§11.8.1eo tempore Polla tua misit ut ad te si quid vellem darem litterarum, cum quid scriberem non habebam; omnia enim erant suspensa propter exspectationem legatorum, qui quid egissent nihildum nuntiabatur.
At that time your Polla sent a messenger asking if I wished to send any letter to you, when I had nothing to write; for everything was in suspense because of the expectation of the ambassadors, and nothing was yet reported as to what they had done.
haec tamen scribenda existimavi, primum senatum populumque R. de te laborare non solum salutis suae causa sed etiam dignitatis tuae.
Nevertheless, I thought I ought to write this: first, that the Senate and the Roman people are anxious about you, not only for the sake of their own safety but also for your dignity.
admirabilis enim est quaedam tui nominis caritas amorque in te singularis omnium civium; ita enim sperant atque confidunt, ut antea rege sic hoc tempore regno te rem p. liberaturum.
For there is a certain admirable affection for your name and a singular love for you on the part of all the citizens; indeed, they hope and trust that, just as previously from a king, so at this time you will liberate the republic from kingly rule.
§11.8.2Romae dilectus habetur totaque Italia, si hic dilectus appellandus est, cum ultro se offerunt omnes tantus ardor animos hominum occupavit desiderio libertatis odioque diutinae servitutis.
A levy is being held in Rome and throughout all Italy, if indeed this is to be called a levy, when everyone offers themselves voluntarily, so great an ardor has seized the minds of men with a longing for liberty and hatred of long servitude.
de reliquis rebus a te iam exspectare litteras debemus quid ipse agas, quid noster Hirtius, quid Caesar meus; quos spero brevi tempore societate victoriae tecum copulatos fore.
Regarding the remaining matters, we ought now to expect letters from you as to what you yourself are doing, what our Hirtius is doing, and what my Caesar is doing; whom I hope in a short time will be joined with you in the partnership of victory.
reliquum est ut de me id scribam, quod te ex tuorum litteris et spero et malo cognoscere, me neque deesse ulla in re neque umquam defuturum dignitati tuae.
It remains for me to write this about myself—which I both hope and prefer that you learn from the letters of your own family—that I have neither failed your dignity in any matter nor will ever fail it.