Letters to Atticus Passage 5

Bibuli qui sit exitus futurus nescio. ut nunc res se habet, admirabili gloria est. qui cum comitia in mensem Octobrem distulisset, quod solet ea res populi voluntatem offendere, putarat Caesar oratione sua posse impelli contionem ut iret ad Bibulum; multa cum seditiosissime diceret, vocem exprimere non potuit. quid quaeris? sentiunt se nullam ullius partis voluntatem tenere. eo magis vis nobis est timenda.

I do not know what Bibulus' end will be. As matters now stand, his glory is marvelous. After he postponed the elections until October, an action that usually offends the people, Caesar thought that his speech could induce the assembly to march on Bibulus. Though he made many highly inflammatory statements, he could not draw a sound from them. What more need I say? They perceive that they possess the goodwill of no party at all. For that reason we must fear violence all the more.

J’ignore quelle sera l’issue pour Bibulus. Dans l’état présent, il jouit d’une gloire admirable. Comme il avait ajourné les comices au mois d’octobre, mesure qui offense habituellement le peuple, César avait pensé pouvoir, par son discours, pousser l’assemblée à marcher contre Bibulus. Bien qu’il eût tenu beaucoup de propos extrêmement séditieux, il ne put tirer une voix de la foule. Que veux-tu? Ils sentent qu’aucun parti ne leur accorde sa faveur. Nous devons d’autant plus craindre leur violence.