Letter 7034: We have no doubt that what is freely given is gratefully received, since what is usually begged for as a favor, we...

34. FORMULA OF A LETTER OF SUMMONS, WHICH THE PRINCE DIRECTS OF HIS OWN ACCORD. [1] We do not doubt that things offered unasked are received gratefully, since such things are commonly bestowed in place of a gift when they have been requested, because the remembrance of the lord always grants increase, and the tokens of a prince's gratification cannot be empty. Therefore, by these present orders, we summon you to our court, that you may enjoy no slight joy. [2] And so, setting aside the delight of leisure, hasten to come to that city on that day, so that we may judge the sight of us to have been pleasing to you, when we learn that you have made haste. For our court desires the presence of good men, since—I know not by what arrangement—whatever is recognized as pleasing to royal wisdom is also approved by divine judgment, because he who governs our hearts himself also grants us to perceive what we ought.

XXXIIII. FORMULA EVOCATORIAE, QUAM PRINCEPS MOTU SUO DIRIGIT. [1] Non dubitamus ultronea grate suscipi, quae in locum muneris solent postulata conferri, quia domini recordatio concedit semper augmenta nec possunt esse principis vacua gratificationis indicia. quapropter ad comitatum nostrum iussis te praesentibus evocamus, ut non mediocri gaudio perfruaris. [2] Et ideo otii delectatione postposita ad illam diem ad urbem illam venire depropera, ut et tibi aspectum nostrum gratum fuisse iudicemus, cum te festinasse cognoscimus. desiderat enim aula nostra praesentiam bonorum, dum nescio quo pacto quicquid regali sapientiae gratum esse cognoscitur, et divino iudicio comprobatur, quia ille qui corda nostra regit, ipse etiam quod debeamus sentire concedit.