Ep. 10.4.1Indulgentia tua, imperātor optime, quam plēnissimam experior, hortātur mē, ut audeam tibi etiam prō amīcīs obligārī;Your favour, best of emperors, which I experience in the fullest measure, encourages me to dare to put myself under obligation to you on behalf of my friends as well; Ep. 10.4.1inter quōs sibi vel praecipuum locum vindicat Vocōnius Rōmānus, ab ineunte aetāte condiscipulus et contubernālis.among them Voconius Romanus claims for himself even the foremost place, my fellow-pupil and close companion from early youth. Ep. 10.4.2Quibus ex causīs et ā dīvō patre tuō petieram, ut illum in amplissimum ōrdinem prōmovēret.For these reasons I had also asked your deified father to promote him to the most distinguished order. Ep. 10.4.2Sed hoc vōtum meum bonitātī tuae reservātum est, quia māter Rōmānī līberālitātem sēstertiī quadrāgiēs, quod cōnferre sē fīliō cōdicillīs ad patrem tuum scrīptīs professa fuerat, nōndum satis lēgitimē perēgerat;But this wish of mine has been kept for your goodness, because Romanus' mother had not yet completed in proper legal form the gift of four million sesterces which she had declared, in a letter written to your father, that she was making over to her son; Ep. 10.4.2quod posteā fēcit admonita ā nōbīs.this she afterwards did, on our prompting.
Ep. 10.4.3Nam fundōs ēmancipāvit, et cētera quae in ēmancipātiōne implenda solent exigī cōnsummāvit.For she has conveyed the estates, and has completed everything else that is usually required to accomplish such a conveyance. Ep. 10.4.4Cum sit ergō fīnītum, quod spēs nostrās morābātur, nōn sine magnā fīdūciā subsignō apud tē fidem prō mōribus Rōmānī meī, quōs et līberālia studia exōrnant et eximia pietās, quae hanc ipsam mātris līberālitātem et statim patris hērēditātem et adoptiōnem ā vītricō meruit.Since, therefore, what held back our hopes has been settled, it is with great confidence that I pledge my word to you for the character of my Romanus, which is adorned both by liberal studies and by exceptional devotion to his family, a devotion that earned him this very generosity from his mother, his father's inheritance straight away, and adoption by his stepfather. Ep. 10.4.5Auget haec et nātālium et paternārum facultātium splendor;These qualities are enhanced by the distinction of his birth and of his father's wealth; Ep. 10.4.5quibus singulīs multum commendātiōnis accessūrum etiam ex meīs precibus indulgentiae tuae crēdō.and I trust that my prayers too will add much recommendation to each of these in the eyes of your indulgence.
Ep. 10.4.6Rogō ergō, domine, ut mē exoptātissimae mihi grātulātiōnis compotem faciās et honestīs, ut spērō, affectibus meīs praestēs, ut nōn in mē tantum vērum et in amīcō glōriārī iūdiciīs tuīs possim.I ask, therefore, my lord, that you grant me the congratulation I so greatly desire, and gratify my affections, honourable as I hope they are, so that I may take pride in your judgement not only for myself but also for my friend.