§13.6A.1Tuditanum istum proavum Hortensi plane non noram et filium qui tum non potuerat esse legatus fuisse putaram.
I knew absolutely nothing about that Tuditanus, the great-grandfather of Hortensius, and I had thought that his son, who at that time could not have been a legate, had been one.
Mummium fuisse ad Corinthum pro certo habeo.
I hold it as certain that Mummius was at Corinth.
saepe enim hic Spurius, qui nuper †est†, epistulas mihi pronuntiabat versiculis facetis ad familiaris missas a Corintho.
For this Spurius, who recently [died], often used to read out to me letters written in witty verses sent from Corinth to his friends.
sed non dubito quin fratri fuerit legatus non in decem.
But I do not doubt that he was a legate to his brother, and not one of the ten commissioners.
atque hoc etiam accepi, non solitos maiores nostros eos legare in decem qui essent imperatorum necessarii, ut nos ignari pulcherrimorum institutorum aut neglegentes potius M. Lucullum et L. Murenam et ceteros coniunctissimos ad L. Lucullum misimus.
And I have also heard this, that our ancestors were not accustomed to appoint as commissioners among the ten those who were close relatives of the commanders, whereas we, ignorant of the finest institutions, or rather negligent, sent M. Lucullus, L. Murena, and others most closely connected to L. Lucullus.
illudque εὐλογώτατον, illum fratri in primis eius legatis fuisse.
And it is most reasonable that he was among the first of his brother's legates.
o operam tuam multam qui et haec cures et mea expedias et sis in tuis non multo minus diligens quam in meis!
O your great trouble, you who care for these things, dispatch my business, and are not much less diligent in your own affairs than in mine!