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Cicero, Imperator; to Marcus Coelius, Aedile Cur••le. Epist. 14.
THere is great familiarity, between me, and Marcus Fabius, a very ho∣nest & a learned man: And I loue him heart••ly, not so much for his wit and learning, which is great, as for rare mo∣desty I ••ee in him. I recommend vnto you his cause, with the same care and loue, as if it were mine owne. I know the custome of you great Lawyers; you receiue no Client vnder an Homi∣cide. But in this mans case, no excuse can se••ue you. If you wish me well, lay all other businesse apart, when Fabius shall need your helpe I am very desi∣rous to vnderstand, how matters goe at Rome: and aboue the rest, I would know how you dispose of your selfe, it being long since I heard any newes at all: but this hard winter is the cause thereof. Farewell.