§13.24.1Cum antea capiebam ex officio meo voluptatem, quod memineram quam tibi diligenter Lysonem, hospitem et familiarem meum, commendassem, tum vero, postea quam ex litteris eius cognovi tibi eum falso suspectum fuisse, vehementissime laetatus sum me tam diligentem in eo commendando fuisse.
\nWhile previously I derived pleasure from my duty, remembering how carefully I had recommended Lyso, my host and intimate friend, to you, yet when I afterwards learned from his letter that he had been falsely suspected by you, I rejoiced most exceedingly that I had been so diligent in recommending him.
ita enim scripsit ad me, sibi meam commendationem maximo adiumento fuisse, quod ad te delatum diceret sese contra dignitatem tuam Romae de te loqui solitum esse. §13.24.2de quo etsi pro tua facilitate et humanitate purgatum se tibi scribit esse, tamen primum, ut debeo, tibi maximas gratias ago, cum tantum litterae meae potuerunt, ut iis lectis omnem offensionem suspicionis, quam habueras de Lysone, deponeres, deinde credas mihi adfirmanti velim me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere, hominem esse neminem, qui umquam mentionem tui sine tua summa laude fecerit; Lyso vero cum mecum prope cotidie esset unaque viveret, non solum quia libenter me audire arbitrabatur, sed quia libentius ipse loquebatur, omnia mihi tua et facta et dicta laudabat.
For he wrote to me in this way: that my recommendation had been of the greatest assistance to him, because, as he said, a report had been made to you that he had been accustomed to speak of you in Rome in a manner contrary to your dignity.\n\nAlthough he writes that he has cleared himself to you in this matter, thanks to your leniency and kindliness, yet first of all, as is my duty, I render you my warmest thanks, since my letter had such power that, upon reading it, you laid aside all the bitterness of suspicion you had harbored regarding Lyso; secondly, I would like you to believe me when I assure you that I write this not more on behalf of Lyso than on behalf of everyone, that there is no one who has ever made mention of you without the highest praise of you; indeed, since Lyso was with me almost daily and lived in my company, he used to praise to me all your deeds and words, not only because he thought I listened gladly, but because he himself spoke even more gladly.\n\nTherefore, although he is treated by you in such a way that he no longer desires my recommendation and thinks he has obtained everything by my letter alone, yet I beg of you more than ordinary that you will embrace him again and again with your kind offices and generosity.
§13.24.3quapropter etsi a te ita tractatur, ut iam non desideret commendationem meam unisque se litteris meis omnia consecutum putet, tamen a te peto in maiorem modum ut eum etiam atque etiam tuis officiis, liberalitate conplectare. scriberem ad te qualis vir esset, ut superioribus litteris feceram, nisi eum iam per se ipsum tibi satis notum esse arbitrarer.
I would write to you what kind of man he is, as I had done in my previous letter, did I not suppose that he is now sufficiently known to you through himself.