S. AMBROSE tells Marcellus that he has been appointed to decide
the case in which he and his brother Lætus and their sister were
concerned, and why he undertook rather to act as arbiter than
as judge in it. He urges Marcellus to submit willingly to his
loss, praising him at the same time for having himself offered
so equitable an adjustment of the matter, and tells him why he
has nevertheless made some change in the settlement, and ends by
shewing how the success gained by the several parties has been
without general detriment to the Church.