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Cicero to Decimu•• Brutu••. Epist. 24.

I Tell you, I was at the first halfe an∣gry with you, for the breuitie of your letters: now me thinkes, that I, am too long. I will therefore follow your stile. In how few words, how many things haue you intimated! that you doe rea∣sonable well, and will end••uour to doe be••ter: that Lepidus stands well aff••c∣ted: that hauing three Armies on foot, we ought to haue a constant hope in all things. Though I had beene timorous, yet with this letter you would haue made me couragious. But, as you put me in minde, I haue got the b••idle be∣twixt my teeth. For, if I, when you were beleagured, reposed all my hope in you; ••ow, that you are in the fi••ld with a v••ctorious Armie, may I not re¦pose

a farre greater? I desire now at length, my Br••••us, to r••signe ouer my vigilancie to you but so, that I may not be h••ld inconstant. Whereas you write, you wi••l r••side in Italie, till my letters come vnto your hand: if you c••n doe it, without any hindrance to th•• wa••re, I thereu••to aduise you. For many matters are debated of in R••me: but i•• the warre may be finished by your de∣parture•• attend this, rather then the o∣ther. The mon••y••s, which were rea∣die, or consigned ••uer vnto you: Serui∣lius is yours most aff••ctio••ate: I doe what so euer I am able. Farewell. The vj. of Iune.