[sect. 2]
quae ipse commemoras: cf. Ep. LXXV. 5.
unum illud solacium: i.e. the companionship and sympathy of Tullia.
amicorum negotiis: as an advocate; cf. sublatis iudiciis, Ep. LXII.1n.
curiam: the ascendancy of Caesar had taken away the dignity and influence of the senate. Cf. Ep. LXVII. 4.
consanuisse: found only here in Cicero.