2. No one is so ignorant of Gregory as to have any
unworthy suspicion of his giving an inexact account of the
circumstances because he is fond of money. We have not to go far
to find a proof of his liberality. What is left of the property
of Cæsarius he gladly abandons to the Treasury, so that the
property may be kept there, and the Treasurer may give answer to those
who attack it and demand their proofs; for we are not adapted for such
business. Your excellency may be informed that, so long as it was
possible, no one went away without getting what he wanted, and each one
carried off what he demanded without any difficulty. The
consequence indeed was that a good many were sorry that they had not
asked for more at first; and this made still more objectors, for with
the example of the earlier successful applicants before them, one false
claimant starts up after another. I do then entreat your
excellency to make a stand against all this and to come in, like some
intervening stream, and solve the continuity of these troubles.
You know how best you will help matters, and need not wait to be
instructed by me. I am inexperienced in the affairs of this life,
and cannot see my way out of our difficulties. Of your great
wisdom discover some means of help. Be our counsellor. Be
our champion.