§927quomque huius reperta est fides firma nobis.
and since his firm loyalty has been discovered by us.
§928Sátis iam dolui ex ánimo, et cura mé satis et lacrumis máceravi, §929sátis iam audivi tuás aerumnas, ád portum mihi quás memorasti.
Already I have grieved enough from my heart, and have worn myself out enough with anxiety and tears; already I have heard enough of your hardships, which you related to me at the harbor.
§930hóc agamus.
Let us do this business.
What now, since I have kept faith with you and have made this man return in freedom to you?
§931bFecisti ut tibi, §932Philocrates, numquam referre gratiam possim satis, §933proinde ut tu promeritu's de me et filio.
You have acted in such a way, Philocrates, that I can never return sufficient thanks to you, just as you have deserved of me and my son.
§933bImmo potes, §934pater, et poteris et ego potero, et dí eam potestatem dabunt §935ut beneficium bene merenti nostro merito muneres; §936sicut nunc potes, pater mi, facere merito maxume.
Nay, you can, father, and you will be able, and I shall be able, and the gods will give that power, so that you may worthily reward with a benefit our well-deserving man; just as you can do now, my father, in the most worthy manner.
§937Quid opust verbis? lingua nullast qua negem quidquid roges.
What need is there of words? I have no tongue with which to refuse whatever you ask.
§938Postulo abs te, ut mi illum reddas servom, quem hic reliqueram §939pignus pro me, qui mihi melior quam sibi semper fuit, §940pro bene factis eius ut ei pretium possim reddere.
I request of you that you restore to me that slave whom I had left here as a pledge for myself, who was always better to me than to himself, so that for his good deeds I may be able to return a reward to him.
§941Quod bene fecisti referetur gratia id quod postulas; §942et id et aliud, quod me orabis, impetrabis. atque te
Since you have acted well, that which you request shall be returned as a favor; both that and other things which you shall ask of me, you shall obtain.
§943nolim suscensere quod ego iratus ei feci male.
And I would not wish you to be angry because I, in my anger, treated him badly.
§944Quid fecisti?
What did you do?
I shut him up, bound in fetters, in the stone-quarries, when I discovered that I had been deceived.
§945bVae misero mihi,
Alas, wretched me!
§946propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo.
That on account of my life troubles have come upon the best of men.
But on that account, do not give me a single farthing of silver for him; lead him away from me for nothing, so that he may be free.
sed quaeso, hominem ut iubeas arcessi.
But I pray you to order the man to be summoned.
§949bLicet.
Very well.
§950ubi estís vos? ite actutum, Tyndarum huc arcessite.
Where are you? Go immediately, summon Tyndarus hither.
§951vos ite intro.
You go inside.
interibi ego ex hac statua verberea volo §952erogitare, meo minore quid sit factum filio.
In the meantime, I wish to ask of this whipping-post here, what was done with my younger son.
§953vos lavate interibi.
Wash yourselves in the meantime.
§953bSequere hac, Philocrates, me intro. — §953cSequor. — §954Age tu illuc procede, bone vir, lepidum mancupium meum.
Follow me inside this way, Philocrates. — I follow. — Come, step forward there, good man, my charming slave.
§955Quid me oportet facere, ubi tu talis vir falsum autumas?
What ought I to do, when a man like you speaks falsehood?
§956fui ego bellus, lepidus: bonus vir numquam, neque frugi bonae, §957neque ero umquam, ne erres: spem ponas me bonae frugi fore.
I was handsome, charming; but a good man I never was, nor of good worth, nor shall I ever be, make no mistake; lay aside your hope that I shall be of any worth.
§958Propemodum ubi loci fortunae tuae sint facile intellegis.
You understand easily enough, nearly, in what place your fortunes are.
§959sí eris verax, tua ex re, facies ex mala meliusculam.
If you are truthful, you will make a slightly better thing of a bad situation, to your own advantage.
Speak rightly and tell the truth; but hitherto you have never done anything either truly or rightly.
§961bQuod ego fatear, credin pudeat cum autumes?
Since I admit it, do you think I am ashamed when you say so?
§962At ego faciam ut pudeat, nam in ruborem te totum dabo.
But I will make you ashamed, for I will make you entirely red.
§963Eia, credo ego imperito plagas minitaris mihi.
Oh, I believe you are threatening me with lashes, as if I were inexperienced.
§964tandem ista aufer ac dic quid fers, ut feras hinc quod petis.
Away with those threats at last and say what you bring, so that you may carry away from here what you seek.
§965Satis facundu's.
You are eloquent enough.
sed iam fieri dicta compendi volo.
But now I wish your words to be made brief.
§966Vt vis fiat.
Let it be done as you wish.
§966bBene morigerus fuit puer, nunc non decet.
He was a well-behaved boy, now it is not fitting.
§967hoc agamus.
Let us do this business.
iam animum advorte ac mihi quae dicam edissere.
Now pay attention and explain to me what I shall say.
§969Nugae istaec sunt.
That is nonsense.
non me censes scire quid dignus siem?
Do you not think I know what I deserve?
§970At ea subterfugere potis es pauca, si non omnia.
But you are able to escape a few of them, if not all.
§971Pauca effugiam, scio; nam multa evenient, et merito meo, §972quia et fugi et tibi surripui filium et eum vendidi.
I shall escape a few, I know; for many things will happen to me, and by my own desert, because I both fled and stole your son from you, and sold him.
§973Cui homini?
To what man?
To Theodoromedes the wealthy, in Elis, for six minae.
§974bPro di immortales, is quidem huius est pater
By the immortal gods!
§975Philocrati.
He indeed is the father of this Philocrates.
§975bQuin melius novi quam tu et vidi saepius.
Indeed, I know him better than you do, and have seen him more often.
§976Serva, Iuppiter supreme, et me et meum gnatum mihi.
Sovereign Jupiter, save both me and my son for me.
§977Philocrates, per tuom te genium óbsecro, exi, te volo.
Philocrates, I beseech you by your genius, come out, I want you.
§978Hegio, assum.
Hegio, here I am.
si quid me vis, impera.
If you wish anything of me, command.
This man says that he sold my son to your father in Elis for six minae.
§980Quam diu id factum est?
How long ago was that done?