Cael. 4.1Vērum ad istam omnem ōrātiōnem brevis est dēfēnsiō.But to that whole speech the defence is short. Cael. 4.1Nam quoad aetās M. Caelī dare potuit istī suspīciōnī locum, fuit prīmum ipsīus pudōre, deinde etiam patris dīligentiā disciplīnāque mūnīta.For as long as Marcus Caelius' age could give room for that suspicion, he was protected first by his own modesty, and then also by his father's care and discipline. Cael. 4.1Quī ut huic togam virīlem dedit — nihil dīcam hōc locō dē mē;As soon as his father gave him the toga of manhood — I shall say nothing here about myself; Cael. 4.1tantum sit quantum vōs exīstimātis;let that count for as much as you judge; Cael. 4.1hoc dīcam, hunc ā patre continuō ad mē esse dēductum — nēmō hunc M. Caelium in illō aetātis flōre vīdit nisi aut cum patre aut mēcum aut in M. Crassī castissimā domō cum artibus honestissimīs ērudīrētur.I shall say this, that he was brought straight from his father to me — no one saw this Marcus Caelius in that flower of his youth except either with his father or with me or in the most virtuous house of Marcus Crassus, when he was being trained in the most honourable studies.
Cael. 4.10Nam quod Catilīnae familiāritās obiecta Caeliō est, longē ab istā suspīciōne abhorrēre dēbet.As for the intimacy with Catiline charged against Caelius, it ought to be far removed from that suspicion. Cael. 4.10Hōc enim adulēscente scītis cōnsulātum mēcum petīsse Catilīnam.For you know that when this man was still young Catiline stood for the consulship with me. Cael. 4.10Ad quem sī accessit aut sī ā mē discessit umquam — quamquam multī bonī adulēscentēs illī hominī nēquam atque improbō studuērunt — tum exīstimētur Caelius Catilīnae nimium familiāris fuisse.If he ever went over to him or ever left my side — although many good young men were devoted to that worthless and wicked man — then let Caelius be thought to have been too intimate with Catiline. Cael. 4.10At enim posteā scīmus et vīdimus esse hunc in illīus etiam amīcīs.But, you say, we know and have seen that later he was even among that man's friends. Cael. 4.10Quis negat?Who denies it? Cael. 4.10Sed ego illud tempus aetātis quod ipsum suā sponte īnfirmum, aliōrum autem libīdine īnfestum est, id hōc locō dēfendō.But it is that period of life, which is weak in itself and exposed to the lust of others, that I am defending at this point.
Cael. 4.10Fuit adsiduus mēcum praetōre mē;He was constantly with me when I was praetor; Cael. 4.10nōn nōverat Catilīnam;he did not know Catiline; Cael. 4.10Āfricam tum praetor ille obtinēbat.that man was then governing Africa as praetor. Cael. 4.10Secūtus est tum annus, causam dē pecūniīs repetundīs Catilīna dīxit.Then the next year followed, and Catiline stood trial for extortion. Cael. 4.10Mēcum erat hic;Caelius was with me; Cael. 4.10illī nē advocātus quidem vēnit umquam.he never came to Catiline even as a supporter in court. Cael. 4.10Deinceps fuit annus quō ego cōnsulātum petīvī;Next came the year in which I stood for the consulship; Cael. 4.10petēbat Catilīna mēcum.Catiline was standing against me. Cael. 4.10Numquam ad illum accessit, ā mē numquam recessit.He never went over to him; he never withdrew from me.