§913ut, si haec non sint vera, inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar.
Charinus: so that, if these things are not true, I may proceed to complete this journey I have begun.
§914Non mihi credis?
Eutychus: Don't you believe me?
§914bOmnia equidem credo quae dicis mihi.
Charinus: Indeed, I believe everything that you say to me.
§915sed quin intro ducis me ad eam, ut videam?
Charinus: But why don't you lead me inside to her, so that I may see her?
§915bPaulisper mane.
Eutychus: Wait a little while.
§916Quid, manebo?
Charinus: What, shall I wait?
§916bTempus non est intro eundi.
Eutychus: It is not the time for going inside.
§916cEnicas.
Charinus: You are torturing me.
§917Non opus est, inquam, nunc intro te ire.
Eutychus: There is no need, I say, for you to go inside now.
§918bOperae non est.
Eutychus: It is not convenient.
§918cCur?
Charinus: Why?
§918dQuia non est illi commodum.
Eutychus: Because it is not convenient for her.
§919Itane? commodum illi non est, quae me amat, quam ego contra amo?
Charinus: Is it so? It is not convenient for her, who loves me, whom I love in return?
§920omnibus hic ludificatur me modis.
Charinus: This fellow is mocking me in every way.
ego stultior, §921qui isti credam.
I am more foolish, Charinus: to believe him.
commoratur.
He is delaying me.
chlamydem sumam denuo.
I will take my cloak again.
§922Mane parumper atque haec audi.
Eutychus: Wait a little while and hear this.
§922bCape sis, puere, hoc pallium.
Charinus: Take, please, boy, this cloak.
§923Mater irata est patri vehementer, quia scortum sibi §924ob oculos adduxerit in aedis, dum ruri ipsa abest: §925suspicatur illam amicam esse illi.
Eutychus: My mother is violently angry with my father, because a mistress for himself Eutychus: he has brought into the house before her eyes, while she herself was away in the country; Eutychus: she suspects that she is his mistress.
§925bSonam sustuli.
Charinus: I have picked up my belt.
§926Eam rem nunc exquirit intus.
Eutychus: She is now investigating that matter inside.
§926bIam machaerast in manu.
Charinus: Now the sword is in my hand.
Eutychus: For if I lead you inside there— Charinus: I lift up my oil-flask and go hence.
§928Mane, mane, Charine.
Eutychus: Wait, wait, Charinus.
§928bErras, me decipere haud potes.
Charinus: You are mistaken, you cannot deceive me at all.
§929Neque edepol volo.
Eutychus: Indeed, by Pollux, I do not wish to.
§929bQuín tu ergo itiner exsequi meum me sinis?
Charinus: Why then don't you let me pursue my journey?
§930Non sino.
Eutychus: I do not let you.
§930bEgomet me moror. tu puere, abi hinc intro ocius.
Charinus: I am delaying myself. You, boy, go inside from here more quickly.
§931iam in currum escendi, iam lora ín manus cepi meas.
Charinus: Already I have mounted my chariot, already I have taken the reins into my hands.
§932Sanus non es.
Eutychus: You are not sane.
§932bQuin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis §933in Cyprum recta, quandoquidem pater mihi exilium parat?
Charinus: Why, feet, do you not hurl yourselves into a run Charinus: straight to Cyprus, since my father prepares exile for me?
§934Stultus es, noli istuc quaeso dicere.
Eutychus: You are foolish, please do not say that.
Charinus: It is determined to pursue, Charinus: so that I may apply my effort to tracking down where she is.
§935bQuin domist.
Eutychus: Why, she is at home.
§936Nam hic quod dixit, id mentitust.
Charinus: For what this fellow said, he lied about it.
§936bVera dixi equidem tibi.
Eutychus: Indeed, I have told you the truth.
§937Iam Cyprum veni.
Charinus: Already I have come to Cyprus.
§937bQuin sequere, ut illam videas quam expetis.
Eutychus: Why don't you follow, so that you may see her whom you desire?
§938Percontatus non inveni.
Charinus: Having inquired, I have not found her.
§938bMatris iam iram neglego.
Eutychus: I now disregard my mother's anger.
§939Porro proficiscor quaesitum.
Charinus: Further I set out to search.
nunc perveni Chalcidem; §940video ibi hospitem Zacyntho, dico quid eo advenerim, §941rogito quis eam vexerit, quis habeat si íbi indaudiverit.
Now I have arrived at Chalcis; Charinus: I see there a guest from Zacynthus, I tell why I have come thither, Charinus: I ask repeatedly who carried her off, who has her if he has heard anything of it there.
§942Quin tu istas omittis nugas ac mecum huc intro ambulas?
Eutychus: Why don't you drop those trifles and walk inside here with me?
§943Hospes respondit, Zacynthi ficos fieri non malas.
Charinus: The guest replied that the figs of Zacynthus are not bad.
§944Nil mentitust.
Eutychus: He has lied in nothing.
Charinus: But about my mistress, he says he heard a rumor, Charinus: that she is here in Athens.
§945bCalchas iste quidem Zacynthiust.
Eutychus: That Zacynthian is indeed a Calchas.
§946Navem conscendo, proficiscor ilico.
Charinus: I board a ship, I set out on the spot.
iam sum domi, §947iam redii ex exilio.
Already I am at home, Charinus: already I have returned from exile.
salve, mi sodalis Eutyche:
Greetings, my comrade Eutychus!
§948ut valuisti? quid parentes mei? valent mater pater?
Charinus: How have you been? How are my parents? Are my mother and father well?
§949bene vocas, benigne dicis: cras apud te, nunc domi.
Charinus: You invite me well, you speak kindly: tomorrow at your house, now at home.
§950sic decet, sic fieri oportet.
Charinus: So it is fitting, so it ought to be done.
§950b†Eloque ni somnias.
Eutychus: Speak out, unless you are dreaming.
§951hic homo non sanust.
Eutychus: This man is not sane.
§951bMedicari amicus quin properas mihi?
Charinus: My friend, why don't you hurry to cure me?
§952Sequere sis.
Eutychus: Follow, please.
§952bSequor.
Charinus: I follow.
§952cClementer quaeso, calces deteris.
Charinus: Gently, please, you are treading on my heels.
§953audin tu?
Charinus: Do you hear?
§953bIam dudum audivi.
Eutychus: I have heard for some time now.
Charinus: I wish peace to be made Charinus: for my father with my mother; for now she is angry— Eutychus: Just go.
§955Propter istanc.
Charinus: On account of that girl.
§955bI modo.
Eutychus: Just go.
§955cErgo cura.
Charinus: Therefore take care of it.
§955dQuin tu ergo i modo.
Eutychus: Why don't you then just go.
§956tam propitiam reddam, quam quom propitiast Iuno Iovi. — §957Quasi tu numquam quicquam adsimile húius facti feceris.
Eutychus: I will make her as propitious as Juno is to Jupiter when she is propitious.— Demipho: As if you had never done anything similar to this deed.
§958Edepol numquam; cavi ne quid facerem.
Lysimachus: By Pollux, never; I took care not to do anything.
vix vivo miser.
Miserable, I am barely alive.
§959nam mea uxor propter illam tota in fermento iacet.
Lysimachus: for my wife, on account of her, lies all in a ferment.
§960At ego expurigationem habebo, ut ne suscenseat.
Demipho: But I will have an excuse, so that she may not be angry.
§961Sequere me.
Lysimachus: Follow me.
sed exeuntem filium video meum.
But I see my son coming out.
§962Ad patrem ibo, ut matris iram sibi esse sedatam sciat.
Eutychus: I will go to my father, so that he may know that my mother's anger towards him has been appeased.
§963iam redeo.
Eutychus: I will return now.
§963bPlacet principium.
Lysimachus: The beginning pleases.
quid agis? quid fit, Eutyche?
How are you doing? What is happening, Eutychus?
§964Optima opportunitate ambo advenistis.
Eutychus: You have both arrived at the best opportunity.
§964bQuid rei est?
Demipho: What is the matter?
§965Vxor tíbi placida ét placatast.
Eutychus: Your wife is peaceful and appeased towards you.
cette dextras nunciam.
Give your right hands now.
§966Di me servant.
Lysimachus: The gods preserve me.
§966bTibi amicam ésse nullam nuntio.
Eutychus: To you, I announce that you have no mistress.
§967Di te perdant.
Demipho: May the gods destroy you!
quid negotist nam, quaeso, istuc?
What business is that, pray tell?
§967bEloquar.
Eutychus: I will speak.
§968animum advortite igitur ambo.
Eutychus: Therefore turn your attention, both of you.
§968bQuin tibi ambo operam damus.
Lysimachus and Demipho: Why, we are both giving our attention to you.
§969Qui bono sunt genere nati, si sunt ingenio malo,
Eutychus: Those who are born of a good family, if they are of a bad character,