§1.6.1non committam posthac ut me accusare de epistularum neglegentia possis; tu modo videto in tanto otio ut par in hoc mihi sis.
I will not let it happen hereafter that you can accuse me of negligence in my correspondence; only do you see to it, in the midst of so much leisure, that you are my equal in this matter.
domum Rabirianam Neapoli, quam tu iam dimensam et exaedificatam animo habebas, M. Fontius emit HS CCCIↃↃↃ X_X_X_.
The house of Rabirius at Naples, which you already had measured and completed in your mind, Marcus Fontius has bought for 130,000 sesterces.
id te scire volui, si quid forte ea res ad cogitationes tuas pertineret.
I wanted you to know this, in case that matter should by any chance have any bearing on your plans.
§1.6.2Quintus frater, ut mihi videtur, quo volumus animo est in Pomponiam et cum ea nunc in Arpinatibus praediis erat et secum habebat hominem χρηστομαθῆ D. Turranium.
My brother Quintus, as it seems to me, is of the mind we wish toward Pomponia, and is now with her at his estate in Arpinum, and has with him Decimus Turranius, a highly learned man.
pater nobis decessit a. d. iv Kal. Dec.
Our father passed away on the 28th of November.
haec habebam fere quae te scire vellem.
This is about all I had that I wished you to know.
tu velim, si qua ornamenta γυμνασιώδη reperire poteris quae loci sint eius quem tu non ignoras, ne praetermittas.
I should like you, if you can find any ornaments suitable for a gymnasium which are fit for that place you know of, not to pass them by.
nos Tusculano ita delectamur ut nobismet ipsis tum denique cum illo venimus placeamus.
We are so delighted with our Tusculan villa that we only feel pleased with ourselves when we arrive there.
quid agas omnibus de rebus et quid acturus sis fac nos quam diligentissime certiores.
Let us know as accurately as possible how you are doing in everything and what you are going to do.