C. Suvetonii Tranquilli De XII Caesaribus libri VIII. Isaacus Casaubonus iterum recensuit. Accessit ejusdem Animadversionum appendicula. Additi etiam sunt Suetonii libelli De illustribus grammaticis

I professed to the most honorable order that I would satisfy, yet I have signed for your request, and so that you may know that I have granted the ius trium liberorum the right of three children to Suetonius Tranquillus, under the condition to which I am accustomed, I have ordered it to be recorded in my commentaries.

Religious feeling of Suet. You write that you are terrified by a dream, fearing that you might suffer some adversity in your legal action; you ask that I seek a postponement, and for a few days. It is certainly difficult to excuse the next hearing, but I will try.

It matters, however, whether you are accustomed to dream of events to come or their opposites. To me, having considered your dream, that which you fear seems to portend an excellent performance. I had undertaken the case of Julius Pastor, when, while I was resting, my mother-in-law appeared to me, having fallen to her knees, begging me not to plead. And I was about to plead, though still a youth; I was in a quadruple judgment; I was against the most powerful men of the city, and even friends of Caesar; which individual things could have shaken my mind after such a sad dream. Yet I pleaded, having reasoned that,