Gregory to Romanus the defender, Anthemius the subdeacon, and Savinus the subdeacon. The things which it behoves us to grant of our own accord, we cannot deny when requested. And therefore, because our glorious son Romanus, formerly praetor, has wished his possessions and the men who are in those parts to be commended to your Experience, we command you by this precept that you cease not, equity being preserved, to protect his possessions and men, and that you so strive in all his causes and interests to concur and to aid, that both he may recognize himself helped by this commendation, and you may be proved to have healthfully discharged the things enjoined.