§11.21.1dei isti Segulio male faciant, homini nequissimo omnium, qui sunt, qui fuerunt, qui futuri sunt! quid? tu illum tecum solum aut cum Caesare? qui neminem praetermiserit, quicum loqui potuerit, cui non eadem ista dixerit.
May the gods bring ruin upon that Segulius, the most wicked man of all who are, who have been, and who will be! What? Do you think he spoke only with you or with Caesar? He who passed over no one with whom he was able to speak, to whom he did not say those very same things.
te tamen, mi Brute, sic amo ut debeo, quod istud quicquid esset nugarum me scire voluisti; signum enim magnum amoris dedisti.
But, my Brutus, I love you as I ought to, because you wanted me to know whatever those trifles were; for you have given a great proof of love.
§11.21.2nam quod idem Segulius, veteranos queri, quod tu et Caesar in decem viris non essetis, utinam ne ego quidem essem! quid enim molestius? sed tamen, cum ego sensissem de iis qui exercitus haberent sententiam ferri oportere, idem illi qui solent reclamarunt; itaque excepti etiam estis me vehementer repugnante.
For as to the fact that the same Segulius reported that the veterans complain that you and Caesar were not on the ten-commission, I wish that I indeed were not either! For what is more troublesome? But yet, when I had proposed that a decree ought to be passed concerning those who held armies, those very same men who are accustomed to do so shouted in protest; and so you also were excluded, even though I vehemently opposed it.
Quocirca Segulium neglegamus qui res novas quaerit, non quo veterem comederit (nullam enim habuit) sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devoravit.
Therefore, let us ignore Segulius, who seeks revolution, not because he devoured his old property (for he had none), but he has devoured this very recent novelty.
§11.21.3quod autem scribis te, quod pro te ipso non facias, id pro me, ut de me timeas aliquid, omni te, vir optime mihique carissime, Brute, de me metu libero; ego enim quae provideri poterunt non fallar in iis, quae cautionem non habebunt de iis non ita valde laboro.
Moreover, as to what you write, that what you do not do for yourself, you do for me, namely, that you fear something on my account, I free you from all fear concerning me, my excellent and dearest Brutus; for as to those things which can be foreseen, I shall not be deceived in them, and as to those which have no precaution, I do not trouble myself so very much.
sim enim impudens, si plus postulem quam homini a rerum natura tribui potest.
For I would be shameless if I demanded more than can be granted to a human being by nature.
§11.21.4quod mihi praecipis ut caveam ne timendo magis timere cogar, et sapienter et amicissime praecipis; sed velim tibi persuadeas, cum te constet excellere hoc genere virtutis ut numquam extimescas, numquam perturbere, me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere.
As to your advice to me to beware lest by fearing I be compelled to fear more, you advise both wisely and most amicably; but I would wish you to persuade yourself that, since it is well known that you excel in this kind of virtue, namely, that you are never terrified and never perturbed, I approach very near to this virtue of yours.
quam ob rem nec metuo quicquam et cavebo omnia.
Therefore, I neither fear anything and will be on guard against everything.
sed vide ne tua iam, mi Brute, culpa futura sit, si ego quicquam timeam.
But see to it, my Brutus, lest it be your fault hereafter if I fear anything.
tuis enim opibus et consulatu tuo, etiam si timidi essemus, tamen omnem timorem abiceremus, praesertim cum persuasum omnibus esset mihique maxime a te nos unice diligi.
For with your resources and your consulship, even if we were timid, we would yet cast away all fear, especially since everyone, and I most of all, was convinced that we are uniquely loved by you.
consiliis tuis, quae scribis de quattuor legionibus deque agris adsignandis ab utroque vestrum, vehementer adsentior.
I vehemently agree with your plans, which you write concerning the four legions and concerning the lands to be assigned by both of you.
itaque cum quidam de conlegis nostris agrariam curationem ligurrirent, disturbavi rem totamque nobis integram reservavi.
And so, when some of our colleagues were licking their chops at the agrarian commission, I disturbed the matter and reserved the whole thing intact for us.
si quid erit occultius et, ut scribis, 'reconditum,' meorum aliquem mittam, quo fidelius ad te litterae perferantur.
If there is anything more secret and, as you write, 'recondite,' I will send one of my men, so that the letter may be carried to you more reliably.
Pr. non. Iun.
June 4.