Letters to Atticus Passage 4

Bibulus hominum admiratione et benevolentia in caelo est; edicta eius et contiones describunt et legunt. novo quodam genere in summam gloriam venit. populare nunc nihil tam est quam odium popularium. haec quo sint eruptura timeo; sed si dispicere quid coepero scribam ad te apertius. tu si me amas tantum quantum profecto amas, expeditus facito ut sis si inclamaro ut accurras; sed do operam et dabo ne sit necesse. quod scripseram †et† Furio scripturum, nihil necesse est tuum nomen mutare; me faciam Laelium et te Atticum neque utar meo chirographo neque signo, si modo erunt eius modi litterae quas in alienum incidere nolim.

Bibulus is in heaven through men's admiration and goodwill. They copy and read his edicts and speeches. By a strange new method he has reached the height of glory. Nothing is now so popular as hatred of the populists. I fear where this will erupt, but if I begin to discern anything I shall write to you more openly. If you love me as much as you certainly do, see that you are ready to hurry here if I call. But I am striving, and shall continue to strive, to make that unnecessary. As for my writing that I would write to Furius, there is no need to change your name. I shall make myself Laelius and you Atticus, and shall use neither my handwriting nor my seal, provided the letters are of a kind that I would not wish to fall into another's hands.

Bibulus est au ciel par l’admiration et la bienveillance des hommes. On copie et lit ses édits et ses discours. Il est parvenu à la gloire suprême d’une manière nouvelle. Rien n’est aujourd’hui plus populaire que la haine des populaires. Je crains ce que tout cela fera éclater; mais si je commence à le discerner, je t’écrirai plus clairement. Si tu m’aimes autant que tu m’aimes assurément, tiens-toi prêt à accourir si je t’appelle. Je m’efforce cependant, et m’efforcerai, de faire que cela ne soit pas nécessaire. J’avais écrit que je t’appellerais Furius, mais il n’est pas nécessaire de changer ton nom: je me ferai Laelius et toi Atticus. Je n’emploierai ni mon écriture ni mon sceau s’il s’agit de lettres que je ne veux pas voir tomber entre des mains étrangères.