§11.5.1Lupus familiaris noster cum a te venisset cumque Romae quosdam dies commoraretur, ego eram in iis locis in quibus maxime tuto me esse arbitrabar.
When our close friend Lupus had come from you and was staying some days in Rome, I was in those places in which I judged myself to be most safe.
eo factum est ut ad te Lupus sine meis litteris rediret, cum tamen curasset tuas ad me perferendas.
Thereby it happened that Lupus returned to you without letters from me, although he had nevertheless taken care that yours should be delivered to me.
Romam autem veni a. d. v Idus Dec. nec habui quicquam antiquius quam ut Pansam statim con-venirem; ex quo ea de te cognovi quae maxime optabam.
But I came to Rome on the fifth day before the Ides of December, and held nothing of higher priority than immediately meeting Pansa; from whom I learned those things about you which I most of all desired.
qua re hortatione tu quidem non eges, si ne in illa quidem re quae a te gesta est post hominum memoriam maxima hortatorem desiderasti; §11.5.2illud tamen breviter significandum videtur, populum Romanum omnia a te exspectare atque in te aliquando reciperandae libertatis omnem spem ponere.
Therefore, you indeed have no need of exhortation, if even in that action which was performed by you—the greatest in human memory—you did not feel the need of an exhorter; yet it seems necessary to point out this briefly, that the Roman people expect everything from you and place in you all hope of recovering their liberty at some time.
tu si dies noctesque memineris, quod te facere certo scio, quantam rem gesseris, non obliviscere profecto quantae tibi etiam nunc gerendae sint.
If you remember day and night—as I know for certain you do—how great a deed you have performed, you will surely not forget how great things must even now be performed by you.
si enim iste provinciam nactus erit, cui quidem ego semper amicus fui, ante quam illum intellexi non modo aperte sed etiam libenter cum re p. bellum gerere, spem reliquam nullam video salutis.
For if that fellow obtains the province—to whom indeed I was always a friend, before I understood that he was waging war with the republic not only openly but even gladly—I see no remaining hope of safety.
quam ob rem te obsecro iisdem precibus quibus senatus populusque Romanus ut in perpetuum rem p. dominatu regio liberes, ut principiis consentiant exitus.
Therefore I beseech you with the same prayers as the senate and the Roman people, that you free the republic forever from kingly domination, so that the outcomes may agree with the beginnings.
§11.5.3tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes, a te hoc civitas vel omnes potius gentes non exspectant solum sed etiam postulant.
This is your duty, your part; the state, or rather indeed all nations, not only expect this of you but even demand it.
quamquam, cum hortatione non egeas, ut supra scripsi, non utar ea pluribus verbis, faciam illud, quod meum est, ut tibi omnia mea officia, studia, curas, cogitationes pollicear, quae ad tuam laudem et gloriam pertinebunt.
Although, since you do not need exhortation, as I wrote above, I will not use it with more words, I will do that which is my own part: to promise you all my services, devotions, cares, and thoughts which shall pertain to your praise and glory.
quam ob rem velim tibi ita persuadeas, me cum rei p. causa, quae mihi vita mea est carior, tum quod tibi ipsi faveam tuamque dignitatem amplificari velim, tuis optimis consiliis amplitudini, gloriae nullo loco defuturum.
Therefore I would wish you to persuade yourself of this: that both for the sake of the republic, which is dearer to me than my life, and because I favor you yourself and wish your dignity to be enhanced, I will at no point fail your most excellent plans for your greatness and glory.