§151suam et hinc et illinc mulier feret imaginem, §152atque eadem erit, verum alia esse adsimulabitur. §153ita sublinetur os custodi mulieris. §154sed foris concrepuit hinc a vicino sene; §155ipse exit: hic illest lepidus quem dixi senex.
the woman will display her own image both from here and from there, and she will be the same person, but she will pretend to be another. Thus the mouth of the woman's guard will be smeared. But the door has creaked from here, from our old neighbor's; he is coming out himself: this is that charming old man I spoke of. Periplectomenus: "By Hercules, unless hereafter you break the ankles of whoever on our roof you see as a stranger, I will make your sides raw like leather. Indeed, to me the neighbors are now witnesses of what happens in my home, so much do they look inside through the impluvium.
§156Ni hércle diffregéritis talos pósthac quemque in tégulis §157videritis alienum, ego vostra faciam latera lorea. §158mi equidem iam arbitri vicini sunt, meae quid fiat domi, §159ita per impluvium intro spectant. nunc adeo edico omnibus: §160quemque a milite hoc videritis hominem in nostris tegulis, §161extra unum Palaestrionem, huc deturbatote in viam. §162quod ille gallinam aut columbam se sectari aut simiam §163dicat, disperiistis ni usque ad mortem male mulcassitis. §164atque adeo ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, §165adcuratote ut sine talis domi agitent convivium. §166Nescio quid malefactum a nostra hic familiast, quantum audio: §167ita hic senex talos elidi iussit conservis meis; §168sed me excepit: nihili facio, quid illis faciat ceteris.
Now therefore I declare to everyone: whichever man from this soldier's house you see on our roof, except Palaestrio alone, pitch him down here into the street. Even if he should say that he is chasing a hen, or a dove, or a monkey, you are dead men unless you beat him to death. And furthermore, so they may not violate the gambling law, take care that they hold their banquet at home without dice." Palaestrio: "I don't know what mischief has been done here by our household, from what I hear: so violently this old man ordered the ankles of my fellow-servants to be shattered; but he excepted me: I care nothing what he does to those others.
§169adgrediar hominem. §169bEstne advorsum hic qui advenit Palaestrio? §170Quid agis, Periplectomene? §170bHau multos homines, si optandum foret, §171nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem. §171bQuid est?
I will approach the man. I will approach the man." Periplectomenus: "Is this Palaestrio coming toward me?" Palaestrio: "How are you doing, Periplectomenus?" Periplectomenus: "There are not many men whom, if it were to be wished, I would rather see and meet right now than you." Palaestrio: "What is it?
§172quid tumultuas cum nostra familia? §172bOccisi sumus. §173Quid negotist? §173bRes palamst. §173cQuae res palamst? §173dDe tegulis §174modo nescio quis inspectavit vestrum familiarium §175per nostrum impluvium intus ápud nos Philocomasium atque hospitem §176osculantis. §176bQuis homo id vidit? §176cTuos conservos. §176dQuis is homost? §177Nescio, ita abripuit repente sese subito. §177bSuspicor §178me periisse. §178bVbi abit, conclamo:
heus quid agis tu
inquam
in tegulis? §179ille mihi abiens ita respondit
se sectari simiam. §180Vae mihi misero, quoi pereundumst propter nihili bestiam.
Why are you making an uproar against our household? Why are you making an uproar against our household?" Periplectomenus: "We are ruined." Palaestrio: "What's the matter?" Periplectomenus: "The matter is out in the open." Palaestrio: "What matter is out?" Periplectomenus: "From the roof, just now someone of your household peered down, through our impluvium inside our house at Philocomasium and my guest kissing." Palaestrio: "What man saw that?" Periplectomenus: "Your fellow-slave." Palaestrio: "Which man is it?" Periplectomenus: "I don't know, he snatched himself away so suddenly." Palaestrio: "I suspect I am ruined." Periplectomenus: "When he departed, I shouted: 'Hey, what are you doing on the roof?'" As he went, he replied to me that he was chasing a monkey. Palaestrio: "Woe to miserable me, who must perish because of a worthless beast!
§181sed Philocomasium hicine etiam nunc est? §181bQuom exibam, hic erat. §182I sis, iube transire huc quantum possit, se ut videant domi §183familiares, nisi quidem illa nos volt, qui servi sumus, §184propter amorem suom omnes crucibus contubernales dari. §185Dixi ego istuc; nisi quid aliud vis. §185bVolo.
But is Philocomasium still here? But is Philocomasium still here?" Periplectomenus: "When I was coming out, she was here." Palaestrio: "Go, please, tell her to cross over here as quickly as possible, so that the members of the household may see her at home, unless indeed she wants us, who are slaves, because of her love, to be put on crosses, all of us tent-companions." Periplectomenus: "I've said that to her; unless you want something else." Palaestrio: "I do.
hoc ei dicito: §185aprofecto ut ne quoquam de ingenio degrediatur muliebri §186earumque artem et disciplinam optineat colere. §186bQuem ad modum? §187Vt eum, qui hic se vidit, verbis vincat, ne is se viderit. §188siquidem centiens hic visa sit, tamen infitias eat. §189os habet, linguam, perfidiam, malitiam atque audaciam, §189aconfidentiam, confirmitatem, fraudulentiam. §190qui arguat se, eum contra vincat iureiurando suo:
Tell her this: absolutely not to depart in any way from a woman's nature, and to maintain her practice of cultivating their art and discipline." Periplectomenus: "In what way?" Palaestrio: "So that she may conquer with words the one who saw her here, so that he will not have seen her. Even if she has been seen here a hundred times, she should still deny it. She has cheek, tongue, perfidy, malice, and audacity, self-confidence, persistence, deceitfulness. Whoever accuses her, she should conquer him in turn with her oath.
§191domi habet animum falsiloquom, falsificum, falsiiurium, §192domi dolos, domi delenifica facta, dómi fallacias. §193nam mulier holitori numquam supplicat, si quast mala: §194domi habet hortum et condimenta ad omnis mores maleficos. §195Ego istaec, si erit hic, nuntiabo.
She has a false-speaking, false-making, false-swearing mind at her disposal; she has tricks at home, soothing deeds at home, deceptions at home. For a woman never begs the vegetable-seller, if she is a bad one: she has a garden at home and seasonings for all her malicious behaviors." Periplectomenus: "I will report those things, if she is here.
sed quid est, Palaestrio, §196quod volutas tute tecum in corde? §196bPaulisper tace, §197dúm ego mihi consilia in animum convoco et dum consulo §198quid agam, quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem, §199qui illam hic vidit osculantem, id visum ut ne visum siet. §200Quaere: ego hinc abscessero aps te huc interim.
But what is it, Palaestrio, what is it that you are turning over in your mind?" Palaestrio: "Be silent a little while, while I summon my plans into my mind, and while I deliberate what to do, what trick I might prepare against my tricky fellow-slave, who saw her kissing here, so that what was seen may not have been seen." Periplectomenus: "Seek on: I will withdraw from you over here in the meantime.
illuc sis vide, §201quem ad modum adstitit, severo fronte curans cogitans. §202pectus digitis pultat, cor credo evocaturust foras; §203ecce avortit: nixus laevo in femine habet laevam manum, §204dextera digitis rationem computat, ferit femur §205dexterum.
Look at him, please, how he stands, with a stern brow, caring and thinking. He knocks his chest with his fingers; I believe he is about to call his heart outside. Look, he turns: he has his left hand resting on his left thigh, with his right hand he computes his plan on his fingers, he strikes his right thigh right.
ita vehementer icit: quod agat aegre suppetit. §206concrepuit digitis: laborat; crebro commutat status, §207eccere autem capite nutat: non placet quod repperit. §208quidquid est, incoctum non expromet, bene coctum dabit.
He hits it so hard: what he should do is hardly at hand. He snaps his fingers: he is in labor; he changes his posture frequently. But look, he nods his head: what he found does not please him. Whatever it is, he won't bring it out undercooked; he will serve it well-cooked."