§11.13.1a Murenae liberto nihil adhuc acceperam litterarum.
I have received no letter so far from Murena's freedman.
P. Siser reddiderat eas quibus rescribo.
Publius Siser delivered those to which I am replying.
de Servi patris litteris quod scribis, item Quintum in Syriam venisse quod ais esse qui nuntient, ne id quidem verum est.
As to what you write about the letter of Servius the father, and likewise as to your saying that there are those who report that Quintus has arrived in Syria, not even that is true.
quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit aut fuerit eorum qui huc venerunt, neminem alieno intellexi.
As for your wishing to be informed of what disposition towards me each of those who have come here is or was, I have understood that no one is of an unfriendly disposition.
sed quantum id mea intersit existimare te posse certo scio.
But how much that matters to me, I know for certain you can estimate.
mihi cum omnia sint intolerabilia ad dolorem, tum maxime quod in eam causam venisse me video ut sola utilia mihi esse videantur quae semper nolui.
While all things are intolerable to me to the point of pain, so especially is the fact that I see myself to have come into such a situation that only those things seem useful to me which I have always wished not to happen.
P. Lentulum patrem Rhodi esse aiunt, Alexandreae filium, Rhodoque Alexandream C. Cassium profectum esse constat.
They say that Publius Lentulus the father is at Rhodes, the son at Alexandria, and it is established that Gaius Cassius set out from Rhodes for Alexandria.
§11.13.2Quintus mihi per litteras satis facit multo asperioribus verbis quam cum gravissime accusabat.
Quintus makes amends to me by letter in much harsher words than when he was accusing me most severely.
ait enim se ex litteris tuis intellegere tibi non placere quod ad multos de me asperius scripserit, itaque se paenitere quod animum tuum offenderit; sed se iure fecisse.
For he says that he understands from your letter that it does not please you that he wrote rather harshly about me to many, and therefore that he regrets having offended your mind, but that he did so with justice.
deinde perscribit spurcissime quas ob causas fecerit.
Then he writes in detail in the most offensive manner for what reasons he did so.
sed neque hoc tempore nec antea patefecisset odium suum in me, nisi omnibus rebus me esse oppressum videret.
But neither at this time nor before would he have revealed his hatred towards me, if he did not see that I am overwhelmed by all circumstances.
atque utinam vel nocturnis, quem ad modum tu scripseras, itineribus propius te accessissem! nunc nec ubi nec quando te sim visurus possum suspicari.
And would that I had approached nearer to you, even by night journeys, just as you had written! Now I cannot even conjecture where or when I am to see you.
§11.13.3de coheredibus Fufidianis nihil fuit quod ad me scriberes; nam et aequum postulant et quicquid egisses recte esse actum putarem.
As to the Fufidian co-heirs, there was no reason for you to write to me; for they demand what is fair, and whatever you had done, I would consider to have been rightly done.
§11.13.4de fundo Frusinati redimendo iam pridem intellexisti voluntatem meam.
Regarding the buying back of the Frusinate estate, you have long since understood my wish.
etsi tum meliore loco res erant nostrae neque tam mihi desperatum iri videbatur, tamen in eadem sum voluntate.
Although our affairs were then in a better position and it did not seem to me that things would be so despaired of, yet I am of the same mind.
id quem ad modum fiat tu videbis.
You will see to how that may be done.
et velim, quod poteris, consideres ut sit unde nobis suppeditentur sumptus necessarii.
And I would like you, as far as you are able, to consider how there may be funds from which our necessary expenses may be supplied.
si quas habuimus facultates, eas Pompeio tum cum id videbamur sapienter facere detulimus.
If we had any resources, we handed them over to Pompey at that time when we seemed to be doing so wisely.
itaque tum et a tuo vilico sumpsimus et aliunde mutuati sumus cum Quintus queritur per litteras sibi nos nihil dedisse, qui neque ab illo rogati sumus neque ipsi eam pecuniam aspeximus.
And so at that time we both took from your bailiff and borrowed from elsewhere, while Quintus complains in letters that we gave him nothing—we who were neither asked by him, nor did we ourselves ever set eyes on that money.
sed velim videas quid sit quod confici possit quidque mihi de omnibus des consili; et causam nosti.
But I would like you to see what can be settled, and what advice you can give me on all matters; and you know the cause.
§11.13.5plura ne scribam dolore impedior.
I am prevented by grief from writing more.
si quid erit quod ad quos scribendum meo nomine putes, velim ut soles facias, quotiensque habebis quoi des ad me litteras nolim praetermittas.
If there is anything you think should be written to anyone in my name, I would like you to do as you usually do; and as often as you have someone to whom you can give a letter for me, I would not want you to omit doing so.
vale.
Farewell.