§446Perii hercle, iam hic me abegerit suo odio. §446bHeús iam satis tu. §447audin quae loquitur? §447bAudio et quiesco. §447cTandem, opinor, §448conticuit.
"By Hercules, I am undone; now he will drive me away with his hateful behavior." "Hey, that's enough of you now." "Do you hear what he is saying?" "I hear and am silent." "At last, I think, he has quieted down.
It is best to approach him now, before he begins to din again." "How soon will you attend to me?" "Ah, worthy guest!
quam dudum tu advenisti? §450non hercle te provideram (quaeso, ne vitio vortas), §451ita iracundia obstitit oculis. §451bNon mirum factum est. §452sed si domi est, Demaenetum volebam. §452bNegat esse intus. §453verum istuc argentum tamen mihi si vis denumerare, §454repromittam istoc nomine solutam rem futuram. §455Sic potius, ut Demaeneto tibi ero praesente reddam. §456Erus istunc novit atque erum hic. §456bEro huic praesente reddam. §457Da modo meo periculo, rem salvam ego exhibebo; §458nam si sciat noster senex fidem non esse huic habitam, §459suscenseat, quoi ómnium rerum ipsus semper credit.
How long have you been here?" "By Hercules, I had not seen you (pray, do not turn it to my fault), so did anger obstruct my eyes." "It is no wonder." "But if he is at home, I wanted Demaenetus." "He says he is not inside." "But nevertheless, if you wish to pay down that money to me, I will guarantee on that account that the matter shall be settled." "Rather in this way, that I may pay it to you in the presence of your master Demaenetus." "The master knows this man, and he knows the master." "I will pay it to him in the presence of his master." "Only give it on my risk, I will render the money safe; for if our old master should know that trust was not placed in him, he would be angry, whom he himself always trusts in all matters." "I do not care much.
§460Non magni pendo. ne duit, si non volt.
Let him not give it, if he does not wish.
sic sine astet. §461Da, inquam.
Let him stand there as he is." "Give it, I say.
vah, formido miser, ne hic me tibi arbitretur §462suasisse, sibi ne crederes.
Ah, wretched me, I fear lest this man should think that I advised you not to trust him.
da, quaeso, ac ne formida: §463salvom hercle erit. §463bCredam fore, dum quidem ipse in mánu habebo. §464peregrinus ego sum, Sauream non novi. §464bAt nosce sane. §465Sit, non sit, non edepol scio. si is est, eum esse oportet.
Give it, pray, and do not fear: by Hercules, it will be safe." "I will believe it will be so, as long as I myself have it in my hand." "I am a stranger, I do not know Saurea." "Well, then, get to know him." "Whether he is or is not, by Pollux, I don't know.
If he is, he must be he." "I certainly know that, being uncertain, I will give this to no man." "By Hercules, may all the gods destroy him!
verbo cave supplicassis. §468ferox est viginti minas meas tractare sese. §469nemo accipit, aufer te domum, abscede hinc, molestus ne sis. §470Nimis iracunde.
Beware of entreating him with a single word." "He is haughty because he is handling my twenty minae." "No one accepts it; take yourself home, get away from here, do not be troublesome." "Too angrily.
non decet superbum esse hominem servom. §471Malo hercle iam magno tuo, ni isti nec recte dicis. §472Impure, nihili.
It does not become a slave to be proud." "Do not speak ill of him, or it will be to your great cost." "You filthy, worthless fellow!
Do you not see that he is angry?" "Go on, continue." "You disgrace of a man!
da, óbsecro, argentum huic, ne male loquatur. §474Malum hercle vobis quaeritis. §474bCrura hercle diffringentur, §475ni istum impudicum percies. §475bPerii hercle.
Give, I beseech you, the money to him, lest he speak ill." "By Hercules, you are seeking trouble for yourselves." "By Hercules, your legs will be broken, unless you strike that shameless fellow." "By Hercules, I am undone.
Come, you shameless, wicked man, do you not dare to help me, a wicked man?" "Do you continue to entreat the worst of men?" "What's that?
§477bQuae res? tun libero homini §478male servos loquere? §478bVapula. §478cId quidém tibi hercle fiet, §479ut vapules, Demaenetum simul ac conspexero hodie.
Do you, a slave, speak ill to a free man?" "Go and be beaten." "By Hercules, that indeed shall happen to you, that you get a beating, as soon as I see Demaenetus today." "What, you whip-rascal?
§484_485Quid, verbero? ain tu, furcifer? erum nos fugitare censes?
Do you say so, gallows-bird?
§486ei nunciam ad erum, quo vocas, iam dudum quo volebas.
Do you think we are fleeing from our master?" "Go now to our master, where you call us, where you have been wanting to go for a long time." "Now at last?
§487Nunc demum? tamen numquam hinc feres argenti nummum, nisi me §488dare iusserit Demaenetus. §488bIta facito, age ambula ergo. §489tu contumeliam alteri facias, tibi non dicatur? §490tam ego homo sum quam tu. §490bScilicet. ita res est. §490cSequere hac ergo.
Still, you will never carry away a single coin of silver from here, unless Demaenetus orders me to give it." "Do so, come, walk on then." "Should you insult another, and nothing be said to you?" "I am just as much a man as you." "Doubtless.
§491praefiscini hoc nunc dixerim: nemo etiam me accusavit §492merito meo, neque me alter est Athenis hodie quisquam, §493cui credi recte aeque putent. §493bFortassis.
So it is." "Follow this way then." "Let me say this now, without boasting: no one has yet accused me by my own fault, nor is there any other person in Athens today whom they think can be as rightly trusted as me." "Perhaps.
sed tamen me §494numquam hodie induces, ut tibi credam hoc argentum ignoto. §495lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit. §496Iam nunc secunda mihi facis.
But yet you will never induce me today to trust this money to you, a stranger." "A man is a wolf to a man, not a man, when he does not know what he is like." "Now at last you speak in my favor.
scibam huic te capitulo hodie §497facturum satis pro iniuria; quamquam ego sum sordidatus, §498frugi tamen sum, nec potest peculium enumerari. §499Fortasse. §499bEtiam † nunc dico Periphanes Rhodo mercator dives §500absente ero solus mihi talentum argenti soli §501adnumeravit et mihi crédidit, nequest deceptus in eo. §502Fortasse. §502bAtque etiam tu quoque ipse, si esses percontatus §503me ex aliis, scio pol crederes nunc quod fers. §503bHaud negassim. — §504Néqueon ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?
I knew you would make satisfaction today to this head of mine for your insult; although I am poorly dressed, yet I am honest, and my savings cannot be counted." "Perhaps." "Furthermore, I tell you now, Periphanes, a rich merchant of Rhodes, when my master was absent, alone paid down to me alone a talent of silver and trusted me, and was not deceived in it." "Perhaps." "And also you yourself, if you had inquired about me from others, by Pollux, I know you would now trust what you bring." "I would not deny it." "Can I not make you tame with my commands?"