2.  I have asked George, as you requested.  He replies as you reported.  In all this we must remain quiet, casting the care of the house on the Lord.  For I put my trust in the Holy God that He will by my aid Here the mss. vary, and the sense is obscure.  Ben. Ed. σὺν ἡμῖν. al. συνέσιν. grant to him deliverance from his difficulties in some other way, and to me to live my life without trouble.  If this cannot be, be so good as to send me word yourself as to what part I must look after, that I may begin to ask this favour of each of my friends in power, either for nothing, or for some moderate price, as the Lord may prosper me. “Videtur illa dignitas, quam se amici causa alicujus petiturum promittit Basilius, non administratio aliqua fuisse, sed tantum codicillaria dignitas.  Hoc enim consilio hanc dignitatem petere statuerat, ut amici domus magnum aliquod incommodum effugeret.  Porro in hunc usum impetrari solebant codicilli, ut curia, vel saltem duumviratus et civitatis cura vitarentur.  Pretio autem impetratos non modo nulla immunitas, sed etiam multa sequebatur ut perspictur ex Cod. Theod. vi. 22.  Sic enim habet lex secunda imperatoris Constantii:  ‘Ab honoribus mercandis per suffragia, vel qualibet ambitione quærendis, certa multa prohibuit:  cui addimus et quicunque, fugientes obsequia curiarum, umbras et nomina affectaverint dignitatem, tricenas libras argenti inferre cogantur, manente illa præterita inlatione auri qua perpetua lege constructi sunt.’  Unde miror Basilium ab hac via tentanda non omnino alienum fuisse.  Sed forte hæ leges non admodum accurate servabuntur sub Valente.”  Ben. note.