der to wait on him, and to pay him a visit; and desired
that he would give him leave to come over to Caprein: so Tiberius made
no difficulty, but wrote to him in an obliging way in other respects;
and withal told him he was glad of his safe return, and desired him to
come to Capreae; and when he was come, he did not fail to treat him as
kindly as he had promised him in his letter to do. But the next day came
a letter to Caesar from Herennius Capito, to inform him that Agrippa
had borrowed three hundred thousand drachmae, and not pad it at the time
appointed; but when it was demanded of him, he ran away like a fugitive,
out of the places under his government, and put it out of his power
to get the money of him. When Caesar had read this letter, he was much
troubled at it, and gave order that Agrippa should be excluded from his
presence until he had paid that debt: upon which he was no way daunted
at Caesar's anger, but entreated Antonia, the mother of Germanicus, and
of Claudius, who was afterward Caesar himself, to lend him those three
hundred thousand drachmae, that he might not be deprived of Tiberius's
friendship; so, out of regard to the memory of Bernice his mother, [for
those two women were very familiar with one another,] and out of regard
to his and Claudius's education together, she lent him the money; and,
upon the payment of this debt, there was nothing to hinder Tiberius's
friendship to him. After this, Tiberius Caesar recommended to him his
grandson, [20] and ordered that he should always accompany him when he
went abroad. But upon Agrippa's kind reception by Antonia, he betook
him to pay his respects to Caius, who was her grandson, and in very high
reputation by reason of the good-will they bare his father. Now there
was one Thallus, a freed-man of Caesar, of whom he borrowed a million of
drachmae, and thence repaid Antonia the debt he owed her; and by sending
the overplus in paying his court to Caius, became a person of great
authority with him.

5. Now as the friendship which Agrippa had for Caius was come to a great
height, there happened some words to pass between them, as they once
were in a chariot together, concerning Tiberius; Agrippa praying [to
God] [for they two sat by themselves] that Tiberius might soon go off
the stage, and leave the government to Caius, who was in every respect
more worthy of it. Now Eutychus, who was Agrippa's freed-man, and drove
his chariot, heard these words, and at that