§10.19.1quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, cum te re ipsa atque animo scirem esse gratissimum, tamen (fatendum est enim) fuit ea mihi periucunda; sic enim vidi, quasi ea quae oculis cernuntur, me a te amari.
Although I did not require an expression of gratitude from you, since I knew that you were most grateful in reality and in mind, yet (for it must be confessed) it was extremely pleasing to me; for I saw that I was loved by you, just as clearly as things which are discerned by the eyes.
dices: 'quid antea?' semper equidem sed numquam inlustrius.
You will say: 'What about before?' Always indeed, but never more illustriously.
Litterae tuae mirabiliter gratae sunt senatui cum rebus ipsis, quae erant gravissimae et maximae, fortissimi animi summique consili, tum etiam gravitate sententiarum atque verborum.
Your letter was wonderfully pleasing to the senate, both on account of the matters themselves, which were most weighty and important, showing a most brave spirit and supreme wisdom, and also on account of the dignity of your sentiments and words.
§10.19.2sed, mi Plance, incumbe ut belli extrema perficias.
But, my Plancus, strive to bring the last stages of the war to completion.
in hoc erit summa et gratia et gloria.
In this will lie the greatest gratitude and glory.
cupio omnia rei p. causa; sed me hercules in ea conservanda iam defetigatus non multo plus patriae faveo quam tuae gloriae, cuius maximam facultatem tibi di immortales, ut spero, dedere; quam complectere obsecro.
I desire all things for the sake of the republic; but, by Hercules, already exhausted in preserving it, I do not favor my fatherland much more than your glory, the greatest opportunity for which, as I hope, the immortal gods have given to you; embrace it, I beseech you.
qui enim Antonium oppresserit, is hoc bellum taeterrimum periculosissimumque confecerit.
For he who shall have crushed Antony will have finished this most foul and dangerous war.