§728átque hic quidem Euclio ést, ut opinor.
And indeed this is Euclio, as I believe.
óppido ego interií: palamst res, §729scit peperisse iam, ut ego opinor, filiam suam.
I am utterly undone: the matter is out, he knows already, as I think, that his daughter has given birth.
nunc mi incertumst §730abeam an maneam, an adeam an fugiam.
Now it is uncertain to me whether I should depart or remain, approach or flee.
quid agam édepol nescio.
By Pollux, I know not what to do.
§731Quís homo hic loquitur?
Who is the man speaking here?
§731bÉgo sum miser.
It is I, a wretched man.
Rather, it is I, and miserably ruined, upon whom so many evils and sadness have fallen.
§732bAnimo bono es.
Be of good heart.
§733Quo, obsecro, pacto esse possum?
How, I beseech you, can I be so?
Because that deed which troubles your mind, I did it and I confess it.
§734bQuid ego ex te audio?
What do I hear from you?
§735Id quod verumst.
That which is true.
§735bQuid ego de te commerui, adulescens, mali, §736quam ob rem ita faceres meque meosque perditum ires liberos?
What harm have I deserved from you, young man, for which you should do this and go to ruin me and my children?
§737Deus impulsor mihi fuit, is me ád illam inlexit.
A god was my instigator, he enticed me to her (it).
§737bQuo modo?
In what way?
§738Fateor peccavisse ét me culpam commeritum scio; §739id adeo te oratum advenio ut animo aequo ignoscas mihi.
I confess that I have done wrong, and I know I have deserved the blame; for that very reason I come to entreat you that you may forgive me with an even mind.
§740Cur id ausus es facere, ut id quod non tuom esset tangeres?
Why did you dare to do that, to touch what was not yours?
§741Quid vis fieri? factum est illud: fieri infectum non potest.
What do you wish to be done? It is done; what is done cannot be undone.
§742deos credo voluisse; nam ni vellent, non fieret, scio.
I believe the gods wished it; for if they did not wish it, I know it would not have happened.
§743At ego deos credo voluisse ut ápud me te in nervo enicem.
But I believe the gods wished that I should torture you to death in the shackles at my house.
§744Ne ístuc dixis.
Do not say that.
§744bQuid tibi ergo meam me invito tactiost?
Why then did you touch mine against my will?
§745Quia vini vitio atque amoris feci.
Because I did it through the fault of wine and love.
Most audacious man, that you should dare to approach me here with such a speech, shameless one!
§747nam si istuc ius est ut tu istuc excusare possies, §748luci claro deripiamus aurum matronis palam, §749post id si prehensi simus, excusemus ebrios
For if this is law, that you can excuse that, let us snatch away gold openly from matrons in broad daylight, and after that, if we are caught, let us excuse ourselves that we did it drunk because of love.
§750nos fecisse amoris causa. nimis vilest vinum atque amor, §751si ebrio atque amanti impune facere quod lubeat licet.
Wine and love are far too cheap, if it is permitted for a drunkard and a lover to do with impunity whatever pleases them.
§752Quin tibi ultro supplicatum venio ob stultitiam meam.
Nay rather, I come to you of my own accord to supplicate for my folly.
§753Non mi homines placent qui quando male fecerunt purigant.
Men do not please me who, when they have done wrong, make excuses.
§754tu illam scibas non tuam esse: non attactam oportuit.
You knew she (it) was not yours: you ought not to have touched her (it).
Therefore, because I dared to touch, I make no excuse against having her myself especially.
§756bTun habeas me invito meam?
Are you to have mine against my will?
§757Haud te invito postulo; sed meam esse oportere arbitror.
I do not demand it against your will; but I think she (it) ought to be mine.
§758quin tu iam invenies, inquam, meam illam esse oportere, Euclio.
Nay, you will soon find, I say, Euclio, that she (it) ought to be mine.
Indeed, by Hercules, I will drag you to the praetor immediately and write an indictment against you, unless you bring it back.
§760bQuid tibi ego referam?
What am I to bring back to you?
§760cQuod surripuisti meum.
That of mine which you stole.
§761Surripui ego tuom? unde? aut quid id est?
Did I steal yours? From where? Or what is it?
§762bNisi quidem tu mihi quid quaeras dixeris.
Unless indeed you tell me what you are seeking.
The pot of gold, I say, I demand back from you, which you confessed to me that you had taken away.
§764bNeque edepol ego dixi neque feci.
By Pollux, I neither said so nor did so.
§764cNegas?
Do you deny it?
§765Pernego immo.
I utterly deny it, indeed.
nam neque ego aurum neque istaec aula quae siet §766scio nec novi.
For I neither know the gold nor what that pot of yours is, nor have I seen it.
§766bIllam, ex Silvani luco quam abstuleras, cedo.
Give me back that one which you carried off from the grove of Silvanus.
§767i, refer.
Go, bring it back.
dimidiam tecum potius partem dividam.
I will rather divide a half share with you.
§768tam etsi fur mihi es, molestus non ero.
Even though you are a thief to me, I will not be troublesome.
i vero, refer.
Go indeed, bring it back.
§769Sanus tu non es qui furem me voces.
You are not sane, who call me a thief.
ego te, Euclio, §770dé alia re rescivisse censui, quod ad me attinet; §771† magna est res quam ego tecum otiose, si otium est, cupio loqui.
I, Euclio, thought you had found out about another matter which concerns me; it is a great matter which I desire to speak with you quietly, if there is leisure.
§772Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti?
Tell me in good faith: did you not steal that gold?
§772bBona.
In good faith (I did not).
§773Neque eum scis qui abstulerit?
Nor do you know who carried it off?
§773bIstuc quoque bona.
That too in good faith (I do not).
And if you find out who carried it off, will you disclose him to me?
§774bFaciam.
I will do so.
And you will not receive a share from him who has it, nor harbor the thief?
§775bIta.
Even so.
§776Quid si fallis?
What if you deceive me?
§776bTum me faciat quod volt magnus Iuppiter.
Then may great Jupiter do to me what he wishes.
§777Sat habeo.
I have enough.
age nunc loquere quid vis.
Come now, speak what you wish.