§15.8.1Marcellum tuum cos. factum teque ea laetitia adfectum esse, quam maxime optasti, mirandum in modum gaudeo, idque cum ipsius causa, tum quod te omnibus secundissimis rebus dignissimum iudico, cuius erga me singularem benevolentiam vel in labore meo vel in honore perspexi, totam denique domum vestram vel salutis vel dignitatis meae studiosissimam cupidissimamque cognovi.
I rejoice in a wonderful manner that your Marcellus has been made consul, and that you have been affected with that joy which you especially desired; and I do so both for his own sake and because I judge you to be most worthy of all the most prosperous circumstances, you whose singular goodwill toward me I have perceived both in my trouble and in my honor, and indeed have known your whole house to be most zealous and desirous of either my safety or my dignity.
qua re gratum mihi feceris, si uxori tuae Iuniae, gravissimae atque optimae feminae, meis verbis eris gratulatus.
Therefore, you will do me a favor if you congratulate your wife Junia, a most grave and excellent woman, in my name.
A te, id quod consuesti, peto me absentem diligas atque defendas.
I beg of you, as you have been accustomed to do, that you love and defend me in my absence.