch the recompense they have hoped for. And therefore let Patricius know that he has been appointed by us as chief of the shorthand-clerks, so that, having been brought to such an office, he may rejoice that the merits of his actions have given satisfaction.

XXV. DE PRIMICERIO EXCEPTORUM. [1] Decet nos incunctanter tribuere promotionis ascensus, quos labor militiae meretur assiduus. sicut enim aequum est desidiosis laborantium praemia denegare, ita convenit excubantibus remunerationis optata concedere. et ideo Patricius exceptorum primicerium se a nobis noverit institutum, ut ad tale perductus officium placuisse suarum merita gaudeat actionum.