§16.9.1nos a te, ut scis, discessimus a. d. iiii Non. Nov.
We departed from you, as you know, on November 2 (the fourth day before the Nones of November).
Leucadem venimus a. d. viii Id. Nov. , a. d. vii Actium.
We came to Leucas on November 6 (the eighth day before the Ides of November), and to Actium on November 7 (the seventh day before the Ides).
ibi propter tempestatem a. d. vi Id. morati sumus.
There we delayed on November 8 (the sixth day before the Ides) because of the storm.
Inde a. d. v Id. Corcyram bellissime navigavimus.
Thence on November 9 (the fifth day before the Ides) we sailed most pleasantly to Corcyra.
Corcyrae fuimus usque ad a. d. xvi K. Dec. tempestatibus retenti.
We were at Corcyra until November 16 (the sixteenth day before the Kalends of December), detained by storms.
A. d. xv K. in portum Corcyraeorum ad Cassiopen stadia cxx processimus.
On November 17 (the fifteenth day before the Kalends), we proceeded a hundred and twenty stadia to Cassiope, a harbor of the Corcyraeans.
ibi retenti ventis sumus usque ad a. d.
There we were detained by the winds until November 23 (the ninth day before the Kalends).
viiii K. interea, qui cupide profecti sunt, multi naufragia fecerunt.
Meanwhile, many who set out impatiently suffered shipwreck.
§16.9.2nos eo die cenati solvimus; inde austro lenissimo caelo sereno nocte illa et die postero in Italiam ad Hydruntem ludibundi pervenimus eodemque vento postridie (id erat a. d. vii K. Dec. ) hora iiii Brundisium venimus, eodemque tempore simul nobiscum in oppidum introiit Terentia, quae te facit plurimi.
On that day, having dined, we set sail; thence, with a very gentle south wind and a clear sky, during that night and the following day we reached Hydruntum in Italy, almost as if in play; and with the same wind on the next day (which was November 25, the seventh day before the Kalends of December), at the fourth hour, we arrived at Brundisium, and at the very same time Terentia entered the town together with us, she who values you most highly.
A. d. v K. Dec. servus Cn. Planci Brundisi tandem aliquando mihi a te exspectatissimas litteras reddidit datas Idibus Nov.
On November 27 (the fifth day before the Kalends of December), at Brundisium, a slave of Gnaeus Plancius at last delivered to me your most eagerly awaited letter, dated on the Ides of November, which greatly relieved me of my anxiety—would that it had entirely freed me!
, quae me molestia valde levarunt utinam omnino liberassent! sed tamen Asclapo medicus plane confirmat propediem te valentem fore.
But yet, Asclapo the physician plainly assures me that you will be well before long.
§16.9.3nunc quid ego te horter ut omnem diligentiam adhibeas ad convalescendum? tuam prudentiam, temperantiam, amorem erga me novi; scio te omnia facturum ut nobiscum quam primum sis, sed tamen ita velim, ut ne quid properes.
Now, why should I urge you to use every care to recover your health? I know your prudence, your self-control, and your affection toward me; I know you will do everything to be with us as soon as possible, but yet I would wish that you do not hasten at all.
symphoniam Lysonis vellem vitasses, ne in quartam hebdomada incideres; sed quoniam pudori tuo maluisti obsequi quam valetudini, reliqua cura.
I could wish you had avoided Lyson's musical party, so that you might not have fallen into the fourth week; but since you preferred to yield to your sense of propriety rather than to your health, take care of the rest.
Curio misi ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset me cui iussisset curaturum.
I have sent word to Curius that honor should be paid to the physician, and that he should give you whatever is necessary, promising that I will settle the account with whomever he directs.
Ecum et mulum Brundisi tibi reliqui.
I have left a horse and a mule for you at Brundisium.
Romae vereor ne ex K. Ian. magni tumultus sint.
I fear that at Rome there may be great disturbances from the Kalends of January.
nos agemus omnia modice.
We shall act in all things with moderation.
§16.9.4reliquum est ut te hoc rogem et a te petam ne temere naviges (solent nautae festinare quaestus sui causa), cautus sis, mi Tiro (mare magnum et difficile tibi restat), si poteris, cum Mescinio (caute is solet navigare), si minus, cum honesto aliquo homine, cuius auctoritate navicularius moveatur.
It remains for me to ask and entreat you not to sail rashly (sailors are wont to hasten for the sake of their own gain); be cautious, my Tiro (a wide and difficult sea lies before you); if you can, sail with Mescinius (he is accustomed to sail cautiously); if not, with some honorable man, by whose influence the ship-owner may be guided.
in hoc omnem diligentiam si adhibueris teque nobis incolumem steteris, omnia a te habebo.
If you apply all diligence to this and present yourself to us safe and sound, I shall have everything from you.
etiam atque etiam, noster Tiro, vale.
Again and again, my Tiro, farewell.
Medico, Curio, Lysoni de te scripsi diligentissime.
I have written most carefully about you to the physician, to Curius, and to Lyson.
vale, salve.
Farewell, keep well.