Go from here to the country, and take care to hand over those rakes to the bailiff Pistus himself, right into his hand in his presence.
§279uxori facito ut nunties, negotium §280mihi esse in urbe, ne me exspectet; nam mihi §281tris hodie litis iudicandas dicito.
Take care to announce to my wife that I have business in the city, lest she expect me; for I have three lawsuits to judge today, tell her.
§282ei, et hoc memento dicere.
Go, and remember to say this.
§282bNumquid amplius?
Anything else?
§283Tantumst.
That is all.
§283bLysimache, salve.
Lysimachus, greetings.
quid agis? quid fit?
How are you doing? What is happening?
§284bQuod miserrumus.
I am most wretched.
§285Di melius faxint.
May the gods grant better.
§285bDi hoc quidem faciunt.
Indeed, the gods are doing this.
§285cQuid est?
What is it?
§286Dicam, si videam tibi esse óperam aut otium.
I would tell you, if I saw that you have attention or leisure.
Although I have business, if you want anything, Demipho, I am never too busy to give attention to a friend.
§289Benignitatem tuam mi experto praedicas.
You declare your kindness to me, which I have experienced.
§290quid tibi ego aetatis videor?
What age do I seem to you?
A candidate for Acheron, an ancient, decrepit old man.
§291bPervorse vides.
You see wrongly.
§292puer súm, Lysimache, septuennis.
I am a boy, Lysimachus, seven years old.
§293bVera praedico.
I speak the truth.
§294Modo hercle in mentem venit, quid tu diceres: §295senex quom extemplo est, iam nec sentit nec sapit, §296aiunt solere eum rusum repuerascere.
By Hercules, it just came to my mind what you meant: as soon as an old man is there, he no longer feels nor has wisdom, they say he is wont to become a child again.
§297Immo bis tanto valeo quam valui prius.
On the contrary, I am twice as strong as I was before.
§298Bene hercle factum, et gaudeo.
By Hercules, well done, and I rejoice.
Nay, if you but knew, I also see even more with my eyes now than before.
§300Benest.
That is good.
§300bMalae rei dico.
I speak of a bad thing.
§300cIam istuc non benest.
Now that is not good.
§301Sed ausimne ego tibi eloqui fideliter?
But would I dare to speak to you faithfully?
§302Audacter.
Boldly.
§302bAnimum advorte.
Pay attention.
§302cFiet sedulo.
It shall be done carefully.
Today I began to go to the primary school, Lysimachus.
ternas scio iam.
I already know three letters.
§304bQuid ternas?
What three?
§304cAmo.
'Amo' (I love).
§305Tun capite cano amas, senex nequissime?
Do you love with a gray head, you most worthless old man?
§306Si canum seu istuc rutilum sive atrumst, amo.
Whether it is gray, or that red, or black, I love.
§307Ludificas nunc tu me hic, opinor, Demipho.
You are making sport of me here now, I think, Demipho.
§308Decide collum stanti, si falsum loquor; §309vel, ut scias me amare, cape cultrum ac seca §310digitum vel aurem vel tu nasum vel labrum: §311si movero me seu secari sensero, §312Lysimache, auctór sum ut me amando enices.
Cut off my neck as I stand, if I speak falsely; or, that you may know I love, take a knife and cut finger or ear, or indeed your nose or lip: if I move myself or if I feel myself being cut, Lysimachus, I authorize you to kill me with love.
§313Si umquam vidistis pictum amatorem, em illic est.
If you have ever seen a painted lover, look, there he is.
§314nam meo quidem animo vetulus decrepitus senex §315tantidemst quasi sit signum pictum in pariete.
For indeed, in my opinion, a decrepit old man is worth just as much as a picture painted on a wall.
§316Nunc tu me, credo, castigare cogitas.
Now you, I believe, are thinking of chastising me.
§317Egon té?
I, you?
There is no reason now for you to be angry with me: other esteemed men have done such a thing before.
§319_320humanum amarest, humanum autem ignoscerest: §321ne sís me obiurga, hoc non voluntas me impulit.
To love is human, and to forgive is human too: do not scold me, please; my will did not impel me to this.
§322Quin non obiurgo.
Indeed, I am not scolding.
§323bEgon te? ah, ne di siverint.
I, you? Ah, may the gods not allow it.
§324Vide sís modo etiam.
Do but look into it.
§324bVisumst.
I have seen to it.
§324cCerten?
Are you sure?
§324dPerdis me.
You are destroying me.
§325hic homo ex amore insanit.
This man is insane from love.
numquid vis?
Do you want anything?
§325bVale.
Farewell.
§326Ad portum propero, nam ibi mihi negotium est.
I hasten to the harbor, for I have business there.
§327Bene ambulato.
Go safely.
§328quin mihi quoque etiamst ad portum negotium.
Indeed, I also have business at the harbor.
§329nunc adeo ibo illuc.
Now therefore I will go there.
séd optume gnatum meum §330video eccum.
But, most opportunely, my son I see, look, there he is.
opperiar hominem.
I will wait for him.
hoc nunc mihi viso opust, §331huic persuadere quo modo potis siem, §332ut illam vendat neve det matri suae; §333nam ei dono advexe audivi.
I must now look into this, how I may be able to persuade him to sell her and not give her to his mother; for I heard he brought her as a gift for her.
sed praecauto opust, §334ne hic illam me animum adiecisse aliqua sentiat.
But precaution is needed, lest he should somehow perceive that I have set my mind on her.
§335Homó me misérior nullúst aeque, opínor, §336neque ádvorsa cuí plura sínt sempitérna; §337satin quídquid est, quam rem agere óccepi, §338proprium nequit mihi evenire quod cupio?
There is no man equally more wretched than me, I think, nor any to whom more endless adversities belong; Is it really that whatever it is, what affair I have begun to deal with, cannot happen for me securely as I desire?
Thus some bad thing is thrown in my way, which suppresses my good plan.
§341míser amicam míhi paravi, ánimi causa, pretio † eripui, §342ratús clam patrém me meúm posse habere: §343is rescivit et vidit, et perdidit me; §344neque is cum roget quid loquar cogitatumst, §345ita animi decem in pectore incerti certant.
Wretched, I provided a mistress for myself, for my heart's sake, and rescued her at a price, thinking that I could have her secretly from my father: he found it out and saw it, and has ruined me; nor has it been thought out what I should say when he asks, so do ten uncertain minds struggle in my breast.