§864ut ego hunc proteram leonem vetulum, olentem, edentulum.
that I should trample this old, stinking, toothless lion.
§865iam adstiti in currum, iam lora teneo, iam stimulus in manust.
Now I have stood in the chariot, now I hold the reins, now the goad is in my hand.
§866agite equi, facitote sonitus ungularum appareat, §867cursu celeri facite inflexa sit pedum pernicitas.
Go on, horses, make the sound of your hoofs be heard, make the swiftness of your feet bent in rapid flight.
§868Mihin equis iunctis minare?
Do you threaten me with yoked horses?
Look, Apollo, anew you command me to make an attack on him who stands there, and to kill him.
§870sed quis hic est qui me capillo hínc de curru deripit?
But who is this who drags me down from the chariot here by my hair?
§871imperium tuom demutat atque edictum Apollinis.
He alters your command and the decree of Apollo.
§872Eu hércle morbum acrem ac durum di vostram fidem.
Ah, by Hercules, a sharp and severe disease! Gods, I implore your protection!
Even this man who is mad, how healthy he was a little while ago; suddenly so great a disease has fallen upon him.
§875ibo atque accersam medicum iam quantum potest. — §876Iamne isti abierunt, quaeso, ex conspectu meo, §877qui me vi cogunt, ut validus insaniam?
I will go and fetch a doctor now, as quickly as possible.— Have those people already gone out of my sight, pray, who by force compel me, healthy though I am, to be mad?
§878quid cesso abire ad navem, dum salvo licet?
Why do I delay to go away to the ship, while it is permitted in safety?
§879_880vosque omnis quaeso, si senex revenerit, §881ne me indicetis qua platea hinc aufugerim. — §882Lumbi sedendo, óculi spectando dolent, §883manendo medicum, dum se ex opere recipiat.
And I ask you all, if the old man returns, not to point out to him by which street I have fled from here.— My loins hurt from sitting, my eyes from watching, waiting for the doctor, until he returns from his work.
§884odiosus tandem vix ab aegrotis venit.
At last, the annoying man barely comes from his patients.
He says he has bound up a broken leg for Aesculapius, and an arm for Apollo.
nunc cogito, §887utrum me dicam ducere medicum an fabrum.
Now I am thinking, whether I should say I am bringing a doctor or a carpenter.
§888atque eccum incedit.
And look, there he comes.
move formicinum gradum.
Quicken your ant-like pace!
§889quid esse ílli morbi, dixeras? narra, senex.
What kind of disease did you say he had? Tell me, old man.
§890num laruatust aut cerritus? fac sciam.
Is he possessed by ghosts or driven mad? Let me know.
§891num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet?
Does lethargy or dropsy hold him?
§892Quin ea te causa duco, ut id dicas mihi
Indeed, I am bringing you for this very reason, that you may tell me that and make him well.
§894sanum futurum, mea ego id promitto fide.
He will be well, I promise it on my honor.
§895Magna cum cura ego illum curari volo.
I want him to be cured with great care.
Indeed, I will sigh more than six hundred times a day: so with great care will I cure him for you.
§898Atque eccum ipsum hominem.
And look, there is the man himself.
observemus, quam rem agat.
Let us observe what he is doing.
§899Edepol ne hic dies pervorsus atque advorsus mi optigit.
By Pollux, indeed this day has turned out perverse and adverse for me.
§900quae me clam ratus sum facere, ea ómnia fecit palam §901parasitus, qui me complevit flagiti et formidinis, §902meus Vlixes, suo qui regi tantum concivit mali.
What things I thought I was doing secretly, all those he made public, the parasite, who has filled me with disgrace and fear, my Ulysses, who has stirred up so much trouble for his own king.
§903quém ego hominem, síquidem vivo, vita evolvam sua— §904sed ego stultus sum, qui illius esse dico, quae meast: §905meo cibo et sumptu educatust.
Which man, if indeed I live, I will strip of his life— but I am foolish to call his what is mine: he was brought up on my food and expense.
anima privabo virum.
I will deprive the fellow of his life.
§906condigne autem haec meretrix fecit, ut mos est meretricius: §907quia rogo, palla ut referatur rursum ad uxorem meam, §908mihi se ait dedisse.
And this courtesan has acted worthily, as is the way of courtesans: because I ask that the mantle be returned again to my wife, she says she has given it to me.
eu edepol né ego homo vivo miser.
Oh, by Pollux, indeed I live as a wretched man.
§909Audin quae loquitur?
Do you hear what he is saying?
§909bSe miserum praedicat.
He declares himself wretched.
§909cAdeas velim.
I would like you to approach him.
§910Salvos sis, Menaechme.
Greetings, Menaechmus.
quaeso, cur apertas brachium?
Pray, why do you uncover your arm?
§911non tu scis, quantum isti morbo nunc tuo facias mali?
Do you not know how much harm you are doing now to that disease of yours?
§912Quin tu te suspendis?
Why don't you go hang yourself?
§912bEcquid sentis?
Do you perceive anything?
§912cQuidni sentiam?
Why shouldn't I perceive?
§913non potest haec res ellebori †iungere optinerier.
This matter cannot be cured by an acre of hellebore.
§914sed quid ais, Menaechme?
But what do you say, Menaechmus?
§914bQuid vis?
What do you want?
Tell me this that I ask you: Do you drink white wine or dark?
§915bQuin tu is in malam crucem?
Why don't you go to the gallows?
§916Iam hercle occeptat insanire primulum.
Now indeed, by Hercules, he is beginning to go mad a little.
Why don't you ask me, whether I am accustomed to eat purple bread, or scarlet, or yellow?
§918soleamne esse avis squamosas, piscis pennatos?
Whether I am accustomed to eat scaly birds or feathered fish?
§918bPapae,
My goodness!
§919_920audin tu ut deliramenta loquitur? quid cessas dare
Do you hear what nonsense he speaks?
§921potionis aliquid prius quam percipit insania?
Why do you delay to give him some potion before the madness takes full possession of him?
§922Mane modo, etiam percontabor alia.
Just wait, I will inquire about other things still.
§922bOccidis fabulans.
You are killing me with your talk.
§923Dic mihi hoc: solent tibi umquam óculi duri fieri?
Tell me this: do your eyes ever use to become stiff?
§924Quid? tu me lucustam censes esse, homo ignavissime?
What? Do you think I am a lobster, you most worthless fellow?
§925Dic mihi: en umquam intestina tibi crepant, quod sentias?
Tell me: does your stomach ever rumble, that you can feel?
§926Vbi satur sum, nulla crepitant; quando esurio, tum crepant.
When I am full, nothing rumbles; when I am hungry, then they rumble.
§927Hoc quidem edepol hau pro insano verbum respondit mihi.
By Pollux, indeed he answered this word to me not like a madman.
§928perdormiscin usque ad lucem? facilen tu dormis cubans?
Do you sleep all the way until dawn? Do you sleep easily when you lie down?