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Cicero to Terentia his wife, and to Tu••••iola his daughter. Epist. 18.
I Beseech you, deare soules, to bee we••l aduised, what you meane to doe, whether to remaine in Rome: or to come and liue with mee in some secure place. It belongs not onely to me, bu•• to you also, to take some course herein. Me thinkes you may continue secu••elie in R••me, by Dolabelia's prote∣ct••on: through whose meanes, if anie violence, or rapine should begin, you might haue a waie to preserue your goods, and persons. But on the other side, I feare; seeing all good men are out of Rome, and haue their women wi••h them. So that it would not b••e mu••h amis••e, that you should come to m••e in the••e parts, which are vnder my Gouernment; where you might re∣maine with me, during your pleasure; and when you would depart, you may be secure in our Gu••ris••ns. In conclu∣sion, I cannot discerne which is the bet∣ter course. Obserue you, what other G••ntle-women doe; and t••ke heede, ••hat you be not enforced to staie, when ••ou would bee gone. Consider there∣••pon verie adui••edly amo••gst your ••elues, and with our friends. Cause