Letters to Atticus Passage 1

xv Kal. e Sinuessano proficiscens cum dedissem ad te litteras devertissemque †acutius† in Vescino accepi a tabellario tuas litteras; in quibus nimis multa de Buthroto. non enim tibi ea res maiori curae aut est aut erit quam mihi. sic enim decet te mea curare, tua me. quam ob rem id quidem sic susceptum est mihi ut nihil sim habiturus antiquius.

On the seventeenth day before the Kalends, as I left my Sinuessan estate, I sent you a letter and, after turning aside †more sharply† into the territory of Vescia, received your letter from a courier. It contains far too much about Buthrotum, for that affair is not and will not be of greater concern to you than to me. It is right that you should care for my affairs and I for yours. I have therefore taken this matter upon myself in such a way that I shall place nothing before it.

Dix-sept jours avant les calendes, en quittant Sinuessa, je t’avais envoyé une lettre et m’étais arrêté †acutius† dans le territoire de Vescia, lorsque j’ai reçu ta lettre d’un courrier. Tu y parles bien trop longuement de Buthrote. Cette affaire ne t’occupe ni ne t’occupera en effet davantage que moi. Il convient que tu prennes soin de mes affaires et moi des tiennes. Je me suis donc chargé de celle-ci de telle manière que rien n’aura pour moi plus d’importance.