Letter CLXXIX.
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To Arinthæus
.
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Your
natural nobility of
character and your general accessibility have taught me to regard you
as a friend of freedom and of men. I have, therefore, no
hesitation in approaching you in behalf of one who is rendered
illustrious by a long line of ancestry, but is worthy of greater esteem
and honour on his own account, because of his innate goodness of
disposition. I beg you, on my entreaty, to give him your support
under a legal charge, in reality, indeed, ridiculous, but difficult to
meet on account of the seriousness of the accusation. It would be
of great importance to his success if you would deign to say a kind
word in his behalf. You would, in the first place, be helping the
right; but you would further be showing in this your wonted respect and
kindness to myself, who am your friend.
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Placed in
374.
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Possibly
commendatory of the same Eusebius.