§13.5.1non moleste fero eam necessitudinem, quae mihi tecum est, notam esse quam plurimis neque tamen ob eam causam (quod tu optime existimare potes) te impedio quo minus susceptum negotium pro tua fide et diligentia ex voluntate Caesaris, qui tibi rem magnam difficilemque commisit, gerere possis.
I am not displeased that the close relationship which I have with you is known to as many people as possible; and yet, not for that reason (as you can best judge) do I hinder you from being able to carry out the undertaking you have received, in accordance with your good faith and diligence, according to the will of Caesar, who has entrusted to you a great and difficult matter.
nam cum multi a me petant multa, quod de tua erga me voluntate non dubitent, non committo ut ambitione mea conturbem officium tuum.
For, although many ask many things of me because they do not doubt your goodwill toward me, I do not allow myself to disturb your duty by my own personal interest.
§13.5.2C. Curtio ab ineunte aetate familiarissime sum usus.
I have associated with Gaius Curtius on the most intimate terms from his youth.
eius et Sullani temporis iniustissima calamitate dolui et cum iis, qui similem iniuriam acceperant, amissis omnibus fortunis reditus tamen in patriam voluntate omnium concedi videretur, adiutor incolumitatis fui.
I grieved at his most unjust disaster during the Sullan period, and when a return to the fatherland seemed to be granted by the consent of all to those who had suffered a similar injury, even though all their fortunes were lost, I was a helper in his restoration.
is habet in Volaterrano possessionem, cum in eam tamquam e naufragio reliquias contulisset.
He holds a property in the territory of Volaterrae, having gathered into it his remnants as if from a shipwreck.
hoc' autem tempore eum Caesar in senatum legit; quem ordinem ille ista possessione amissa tueri vix potest.
At this time, moreover, Caesar has chosen him into the Senate; which rank he can hardly maintain if that property is lost.
gravissimum autem est, cum superior factus sit ordine, inferiorem esse fortuna, minimeque convenit ex eo agro, qui Caesaris iussu dividatur, cum moveri, a qui Caesaris beneficio senator sit.
Indeed, it is a most painful thing that, although he has been made superior in rank, he should be inferior in fortune, and it is least fitting that he should be evicted from that land which is being divided by Caesar's command, who is a senator by Caesar's benefit.
§13.5.3sed mihi minus libet multa de aequitate rei scribere, ne causa potius apud te valuisse videar quam gratia.
But I am less inclined to write much about the justice of the matter, lest I should seem to have prevailed with you by the case rather than by personal favor.
quam ob rem te in maiorem modum rogo ut C. Curti rem meam putes esse, quicquid mea causa faceres, ut, id C. Curti causa cum feceris, existimes, quod ille per me habuerit, id me habere abs te.
Therefore, I ask you in an especial manner to consider Gaius Curtius' affair as my own, so that whatever you would do for my sake, when you have done it for Gaius Curtius' sake, you may consider that what he has received through me, I myself have received from you.
hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo.
This I strongly ask of you again and again.