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Cicero to Caius Cassius. Epist. 6.
HOw things stood, when I wrote you these letters, you may vnder∣stand from Caius Tidius Strabo, an ho∣honest man, and verie well enclined to the Common-wealth; and to you, so affected, that onely to come, and finde you out, hee hath abandoned his house and substance. And therfore it is needlesse, that I should recommend him to you; his comming may bee a sufficient recommendation. As for our affaires, you are to imagine, and per∣swade your selfe thus much, that all good mens ••••••uge ••••es in you, and Mar∣cus Brutus; if it fortune, that things succeed not in Italy, as they were wi∣shed; which God forbid. When I wrote th••se letters to you, matter•• were reduced to their last triall. Fo••, Brutus could now no longer keepe himselfe in Mutina. Who being preserued, the vi∣ctorie is ours: if not•• which God grant otherwise; wee will all flye to you, as to the hauen of safetie. Wher∣fore, you must take vpon you so great a courage, and make such preparation, as is necessary for the recouerie of the Common-wealth. Farewell.