to performe, what I require at your hands, vpon his request. First, touch∣ing Pa••sania, the Alabandensian; that you will put off the matter so long, till Nero come: whom I perceiue to be ve∣rie studious of his good; and therefo•••• I entreat you herein: Then, that you would esteem the Nicae••, who are Nero's greatest friends, and whom he defends with all his abilitie, and power, as zea∣lously recommended: that the same Citie may vnderstand, that Nero's Pa∣trocime, is vnto them a pr••ualent pro∣tection. I many times commended vn••o you, Strabo Seruilius; but now, I doe it more effectually, in that Nero hath vn∣dert••ken, to defend his cause. We re∣quire nothing at your hands, but ••hat you will procure an end of the cause; and not suffer Seruilius, an harmelesse person, to bee tired out in a tedious suite, depending in the Court, of such a man, as taking contrarie courses to you, onely affects gaine that is vnlawfull. Wherein, besides the doing me a plea∣sure, you shall also giue m•• occasion, to obserue the vse you make of your no∣ble disposition. The sum of this Epistle is, that you will giue Nero satisfact••••n in all points of fauour, as you haue de∣termined, and effected. Your ••rouinc•• hath a large The••ter, which m••ne ha•••• not; [Wherein] the glorie and com∣mendation, of so noble, so ing••nuous••