DCCCLXXIV (F XI, 23)
DECIMUS BRUTUS TO CICERO (AT
ROME)
EPOREDIA, 25 MAY
WE are all well here, and I shall do my best
to make us better. Lepidus seems to us to be
fairly well disposed. Having got rid of every
fear, we ought to consult for the interests of the
state with freedom. But if everything else went
wrong, yet with three such great armies devoted to
the service of the Republic in full force, you
ought to have the high courage which you have
always kept, and can now by the blessing of
fortune increase. As to what I told you under my
hand in my previous letter—it is all
mere talk meant to bluff you. If you once get the
bit between your teeth, may I die if all of them
put together will be able to stand against you
when you start speaking. As I told you in my last
letter, I shall remain in Italy till a letter from
you reaches me. 25 May,
Eporedia.
EPOREDIA, 25 MAY