§1.11.1et mea sponte faciebam antea et post duabus epistulis tuis perdiligenter in eandem rationem scriptis magno opere sum commotus.
I was both doing so before of my own accord, and afterwards I was greatly moved by your two letters written very diligently to the same effect.
eo accedebat hortator adsiduus Sallustius ut agerem quam diligentissime cum Lucceio de vestra vetere gratia reconcilianda.
To this was added Sallustius as a constant encourager that I should treat as diligently as possible with Lucceius about reconciling your old friendship.
sed cum omnia fecissem, non modo eam voluntatem eius quae fuerat erga te reciperare non potui, verum ne causam quidem elicere immutatae voluntatis.
But although I had done everything, not only was I unable to recover that goodwill of his which he had had toward you, but I could not even elicit the cause of his changed goodwill.
tametsi iactat ille quidem illud suum arbitrium et ea quae iam tum cum aderas offendere eius animum intellegebam, tamen habet quiddam profecto quod magis in animo eius insederit, quod neque epistulae tuae neque nostra adlegatio tam potest facile delere.
Although he indeed talks much of that arbitration of his, and of those things which I perceived were already offending his mind even then when you were present, yet he certainly has something that has settled more deeply in his mind, which neither your letters nor our intercession can so easily erase.
quam tu praesens non modo oratione sed tuo vultu illo familiari tolles, si modo tanti putaris, id quod, si me audies et si humanitati tuae constare voles, certe putabis.
This you, being present, will remove not only by your speech but by that familiar look of yours, if only you deem it worth so much; which, if you listen to me and wish to be consistent with your own humanity, you will certainly so deem.
ac ne illud mirere cur, cum ego antea significarim tibi per litteras me sperare illum in nostra potestate fore, nunc idem videar diffidere, incredibile est quanto mihi videatur illius voluntas obstinatior et in hac iracundia offirmatior.
And lest you wonder why, although I previously indicated to you by letter that I hoped he would be in our power, I now seem to despair of the same thing, it is incredible how much more obstinate his will seems to me and more hardened in this resentment.
sed haec aut sanabuntur cum veneris aut ei molesta erunt in utro culpa erit.
But these things will either be cured when you come, or they will be troublesome to whichever of the two the fault shall belong.
§1.11.2quod in epistula tua scriptum erat me iam arbitrari designatum esse, scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus nec quando futura sint comitia sciri.
As to what was written in your letter, that I am already thought to be consul-designate, know that nothing is so harassed now in Rome as the candidates by all kinds of injustice, nor is it known when the elections will be.
§1.11.3verum haec audies de Philadelpho.
But you will hear of these things from Philadelphus.
tu velim quae Academiae nostrae parasti quam primum mittas.
I should like you to send as soon as possible those things which you have prepared for our Academy.
mire quam illius loci non modo usus sed etiam cogitatio delectat.
It is wonderful how not only the use but even the thought of that place delights me.
libros vero tuos cave cuiquam tradas; nobis eos, quem ad modum scribis, conserva.
But mind you do not hand over your books to anyone; preserve them for us, just as you write.
summum me eorum studium tenet sicut odium iam ceterarum rerum; quas tu incredibile est quam brevi tempore quanto deteriores offensurus sis quam reliquisti.
A supreme passion for them possesses me, just as now does a hatred of all other things; which you will find to have become, in how incredibly short a time, how much worse than you left them.