§10.14.1O gratam famam biduo ante victoriam de subsidio tuo, de studio, de celeritate, de copiis! atque etiam hostibus fusis spes omnis est in te; fugisse enim ex proelio Mutinensi dicuntur notissimi latronum duces; est autem non minus gratum extrema delere quam prima depellere.
What welcome news, two days before the victory, about your support, your zeal, your speed, and your forces! And even though the enemy has been routed, all hope is in you; for the most infamous leaders of the bandits are said to have fled from the battle of Mutina; moreover, it is no less gratifying to destroy the last remnants than to repel the first onset.
§10.14.2equidem exspectabam iam tuas litteras, idque cum multis, sperabamque etiam Lepidum rei p. temporibus admonitum tecum et cum re p. esse facturum.
Indeed, I was already expecting your letter, and that along with many others, and I was hoping that even Lepidus, warned by the critical state of the republic, would act with you and with the republic.
in illam igitur curam incumbe, mi Plance, ut ne quae scintilla teterrimi belli relinquatur.
Therefore, my dear Plancus, apply yourself to this care, so that no spark of this most foul war may be left.
quod si erit factum, et rem publicam divino beneficio adfeceris et ipse aeternam gloriam consequere.
And if this is done, you will both have bestowed a divine benefit upon the republic and you yourself will attain eternal glory.
D. iii Non. Mai.
Dispatched on May 5th.