[sect. 2]
in istis locis: i.e. in Epirus, where Atticus now was. Cf. Ep. V.15n.
nihil attinet: cf. de quo quid sentiam, nihil attinet dicere, Fam. 4.7.3.
perincommode: cf. Intr. 77.
nonnullorum artificus: the anger of Quintus had evidently been inflamed by some of the enemies of Atticus.