§268si ita non reperio, ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus, §269usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis.
If I do not find him in this way, I will go sniffing like a hunting dog, all the way until I have tracked down the fox by its footprints.
§270sed fores crepuerunt nostrae, ego voci moderabor meae; §271nam illic est Philocomasio custos meus conservos qui it foras.
But our door creaked, I will control my voice; for there is my fellow-slave, Philocomasium's guard, who is coming out.
§272Nisi quidem ego hodie ambulavi dormiens in tegulis, §273certo edepol scio me vidisse hic proxumae viciniae §274Philocomasium erilem amicam sibi malam rem quaerere.
Sceledrus: Unless indeed I walked sleeping on the roof-tiles today, by Pollux, I know for certain that I saw here in the immediate neighborhood Philocomasium, the master's mistress, seeking trouble for herself.
§275Hic illam vidit osculantem, quantum hunc audivi loqui.
Palaestrio: (aside) This fellow saw her kissing, as far as I have heard him speak.
§276Quis hic est?
Sceledrus: Who is here?
§276bTuos conservos.
Palaestrio: Your fellow-slave.
quid agis, Sceledre?
How are you doing, Sceledrus?
Sceledrus: That I have met you, Palaestrio, is a pleasure.
§277bQuid iam? aut quid negotist? fac sciam.
Palaestrio: Why so? Or what is the matter? Let me know.
Sceledrus: Lest, by Hercules, today, as many of us as are members of this household, we may leap into the greatest disaster and torture.
Palaestrio: You leap alone; for I care nothing for that leaping in and leaping down of yours.
§281Nescis tu fortasse, apud nos facinus quod natumst novom.
Sceledrus: Perhaps you do not know what new crime has arisen at our house.
§282Quod id est facinus?
Palaestrio: What crime is that?
§282bImpudicum.
Sceledrus: A shameful one.
Palaestrio: Keep it to yourself alone, do not tell me, I do not want to know.
§283bNon enim fáciam quin scias.
Sceledrus: But indeed I will not act so as to prevent you from knowing.
§284simiam hodie sum sectatus nostram in horum tegulis.
Today I chased our monkey on the roof-tiles of these neighbors.
§285Edepol, Sceledre, homo sectatus essectatu's nihili nequam bestiam.
Palaestrio: By Pollux, Sceledrus, as a worthless fellow you chased a worthless beast.
§286Di te perdant.
Sceledrus: May the gods destroy you.
§286bTe istuc aequom — quoniam occepisti, eloqui.
Palaestrio: It is fair that you... since you have begun, speak out.
§287Forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proxumum, §288atque ego illi áspicio osculantem Philocomasium cum altero §289nescio quo adulescente.
Sceledrus: By chance, I looked down through the skylight here into the next door house, and there I beheld Philocomasium kissing with another young man, I don't know who.
§289bQuod ego, Sceledre, scelus ex te audio?
Palaestrio: What crime is this I hear from you, Sceledrus?
§290Profecto vidi.
Sceledrus: I certainly saw her.
§290bTutin?
Palaestrio: You yourself?
§290cEgomet duobus his oculis meis.
Sceledrus: I myself with these two eyes of mine.
§291Abi, non verisimile dicis, neque vidisti.
Palaestrio: Go away, you are saying what is not likely, nor did you see her.
§292bMedicum istuc tibi meliust percontarier.
Palaestrio: It is better for you to ask a doctor about that.
§293verum enim tu ístam, si te di ament, temere hau tollas fabulam: §294tuis nunc cruribus capitique fraudem capitalem hinc creas.
But indeed, as you hope the gods may love you, do not spread that tale rashly: you are now creating capital danger for your legs and head.
For a double way is already prepared for you to perish, unless you suppress your foolish talk.
§296bQui vero dupliciter?
Sceledrus: How double, indeed?
§296cDicam tibi.
Palaestrio: I will tell you.
§297primumdum, si falso insimulas Philocomasium, hoc perieris; §298iterum, si id verumst, tu ei custos additus eo perieris.
First of all, if you falsely accuse Philocomasium, by this you will perish; secondly, if it is true, since you were appointed as her guard, by that you will perish.
§299Quid fuat me, nescio: haec me vidisse ego certo scio.
Sceledrus: What will become of me, I do not know; but that I saw these things, I know for certain.
§300Pergin, infelix?
Palaestrio: Do you persist, you miserable man?
§300bQuid tibi vis dicam nisi quod viderim?
Sceledrus: What do you want me to tell you except what I saw?
§301quin etiam nunc intus hic in proxumost.
Why, even now she is inside here in the next house.
§301bEho an non domist?
Palaestrio: What? Is she not at home?
§302Vise, abi intro tute, nam ego mi iam nil credi postulo.
Sceledrus: Go look, go inside yourself, for I don't demand that I be believed at all now.
§303Certum est facere. —
Palaestrio: I am resolved to do so.
§303bHic te opperiar; eadem illi insidias dabo, §304quam mox horsum ad stabulum iuuenix recipiat se a pabulo.
Sceledrus: I will wait for you here; at the same time I will lay a trap for her, to see how soon the heifer will betake herself back from her pasture to her stall here.
§305quid ego nunc faciam? custodem me illi miles addidit:
What shall I do now?
The soldier appointed me as her guard: now if I give information, I am ruined; if I keep silent, I am still ruined, if this is made public.
quid peius muliere aut audacius?
What is worse or more audacious than a woman?
While I was on the roof, she got herself out of the lodging; by Pollux, she did an audacious deed.
hocine si miles sciat, §310credo hercle has sustollat aedis totas atque hunc in crucem.
If the soldier should know this, by Hercules, I believe he would pull down this entire house and put me on the cross.
§311hercle quidquid est, mussitabo potius quam inteream male; §312non ego possum quae ipsa sese venditat tutarier.
By Hercules, whatever it is, I will mumble rather than perish miserably; I cannot protect a woman who offers herself for sale.
§313Sceledre, Sceledre, quis homo in terra te alter est audacior?
Palaestrio: Sceledrus, Sceledrus, what other man on earth is more audacious than you?
§314quis magis dís inimicis natus quam tu atque iratis?
Who was born with the gods more hostile and angry than you?
§314bQuid est?
Sceledrus: What is it?
§315Iuben tibi oculos exfodiri, quibus id quod nusquam est vides?
Palaestrio: Do you order your eyes to be dug out, with which you see what is nowhere?
§316Quid, nusquam?
Sceledrus: What, nowhere?
§316bNon ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosa nuce.
Palaestrio: I wouldn't buy your life for a rotten nut.
§317Quid negotist?
Sceledrus: What is the matter?
§317bQuid negoti sit rogas?
Palaestrio: Do you ask what the matter is?
§317cCur non rogem?
Sceledrus: Why should I not ask?
§318Non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam iubes?
Palaestrio: Do you not order that talkative tongue of yours to be cut off?
§319Quam ob rem iubeam?
Sceledrus: Why should I order it?
§319bPhilocomasium eccam domi, quam in proxumo §320vidisse aibas te osculantem atque amplexantem cum altero.
Palaestrio: Look, Philocomasium is at home, whom you said you saw kissing and embracing in the next house with another man.
§321Mirumst lolio victitare te tam vili tritico.
Sceledrus: It is a wonder that you live on darnel when wheat is so cheap.
§322Quid iam?
Palaestrio: Why so?
§322bQuia luscitiosus esluscitiosu's.
Sceledrus: Because you are dim-sighted.
§322cVerbero, edepol tu quidem
Palaestrio: You scoundrel, by Pollux, indeed you...