section 47

Question 1

Sed iam stupra et flagitia omittamus: sunt quaedam, quae honeste non possum dicere;

Answer 1

But now lets leave aside debauchery and scandal: there are some which I, with integrity, am not able to say;

Question 2

Sed reliquum vitae cursum videte; quem quidem celeriter perstringam.

Answer 2

But look at the rest of his life, which I will touch upon indeed quickly.

Question 3

Ad haec enim, quae in civili bello, in maximis rei publicae miseriis fecit, et ad ea, quae cotidie facit, festinat animus.

Answer 3

Our thoughts hurry to these crimes for which he had done in civil war, in the very great miseries of the state, and to those, which he does daily.

Question 4

Debet enim talibus in rebus excitare animos non cognitio solum rerum, sed etiam recordatio; etsi incidamus, opinor, media ne nimis sero ad extrema veniamus.

Answer 4

Not only the knowledge of such things ought to stir our thoughts but also the recollection of them; although let us cut short the middle, I suppose, so that we don’t arrive at the end too late.

Question 5

tu autem eo liberior, quod ea in te admisisti, quae a verecundo inimico audire non posses.

Answer 5

you however are all the freer, because you commit these things against yourself, which you couldn’t hear from a modest enemy.

Question 6

Quae peto ut, quamquam multo notiora vobis quam mihi sunt, tamen ut facitis, attente audiatis.

Answer 6

I beg that you listen carefully, as you are doing, to those crimes although they are much better known to you than me.