Ep. 6.26.1Gaudeō et grātulor, quod Fuscō Salinātōrī fīliam tuam dēstināstī.I rejoice and congratulate you on having betrothed your daughter to Fuscus Salinator. Ep. 6.26.1Domus patricia, pater honestissimus, māter parī laude;His house is patrician, his father most honourable, his mother of equal repute; Ep. 6.26.1ipse studiōsus litterātus etiam disertus, puer simplicitāte cōmitāte iuvenis senex gravitāte.he himself is studious, well read, eloquent too, a boy in his simplicity, a young man in his friendliness, an old man in his seriousness. Ep. 6.26.1Neque enim amōre dēcipior.Nor am I deceived by affection. Ep. 6.26.2Amō quidem effūsē - ita officiīs ita reverentiā meruit -, iūdicō tamen, et quidem tantō ācrius quantō magis amō;I do love him lavishly — so has he deserved it by his attentions, by his respect — yet I judge, and indeed all the more sharply the more I love; Ep. 6.26.2tibique ut quī explōrāverim spondeō, habitūrum tē generum quō melior fingī nē vōtō quidem potuit.and I promise you, as one who has tested him, that you will have a son-in-law than whom a better could not have been imagined even in a prayer.
Ep. 6.26.3Superest ut avum tē quam mātūrissimē similium suī faciat.It remains that he should make you, as soon as possible, the grandfather of children like himself. Ep. 6.26.3Quam fēlīx tempus illud, quō mihi līberōs illīus nepōtēs tuōs, ut meōs vel līberōs vel nepōtēs, ex vestrō sinū sūmere et quasi parī iūre tenēre continget!How happy that time will be, when it will be my lot to take his children, your grandchildren, from your arms as if they were my own children or grandchildren, and to hold them with almost equal right! Ep. 6.26.3Valē.Farewell.