Translation:Letters to Friends/14.7

Caieta, 7 June 49 BC
Tullius says the most affectionate hello to his Terentia

All the troubles and worries, by which I made both you and little Tullia, who is sweeter to me than my own life, very miserable, something most troubling to me, I have placed these aside and cast them out. I understood what the reason was the day after I left you. I threw up pure bile that night. Immediately I was so relieved, that some god seems to have brought a cure to me. To this god, you will act piously and honorably, how you are accustomed.

I hope we have a very good ship. As soon as I climbed aboard, I have begun to write this. Then I will write many letters to our friends, to whom I will entrust you and our little Tullia very diligently. I would encourage you two to be stronger with courage if I didn’t know that you were stronger than any man. And still, I hope that affairs are such that I hope you are most content there and that I, with those like me, will finally defend the Republic. I’d like you to look after your health first; then, if it seems good to you, you will make use of the villas which are the farthest away from soldiers. You will be able to make good use of the farm at Arpinum with a household from the city, if the price of grain should rise.

Most charming Cicero says a most affectionate hello to you. Again once more, goodbye.

7 June