[sect. 6]
post [gap in text] sermonem, etc.: apparently written after the conference with Hirtius referred to above, and immediately before the meeting of the senate on Mar.17.
novissimum: for proximum; cf. note above.
illos: Antony and his followers.
invidiam us faciemus: cf. Att. 3.16 spem facere alicui; Fam. 10.18.2 timorem facere alicui; Att. 11.8. 2 dolorem facere alicui. It is probable that all these phrases are colloquial. Cf. Intr. 89.