§16.14.1Andricus postridie ad me venit quam exspectaram; itaque habui noctem plenam timoris ac miseriae.
Andricus came to me the day after I had expected him; therefore I had a night full of fear and misery.
tuis litteris nihilo sum factus certior quo modo te haberes, sed tamen sum recreatus.
By your letter I was made not a whit more certain how you were, but nevertheless I was reassured.
ego omni delectatione litterisque omnibus careo, quas ante quam te videro attingere non possum.
I am without all pleasure and all literature, which I cannot touch before I see you.
§16.14.2Medico, mercedis quantum poscet, promitti iubeto.
Order that there be promised to the physician as much of a fee as he shall demand.
id scripsi ad Ummium.
I have written this to Ummius.
audio te animo angi et medicum dicere ex eo te laborare.
I hear that you are anxious in mind and that the physician says you are suffering from this.
si me diligis, excita ex somno tuas litteras humanitatemque, propter quam mihi es carissimus.
If you love me, rouse from sleep your learning and refinement, on account of which you are most dear to me.
nunc opus est te animo valere, ut corpore possis.
Now there is need for you to be well in mind, so that you may be able to be so in body.
id cum tua tum mea causa facias a te peto.
I beg of you that you do this, as much for your own sake as for mine.
Acastum retine, quo commodius tibi ministretur.
Keep Acastus, so that you may be served more conveniently.
conserva te mihi.
Keep yourself well for my sake.
dies promissorum adest, quem etiam repraesentabo, si adveneris.
The day of promises is at hand, which I will even fulfill in advance, if you arrive.
etiam atque etiam vale.
Farewell again and again.
iii Idus h. vi.
Three days before the Ides, at the sixth hour.