Ep. 7.16.1Calestrium Tīrōnem familiārissimē dīligō et prīvātīs mihi et pūblicīs necessitūdinibus implicitum.I love Calestrius Tiro most intimately, bound to me as he is by both private and public ties. Ep. 7.16.2Simul mīlitāvimus, simul quaestōrēs Caesaris fuimus.We served in the army together, together we were Caesar's quaestors. Ep. 7.16.2Ille mē in tribūnātū līberōrum iūre praecessit, ego illum in praetūrā sum cōnsecūtus, cum mihi Caesar annum remīsisset.He preceded me in the tribunate by the right of children, I caught up with him in the praetorship, when Caesar remitted a year for me. Ep. 7.16.2Ego in vīllās eius saepe sēcessī, ille in domō meā saepe convaluit.I have often retreated to his country houses, he has often recuperated in my house. Ep. 7.16.3Hic nunc prō cōnsule prōvinciam Baeticam per Tīcīnum est Petītūrus.He is now about to go out to the province of Baetica as proconsul, travelling by way of Ticinum. Ep. 7.16.4Spērō, immō cōnfīdō facile mē impetrātūrum, ex itinere dēflectat ad tē, sī volēs vindictā līberāre, quōs proximē inter amīcōs manūmīsistī.I hope, or rather I am confident, that I shall easily persuade him to turn aside from his route to visit you, if you wish to free formally, by the rod, those whom you recently manumitted informally among friends.
Ep. 7.16.4Nihil est quod vereāris nē sit hoc illī molestum, cui orbem terrārum circumīre nōn erit longum meā causā.There is no reason for you to fear that this may be a nuisance to him, for whom it will not be too far to go round the whole world for my sake. Ep. 7.16.5Proinde nimiam istam verēcundiam pōne, tēque quid velīs cōnsule.So put aside that excessive modesty of yours, and consult yourself about what you want. Ep. 7.16.5Illī tam iūcundum quod ego, quam mihi quod tū iubēs.It is as pleasant to him to do what I bid as it is to me to do what you bid. Ep. 7.16.5Valē.Farewell.