e _Tribunus Voluptatum_ is apparently
out of the question--and how his jurisdiction fitted in to that of
other officers, Manso (p. 362) deems it impossible to decide, nor can
I offer any suggestion.]

31. FORMULA OF THE PRINCEPS OF THE CITY OF ROME.

[Sidenote: Formula Principatus Urbis Romae.]

'As there must be the _Officium_, of a Count in Rome, and as we want
to have our chief Princeps[487] near us [in Ravenna], we wish you to
take his place and wield power as his _Vicarius_ in Rome.

[Footnote 487: 'Principem nostrum _cardinalem_' (observe this use of
the word).]

'If you think that any of the _Comitiaci_ ought to be sent to attend
our Comitatus [at Ravenna], do so at your own discretion, retaining
those whom you think proper to retain at Rome. Let there be an
alternation, however, that one set of men be not worn out with
continuous labour, while the others are rusting in idleness.'

32. FORMULA OF THE MASTER OF THE MINT.

[Sidenote: Formula qua Moneta Committitur.]

'Great is the crime of tampering with the coinage; a crime against the
many--whose buying and selling is disturbed by it; and a crime and a
sacrilege against us, whose image is impressed on the coins.

'Let everything be pure and unalloyed which bears the impress of our
Serenity. Let the flame of gold be pale and unmixed, let the colour of
silver smile with its gracious whiteness, let the ruddy copper retain
its native glow.

'Coins are to keep their full weight. They used to pass current by
weight, not by tale, whence the words for profit and expenditure[488].
_Pecunia_ was named from cattle (pecus). You must see that our money
does not return to this low condition. King Servius first used
stamped money. Take then the care of the mint; hold it for five years,
and be very careful how you administer it.'

[Footnote 488: 'Compendium et dispendium' (from _pendere_, to weigh).]

33. FORMULA RESPECTING THE AMBASSADORS OF VARIOUS NATIONS.

[Sidenote: Formula Legatorum Gentium Diversarum.]

'Since it is important that when ambassadors return to their country
they should feel that they have been well treated in ours, hand the
enclosed _douceur_ (humanitas), and a certain quantity of fodder for
their horses, to the ambassadors of such and such a nation. Nothing
pleases those who have commenced their return journey better than
speeding them on their way.'

34. FORMULA OF SUMMONS TO THE KING'S COURT (UNSOLICITED).

[Sidenote: Formula E