§1378Ne me moneatis, memini ego officium meum, §1379ego † nam conveniam illum, ubi ubi est gentium; §1380investigabo, óperae non parcam meae.
Do not advise me, I remember my duty, for I will meet him, wherever in the world he is; I will track him down, I will not spare my labor.
§1381Me quaerit illic.
He is looking for me there.
ibo huic puero obviam.
I will go to meet this boy.
§1382Ehem, te quaero.
Ah, I am looking for you.
Hail, most charming man, filled to the brim with good fortune, beyond all others whom two gods care for.
§1384bQui duo?
Which two?
§1384cMars et Venus.
Mars and Venus.
§1385Facetum puerum.
A witty boy.
She begs that you go inside, she wants you, she seeks you, she expects and longs for you.
§1387amanti fer opem.
Bring help to your lover.
quid stas? quin intro is?
Why do you stand there? Why don't you go inside?
§1387bEo. — §1388Ipsus illic sese iam impedivit in plagas; §1389paratae insidiae sunt: in statu stat senex, §1390ut adoriatur moechum, qui formast ferox, §1391qui omnis se amare credit, quaeque aspexerit §1392mulier: eum oderunt qua viri qua mulieres.
I am going. — He himself has already entangled himself in the nets there; the ambush is prepared: the old man stands ready, to attack the adulterer, who is proud of his beauty, who believes that all women love him, whoever looks at him, that man whom both men and women hate.
§1393nunc in tumultum ibo: intus clamorem audio. — §1394Dúcite istum; sí non sequitur, rápite sublimén foras, §1395facite inter terram atque caelum ut sit situs, discindite.
Now I will go into the tumult: I hear a clamor inside. — Drag him along; if he does not follow, seize him and carry him aloft out of doors, make him hang between earth and heaven, tear him apart.
§1396Obsecro hercle, Periplectomene, te.
I beseech you, by Hercules, Periplectomenus.
§1396bNequiquam hercle obsecras.
In vain, by Hercules, do you beseech.
§1397vide ut istic tibi sit acutus, Cario, culter probe.
See to it, Cario, that your knife is properly sharp.
§1398Quin iamdudum gestit moecho hóc abdomen adimere, §1399ut ea iam quasi puero in collo pendeant crepundia.
Indeed, it has long been eager to strip this adulterer of his abdomen, so that those parts may hang from his neck like a rattle around a child's neck.
§1400Perii.
I am ruined!
§1400bHaud etiam, numero hoc dicis.
Not yet, you say this too soon.
§1400cIamne in hominem ínvolo?
Shall I fly at the man now?
§1401Immo etiam prius vérberetur fustibus.
Nay, rather let him be beaten with clubs first.
§1401bMultum quidem.
Thoroughly indeed.
§1402Cur es ausus subigitare álienam uxorem, impudens?
Why did you dare to fondle another's wife, you shameless man?
§1403Ita me di ament, ultro ventumst ad me.
So may the gods love me, she came to me of her own accord.
§1403bMentitur, feri.
He lies, strike!
§1404Mane, dum narro.
Wait while I tell the story.
§1404bQuid cessatis?
Why do you hesitate?
§1404cNon licet mihi dicere?
Am I not allowed to speak?
§1405Dic.
Speak.
§1405bOratus sum, ad eam ut irem.
I was entreated to go to her.
§1405cQuor ire ausus esausu's? em tibi.
Why did you dare to go? Take that!
§1406Oiei, satis sum verberatus.
Ouch! I have been beaten enough.
obsecro.
I beg you.
§1406bQuam mox seco?
How soon do I cut?
§1407Vbi lubet: dispennite hominem divorsum et distendite.
Whenever you please: stretch the man out in opposite directions and spread him.
§1408Obsecro hercle te, ut mea verba aúdias prius quam secat.
I beseech you, by Hercules, to hear my words before he cuts.
§1409Loquere.
Speak.
§1409bNon volui nec factum est: viduam hercle esse censui, §1410itaque ancilla, conciliatrix quaé erat, dicebat mihi.
I did not wish it nor did it happen: by Hercules, I thought she was a widow, and so the maid, who was the matchmaker, told me.
§1411Iura te non nociturum esse hómini de hac re nemini, §1412quod tu hódie hic verberatus esverberatu's aut quod verberabere, §1413si te salvom hinc amittemus Venerium nepotulum.
Swear that you will harm no man concerning this matter, because you have been beaten here today or because you will be beaten, if we let you go from here safe and sound, you little grandson of Venus.
§1414Iuro per Iovem et Mavortem, me nociturum nemini, §1415quod ego hic hodie vapularim, iureque id factum arbitror; §1416et si intestatus non abeo hinc, bene agitur pro noxia.
I swear by Jupiter and Mars that I will harm no one, because I have been beaten here today, and I think it was done justly; and if I do not go away from here witness-less, I am treated well for my offense.
§1417Quid si id non faxis?
What if you do not do this?
§1417bVt vivam semper intestabilis.
That I may live forever detestable and without witnesses.
§1418Verberetur etiam, postibi amittendum censeo.
Let him be beaten some more, and after that I think he should be let go.
§1419Di tibi bene faciant semper, quom advocatus mihi venis.
May the gods always do well by you, since you come as an advocate for me.
§1420Ergo des minam auri nobis.
Therefore, give us a mina of gold.
§1420bQuam ob rem?
For what reason?
§1420cSalvis testibus §1421ut te hódie hinc amittamus Venerium nepotulum; §1422aliter hinc non ibis, ne sis frustra.
With your witnesses safe, so that we may let you go from here today, you little grandson of Venus; otherwise you will not go from here, do not be deceived.
§1422bDabitur.
It shall be given.
§1422cMagis sapis.
You are wiser.
§1423de tunica et chlamyde et machaera ne quid speres, non feres.
As for your tunic, cloak, and sword, hope for nothing, you will not carry them off.
§1424Verberon etiam, an iam mittis?
Shall I beat him still, or do you let him go now?
§1424bMitis sum equidem fustibus.
Indeed, I am mild with regard to the clubs.
§1425opsecro vos.
I beseech you.
§1425bSolvite istunc.
Loose that man.
§1425cGratiam habeo tibi.
I give you thanks.
§1426Si posthac prehendero ego te híc, carebis testibus.
If after this I catch you here, you shall lack your witnesses.
§1427Causam haud dico.
I make no objection.
Let us go inside, Cario. — My servants look, I see them.
Philocomasium iam profecta est? dic mihi.
Has Philocomasium already departed? Tell me.
§1429Iam dudum.
Long ago.
§1429bEi mihi.
Woe to me!
§1429cMagis dícas, si scias quod ego scio.
You would say so more, if you knew what I know.
§1430nam ille qui lánam ob oculum habebat laevom, nauta non erat.
For that man who had wool over his left eye was not a sailor.
§1431Quis erat igitur?
Who was he then?
§1431bPhilocomasio amator.
Philocomasium's lover.
§1431cQui tu scis?
How do you know?
§1431dScio.
I know.
For after they went out of the gate, they did not stop on the spot kissing and embracing one another.
§1433bVae misero mihi,
Woe to miserable me!
§1434verba mihi data esse video.
I see that words have been given to me.
scelus viri Palaestrio, §1435is me in hanc inlexit fraudem.
That scoundrel of a man, Palaestrio, he enticed me into this snare.
iure factum iudico; §1436si sic aliis moechis fiat, minus hic moechorum siet, §1437magis metuant, minus has res studeant.
I judge it was done justly; if it should be done thus to other adulterers, there would be fewer adulterers here, they would fear more, and desire these things less.
eamus ad me.
Let us go to my house.
plaudite.
Applaud!