Ep. 9.10.1Cupiō praeceptīs tuīs pārēre;I am eager to obey your instructions; Ep. 9.10.1sed aprōrum tanta pēnūria est, ut Minervae et Diānae, quās ais pariter colendās, convenīre nōn possit.but there is such a shortage of boars that Minerva and Diana, who you say should be worshipped together, cannot be brought together. Ep. 9.10.2Itaque Minervae tantum serviendum est, dēlicātē tamen ut in sēcessū et aestāte.So I must serve Minerva alone, though gently, as befits retirement and summer. Ep. 9.10.2In viā plānē nōn nūlla leviōra statimque dēlenda eā garrulitāte quā sermōnēs in vehiculō seruntur extendī.On the road, to be sure, I spun out some lighter pieces, fit to be deleted at once, with the kind of chatter with which conversations are strung together in a carriage. Ep. 9.10.2Hīs quaedam addidī in vīllā, cum aliud nōn libēret.To these I added a few at the villa, when I did not feel like doing anything else. Ep. 9.10.2Itaque poēmata quiēscunt, quae tū inter nemora et lūcōs commodissimē perficī putās.So my poems are resting, which you think are most conveniently completed among woods and groves. Ep. 9.10.3Ōrātiunculam ūnam alteram retractāvī;I have revised a short speech or two; Ep. 9.10.3quamquam id genus operis inamābile inamoenum, magisque labōribus rūris quam voluptātibus simile.though that kind of work is unlovely and unpleasant, and more like the toils than the pleasures of the country.
Ep. 9.10.3Valē.Farewell.