§413nunc propter te tuamque pravos factus est fiduciam
Now, because of you and your indulgence, he has become wicked, Pistoclerus.
Immortal gods, he names my companion here.
§415quid hoc negoti est, Pistoclerum Lydus quod erum tam ciet?
What business is this, why is Lydus crying out so much about master Pistoclerus?
§416Paulisper, Lyde, est libido hómini suo animo obsequi; §417iam aderit tempus, cum sese etiam ipse oderit.
For a little while, Lydus, a man has a desire to indulge his own mind; soon the time will come when he will even hate himself.
morem geras; §418dum caveatur, praeter aequom ne quid delinquat, sine.
Indulge him; provided care is taken that he commits no offense beyond what is reasonable, let it be.
§419Non sino, neque equidem illum me vivo corrumpi sinam.
I do not allow it, nor indeed shall I allow him to be ruined while I live.
§420sed tu, qui pro tam corrupto dicis causam filio, §421eademne erat haec disciplina tibi, cum tu adulescens eras?
But you, who plead the cause for so ruined a son, was this same discipline yours when you were a youth?
§422nego tibi hoc annis viginti fuisse primis copiae, §423digitum longe a paedagogo pedem ut efferres aedibus.
I deny that you had this opportunity during your first twenty years, to move your foot a finger's breadth away from your tutor from the house.
§424ante solem exorientém nisi in palaestram veneras, §425gymnasi praefecto haúd mediocris poenas penderes.
Unless you had come to the palaestra before the rising sun, you would pay no light penalties to the director of the gymnasium.
§426id quom optigerat, hoc etiam ad malum accersebatur malum: §427et discipulus et magister perhibebantur improbi.
When that had happened, this evil was also added to evil: both pupil and master were deemed wicked.
§428ibi cursu luctando hásta disco pugilatu pila §429saliendo sese exercebant magis quam scorto aut saviis: §430ibi suam aetatem extendebant, non in latebrosis locis.
There, with running, wrestling, spear, discus, boxing, ball, and jumping, they exercised themselves rather than with a harlot or kisses: there they spent their youth, not in hiding places.
§431inde de hippodromo et palaestra ubi revenisses domum, §432cincticulo praecinctus in sella apud magistrum adsideres §433cum libro: cum legeres, si unam peccavisses syllabam, §434fieret corium tam maculosum quam est nutricis pallium.
Thence, when you had returned home from the hippodrome and palaestra, girded with a little belt, you would sit on a seat before your master with a book: when you were reading, if you had made a mistake in a single syllable, your skin would become as spotted as a nurse's cloak.
§435Propter me haec nunc meo sodali dici discrucior miser; §436innocens suspicionem hanc sustinet causa mea.
Wretched me, I am tormented that these things are now said to my companion because of me; innocent, he bears this suspicion on my account.
§437Alii, Lyde, nunc sunt mores.
Manners are different now, Lydus.
§437bId equidem ego certo scio.
That indeed I know for certain.
§438nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio,
For formerly, he would receive an office by the vote of the people before...
§439quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens; §440at nunc, prius quam septuennis est, si attingas eum manu, §441extemplo puer paédagogo tabula disrumpit caput.
...he ceased to be obedient to the word of his master; but now, before he is seven years old, if you touch him with your hand, at once the boy breaks his tutor's head with a tablet.
§442cum patrem adeas postulatum, puero sic dicit pater: §443noster esto, dum te poteris defensare iniuria. §444provocatur paedagogus: “eho senex minimi preti, §445ne attigas puerum istac causa, quando fecit strenue. ” §447itur illinc iure dicto.
When you go to the father to complain, the father speaks thus to the boy: "Be my own son, as long as you can defend yourself from injury." The tutor is challenged: "Hey, you worthless old man, do not touch the boy for that reason, since he acted vigorously." They depart from there, justice having been spoken.
hócine hic pacto potest
In this way can...
§448inhibere imperium magister, si ipsus primus vapulet?
...a master maintain authority, if he himself is the first to be beaten?
§449Acris postulatio haec est.
This is a sharp complaint.
cum huius dicta intellego, §450mira sunt ni Pistoclerus Lydum pugnis contudit.
When I understand his words, it is a wonder if Pistoclerus has not beaten Lydus with his fists.
§451Sed quis hic est, quem astantem video ante ostium? o Philoxene,
But who is this whom I see standing before the door?
§452deos propitios me videre quam illum haud mavellem mihi.
O Philoxenus, I would not wish to see the gods propitious to me more than him.
§453Quis illic est?
Who is that?
§453bMnesilochus, gnati tui sodalis. §454haud consimili ingenio atque ille est qui in lupanari accubat.
Mnesilochus, the companion of your son, not of a similar disposition to that one who lies in the brothel.
§455fortunatum Nicobulum, qui illum produxit sibi.
Fortunate Nicobulus, who reared him for himself.
§456Salvos sis, Mnesiloche, salvom te advenire gaudeo.
Greetings, Mnesilochus, I rejoice that you arrive safe.
§457Di te ament, Philoxene.
May the gods love you, Philoxenus.
§457bHic enim rite productust patri: §458in mare it, rem familiarem curat, custodit domum, §459obsequens oboediensque est mori atque imperiis patris.
For this one was properly reared for his father: he goes to sea, takes care of the family property, guards the house, he is compliant and obedient to the character and commands of his father.
§460hic sodalis Pistoclero iam puer puero fuit; §461triduom non interest aetatis úter maior siet: §462verum ingenium plus triginta ánnis maiust quam alteri.
This one was a companion to Pistoclerus, already a boy to a boy; there is not three days' difference in age, whichever is the older: but his character is more than thirty years older than the other's.
§463Cave malo et compesce in illum dicere iniuste.
Beware of trouble, and restrain yourself from speaking unjustly against him.
§463bTace,
Silence!
§464stultus es qui illi male aegre patere dici qui facit.
You are foolish who suffer evil to be spoken with difficulty against him who does it.
§467Quid sodalem meum castigas, Lyde, discipulum tuom?
Why do you chastise my companion, Lydus, your pupil?
§468Periit tibi sodalis.
Your companion is ruined.
§468bNe di sirint.
May the gods forbid.
§468cSic est ut loquor.
It is as I say.
§469quin ego cum peribat vidi, non ex audito arguo.
Nay, I saw him when he was being ruined, I do not argue from hearsay.
§470Quid factum est?
What happened?
§470bMeretricem indigne deperit.
He is desperately in love with a courtesan.
§470cNon tu taces?
Won't you be silent?
§471Atque acerrume aestuosam: absorbet ubi quemque attigit.
And an extremely devouring one: she swallows up everyone she touches.
§472Vbi ea mulier habitat?
Where does that woman live?
§472bHic.
Here.
§472cVnde eam esse aiunt?
Where do they say she is from?
§472dEx Samo.
From Samos.
§473Quae vocatur?
What is her name?
§473bBacchis.
Bacchis.
You are mistaken, Lydus: I know the whole matter how it is.
tu Pistoclerum falso atque insontem arguis.
You accuse Pistoclerus falsely and innocently.