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Caius Asinius Pollio to Cicero. Epist. 31.
YOu need not maruaile, that I haue not written any thing vnto you, a∣bout the Common-wealth, since the warre beganne. For ••he Castulonensian forest, which hath euer staied our posts, though it be now fuller of theeues then euer; yet procures it not so much delay, as they doe, who being dispersed in all quarte••s, by the one, & other side, seeke after Postes, and detaine them. For which cause, if letters had not bin con∣ueyed by Sea, I could haue knowne of nothing, that passed with you. Now, hauing found opportunitie, in that they begin to goe by sea, I will very willing∣ly, and as oft as I can write vnto you. There is no feare that I should be mo∣ued to discourse of his workes, who, though there be none, that can abide to see him, yet is he not so hated of men as he deserueth. For I so abhorre him, that I account euery thing odious, in which he hath a finger: and my nature, & studies draw me to a desire of peace, and l••bertie. Whereupon, I often bit∣terly bewayled that beg••nning of the ciuill warre. But being enforced to be∣take my selfe, to one of the parts, for I had great enemies of all sides: I fled that