Ep. 10.3.1Ut prīmum mē, domine, indulgentiā vestrā prōmōvit ad praefectūram aerāriī Sāturnī, omnibus advocātiōnibus, quibus aliōquī numquam eram prōmiscuē fūnctus, renūntiāvī, ut tōtō animō dēlēgātō mihi officiō vacārem.As soon as your favour, my lord, promoted me to the prefecture of the treasury of Saturn, I gave up all advocacy — which in any case I had never practised indiscriminately — so that I might devote my whole mind to the office entrusted to me. Ep. 10.3.2Quā ex causā, cum patrōnum mē prōvinciālēs optāssent contrā Marium Prīscum, et petiī veniam huius mūneris et impetrāvī.For this reason, when the provincials had wanted me as their counsel against Marius Priscus, I both asked to be excused from this duty and obtained my request. Ep. 10.3.2Sed cum posteā cōnsul dēsignātus cēnsuisset agendum nōbīscum, quōrum erat excūsātiō recepta, ut essēmus in senātūs potestāte paterēmurque nōmina nostra in urnam conicī, convenientissimum esse tranquillitātī saeculī tuī putāvī praesertim tam moderātae voluntātī amplissimī ōrdinis nōn repugnāre.But when afterwards the consul-designate had proposed that we, whose excuses had been accepted, should be asked to place ourselves at the senate's disposal and allow our names to be thrown into the urn, I thought it most in keeping with the tranquillity of your age not to oppose the will of that most distinguished order, especially when it was so moderate.
Ep. 10.3.3Cui obsequiō meō optō, ut exīstimēs cōnstāre ratiōnem, cum omnia facta dictaque mea probāre sānctissimīs mōribus tuīs cupiam.I hope you will consider that this compliance of mine is well grounded, since I desire all my deeds and words to win the approval of your most upright character. Ep. 10.3.1Et cīvis et senātōris bonī partibus fūnctus es obsequium amplissimī ōrdinis quod iūstissimē exigēbat, praestandō.You have played the part of both a good citizen and a good senator by showing the most distinguished order the compliance which it most justly required. Ep. 10.3.1Quās partēs implētūrum tē secundum susceptam fidem cōnfīdō.I am confident that you will fulfil that part in keeping with the trust you have undertaken.