§1101tam quasi me emeris argento, liber servibo tibi.
As though you had bought me with money, I will serve you as a free man.
§1102Spes mihi est, vos inventurum fratres germanos duos §1103geminos, una matre natos et patre uno uno die.
I have hope that I shall find you to be two twin brothers, born of one mother and one father on one day.
§1104Mira memoras.
You speak of wonders.
utinam efficere quod pollicitu's possies.
I wish you could accomplish what you have promised.
§1105Possum.
I can.
sed nunc agite uterque id quod rogabo dicite.
But now come, both of you, answer what I shall ask.
§1106Vbi lubet, roga: réspondebo.
Ask when you please; I will answer.
nil reticebo quod sciam.
I will conceal nothing that I know.
§1107Est tibi nomen Menaechmo?
Is your name Menaechmus?
§1107bFateor.
I admit it.
§1107cEst itidem tibi?
Is yours likewise?
§1108Est.
It is.
§1108bPatrem fuisse Moschum tibi ais?
Do you say that Moschus was your father?
§1108cIta vero.
Indeed so.
§1108dEt mihi.
And mine.
§1109Esne tu Syracusanus?
Are you a Syracusan?
§1109bCerto.
Certainly.
§1109cQuid tu?
What about you?
§1109dQuippini?
Why not?
§1110Optime usque adhuc conveniunt signa.
So far the signs agree perfectly.
porro operam date.
Go on giving your attention.
§1111quid longissime meministi, dic mihi, in patria tua?
Tell me, what is the earliest thing you remember in your native land?
§1112Cum patre ut abii Tarentum ád mercatum, postea §1113inter homines me deerrare á patre atque inde avehi.
When I went away with my father to Tarentum to the market, and afterwards that I wandered away from my father among the people, and was carried away from there.
§1114Iuppiter supreme, serva me.
Supreme Jupiter, save me!
§1114bQuid clamas? quin taces?
Why do you cry out? Why don't you keep silent?
§1115quot eras annos gnatus, quom te pater a patria ávehit?
How old were you when your father carried you away from your country?
§1116Septuennis: nam tunc dentes mihi cadebant primulum.
Seven years old; for then my teeth were just falling out for the first time.
§1117neque patrém umquam postilla vidi.
Nor did I ever see my father after that.
§1118bVt nunc maxime memini, duo.
As I now best remember, two.
§1119Vter eratis, tun an ille, maior?
Which of you was the older, you or he?
§1119bAeque ambo pares.
Both equally equal.
§1120Qui id potest?
How can that be?
§1120bGemini ambo eramus.
We were both twins.
§1120cDi me servatum volunt.
The gods want me to be saved.
§1121Si interpellas, ego tacebo potius.
If you interrupt, I will rather keep silent.
§1121bTaceo.
I am silent.
§1121cDic mihi:
Tell me.
§1122uno nomine ambo eratis?
Were you both of one name?
§1122bMinime.
By no means.
nam mihi hoc erat, §1123quod nunc est, Menaechmo: íllum tum vocabant Sosiclem.
For I had this name which is now, Menaechmus; him they called Sosicles then.
§1124Signa adgnovi, contineri quin complectar non queo.
I have recognized the signs; I cannot restrain myself from embracing you.
§1125mi germane gemine frater, salve.
My twin brother, greetings!
ego sum Sosicles.
I am Sosicles.
§1126Quo modo igitur post Menaechmo nomen est factum tibi?
How then was the name of Menaechmus given to you afterwards?
§1127Postquam ad nos renuntiatum est te et patrem esse mortuom, §1128avos noster mutavit: quod tibi nomen est, fecit mihi.
After the news was brought to us that you and our father were dead, our grandfather changed it: he gave me the name which was yours.
§1129_1130Credo ita esse factum ut dicis.
I believe it happened as you say.
sed mi hoc responde.
But answer me this.
§1129_1130bRoga.
Ask.
§1131Quid erat nomen nostrae matri?
What was our mother's name?
§1131bTeuximarchae.
Teuximarcha.
§1131cConvenit.
It agrees.
§1132o salve, insperate multis annis post quem conspicor.
Oh, greetings, you whom I behold after many years against all hope!
§1133Frater, et tu, quém ego multis miseriis laboribus §1134usque adhuc quaesivi quemque ego esse inventum gaudeo.
Brother, and greetings to you, whom I have sought up to this time through many miseries and labors, and whom I rejoice to have found.
§1135Hoc erat, quod haec te meretrix huius vocabat nomine: §1136hunc censebat te esse, credo, quom vocat te ad prandium.
This was the reason why this courtesan called you by his name; she thought you were he, I believe, when she invited you to luncheon.
§1137Namque edepol iussi hic mihi hodie prandium appararier, §1138clam meam uxorem, quoi pallam surrupui dudum domo, §1139eam dedi huic.
For, by Pollux, I ordered a luncheon to be prepared for myself here today, secretly from my wife, from whom I stole a cloak from home a little while ago, and gave it to her.
§1139bHanc, dicis, frater, pallam, quam ego habeo?
Is this the cloak, brother, you mean, which I have?
§1139cHaec east.
That's the one.
§1140quo modo haec ad te pervenit?
How did it come to you?
§1140bMeretrix huc ad prandium §1141_1145me abduxit, me sibi dedisse aiebat.
The courtesan led me here to luncheon; she said I had given it to her.
prandi perbene, §1142potavi atque accubui scortum, pallam et aurum hoc abstuli.
I dined very well, drank, and lay with the woman, and carried off the cloak and this gold.
§1143Gaudeo edepol, si quid propter me tibi evenit boni.
Indeed, by Pollux, I am glad if any good has come to you through me.
§1144nam illa quom te ad se vocabat, memet esse credidit.
For when she invited you to her house, she believed you were myself.
§1146Numquid me morare quin ego liber, ut iusti, siem?
Surely you won't prevent me from being free, as you ordered?
§1147Optimum atque aequissimum orat, frater: fac causa mea.
He asks what is best and most just, brother; do it for my sake.
§1148Liber esto.
Be free.
§1148bQuom tu es liber, gaudeo, Messenio.
Since you are free, I am glad, Messenio.
§1149_1150Sed meliorest opus auspicio, ut liber perpetuo siem.
But there is need of a better omen, that I may be free forever.
Since these things have turned out, brother, according to our wish, let us both return to our country.
§1152bFrater, faciam, ut tu voles.
Brother, I will do as you wish.
§1153auctionem hic faciam et vendam quidquid est. nunc interim
I will hold an auction here and sell whatever there is.
§1154eamus intro, frater.
In the meantime, let us go inside, brother.
§1154bFiat.
So be it.
§1154cScitin quid ego vos rogo?
Do you know what I ask of you?
§1155Quid?
What?
§1155bPraeconium mi ut detis.
That you give me the office of crier.
§1155cDabitur.
It shall be given.
Do you want the auction to be proclaimed immediately, then?
§1156bEquidem die septimi.
Indeed, on the seventh day.
§1157Auctio fiet Menaechmi mane sane septimi.
The auction of Menaechmus will take place on the morning of the seventh day, for sure.
§1158venibunt servi, supellex, fundi, aedes, omnia.
Servants, furniture, lands, houses, everything will be sold.
§1159venibunt quiqui licebunt, praesenti pecunia.
Everything will be sold for whatever they will bring, for ready money.
§1160venibit uxor quoque etiam, si quis emptor venerit.
The wife, too, will be sold as well, if any buyer comes.
§1161vix credo tota auctione capiet † quinquagesies.
I hardly believe the whole auction will bring in five million sesterces.
§1162nunc, spectatores, valete et nobis clare plaudite.
Now, spectators, farewell, and give us loud applause!