Letters to Atticus Passage 1

cum instituissem ad te scribere calamumque sumpsissem, Batonius e navi recta ad me venit domum Ephesi et epistulam tuam reddidit pridie Kal. Octobris. laetatus sum felicitate navigationis tuae, opportunitate Piliae, etiam hercule sermone eiusdem de coniugio Tulliae meae.

When I had resolved to write to you and had taken up my pen, Batonius came straight from his ship to my house at Ephesus and delivered your letter on September 30. I was delighted by the good fortune of your voyage, by Pilia's timely arrival, and also, by Hercules, by what he said about the marriage of my Tullia.

Comme je m’apprêtais à t’écrire et avais pris ma plume, Batonius est venu directement de son navire jusqu’à ma maison d’Éphèse et m’a remis ta lettre la veille des calendes d’octobre. Je me suis réjoui du bonheur de ta traversée, de l’arrivée opportune de Pilia et même, ma foi, de ce qu’elle disait du mariage de ma Tullia.