TRAIĀNUS PLĪNIŌ
Āctum quem dēbuistī, mī Secunde, in excutiendīs causīs eōrum, quī Chrīstiānī ad tē dēlātī fuerant, secūtus es. Neque enim in ūniversum aliquid, quod quasi certam fōrmam habeat, cōnstituī potest. [2] Conquīrendī nōn sunt; sī dēferantur et arguantur, pūniendī sunt, ita tamen ut, quī negāverit sē Chrīstiānum esse idque rē ipsa manifēstum fēcerit, id est supplicandō dīs nostrīs, quamvīs suspectus in praeteritum, veniam ex paenitentiā impetret. Sine auctōre vērō prōpositī libellī in nūllō crīmine locumhabēre dēbent. Nam et pessimī exemplī nec nostrī saeculī est.
vocabulary
āctus –ūs, m.: an impelling, performance (of an act or thing)
Secundus –ī, m.: Secundus
excutiō –cutere –cussī –cussum: to shake off
ūniversus –a –um: entire, all
conquīrō –quīrere –quīsīvī –quīsītus: to seek, collect2
arguō –ere –uī –ūtus: to declare; accuse
pūniō –īre –īvī –ītum: to punish
Chrīstiānus –a –um: Christian
manifēstus –a –um: clear, manifest
supplicō –āre: to kneel down, beseech
suspiciō –spicere –spexī –spectus: to take up; recognize; accept
praeteritus –a –um: past
venia –ae, f.: pardon
paenitentia –ae, f.: repentance, penitence
impetrō –āre –āvī –ātus: to obtain
libellus –ī, m.: little book, document