§16.16D.1patrem tuum plurimi feci meque ille mirifice et coluit et amavit; nec me hercule umquam mihi dubium fuit quin a te diligerer; ego quidem id facere non destiti.
valued your father very highly, and he respected and loved me wonderfully; nor, by Hercules, was it ever doubtful to me that I was loved by you; and indeed, I have not ceased to do so.
quam ob rem peto a te in maiorem modum ut civitatem Buthrotiam subleves decretumque consulum quod ii secundum Buthrotios fecerunt, cum et lege et senatus consulto statuendi potestatem haberent, des operam ut Plancus noster quam primum confirmet et comprobet.
Therefore, I beg of you most earnestly that you relieve the state of Buthrotum and take care that our Plancus, as soon as possible, confirms and approves the decree of the consuls which they made in favor of the Buthrotians, since they had the power of deciding both by law and by decree of the senate.
hoc te vehementer, mi Cupienni, etiam atque etiam rogo.
This I vehemently ask of you, my Cupiennius, again and again.