§929Perdormisco, si resolvi árgentum cui debeo— §930qui te Iuppiter dique omnes, percontator, perduint.
I sleep all night, if I have paid back the money to whom I owe it— may Jupiter and all the gods destroy you, you interrogator!
§931Nunc homo insanire occeptat: de illis verbis cave tibi.
Now the man is beginning to go mad: protect yourself from those words of his.
§932Immo Nestor nunc quidem est de verbis, praeut dudum fuit; §933nam dudum uxorem suam esse aiebat rabiosam canem.
No, indeed he is a Nestor now in his words, compared to how he was just now; for just now he was saying his own wife was a rabid dog.
§934Quid, ego?
What, I?
§934bDixti insanus, inquam.
You said it when you were mad, I say.
§934cEgone?
I?
You there, who even threatened to trample me down with yoked four-horse chariots.
§936_940egomet haec te vidi facere, égomet haec ted arguo.
I myself saw you do these things, I myself accuse you of this.
§941At ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio, §942et ob eam rem in carcerem ted esse compactum scio, §943et postquam es emissus, caesum virgis sub furca scio; §944tum patrem occidisse et matrem vendidisse etiam scio.
But I know that you stole the sacred crown from Jupiter, and I know that on that account you were thrown into prison, and I know that after you were released, you were beaten with rods under the yoke; then I also know that you killed your father and sold your mother.
§945satin haec pro sano male dicta male dictis respondeo?
Do I, as a sane man, sufficiently return these insults for your insults?
§946Obsecro hercle, medice, propere, quidquid facturu's, face.
I entreat you by Hercules, doctor, quickly, whatever you are going to do, do it.
§947non vides hominem insanire?
Do you not see the man is mad?
§947bScin quid facias optimum est?
Do you know what is best to do?
§948ad me face uti deferatur.
See to it that he is brought to my house.
§948bItane censes?
Is that your opinion?
§948cQuippini?
Why not?
§949ibi meo arbitratu potero curare hominem.
There I will be able to treat the man according to my own judgment.
§949bAge ut lubet.
Do as you please.
§950Elleborum potabis faxo áliquos viginti dies.
I will make you drink hellebore for some twenty days.
§951At ego te pendentem fodiam stimulis triginta dies.
But I will pierce you with goads for thirty days while you are hanging.
§952I, arcesse homines, qui illunc ad me deferant.
Go, summon men to bring him to me.
§952bQuot sunt satis?
How many are enough?
§953Proinde ut insanire video, quattuor, nihilo minus.
Seeing how mad he is, four, no less.
§954Iam hic erunt.
They will be here shortly.
asserva tu istunc, medice.
Watch him, doctor.
On the contrary, I will go home, so that the things which need to be prepared may be prepared.
tu servos iube §956hunc ad me ferant.
You command the servants to bring him to me.
§956bIam ego illic faxo erit.
I will see to it that he is there shortly.
§956cAbeo.
I am going.
Farewell.— The father-in-law is gone, the doctor is gone.
sólus sum.
I am alone.
pro Iuppiter, §958quid illuc est quod med hisce homines insanire praedicant?
By Jupiter, what is this, that these men declare that I am mad?
§959nam équidem, postquam gnatus sum, numquam aegrotavi unum diem, §960neque ego insanio neque pugnas neque ego litis coepio.
For indeed, since I was born, I have never been sick for a single day, nor am I mad, nor do I start fights or lawsuits.
§961salvus salvos alios video, novi homines, adloquor.
Being well, I see others who are well, I recognize people, I speak to them.
§962an illi perperam insanire me aiunt, ipsi insaniunt?
Or do they say falsely that I am mad, while they themselves are mad?
§963quid ego nunc faciam? domum ire cupio: úxor non sinit;
What shall I do now?
§964huc autem nemo intromittit.
I want to go home: my wife does not allow it; but here no one lets me in.
nimis proventum est nequiter.
It has turned out far too badly.
§965hic ero usque: ad noctem saltem, credo, intromittar domum.
I will stay here: at least by night, I believe, I will be let into the house.
§966Spectámen bonó servo id ést, qui rem erílem §967procurat, videt, collocat cogitatque, §968ut absente eró rem erí diligenter §969tutétur, quam si ípse adsit aút rectiús.
This is the proof of a good servant, who takes care of, watches, arranges, and thinks about his master's business, so that in the master's absence he may diligently guard his master's property, just as if he were present himself, or even better.
It is proper that his back be more important than his throat, his legs than his belly, for one whose heart is modestly placed.
§972recordetur id, qui nihili sunt, quid eis preti §973détur ab suis eris, ignavis, improbis viris: §974verbéra compedes §975molaé, lassitudo fames frigus durum, §976haec prétia sunt ignaviae.
Let him remember, those who are worthless, what kind of reward is given to them by their masters, lazy and wicked men: beatings, shackles, mills, exhaustion, hunger, harsh cold, these are the rewards of laziness.
§977id ego male malum metuo: propterea bonum esse certumst potius quam malum; §978nam magis multo patior facilius verba: verbera ego odi, §979nimióque edo lubéntius molitúm, quam molitum praéhibeo.
I fear this evil greatly: therefore I am resolved to be good rather than bad; for I endure words much more easily: I hate beatings, and I eat what is ground much more willingly than I offer myself to be ground.
Therefore I carry out my master's command, I serve it well and calmly; and that benefits me.
§982álii ita ut in rem esse ducunt, sint: ego ita ero ut me esse oportet; §983metum míhi adhibeam, culpam ábstineam, ero ut ómnibus in locis sím praesto: §984metuam haúd multum.
Let others be as they think is to their advantage: I will be as I ought to be; I will keep fear before me, avoid blame, so that in all places I may be ready: I will not fear much.
prope est quándo erus ob fácta pretium exsólvet.
The time is near when my master will pay the reward for my deeds.
§985éo ego exemplo servio, térgi ut in rem esse arbitror.
I serve by that example, as I think is to the advantage of my back.
After I placed the vessels and the servants in the tavern, as he had ordered, I come to meet him.
nunc foris pultabo, adesse ut me sciat, §988† neque virum ex hoc saltu damni salvom ut educam foras.
Now I will knock on the door, so that he may know I am present, and to lead my master safely out of this forest of loss.
§989séd metuo, ne sero veniam depugnato proelio.
But I fear lest I come too late, the battle having already been fought.