§4.16.4de re Piliae quod scribis erit mihi curae.
As to what you write about the matter of Pilia, it will be a care to me.
etenim est luculenta res Aureliani, ut scribis, indiciis.
For indeed the matter is clear, as you write, by the disclosures of Aurelianus.
et in eo me etiam Tulliae meae venditabo.
And in this matter I will also recommend myself to my Tullia.
Vestorio non desum.
I am not failing Vestorius.
gratum enim tibi id esse intellego et ut ille intellegat curo.
For I understand that this is pleasing to you, and I am taking care that he understands it.
sed scis qui? cum habeat duo facilis nihil difficilius.
But do you know how? Although he has two easy-going things, nothing is more difficult.
§4.16.5nunc ad ea quae quaeris de C. Catone.
Now to those things which you ask about C. Cato.
lege Iunia et Licinia scis absolutum; Fufia ego tibi nuntio absolutum iri neque patronis suis tam libentibus quam accusatoribus.
You know he was acquitted under the Junian and Licinian law; under the Fufian law, I announce to you that he will be acquitted, and not to the great joy of his advocates as much as of his accusers.
is tamen et mecum et cum Milone in gratiam rediit.
He, however, has returned into favor both with me and with Milo.
Drusus reus est factus a Lucretio.
Drusus has been made a defendant by Lucretius.
iudicibus reiciendis dies est dictus a. d. v Non. Quint.
The day for challenging the judges has been fixed for five days before the Nones of July.
de Procilio rumores non boni, sed iudicia nosti.
Concerning Procilius the rumors are not good, but you know the courts.
Hirrus cum Domitio in gratia est.
Hirrus is in favor with Domitius.
senatus consultum quod hi consules de provinciis fecerunt quicumque posthac — non mihi videtur esse valiturum.
The decree of the senate which these consuls made concerning the provinces, "whoever hereafter—," does not seem to me likely to remain in force.
§4.16.6de Messalla quod quaeris, quid scribam nescio.
As to what you ask about Messalla, I do not know what to write.
numquam ego vidi tam paris candidatos.
I have never seen candidates so equally matched.
Messallae copias nosti.
You know Messalla's resources.
Scaurum Triarius reum fecit.
Triarius has prosecuted Scaurus.
si quaeris, nulla est magno opere commota συμπάθεια, sed tamen habet aedilitas eius memoriam non ingratam et est pondus apud rusticos in patris memoria.
If you ask, no great sympathy has been excited; but still his aedileship has a not unpleasant memory, and there is weight among the rustic voters in the memory of his father.
reliqui duo plebeii sic exaequantur ut Domitius valeat amicis adiuvetur tamen non nihil gratissimo munere, Memmius Caesaris commendetur militibus, Pompei Gallia nitatur.
The remaining two plebeian candidates are so well balanced that, while Domitius is strong in friends and is helped not a little by a most popular show, Memmius is recommended by Caesar's soldiers and relies on Pompey's Gallic influence.
quibus si non valuerit, putant fore aliquem qui comitia in adventum Caesaris detrudat, Catone praesertim absoluto.
If he does not succeed by these means, they think there will be someone to postpone the elections until Caesar's arrival, especially since Cato has been acquitted.
§4.16.7Paccianae epistulae respondi.
I have replied to Paccius' letter.
nunc te obiurgari patere, si iure.
Now allow yourself to be scolded, if justly.
scribis enim in ea epistula quam C. Decimius mihi reddidit Buthroto datam in Asiam tibi eundum esse te arbitrari.
For you write in that letter which C. Decimius delivered to me, dated from Buthrotum, that you think you must go to Asia.
mihi me hercule nihil videbatur esse in quo tantulum interesset utrum per procuratores ageres an per te ipsum, ut a tuis totiens et tam longe abesses.
To me, by Hercules, there seemed to be nothing in which it made even so little difference whether you acted through agents or in person, that you should be absent so often and so far from your people.
sed haec mallem integra re tecum egissem, profecto enim aliquid egissem.
But I would have preferred to have discussed these matters with you while the case was still undecided; for I certainly should have accomplished something.
nunc reprimam susceptam obiurgationem.
Now I will restrain the scolding I had begun.
utinam valeat ad celeritatem reditus tui! ego ad te propterea minus saepe scribo quod certum non habeo ubi sis aut ubi futurus sis; huic tamen nescio cui, quod videbatur isti te visurus esse, putavi dandas esse litteras.
May it avail to hasten your return! I write to you less often for this reason, that I have no certainty where you are or where you are going to be; however, I thought this letter should be given to this person, whoever he is, because he seemed likely to see you over there.
tu quoniam iturum te in Asiam esse putas, ad quae tempora te exspectemus facias me certiorem velim et de Eutychide quid egeris.
Since you think you are going to Asia, I wish you would let me know about what time we may expect you, and also what you have done about Eutychides.