§11.20.1quod pro me non facio, id pro te facere amor meus in te tuaque officia cogunt, ut timeam.
What I do not do for myself, my love for you and your services to me compel me to do for you, namely, to fear.
saepe enim mihi cum esset dictum neque a me contemptum, novissime Labeo Segulius, homo sui simillimus, narrat mihi apud Caesarem se fuisse multumque sermonem de te habitum esse.
For when it had often been told to me and not disregarded by me, most recently Segulius Labeo, a man entirely true to his character, tells me that he was with Caesar and that much conversation about you took place.
ipsum Caesarem nihil sane de te questum, nisi dictum quod diceret te dixisse 'laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum'; se non esse commissurum ut tolli possit.
He said that Caesar himself complained of nothing indeed about you, except a saying which he said you had uttered: 'the young man must be praised, honored, and lifted up' (or 'removed'); and that he would not allow that he could be 'removed'.
hoc ego Labeonem credo illi rettulisse aut finxisse dictum, non ab adulescente prolatum.
I believe that Labeo reported this to him or fabricated the saying, and that it was not brought forward by the young man himself.
veteranos vero pessime loqui volebat Labeo me credere et tibi ab iis instare periculum maximeque indignari, quod in decem viris neque Caesar neque ego habiti essemus atque omnia ad vestrum arbitrium essent conlata.
But Labeo wanted me to believe that the veterans were speaking very badly and that danger was threatening you from them, and that they were especially indignant because neither Caesar nor I had been included among the ten commissioners, and everything had been referred to your will.
§11.20.2haec cum audissem et iam iri itinere essem, committendum non putavi prius ut Alpis transgrederer quam quid istic ageretur scirem; nam de tuo periculo crede mihi iactatione verborum et denuntiatione periculi sperare eos te pertimefacto, adulescente impulso, posse magna consequi praemia, et totam istam cantilenam ex hoc pendere ut quam plurimum lucri faciant.
When I had heard these things and was already on the march, I thought I should not take the risk of crossing the Alps before I knew what was being done there; for concerning your danger, believe me, by the bandying of words and the threat of danger, they hope, once you are thoroughly frightened and the young man is egged on, to be able to obtain great rewards, and that all that song of theirs depends on this: that they make as much profit as possible.
neque tamen non te cautum esse volo et insidias vitantem; nihil enim tua mihi vita potest esse iucundius neque carius.
And yet I do not wish you not to be cautious and avoiding plots; for nothing can be more pleasant or dearer to me than your life.
§11.20.3illud vide ne timendo magis timere cogare et quibus rebus a potest occurri veteranis occurras, primum quod desiderant de decem viris facias, deinde de praemiis, si tibi videtur, agros eorum militum qui cum Antonio veterani fuerunt iis dandos censeas ab utrisque nobis; de nummis lente ac ratione habita pecuniae senatum de ea re constituturum.
See to this, lest by fearing you be compelled to fear more, and that you meet the veterans with those means by which they can be met; first, that you do what they desire concerning the ten commissioners, and next, concerning the rewards, if it seems good to you, you should propose that the lands of those soldiers who were veterans with Antony should be given to them by both of us; and concerning the money, that the senate will decide on that matter slowly and after taking account of the public funds.
quattuor legionibus iis, quibus agros dandos censuistis, video facultatem fore ex agris Sullanis et agro Campano; aequaliter aut sorte agras legionibus adsignari puto oportere.
For those four legions, to whom you decreed lands should be given, I see there will be an opportunity from the Sullan lands and the Campanian territory; I think the lands ought to be assigned to the legions equally or by lot.
§11.20.4haec me tibi scribere non prudentia mea hortatur sed amor in te et cupiditas oti, quod sine te consistere non potest.
It is not my wisdom that urges me to write these things to you, but love for you and desire for peace, which cannot exist without you.
ego, nisi valde necesse fuerit, ex Italia non excedam.
I, unless it is extremely necessary, will not depart from Italy.
legiones armo, paro.
I am arming and preparing legions.
spero me non pessimum exercitum habiturum ad omnis casus et impetus hominum.
I hope I will have a not-worst army for all emergencies and attacks of men.
de exercitu quem Pansa habuit legionem mihi Caesar non remittit.
From the army which Pansa had, Caesar does not send back a legion to me.
ad has litteras statim mihi rescribe tuorumque aliquem mitte, si quid reconditum magis erit meque scire opus esse putaris.
Write back to me immediately to this letter, and send one of your people, if there is anything more secret and you think it necessary for me to know.
viiii K. Iun. Eporedia.
May 24, at Eporedia.