§807et spinter, quod ad hanc detulerat, nunc, quia rescivi, refert.
and the bracelet, which he had carried to her, now, because I found out, he is bringing back.
§808Iám ego ex hoc, ut factumst, scibo.
Now I shall know from him how things stand.
íbo ad hominem atque adloquar.
I will go to the man and address him.
§809dic mi istuc, Menaechme, quod vos dissertatis, ut sciam.
Tell me, Menaechmus, what you two are disputing, so that I may know.
§810quid tu tristis es? quid illa autem irata abs te destitit?
Why are you sad? And why does she stand away from you in anger?
§811Quisquis es, quidquid tibi nomen est, senex, summum Iovem §812deosque do testes— §812bQua de re aut cuius rei rerum omnium?
Whoever you are, whatever your name is, old man, I call highest Jove and the gods to witness— On what matter, or of what thing of all things?
§813Me neque isti male fecisse mulieri, quae me arguit §814hanc domo ab se surrupuisse atque abstulisse deierat.
That I have neither done any wrong to that woman, who accuses me and swears that I have stolen this from her house and carried it away.
§815_816sí ego intra aedis huius umquam, ubi habitat, penetravi pedem, §817omnium hominum exopto ut fiam miserorum miserrimus.
if I have ever set foot inside the house of this woman, where she lives, I pray that I may become the most miserable of all miserable men.
§818Sanun es, qui istuc exoptes aut neges te umquam pedem §819in eas aedis intulisse ubi habitas, insanissime?
Are you sane, to pray for that, or to deny that you have ever set foot into that house where you live, you utter madman?
§820Tun, senex, ais habitare med in illisce aedibus?
Do you, old man, say that I live in that house?
§821Tun negas?
Do you deny it?
§821bNego hercle vero.
By Hercules, indeed I do deny it.
Nay, by Hercules, you deny it in jest, unless you two moved out somewhere this night.
concede huc, mea filia.
Step over here, my daughter.
§823quid tu ais? num hinc exmigrastis?
What do you say? Have you two moved out from here?
§823bQuem in locum aut quam ob rem, obsecro?
To what place, or for what reason, I pray?
§824Non edepol scio.
By Pollux, I do not know.
§824bProfecto ludit te hic.
Indeed, this man is playing with you.
non tu tenes?
Do you not grasp it?
§825Iam vero, Menaechme, satis iocatu's.
But now, Menaechmus, you have joked enough.
nunc hanc rem gere.
Now attend to this business.
§826Quaeso, quid mihi tecum est? unde aut quis tu homo es? §827† tibi aut adeo isti, quae mihi molesta est quoquo modo?
Pray, what have I to do with you? Whence or what kind of man are you, or with you, or indeed with that woman there, who is troublesome to me in every way?
§828Viden tu ílli oculos virere? ut viridis exoritur colos
Do you see his eyes turning green?
§829_830ex temporibus atque fronte, ut oculi scintillant, vide.
How a greenish color is rising from his temples and forehead, see how his eyes flash.
§831Quid mihi meliust, quam quando illi me insanire praedicant, §832ego med adsimulem insanire, ut illos a me absterream?
What is better for me, since they declare that I am mad, than that I pretend to be mad, so that I may frighten them away from me?
§833Vt pandiculans oscitatur.
How he stretches himself and yawns!
quid nunc faciam, mi pater?
What shall I do now, my father?
§834Concede huc, mea nata, ab istoc quam potest longissime.
Step over here, my daughter, as far away from that fellow as possible.
§835Euhoe Bacche, Bromie, quo me in silvam venatum vocas?
Evoe Bacchus, Bromius, whither do you call me to hunt in the forest?
§836audio, sed non abire possum ab his regionibus, §837ita illa me ab laeva rabiosa femina adservat canis, §838poste autem illinc hircus † alus, qui saepe aetate in sua §839perdidit civem innocentem falso testimonio.
I hear, but I cannot depart from these regions, so does that rabid dog of a woman watch me on my left, and behind, on that side, that stinking goat, who often in his lifetime has ruined an innocent citizen by false testimony.
§840Vae capiti tuo.
Woe to your head!
Look, Apollo commands me from his oracle, that I should burn out her eyes with burning torches.
§842Perii, mi pater, minatur míhi oculos exurere.
I am ruined, my father, he threatens to burn out my eyes.
§844Filia, heus.
Daughter, hey.
§844bQuid est? quid agimus?
What is it? What are we to do?
§844cQuid si ego huc servos cito?
What if I summon the slaves here?
§845ibo, abducam qui hunc hinc tollant et domi devinciant, §846prius quam turbarum quid faciat amplius.
I will go, I will bring those who will carry him away from here and bind him at home, before he makes any more trouble.
Indeed I am stuck; unless I quickly take some counsel, these people will carry me off to their house.
§848pugnis me votas in huius ore quicquam parcere, §849ni a meis oculis abscedat in malam magnam crucem.
You forbid me to spare her face at all with my fists, unless she departs from my eyes to the great evil cross.
§850faciam quod iubes, Apollo.
I will do what you command, Apollo.
Flee home, as fast as possible, lest this fellow beat you.
§851bFugio.
I am fleeing.
amabo, ádserva istunc, mi pater, §852ne quo hinc abeat.
Please, my father, watch that man, lest he go away from here anywhere.
sumne ego mulier misera, quae illaec audio?— §853Haud male, Apollo illanc amovi; nunc hunc impurissimum, §854barbatum, tremulum Tithonum, qui cluet Cygno patre, §855ita mihi imperas ut ego huius membra atque ossa atque artua §856comminuam illo scipione quem ipse habet.
Am I not a wretched woman, who hear such things?— Not badly, Apollo, have I removed her; now this most filthy, bearded, trembling Tithonus, who is said to have Cygnus for his father, do you thus command me that I should shatter this man's limbs and bones and joints with that staff which he himself has?
You will get trouble, if you touch me indeed or if you come closer to me.
§858Faciam quod iubes; securim capiam ancipitem, atque hunc senem §859osse fini dedolabo ássulatim viscera.
I will do what you command; I will take a double-edged axe, and I will carve this old man's entrails piece by piece down to the bone.