Letter 7058: The friendships of parents are rightly passed down to their children, so that affection once formed may benefit the...

The friendships of parents are rightly passed on to their children, so that an affection once entered into may benefit their successors as if by hereditary right. On this account I have taken up the son of Gregorius, that once most excellent man, to be cherished and protected in equal measure; for I had with his father a faithful bond of hearts. But I desire to share with you what is owed by one who is conscientious. Therefore I ask that you carry out, on his behalf, my concern in those matters which his need shall require. Among his other aspirations, moreover, the chief mark of his generous spirit is this: that he desires to enter your court as an advocate of no obscure birth; to him, as I hope, you will grant both instruction by the splendor of your eloquence and your support by the goodness of your mind.