Gilberti Cognati Nozereni aliquot epistolae

I know the mind of Caesar is pious and sincere: but I wish he had the leisure, amid the crashing waves of business, to learn the entire state of this case. Under the guise of religion, the greatest malice of men lies hidden. There are those who hunt for glory from the disgrace of others; among them are the kōphunōdes deaf/silent ones and Paulinus. There are those who, intent on plunder, seize any opportunity; I know a few. There are those who seek to satisfy their private spite or hatred under an honorable title, and among these are numbered the foaming Thraso, Richardus Montanus, Dupileus Roirus, the lykolōpyx wolf-fox, and the pseudornoi false-witted ones, all most prone to slander, who have long labored against me with implacable hatred. Everyone hates these men, and they are not of great name; but of them it is commonly said,

Those mangy ones wish to greet everyone,
And back-bite everyone with wicked news.

Everything is now full of such petty brawlers. I certainly, by some secret sense of nature, execrate this lying race, and in turn, I find them most hostile. For no other cause has been offered by me that they should be of a more inequitable mind against me. To Richardus Montanus and Dupileus, it is as familiar to lie as it is to breathe. Finally, there are those who thrust themselves into this business so that, according to the proverb, even Androclides plays the leader in a sedition; they are naturally hot-headed, foolish, and devoid of common sense,

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