Letter 216

I have received your letter by Isidorus and two written later. From the last I understand that the ergo, ut sustentetur per te. De Frusinati, si modo fruituri sumus, erit mihi res opportuna. Meas litteras quod requiris, impedior inopia rerum, quas nullas habeo litteris dignas, quippe cui, nec quae accidunt, nec quae aguntur, ullo modo probentur. Utinam coram tecum olim potius quam per epistulas! Hic tua, ut possum, tueor apud hos. Cetera Celer. Ipse fugi adhuc omne munus eo magis, quod ita nihil poterat agi, ut mihi et meis rebus aptum esset. You ask what new moves have been made. Isidorus will tell you. I don't think the rest of the task will be any more difficult. Please pay attention to what you know is my greatest wish, as you say you are doing. I am overwhelmed by care, and that brings with it also great bodily infirmity. When that has passed, I shall go to the man who is conducting the business and who is in high hopes. Brutus is friendly; and takes a keen part in the cause. I.e. Pompey, who had won a temporary success by piercing Caesar's lines. That is all that I can prudently commit to paper. Farewell. About the second instalment of Tullia's dowry, pray consider carefully what ought to be done, as I said in the letter, which Pollex took.

[1] accepi ab Isidoro litteras et postea datas binas. ex proximis cognovi praedia non venisse. videbis ergo ut sustentetur per te. de Frusinati, si modo fruituri sumus, erit mihi res opportuna. meas litteras quod requiris, impedior inopia rerum quas nullas habeo litteris dignas, quippe cui nec quae accidunt nec quae aguntur ullo modo probentur. Vtinam coram tecum olim potius quam per epistulas! hic tua, ut possum, tueor apud hos. cetera Celer. ipse fugi adhuc omne munus eo magis quod ita nihil poterat agi ut mihi et meis rebus aptum esset.