§274bEm, áccipitrina haec nunc erit.
Look, now this will be a hawk-like business.
§275Deceptus sum, Autolyco hospiti aurum credidi.
I was deceived, I trusted my gold to a host who is an Autolycus.
§276Quin tu audi.
Nay, do you listen.
§276bImmo ingenium avidi haud pernoram hospitis.
Nay, I did not well know the character of that greedy host.
After we took the gold, we embarked on the ship, longing for home.
forte ut adsedi in stega, §279dum circumspecto, átque ego lembum conspicor §280longum, strigorem maleficum exornarier.
As it happened, while I sat on the deck, looking around, I suddenly spied a long, suspicious-looking pirate-vessel being fitted out.
§281Perii hercle, lembus ille mihi laedit latus.
By Hercules, I am ruined! That pirate-vessel wounds my side.
§282Is erat communis cum hospite et praedonibus.
It was shared in common by our host and the pirates.
§283Adeon me fuisse fungum, ut qui illi crederem, §284cum mi ipsum nomen eius Archidemides §285clamaret dempturum esse, si quid crederem?
Was I so much of a blockhead as to trust him, when his very name, Archidemides, cried out to me that he would take it away, if I trusted him with anything?
§286Is lembus nostrae navi insidias dabat.
That pirate-vessel was laying an ambush for our ship.
§287occepi ego observare eos quam rem gerant.
I began to observe what they were doing.
§288interea e portu nostra navis solvitur.
Meanwhile, our ship loosened from the harbor.
When we went out of the harbor, those men followed us by rowing, neither birds nor winds could go faster.
quoniam sentio §291quae res gereretur, navem extemplo statuimus.
As soon as I perceived what was going on, we immediately stopped our ship.
Seeing that we were standing still, they began to turn their boat about in the harbor.
§293bEdepol mortalis malos.
By Pollux, wicked fellows!
§294quid denique agitis?
What did you do in the end?
§294bRursum in portum recipimus.
We retreated back into the harbor.
§295Sapienter factum a vobis.
Wisely done by you.
quid illi postea?
What did they do afterwards?
§296Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi.
They made a return to the land in the evening.
§297Aurum hercle auferre voluere: ei rei operam dabant.
By Hercules, they wanted to carry off the gold: they were working to that end.
§298Non me fefellit, sensi, eo exanimatus fui.
It did not escape me, I perceived it, and that is why I was scared to death.
§299quoniam videmus auro insidias fieri, §300capimus consilium continuo; postridie §301auferimus aurum ómne illis praesentibus, §302palam atque aperte, ut illi id factum sciscerent.
Since we saw that an ambush was being laid for the gold, we immediately formed a plan; on the next day, we carried off all the gold in their very presence, openly and publicly, so that they might know it was done.
§303Scite hercle.
Cleverly done, by Hercules!
cedo quid illi?
Tell me, what did they do?
§303bTristes ilico, §304quom extemplo a portu íre nos cum auro vident, §305subducunt lembum capitibus quassantibus.
Gloomy on the spot, as soon as they saw us going away from the harbor with the gold, they hauled up their pirate-vessel, shaking their heads.
We deposited all the gold with Theotimus, who is the priest of Ephesian Diana there.
§308Quis istíc Theotimust?
Who is that Theotimus?
The son of Megalobulus, who is now in Ephesus, very dear to the Ephesians.
By Hercules, he indeed would be much dearer to me, if he should cheat me out of so much gold!
Nay, it has been stored in the very temple of Diana; they guard it there publicly.
§313bOccidistis me;
You have ruined me!
§314nimio hic privatim servaretur rectius.
It would have been kept far more safely here privately.
§315sed nilne áttulistis inde auri domum?
But have you brought no gold home from there at all?
§316Immo etiam.
Nay, he did bring some.
verum quantum attulerit nescio.
But how much he brought, I do not know.
§317Quid? nescis?
What? You do not know?
§317bQuia Mnesilochus noctu clanculum §318devenit ad Theotimum, nec mihi credere §319nec cuiquam in navi voluit: eo ego nescio §320quantillum attulerit; verum haud permultum attulit.
Because Mnesilochus went secretly by night to Theotimus, and would trust neither me nor anyone on the ship: for that reason I do not know how very little he brought; but he did not bring very much.
§321Etiam dimidium censes?
Do you think it is even half?
§322bFertne partem tertiam?
Does he bring a third part?
§323Non hercle opinor; verum verum nescio.
Indeed, by Hercules, I do not think so; but in truth I do not know.
§324profecto de auro nil scio nisi nescio.
In truth, I know nothing about the gold except that I do not know.
Now you yourself must take a journey by ship thither, so that you may bring that gold home from Theotimus.
§327atque heus tu.
And, look here.
§327bQuid vis?
What do you want?
Your son's ring, see that you remember to bring.
§328bQuid opust anulo?
What is the need for the ring?
Because that is the token with Theotimus, that to the one who brings it to him, he is to deliver the gold.
§330bMeminero, et recte mones.
I will remember, and you advise me rightly.
§331sed divesne est istic Theotimus?
But is that Theotimus wealthy?
§331bEtiam rogas?
Do you even ask?
§332quin auro hábeat soccis subpactum solum?
Why, his slippers have their soles lined with gold.
§333Cur ita fastidit?
Why does he show such disdain for it?
He has such great riches; he does not know what to do with his gold.
§334bMihi dederit velim.
I wish he would give it to me.
§335sed qui praesente id aurum Theotimo datumst?
But in whose presence was that gold given to Theotimus?
§336Populo praesente: nullust Ephesi quin sciat.
In the presence of the people: there is no one in Ephesus who does not know it.
§337Istuc sapienter saltem fecit filius, §338cum diviti homini id aurum servandum dedit; §339ab eo licebit quamvis subito sumere.
In that matter at least my son acted wisely, in giving that gold to a wealthy man to be kept; from him it will be permitted to take it back however suddenly.
Nay, look, he will never delay you even for a moment, but that you shall have it on the very day you arrive there.
§342Censebam me effugisse a vita marituma, §343ne navigarem tandem hoc aetatis senex; §344id mi haud, utrum velim, licere intellego: §345ita bellus hospes fecit Archidemides.
I thought I had escaped from a life of the sea, so that I should not, at my time of life, have to sail as an old man; I see that it is by no means permitted for me to choose what I would prefer: so handsomely has our fine host Archidemides managed things.
§346ubi nunc est ergo meus Mnesilochus filius?
Where is my son Mnesilochus now, then?
§347Deos átque amicos iit salutatum ad forum.
He has gone to the forum to greet the gods and his friends.
§348At ego hinc ad illum, ut convenam quantum potest. — §349Ille est oneratus recte et plus iusto vehit.
But I will go from here to him, to meet him as soon as possible.— That old fellow is loaded up properly and carries more than is fair.
§350exorsa haec tela non male omnino mihi est:
This web that I have begun is not at all badly woven for me: