§8.6.1obsignata iam ista epistula quam de nocte daturus eram, sicut dedi (nam eam vesperi scripseram), C. Sosius praetor in Formianum venit ad M'. Lepidum vicinum nostrum quoius quaestor fuit.
When that letter of yours which I was going to send during the night had already been sealed, just as I did send it (for I had written it in the evening), Gaius Sosius the praetor came to the Formian estate of our neighbor Manius Lepidus, whose quaestor he had been.
Pompei litterarum ad consules exemplum attulit: §8.6.2"litterae mihi a L. Domitio a. d. xiii Kalend. Mart. adlatae sunt.
He brought a copy of Pompey's letter to the consuls: "A letter was delivered to me from Lucius Domitius on the thirteenth day before the Kalends of March.
earum exemplum infra scripsi.
I have written a copy of it below.
nunc ut ego non scribam, tua sponte te intellegere scio quanti rei publicae intersit omnis copias in unum locum primo quoque tempore convenire.
Now, even if I do not write, I know that you of your own accord understand how greatly it concerns the state that all forces should assemble in one place at the very first opportunity.
tu, si tibi videbitur, dabis operam ut quam primum ad nos venias, praesidi Capuae quantum constitueris satis esse relinquas. " §8.6.3deinde supposuit exemplum epistulae Domiti quod ego ad te pridie miseram.
You, if it seems good to you, will take care to come to us as soon as possible, leaving as much of a garrison at Capua as you shall decide to be sufficient." Then he subjoined a copy of Domitius' letter, which I had sent to you the day before.
di immortales, qui me horror perfudit! quam sum sollicitus quidnam futurum sit! hoc tamen spero, magnum nomen imperatoris fore, magnum in adventu terrorem.
Immortal gods, what horror flooded through me! How anxious I am as to what on earth will happen! Yet I hope for this, that the general's reputation will be great, and great the terror at his arrival.
spero etiam, quoniam adhuc nihil nobis obfuit † nihil mutasset neglegentia hoc quod cum fortiter et diligenter tum etiam me hercule†.
I hope also, since so far nothing has harmed us, † that negligence would have changed nothing, this which both bravely and diligently and also, by Hercules... †.
§8.6.4modo enim audivi quartanam a te discessisse.
For I have just heard that the quartan fever has left you.
moriar si magis gauderem si id mihi accidisset.
May I die if I should rejoice more if it had happened to myself.
Piliae dic non esse aequum eam diutius habere nec id esse vestrae concordiae.
Tell Pilia that it is not fair for her to keep it any longer, nor is it consistent with your domestic harmony.
Tironem nostrum ab altera relictum audio.
I hear that our Tiro has been left by the other fever.
sed eum video in sumptum ab aliis mutuatum; ego autem Curium nostrum si quid opus esset rogaram.
But I see that he has borrowed from others for his expenses; whereas I had asked our Curius if there should be any need.
malo Tironis verecundiam in culpa esse quam inliberalitatem Curi.
I prefer that Tiro's modesty should be at fault rather than Curius' illiberality.