Marcus Coelius to Cicero. Epist. 13.

I Am glad you haue married y•ur daughter to Dolabilla; who, in the conceit I haue of him, is certainely a man of great goodnesse. For, what be∣lo•gs to his other defects, by which hitherto, hee hath got himselfe but little profit, they are now worne out, with his yeeres. And if any yet re∣maine, I assure my selfe, your conuer∣sation, your authority, and your daugh∣ters mod•sty, will correct them. For, hee is not obdurate in vices, neither wants hee wit, to discerne what is best Further, a great occasion of this ioy, is the loue I •eare him Doe you see, Ci∣cero, how C••io hath compassed his in∣tents? For, his resistance being scann'd in the Senate, as it was determined; and Marcus Marcellus perswading, that the Tribunes should bee moued in it; the Senate would not consent thereunto. Pompeius hath now such a weake sto∣macke, that almost nothing can bee •ound to please him. The Senate had decree'd, that hee who would not dis∣misse Page  408 his armie, & the prouinces, could not stand for the Consulship: which, how it will please Pompeius, when hee perceiues, what will become of the Common-wealth, if he either cannot, or care not; I leaue for you old, rich men to consider. Quintus Hortensius, when I wrote these, dyed. Farewell.