§800ei dabo, aps tua mi uxore dicam delatum et datum, §801ut sese ad eum conciliarem; ille eiusmodi est: cupiet miser, §802qui nisi adulterio studiosus rei nulli aliaest improbus.
Palaestrio: I shall give it to him, and say that it was brought and given to me by your wife, so that I might conciliate her to him; he is of such a sort: the wretch will desire her, he who is good for nothing else except being enthusiastic for adultery.
Periplectomenus: He could not have found, even if you were to give the search to Sol himself, two more delightful women for this business than I have.
hábe animum bonum.
Be of good cheer.
§805Ergo adcura, sed propere opus est.
Palaestrio: Therefore, take care of it, but there is need of haste.
nunc tu ausculta, Pleusicles.
Now you listen, Pleusicles.
§806Tibi sum oboediens.
Pleusicles: I am obedient to you.
Palaestrio: Do this: when the soldier comes home, remember not to name Philocomasium.
§807bQuem nominem?
Pleusicles: Whom should I name?
§808Diceam.
Palaestrio: Dicea.
§808bNempe eandem quae dudum constitutast.
Pleusicles: Surely the same one who was decided upon just now.
§808cPax, abi.
Palaestrio: Peace, go away.
§809Meminero.
Pleusicles: I shall remember.
sed quid meminisse id refert, rogo ego te tamen.
But what use is it to remember that, I ask you nevertheless?
§810Ego enim dicam tum quando usus poscet; interea tace, §811ut nunc etiam hic agat ac tu tum partis defendas tuas.
Palaestrio: For I shall tell you then when necessity demands; meanwhile keep silent, so that now he may still act here, and you may then defend your part.
Pleusicles: I am going inside then. — Palaestrio: And see to it that you care for the instructions soberly.
§813quantas res turbo, quantas moveo machinas.
How great affairs I throw into confusion, how great engines I set in motion!
Today I shall snatch the mistress from the soldier, if my soldiers are well organized.
§816sed illúm vocabo.
But I shall call him.
heus Sceledre, nisi negotiumst, §817progredere ante aedis, te vocat Palaestrio.
Hey, Sceledrus, unless you are busy, come out before the house; Palaestrio calls you.
§818Non operaest Sceledro.
Lucrio: Sceledrus has no leisure.
§818bQuid iam?
Palaestrio: Why now?
§818cSorbet dormiens.
Lucrio: He is sipping while sleeping.
§819Quid, sorbet?
Palaestrio: What, sipping?
§819bIllud, stertit, volui dicere. §820sed quia consimile est, quom stertas, quasi sorbeas — §821Eho an dórmit Sceledrus intus?
Lucrio: I meant to say that, snoring; but because it is very similar, when you snore, as if you were sipping — Palaestrio: Eh! Is Sceledrus sleeping inside?
Lucrio: Not with his nose, indeed, for he makes a great noise with it.
tetigit calicem clanculum, §823dum misit nardum in amphoram, cellarius.
He touched the cup secretly, the cellar-keeper, while he was putting nard into the amphora.
Palaestrio: Eh, you scoundrel, you who are his assistant cellar-keeper, eh — Lucrio: What do you want?
§826bQui lubitum est illi condormiscere?
Palaestrio: How did it please him to fall asleep?
§827Oculis opinor.
Lucrio: With his eyes, I suppose.
§827bNon te istuc rogito, scelus.
Palaestrio: I am not asking you that, you rogue.
§828procede huc.
Come out here.
periisti iam, nisi verum scio.
You are dead now, unless I know the truth.
§829prompsisti tu illi vinum?
Did you draw wine for him?
§829bNon prompsi.
Lucrio: I did not draw it.
§829cNegas?
Palaestrio: Do you deny it?
§830Nego hercle vero, nam ille me vetuit dicere; §831neque equidem heminas octo exprompsi in urceum §832neque illic calidum éxbibit in prandium.
Lucrio: By Hercules, I certainly deny it, for he forbade me to say; nor indeed did I draw eight heminae into the pitcher, nor did he drink it hot for lunch.
§833Neque tu bibisti?
Palaestrio: Nor did you drink?
Lucrio: May the gods destroy me, if I drank, if I could drink.
§834bQuid iam?
Palaestrio: Why now?
Lucrio: Because, you see, I gulped it down; for it was too hot, it burned my throat.
§836Alii ebrii sunt, alii poscam potitant.
Palaestrio: Some are drunk, others keep drinking sour wine.
§837bono subpromo et promo cellam creditam.
To a good assistant and keeper is the cellar entrusted!
§838Tu hércle idem fáceres, si tibi esset credita: §839_840quoniam aemulari non licet, nunc invides.
Lucrio: By Hercules, you would do the same, if it were entrusted to you: since you cannot imitate it, now you are envious.
§841Eho an umquam prompsit antehac? responde, scelus.
Palaestrio: Eh, did he ever draw before this? Answer, you rogue.
And that you may know, I tell you: if you tell lies, Lucrio, you shall be tortured.
§844Ita vero? ut tu ipse me dixisse delices, §845post e sagina ego eiciar cellaria, §846ut tibi, si promptes, alium subpromum pares.
Lucrio: Really? So that you yourself may betray that I said it, and after that I may be cast out from the cellar fatting-stall, so that, if you draw, you may find another assistant for yourself.
§847Non edepol faciam.
Palaestrio: By Pollux, I shall not do that.
age eloquere audacter mihi.
Come, speak out boldly to me.
§848Numquam edepol vidi promere.
Lucrio: By Pollux, I never saw him draw.
verum hoc erat: §849mihi imperabat, ego promebam postea.
But this was the way: he would command me, and I would draw afterwards.
§850Hoc illi crebro capite sistebant cadi.
Palaestrio: This is why the jars frequently stood on their heads for him.
§851Non hercle tam istoc valide cassabant cadi; §852sed in célla erat paulum nimis lóculi lubrici, §853ibi erat bilibris aula sic propter cados, §854ea saepe deciens complebatur: vidi eam §855plenam atque inanem fieri, plenam maxume; §856ubi bacchabatur aula, cassabant cadi.
Lucrio: By Hercules, the jars did not fall over so violently; but in the cellar there was a little too slippery a spot, there was a two-pound jar right by the wine-jars like this, that was often filled ten times: I saw it become full and empty, especially full; when the jar held revelry, the wine-jars fell.
§857Abi, abi íntro iam.
Palaestrio: Go, go inside now.
vos in cella vinaria §858bacchanal facitis.
You are making a Bacchanal in the wine-cellar.
iam hercle ego erum ádducam a foro.
By Hercules, I shall now bring the master from the forum.
§859Perii, excruciabit mé erus, domum si venerit,
Lucrio: I am ruined!
§860quom haec facta scibit, quia sibi non dixerim.
The master will torture me if he comes home, when he knows these things were done, because I did not tell him.
§861fugiam hercle aliquo atque hoc in diem extollam malum.
By Hercules, I shall flee somewhere and put off this evil for the day.
§862ne dixeritis, obsecro, huic, vostram fidem.
Do not tell him, I beseech you, by your faith!
§863Quo té agis?
Palaestrio: Where are you going?
§863bMissus sum aliquo: iam huc revenero.
Lucrio: I have been sent somewhere; I shall return here soon.
§864Quis misit?
Palaestrio: Who sent you?
§864bPhilocomasium.
Lucrio: Philocomasium.
§864cAbi, actutum redi.
Palaestrio: Go, return immediately.
Lucrio: I beg you, however, if the trouble is divided, take my share, even though I am absent.
— §867Modo intellexi quam rem mulier gesserit: §868quia Sceledrus dormit, hunc subcustodem suom §869foras áblegavit, dum ab se huc transiret.
Palaestrio: Just now I understood what business the woman has carried out: because Sceledrus is asleep, she has sent away this under-guardian of hers out of doors, while she crossed over from her house to here.
placet.
It pleases me.