Letters to Atticus Passage 2

HIRTIVS CICERONI suo salutem Rurene iam redierim quaeris. an ego, cum omnes caleant, ignaviter aliquid faciam? etiam ex urbe sum profectus, utilius enim statui abesse. has tibi litteras exiens in Tusculanum scripsi. noli autem me tam strenuum putare ut ad Nonas recurram. nihil enim iam video opus esse nostra cura, quoniam praesidia sunt in tot annos provisa. Brutus et Cassius utinam quam facile a te de me impetrare possunt ita per te exorentur ne quod calidius ineant consilium! cedentis enim haec ais scripsisse - quo aut qua re?

HIRTIUS TO HIS DEAR CICERO, GREETINGS. You ask whether I have already returned from the country. Would I, when everyone is heated, do anything so indolent? I have even left the city, since I decided it was more useful to be away. I wrote this letter to you as I was leaving for Tusculum. But do not think me so energetic that I shall hurry back for the Nones. I now see no need for our concern, since safeguards have been provided for so many years. If only Brutus and Cassius could as easily be persuaded by you not to embark upon any over-heated plan as they can obtain your favor toward me! For you say they wrote this while giving way. To where, or for what reason?

HIRTIUS SALUE SON CHER CICÉRON. Tu demandes si je suis déjà revenu de la campagne. Moi, faire quelque chose avec mollesse quand tous s’échauffent? J’ai même quitté Rome, car j’ai jugé plus utile de m’en éloigner. Je t’écris cette lettre en partant pour ma propriété de Tusculum. Mais ne me crois pas assez énergique pour revenir aux nones. Je ne vois plus aucun besoin de notre sollicitude, puisque des garanties ont été prévues pour tant d’années. Plût aux dieux que Brutus et Cassius se laissassent aussi facilement persuader par toi de ne pas entreprendre quelque dessein trop ardent qu’ils obtiennent de toi ce qu’ils demandent à mon sujet! Tu dis en effet qu’ils ont écrit cela en hommes qui se retirent. Où vont-ils, ou pour quelle raison?