§990Pér ego vobis deos atque homines dico, ut imperium meum §991sapienter habeatis curae, quae imperavi atque impero: §992facite illic homo iam in medicinam ablatus sublimen siet, §993nisi quidem vos vostra crura aut latera nihili penditis.
I tell you by the gods and men, that you take wise care of my command, what I have ordered and order now: see to it that that man is carried off high immediately to the doctor's, unless indeed you value your own legs or sides as nothing.
§994cave quisquam, quod illíc minitetur, vostrum flocci fecerit.
Take care that none of you cares a straw for what he may threaten there.
§995quid státis? quid dubitátis? iam sublímen raptum opórtuit.
Why do you stand? Why do you hesitate? He ought to have been snatched up high already.
§996ego ibo ad medicum: praesto ero illi, cum venietis.
I will go to the doctor: I will be waiting for him there when you arrive.
§996bOccidi,
I am ruined!
§997quid hoc ést negoti? quid illisce homines ad me currunt, opsecro?
What business is this? Why are those men running toward me, I pray?
§998quid voltis vos? quid quaeritatis? quid me circumsistitis?
What do you want? What are you seeking? Why do you surround me?
§999quo rapitis me? quo fertis me? perii, opsecro vestram fidem, §1000Epidamnienses, subvenite, cives.
Where are you snatching me? Where are you carrying me? I am lost! I entreat your protection, citizens of Epidamnus, help!
quin me mittitis?
Why do you not let me go?
§1001Pro di immortales, obsecro, quid ego oculis aspicio meis?
By the immortal gods, I pray, what do I behold with my own eyes?
§1002erum meum indignissime nescio qui sublimen ferunt.
Some unknown men are carrying my master high in the most shameful manner.
§1003Ecquis suppetias mihi audet ferre?
Does anyone dare to bring me help?
§1003bEgo, ere, audacissime.
I do, master, most boldly.
§1004o facinus indignum et malum, Epidamnii cives, erum §1005meum hic in pacato oppido luci deripier in via, §1006qui liber ad vos venerit.
O shameful and wicked deed, citizens of Epidamnus, that my master, who came to you as a free man, is being snatched away here on the street in broad daylight in a peaceful town!
§1007mittite istunc.
Let him go.
§1007bObsecro te, quisquis es, operam mihi ut des, §1008neu sinas in me insignite fieri tantam iniuriam.
I entreat you, whoever you are, to give me your help, and not to permit such a notable injustice to be done to me.
§1009Immo et operam dabo et defendam et subvenibo sedulo.
On the contrary, I will give you help, and defend you, and assist you zealously.
§1010numquam te patiar perire, me perirest aequius.
I will never suffer you to perish; it is more just that I perish.
§1011eripe oculum ísti, ab umero qui tenet, ere, te obsecro.
Tear out the eye of that fellow who is holding you by the shoulder, master, I entreat you.
§1012hisce ego iam sementem in ore faciam pugnosque obseram.
On these fellows I will now sow a crop on their faces and plant my fists.
§1013maximo hodie malo hercle vostro ístunc fertis.
By Hercules, today you are carrying him away to your greatest misfortune.
mittite.
Let him go!
§1014Teneo ego huic oculum.
I am holding this one's eye.
§1014bFace ut oculi locus in capite appareat.
Make it so that the socket of the eye appears in his head!
§1015vos scelesti, vos rapacis, vos praedones.
You scoundrels, you robbers, you plunderers!
§1015bPeriimus.
We are ruined!
§1016obsecro hercle.
By Hercules, mercy!
§1016bMittite ergo.
Then let him go!
§1016cQuid me vobis tactiost?
What business have you to touch me?
§1017pecte pugnis.
Comb them with your fists!
§1017bAgite abite, fugite hinc in malam crucem.
Go, be off, flee from here to the gallows!
§1018em tibi etiam: quia postremus cedis, hoc praemi feres.
There's for you too: because you are the last to retreat, you will take this reward.
§1019nimis bene ora commetavi atque ex mea sententia.
I have measured their faces extremely well and according to my liking.
§1020edepol, ere, ne tibi suppetias temperi adveni modo.
By Pollux, master, indeed I arrived just in time to bring you help.
§1021At tibi di semper, adulescens, quisquis es, faciant bene.
But may the gods always do well to you, young man, whoever you are.
§1022nam absque te esset, hodie numquam ad solem occasum viverem.
For if it had not been for you, I would never have lived to see the setting of the sun today.
§1023Ergo edepol, si recte facias, ere, med emittas manu.
Therefore, by Pollux, if you would do right, master, free me from your hand.
§1024Liberem ego te?
I free you?
§1024bVerum, quandoquidem, ere, te servavi.
Yes, master, since indeed I saved you.
§1024cQuid est?
What is this?
§1025adulescens, erras.
Young man, you are mistaken.
§1025bQuid, erro?
What, I mistaken?
I swear by father Jupiter, that I am not your master.
§1026bNon taces?
Will you not be silent?
I am not lying; nor did my servant ever do such a thing as you did for me.
§1028Sic sine igitur, si tuom négas me ésse, abire liberum.
So let me then, if you deny that I am yours, depart free.
§1029Mea quidem hercle causa liber esto atque ito quo voles.
By Hercules, as far as I am concerned, be free and go wherever you wish.
§1030Nempe iubes?
Do you indeed command it?
§1030bIubeo hercle, si quid imperi est in te mihi.
I do command it, by Hercules, if I have any authority over you.
§1031Salve, mi patrone.
Greetings, my patron!
cum tu liber es, Messenio, §1032gaudeo. credo hercle vobis.
'Since you are free, Messenio, I rejoice.' By Hercules, I believe you all.
sed, patrone, te obsecro, §1033ne minus imperes mihí quam cum tuos servos fui.
But, patron, I entreat you, command me no less than when I was your servant.
§1034apud ted habitabo et quando ibis, una tecum ibo domum.
I will live with you, and when you go, I will go home together with you.
§1035Minime.
By no means.
Now I will go to the tavern, and bring back the vessels and money to you.
recte est obsignatum in vidulo marsuppium §1037cum viatico: id tibí iam huc adferam.
The purse with the travel-money is safely sealed up in the bag: I will bring it to you here now.
§1037bAdfer strenue.
Bring it quickly.
§1038Salvom tibi ita ut mihi dedisti reddibo.
I will return it to you safe, just as you gave it to me.
hic me mane. —
Wait for me here.
§1039Nimia mira mihi quidem hodie exorta sunt miris modis: §1040alii me negant eum esse qui sum, atque excludunt foras §1041vel ille qui se petere argentum modo, qui servom se meum §1042esse aiebat, meus servator, quem ego modo emisi manu; §1043is ait se mihi allaturum cum argento marsuppium: §1044id si attulerit, dicam ut a me ábeat liber quo volet, §1045ne tum, quando sanus factus sit, a me argentum petat.
Too many marvels have indeed arisen for me today in marvelous ways: some deny that I am who I am, and shut me out of doors; even that fellow who just now said he would go for the money, who was saying he was my servant, my savior, whom I just now freed from my hand; he says that he will bring me the purse with the money: if he brings it, I will tell him to depart from me free wherever he wishes, lest then, when he has become sane, he should seek the money from me.