Cael. 11.1Animadvertī enim, iūdicēs, audīrī ā vōbīs meum familiārem, L. Herennium, perattentē.For I noticed, gentlemen, that my friend Lucius Herennius was listened to by you very attentively. Cael. 11.1In quō etsī magnā ex parte ingeniō eius et dīcendī genere quōdam tenēbāminī, tamen nōn numquam verēbar nē illa subtīliter ad crīminandum inducta ōrātiō ad animōs vestrōs sēnsim ac lēniter accēderet.And in this, although for the most part you were held by his talent and by a certain style of speaking, yet I sometimes feared that his speech, subtly contrived for accusation, might gradually and gently find its way into your minds. Cael. 11.1Dīxit enim multa dē luxuriē, multa dē libīdine, multa dē vitiīs iuventūtis, multa dē mōribus et, quī in reliquā vītā mītis esset et in hāc suāvitāte hūmānitātis quā prope iam dēlectantur omnēs versārī periūcundē solēret, fuit in hāc causā pertrīstis quīdam patruus, cēnsor, magister;For he said much about luxury, much about lust, much about the vices of youth, much about morals; and though in the rest of his life he is mild and usually moves most agreeably in that pleasant refinement in which almost everyone now delights, in this case he was a very stern sort of uncle, censor and schoolmaster; Cael. 11.1obiūrgāvit M. Caelium, sīcut nēminem umquam parēns;he scolded Marcus Caelius as no parent ever scolded anyone; Cael. 11.1multa dē incontinentiā intemperantiāque disseruit.he discoursed at length on incontinence and intemperance.
Cael. 11.1Quid quaeritis, iūdicēs?What would you have, gentlemen? Cael. 11.1ignōscēbam vōbīs attentē audientibus, proptereā quod egomet tam trīste illud, tam asperum genus ōrātiōnis horrēbam.I forgave you for listening attentively, because I myself shuddered at that so stern, so harsh a kind of speech. Cael. 11.26Ac prīma pars fuit illa quae mē minus movēbat, fuisse meō necessāriō Bēstiae Caelium familiārem, cēnāsse apud eum, ventitāsse domum, studuisse praetūrae.And the first part was the one which moved me less: that Caelius had been intimate with my friend Bestia, had dined at his house, had often visited his home, had supported his candidacy for the praetorship. Cael. 11.26Nōn mē haec movent quae perspicuē falsa sunt;These things, which are plainly false, do not move me; Cael. 11.26etenim eōs ūnā cēnāsse dīxit quī aut absunt aut quibus necesse est idem dīcere.for he said that men dined together who either are absent or are obliged to say the same thing. Cael. 11.26Neque vērō illud mē commovet quod sibi in Lupercīs sodālem esse Caelium dīxit.Nor indeed does it disturb me that he said Caelius was his fellow member among the Luperci. Cael. 11.26Fera quaedam sodālitās et plānē pāstōricia atque agrestis germānōrum Lupercōrum, quōrum coitiō illa silvestris ante est īnstitūta quam hūmānitās atque lēgēs, sī quidem nōn modo nōmina dēferunt inter sē sodālēs sed etiam commemorant sodālitātem in accūsandō, ut nē quis id forte nesciat timēre videantur!A wild sort of brotherhood, and plainly pastoral and rustic, is that of the true-born Luperci, whose woodland band was founded before civilisation and laws, since the brethren not only bring charges against one another but even mention their brotherhood when accusing, as if they were afraid that someone might happen not to know it!
Cael. 11.27Sed haec omittō;But I pass over these things; Cael. 11.27ad illa quae mē magis mōvērunt respondeō.I reply to those which moved me more. Cael. 11.27Dēliciārum obiūrgātiō fuit longa, etiam lēnior, plūsque disputātiōnis habuit quam atrōcitātis, quō etiam audīta est attentius.The rebuke of his pleasures was long, but also rather gentle, and had more of argument than of harshness, which is why it was heard all the more attentively. Cael. 11.27Nam P. Clōdius, amīcus meus, cum sē gravissimē vehementissimēque iactāret et omnia īnflammātus ageret trīstissimīs verbīs, vōce maximā, tametsī probābam eius ēloquentiam, tamen nōn pertimēscēbam;For when Publius Clodius, my friend, tossed himself about most violently and vehemently and did everything in a blaze, with the grimmest words and at the top of his voice, though I approved his eloquence, still I was not afraid; Cael. 11.27aliquot enim in causīs eum vīderam frūstrā lītigantem.for I had seen him litigate in vain in several cases. Cael. 11.27Tibi autem, Balbe, respondeō prīmum precāriō, sī licet, sī fās est dēfendī ā mē eum quī nūllum convīvium renuerit, quī in hortīs fuerit, quī unguenta sūmpserit, quī Bāiās vīderit.To you, however, Balbus, I reply first by asking leave, if it is permitted, if it is right for me to defend a man who has refused no dinner party, who has been in pleasure gardens, who has worn perfumes, who has seen Baiae.