§7.26.1non venit idem usu mihi quod tu tibi scribis,
"quotiens exorior. "
ego enim nunc primum paulum exorior et maxime quidem iis litteris quae Roma adferuntur de Domitio, de Picentium cohortibus.
The same thing does not happen to me as what you write of yourself, "as often as I raise my head." For I am now for the first time raising my head a little, and that indeed chiefly because of those letters brought from Rome concerning Domitius and the Picenian cohorts.
omnia erant facta hoc biduo laetiora.
Everything has become more cheerful in these last two days.
itaque fuga quae parabatur repressa est; Caesaris interdicta,
"
si te/ secundo lúmine hic offéndero—
"
respuuntur; bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est.
And so the flight that was being prepared has been checked; Caesar's interdicts, "If I find you here on the second dawn—" are rejected with scorn; there is good news about Domitius, and excellent news about Afranius.
§7.26.2quod me amicissime admones ut mihi integrum quoad possim servem, gratum est; quod addis, ne propensior ad turpem causam videar, certe videri possum.
Your very friendly advice that I should keep my hands free as long as I can is gratifying; as for what you add, that I should not seem too inclined to a shameful cause, I certainly can seem so.
ego me ducem in civili bello quoad de pace ageretur negavi esse, non quin rectum esset sed quia quod multo rectius fuit id mihi fraudem tulit.
I refused to be a leader in the civil war as long as peace was being negotiated, not that it was not right, but because what was much more right brought me damage.
plane eum quoi noster alterum consulatum deferret et triumphum (at quibus verbis!
"pro tuis rebus gestis amplissimis"
) inimicum habere nolueram.
Clearly, I had not wished to have as an enemy the man to whom our friend was offering a second consulship and a triumph (and with what words! "for your most magnificent achievements").
ego scio et quem metuam et quam ob rem.
I know both whom I should fear and for what reason.
sin erit bellum, ut video fore, partes meae non desiderabuntur.
But if there is to be war, as I see there will be, my part will not be found wanting.
§7.26.3de HS X_X_ Terentia tibi rescripsit.
As for the twenty thousand sesterces, Terentia has written back to you.
Dionysio, dum existimabam vagos nos fore, nolui molestus esse; tibi autem crebro ad me scribenti de eius officio nihil rescripsi, quod diem ex die exspectabam ut statuerem quid esset faciendum.
As for Dionysius, as long as I thought we should be wanderers, I did not wish to trouble him; but to you, though you wrote to me frequently about his duty, I wrote nothing back, because day after day I was waiting to decide what ought to be done.
nunc, ut video, pueri certe in Formiano videntur hiematuri.
Now, as I see, the boys at any rate seem likely to winter in the Formian estate.
et ego? nescio.
And I? I do not know.
si enim erit bellum, cum Pompeio esse constitui.
For if there is to be war, I have resolved to be with Pompey.
quod habebo certi faciam ut scias.
Whatever certain news I have, I will make sure you know.
ego bellum foedissimum futurum puto, nisi qui, ut tu scribis, Parthicus casus exstiterit.
I think the war will be a most horrible one, unless, as you write, some Parthian-like turn of events occurs.