§14.2.1duas a te accepi epistulas heri.
Yesterday I received two letters from you.
ex priore theatrum Publiliumque cognovi, bona signa consentientis multitudinis.
From the first I learnt about the theater and Publilius—good signs of a united populace.
plausus vero L. Cassio datus etiam facetus mihi quidem visus est.
Indeed, the applause given to L.
§14.2.2altera epistula de Madaro scripta, apud quem nullum †φαλάκωμα, ut putas.
Cassius seemed to me at least to be positively witty.\n The other letter was written about Madarus, at whose house there is no "baldness," as you think.
processit enim, sed minus diutius.
For he went forward, though not for very long.
sermone eius† sum retentus.
I was detained by his conversation.
quod autem ad te scripseram obscure fortasse, id eius modi est.
As for what I had written to you, perhaps obscurely, it is of this sort.
aiebat Caesarem secum, quo tempore Sesti rogatu veni ad eum, cum exspectarem sedens, dixisse,
"ego nunc tam sim stultus ut hunc ipsum facilem hominem putem mihi esse amicum quom tam diu sedens meum commodum exspectet?"
habes igitur φαλάκρωμα inimicissimum oti, id est Bruti. §14.2.4in Tusculanum hodie, Lanuvi cras, inde Asturae cogitabam.
He said that Caesar had said to him, at the time when I came to him at Sestius' request, while I was sitting and waiting: "Should I now be so foolish as to think this very easygoing man is my friend, when he sits for so long waiting on my convenience?" So there you have the "bald head's" talk, most hostile to peace—that is, to Brutus.\n Today I am thinking of going to my Tusculan estate, tomorrow to Lanuvium, and from there to Astura.
Piliae paratum est hospitium, sed vellem Atticam.
Lodging is prepared for Pilia, but I could wish for Attica as well.
verum tibi ignosco.
But I forgive you.
quarum utrique salutem.
Give my greetings to both of them.