is now, since the publication of the excellent translation of Lünemann's work by the late Mr. Leverett, within the reach of every one. CAMBRIDGE, July 17, 1837. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. A NEW edition of the Brutus of Cicero being called for, the editor has subjected the whole work, text as well as notes, to a careful revision. He has been able, in performing this task, to avail himself of the aid of several editions of the work that have, within a few years, been published in Germany; among them those of Henry Meyer and Otto Jahn. The former of these, containing numerous critical notes and a very full commentary, appeared in 1838; the latter, prepared on a more limited scale and intended more especially for schools, was published in 1849. But while the editor has endeavored, by the aid of these and other works, as well as by the suggestions of competent friends and of his own experience as a teacher, to render this edition more useful, he has, as will be perceived, adhered to his original plan of furnishing that assistance only which a scholar, well grounded in the ele ments, indispensably needs for a correct and complete understanding of the original. A good edition of an ancient author, intended for a text-book, especially when used, as it should be, under the guidance of a judicious and competent teacher, should call into action, instead of superseding, the knowledge, energy, and labor of the pupil. CAMBRIDGE, February 12, 1853. M. TULLII CICERONIS BRUTUS. I. 1. CUм e Cilicia decedens Rhodum venissem et eo mihi de Q. Hortensii morte esset allatum, opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem. Nam et amico amisso cum consuetudine jucunda tum multorum officiorum conjunctione me privatum videbam, et interitu talis auguris dignitatem nostri collegii deminutam dolebam qua in cogitatione et cooptatum me ab eo in collegium recordabar, in quo juratus judicium dignitatis meae fecerat, et inauguratum ab eodem; ex quo augurum institutis in parentis eum loco colere debebam. 2. Augebat etiam molestiam, quod magna sapientium civium bonorumque penuria vir egregius conjunctissimusque mecum consiliorum omnium societate alienissimo rei publicae tempore exstinctus et auctoritatis et prudentiae suae triste nobis desiderium reliquerat: dolebamque, quod non, ut ple 1 rique putabant, adversarium aut obtrectatorem laudum mearum sed socium potius et consortem gloriosi laboris amiseram. 3. Etenim si in leviorum artium studio memoriae proditum est poëtas nobiles poëtarum aequalium morte doluisse, quo tandem animo ejus interitum ferre debui, cum quo certare erat gloriosius quam omnino adversarium non habere? cum praesertim non modo nunquam sit aut illius a me cursus impeditus aut ab illo meus, sed contra semper alter ab altero adjutus et communicando et monendo et favendo. 4. Sed quoniam perpetua quadam felicitate usus, ille cessit e vita suo magis quam suorum civium tempore, et tum occidit, cum lugere facilius rem publicam posset, si viveret, quam juvare, vixitque tam diu, quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere: nostro incommodo detrimentoque, si est ita necesse, doleamus, illius vero mortis opportunitatem benevolentia potius quam misericordia prosequamur, ut, quotiescunque de clarissimo et beatissimo viro cogitemus, illum potius quam nosmet ipsos diligere videamur. 5. Nam si id dolemus, quod eo jam frui nobis non licet, nostrum est id malum, quod modice feramus, ne id non ad amicitiam sed ad domesticam utilitatem referre videamur. Sin, tamquam illi ipsi acerbitatis aliquid acciderit, angimur, summam ejus felicitatem non satis grato animo interpretamur. II. 6. Etenim si viveret Q. Hortensius, cetera |