§15.8.1post tuum discessum binas a Balbo (nihil novi) itemque ab Hirtio, qui se scribit vehementer offensum esse veteranis.
After your departure, [I received] two letters from Balbus (nothing new), and likewise from Hirtius, who writes that he is vehemently disliked by the veterans.
exspectat animus quidnam agam de K..
My mind is waiting to see what I should do about the Kalends.
misi igitur Tironem et cum Tirone pluris quibus singulis, ut quidque accidisset, dares litteras, atque etiam scripsi ad Antonium de legatione, ne, si ad Dolabellam solum scripsissem, iracundus homo commoveretur.
I have therefore sent Tiro, and with Tiro several others, so that you might give letters to each of them as things happen. And I also wrote to Antony about the lieutenancy, lest, if I had written to Dolabella alone, that irascible man should be provoked.
quod autem aditus ad eum difficilior esse dicitur, scripsi ad Eutrapelum ut is ei meas litteras redderet; legatione mihi opus esse.
Since, however, access to him is said to be rather difficult, I wrote to Eutrapelus so that he might deliver my letter to him, stating that I need a lieutenancy.
honestior est votiva, sed licet uti utraque.
A votive one is more honorable, but it is permitted to use either.
§15.8.2de te, quaeso, etiam atque etiam vide.
Concerning yourself, I beg you, look to it again and again.
velim possis coram; si minus, litteris idem consequemur.
I wish you could do so in person; if not, we shall achieve the same by letter.
Graeceius ad me scripsit C. Cassium sibi scripsisse homines comparari qui armati in Tusculanum mitterentur. †id quidem mihi videbatur†; sed cavendum tamen †ut ille que† plures videndae.
Graeceius wrote to me that C. Cassius had written to him that men were being got together to be sent armed to Tusculum. †That indeed seemed so to me†; but we must nevertheless be on our guard, †...† and more things must be looked to.
sed aliquid crastinus dies ad cogitandum nobis †dare†.
But tomorrow's day will †give† us something to think about.