Ep. 9.1.1Saepe tē monuī, ut librōs quōs vel prō tē vel in Plantam, immō et prō tē et in illum - ita enim māteria cōgēbat -, composuistī quam mātūrissimē ēmitterēs;I have often urged you to publish as soon as possible the books which you wrote either in your own defence or against Planta — or rather both in your own defence and against him, for the subject demanded it; Ep. 9.1.1quod nunc praecipuē morte eius audītā et hortor et moneō.and now especially, having heard of his death, I both urge and advise this. Ep. 9.1.2Quamvīs enim lēgerīs multīs legendōsque dederīs, nōlō tamen quemquam opīnārī dēfūnctō dēmum incohātōs, quōs incolumī eō perēgistī.For although you have read them to many and given them to many to read, I still do not want anyone to imagine that books which you completed while he was alive were only begun once he was dead. Ep. 9.1.2Salva sit tibi cōnstantiae fāma.Let your reputation for steadfastness be kept safe. Ep. 9.1.2Erit autem, sī notum aequīs inīquīsque fuerit nōn post inimīcī mortem scrībendī tibi nātam esse fīdūciam, sed iam parātam ēditiōnem morte praeventam.And it will be, if it becomes known to the fair-minded and the hostile alike that your confidence in writing was not born after your enemy's death, but that a publication already prepared was forestalled by his death.
Ep. 9.1.3Et simul vītābis illud οὐχ ὁσίη φθιμένοισι.And at the same time you will avoid that charge of 'no piety towards the dead'. Ep. 9.1.3Nam quod dē vīvente scrīptum dē vīvente recitātum est, in dēfūnctum quoque tamquam vīventem adhūc ēditur, sī ēditur statim.For what was written about a living man and recited about a living man is published against him, though dead, as if he were still alive, if it is published at once. Ep. 9.1.3Igitur sī quid aliud in manibus, interim differ;So if you have anything else in hand, put it off for the moment; Ep. 9.1.3hoc perfice, quod nōbīs quī lēgimus ōlim absolūtum vidētur.finish this, which to us who have read it has long seemed complete. Ep. 9.1.3Sed iam videātur et tibi, cuius cūnctātiōnem nec rēs ipsa dēsīderat, et temporis ratiō praecīdit.But let it now seem so to you as well, since the matter itself does not call for your delay, and considerations of timing cut it short. Ep. 9.1.3Valē.Farewell.