Ep. 6.22.1Magna rēs ācta est omnium quī sunt prōvinciīs praefutūrī, magna omnium quī sē simpliciter crēdunt amīcīs.A great case has been tried, of concern to all who are going to govern provinces, of great concern to all who trust their friends without reserve. Ep. 6.22.2Lustricius Bruttiānus cum Montānium Atticīnum comitem suum in multīs flāgitiīs dēprehendisset, Caesarī scrīpsit.Lustricius Bruttianus, having caught Montanius Atticinus, a member of his staff, in many disgraceful acts, wrote to Caesar. Ep. 6.22.2Atticīnus flāgitiīs addidit, ut quem dēcēperat accūsāret.Atticinus added to his disgraceful acts by accusing the man he had deceived. Ep. 6.22.2Recepta cognitiō est;The inquiry was taken up; Ep. 6.22.2fuī in cōnsiliō.I was on the council. Ep. 6.22.2Ēgit uterque prō sē, ēgit autem carptim et quō genere, vēritās statim ostenditur statim ostenditur.Each pleaded for himself, but pleaded briefly and point by point, a method by which the truth is shown at once. Ep. 6.22.3Prōtulit Bruttiānus testāmentum suum, quod Atticīnī manū scrīptum esse dīcēbat;Bruttianus produced his will, which he said had been written in Atticinus' hand; Ep. 6.22.3hōc enim et arcāna familiāritās et querendī dē eō, quem sīc amāsset, necessitās indicābātur.for by this were shown both their close intimacy and the necessity of complaining about a man whom he had loved so much.
Ep. 6.22.4Ēnumerāvit crīmina foeda manifesta;He listed charges, foul and manifest; Ep. 6.22.4quae ille cum dīluere nōn posset, ita regessit, ut dum dēfenditur turpis, dum accūsat scelerātus probārētur.and when Atticinus could not refute them, he retorted in such a way that, while defending himself, he was proved base, and while accusing, criminal. Ep. 6.22.4Corruptō enim scrībae servō intercēperat commentāriōs intercīderatque, ac per summum nefās ūtēbātur adversus amīcum crīmine suō.For he had bribed the secretary's slave, intercepted the records and cut out parts of them, and, most wickedly, was using his own crime against his friend. Ep. 6.22.5Fēcit pulcherrimē Caesar: nōn enim dē Bruttiānō, sed statim dē Atticīnō perrogāvit.Caesar acted splendidly: for he put the question not about Bruttianus but at once about Atticinus. Ep. 6.22.5Damnātus et in īnsulam relēgātus;He was condemned and banished to an island; Ep. 6.22.5Bruttiānō iūstissimum integritātis testimōnium redditum, quem quidem etiam cōnstantiae glōria secūta est.Bruttianus was given a most just testimony to his integrity, and the glory of firmness too followed him. Ep. 6.22.6Nam dēfēnsus expedītissimē accūsāvit vehementer, nec minus ācer quam bonus et sincērus appāruit.For after defending himself most promptly he accused vigorously, and showed himself no less spirited than good and honest.
Ep. 6.22.7Quod tibi scrīpsī, ut tē sortītum prōvinciam praemonērem, plūrimum tibi crēdās, nec cuiquam satis fīdās, deinde sciās sī quis forte tē - quod abōminor - fallat, parātam ultiōnem.I have written this to you to warn you in advance, now that you have been allotted a province, to trust very much to yourself and not to rely too much on anyone, and then to know that if anyone should happen to deceive you — which heaven forbid — vengeance is ready. Ep. 6.22.7Quā tamen nē sit opus, etiam atque etiam attende;Yet take care again and again that there may be no need of it; Ep. 6.22.8neque enim tam iūcundum est vindicārī quam dēcipī miserum.for it is not so pleasant to be avenged as it is wretched to be deceived. Ep. 6.22.8Valē.Farewell.