§432nos vicinorum imprudentis aliquis immutaverit.
lest some of the neighbors has changed us while we were unaware.
§433Certe equidem noster sum.
Certainly indeed I am myself.
§433bEt pol ego.
And by Pollux, I too.
quaeris tu, mulier, malum.
You, woman, are looking for trouble.
§434tibi ego dico, heus, Philocomasium.
I am speaking to you, ho there, Philocomasium!
What madness possesses you, that you should call me incorrectly by a confusing name?
§436bDiceae nomen est.
My name is Dicea.
§436cIniuria es, §437falsum nomen possidere, Philocomasium, postulas; §438ἄδικος es tu, non δικαία, et meo ero facis iniuriam.
You are injustice itself, you demand to possess a false name, Philocomasium; you are adikos, not dikaia, and you are doing an injustice to my master.
§439Egone?
I?
§439bTune.
You.
I, who arrived yesterday evening from Athens to Ephesus with my lover, an Athenian youth?
Tell me, what business have you here in Ephesus?
My own twin sister, I heard she was here, I have come to seek her.
§442bMala es.
You are a bad woman.
§443Immo ecastor stulta multum, quae vobiscum fabuler.
Nay, by Castor, very foolish rather, that I should talk with you.
§444abeo.
I am going.
§444bAbire non sinam te.
I will not let you go.
§444cMitte.
Let me go.
§444dManifestaria es.
You are caught in the act.
§445non omitto.
I will not let go.
But now my hands will slap your cheeks, unless you let me go.
§446bQuid, malum, astas? quin tenes altrinsecus?
Why the plague do you stand there? Why don't you hold her on the other side?
§447Nil moror negotiosum mi esse tergum. qui scio
I don't care to have a busy back.
§448an ista non sit Philocomasium átque alia eius similis sit?
How do I know whether she is not Philocomasium and someone else like her?
§449Mittis me an non mittis?
Do you let me go or do you not?
Nay, by force and against your will, in spite of your teeth, unless you go willingly, I will drag you home.
§450bHosticum hoc mihi §451domicilium est, Athenis domus est Atticis; ego istam domum §452neque moror neque vos qui hómines sitis novi neque scio.
This is a foreign dwelling, my home is in Attic Athens; I neither care for that house of yours, nor do I know or understand who you are.
Proceed by law: I will let you go nowhere, unless you give a solemn pledge, that you will go in here, if I let you go.
§454bVi me cogis, quisquis es.
You compel me by force, whoever you are.
§455do fidem, si omittis, isto me intro ituram quo iubes.
I give my word, if you let go, that I will go in where you command.
§456Ecce omitto.
See, I let go.
§456bAt ego abeo missa.
But I am off, now that I am let go.
— §456cMuliebri fecit fide.
She has acted with woman’s faith.
§457Sceledre, manibus amisisti praedam.
Sceledrus, you have let the prey slip from your hands.
tám east quam potis §458nostra erilis concubina.
She is as much she as possible, our master’s mistress.
vin tu facere hoc strenue?
Do you wish to do this boldly?
§459Quid faciam?
What shall I do?
§459bEcfer mihi machaeram huc intus.
Bring me out a sword here from inside.
§459cQuid facies ea?
What will you do with it?
§460Intro rumpam recta in aedis: quemque hic intus videro §461cum Philocomasio osculantem, eum ego óbtruncabo extempulo.
I will burst straight into the house: and whomsoever I see in here kissing with Philocomasium, I will cut him down on the spot.
§462Visanest ea esse?
Did she seem to be she?
§462bImmo edepol plane east.
Nay, by Pollux, she is clearly she.
§463bAbi, machaeram huc ecfer.
Go, bring the sword out here.
§463cIam faxo hic erit.
I will have it here immediately.
— §464Neque eques neque pedes profectost quisquam tanta audacia, §465qui aeque faciat confidenter quicquam quam mulier facit.
Certainly neither horseman nor footman is of such great audacity, as to do anything as confidently as a woman does.
How cleverly she divided her speech on both sides, how my fellow servant, the cautious guard, has his face smeared!
§468nimis beat quod commeatus transtinet trans parietem.
It is extremely fortunate that a passage extends through the wall.
§469Heus, Palaestrio, machaera nihil opust.
Ho, Palaestrio, there is no need of a sword.
§469bQuid iam, aut quid est?
Why now, or what is it?
§470Domi eccam erilem concubinam.
Look, our master’s mistress is at home.
§470bQuid, domi?
What, at home?
§470cIn lecto cubat.
She is lying on the bed.
§471Edepol ne tu tibi malam rem repperisti, ut praedicas.
By Pollux, indeed you have found trouble for yourself, as you declare.
§472Quid iam?
Why now?
§472bQuia hanc attingere ausus esausu's mulierem hinc ex proxumo.
Because you dared to lay hands on this woman from next door.
§473Magis hercle metuo.
By Hercules, I fear more.
§473bSed numquam quisquam faciet quin soror §474istaec sit gemina huius: eam pol tu osculantem hic videras.
But no one will ever make it otherwise than that she is her twin sister; by Pollux, it was she you had seen kissing here.
§475Id quidem palam est eam esse, ut dicis; quid propius fuit, §476quam ut perirem, si elocutus essem ero?
It is indeed plain that it is she, as you say; how close was it, but that I should perish, if I had spoken to the master?
Therefore, if you are wise, you will keep quiet: a servant ought to know more than he speaks.
§478ego abeo a te, ne quid tecum consili commisceam, §479atque apud hunc ero vicinum; tuae mihi turbae non placent.
I am going away from you, lest I should share any counsel with you, and I will be at this neighbor’s; your disturbances do not please me.
§480erus si veniet, si me quaeret, hic ero: hinc me arcessito. —
If the master comes, if he seeks me, I shall be here: fetch me from here.
Is he really gone, and cares no more for our master's business, as if he were not performing a service of servitude?
Certainly indeed she is now here inside the house, for I myself just now found her lying down at home.
§485certum est nunc observationi operam dare.
I am resolved now to give attention to watching.
§486non hercle hisce homines me marem, sed feminam §487vicini rentur esse servi militis: §488ita me ludificant.
By Hercules, these neighboring servants of the soldier think I am not a male, but a female; so they make sport of me.
meamne hic invitam hospitam, §489quae heri huc Athenis cum hospite advenit meo,
That my female guest here, against her will, who arrived here yesterday from Athens with my guest, should be thus handled.