Marcus Tullius Cicero→Marcus Tullius Tiro|c. 47 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Patrae|Human translated
I await your letter on many matters, but I await you yourself much more. Return our Demetrius to us, and anything else good you can manage. About the Aufidian debt I do not urge you; I know you are attending to it. But settle it, and if that is what is keeping you, I accept the reason; if it is not holding you, fly here. I very much look forward to your letter. Farewell.
DCLII (Fam. XVI, 19) TO TIRO (AT ROME) TUSCULUM (AUGUST) I am anxious to hear from you on many points, but much more to see you in person. Restore me Demetrius 's friendship, and anything else you can that is worth having. I don't say a word to stir you up about the Aufidian debt: I know you are looking after it. But settle the business. If that is what is detaining you, I accept the excuse; if it is not, fly to me. I am very anxious for a letter from you. Good-bye.
XIX. Scr. eodem anno, quo Ep. XVIII. TULLIUS TIRONI SUO SAL.
Exspecto tuas litteras de multis rebus, te ipsum multo magis. Demetrium redde nostrum et aliud, si quid potes boni. De Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor; scio tibi curae esse; sed confice et, si ob eam rem moraris, accipio causam, si id te non tenet, advola. Litteras tuas valde exspecto. Vale.
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I await your letter on many matters, but I await you yourself much more. Return our Demetrius to us, and anything else good you can manage. About the Aufidian debt I do not urge you; I know you are attending to it. But settle it, and if that is what is keeping you, I accept the reason; if it is not holding you, fly here. I very much look forward to your letter. Farewell.
Human translation - ToposText / Shuckburgh
Latin / Greek Original
XIX. Scr. eodem anno, quo Ep. XVIII. TULLIUS TIRONI SUO SAL.
Exspecto tuas litteras de multis rebus, te ipsum multo magis. Demetrium redde nostrum et aliud, si quid potes boni. De Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor; scio tibi curae esse; sed confice et, si ob eam rem moraris, accipio causam, si id te non tenet, advola. Litteras tuas valde exspecto. Vale.