I'll let you, but not this which is in my hand: if you fall, you shall not fall without my falling with you.
§330Iacéntis tollet póstea nos ámbos aliquis.
Someone will lift both of us up afterwards as we lie there.
§331Madet hómo.
The man is soaked in drink.
§331bTun me ais mammámadere?
Do you say that I am d-d-drunk?
§332Cedo mánum, nolo equidem te ádfligi.
Give me your hand; I certainly don't want you to be hurt.
§333Em téne.
Here, take it.
§333bAge, i símul.
Come on, go along with me.
§333cQuo ego eam?
Where am I to go?
§333dAn nescis?
Don't you know?
I know, it just came into my mind: of course, I'm going home to revel.
§335aImmo, ístuc quidem.
No, to that place indeed.
§335abIam mémini.
Now I remember.
§336Núm non vis me óbviam hís ire, anime mi?
Would you mind if I go to meet them, my soul?
§337ílli ego ex ómnibus óptume volo.
I wish them the best of all.
§338iám revertár.
I'll be back soon.
§338bDiu ést iam id mihi.
That time already seems long to me.
§339Écquis hic ést?
Is there anyone here?
§339bAdest.
He is here.
§339cEú, Philolaches,
Oh, Philolaches, hail, my dearest friend of all men!
§340sálve, amicíssime mi ómnium hominum.
May the gods bless you.
§341Dí te ament. áccuba, Cállidamates.
Lie down, Callidamates.
§342únde agis te?
Where are you coming from?
§342bÚnde homo ébrius probe.
From where a thoroughly drunk man would.
§343Quín amabo áccubas, Délphium mea?
Why don't you lie down, please, my Delphium?
§344da ílli quod bibat.
Give her something to drink.
§344bDórmiam ego iam.
I'm going to sleep now.
§345Núm mirum aut novom quíppiam facit?
Is he doing anything strange or new?
§346Quíd ego hoc faciam póstea?
What shall I do with him afterwards?
§346bMea, síc sine eumpse.
My dear, leave him just as he is.
§347age tu ínterim da ab Délphio cito cántharum circum.
Come, you in the meantime, quickly pass the cup around starting from Delphium.
§348Iúppiter supremus summis opibus atque industriis §349me periisse et Philolachetem cupit erilem filium.
Supreme Jupiter, with his greatest power and efforts, desires that I and Philolaches, my master's son, should perish.
§350occidit Spes nostra, nusquam stabulum est Confidentiae, §351nec Salus nobis saluti iam esse, si cupiat, potest: §352ita mali, maeroris montem maximum ad portum modo §353conspicatus sum: erus advenit peregre, periit Tranio.
Our Hope is dead, nowhere is there a refuge for Confidence, nor can Salvation herself now be of safety to us, even if she wished: such a massive mountain of trouble and sorrow did I just now at the harbor behold: the master has arrived from abroad; Tranio is ruined!
§354ecquis homo est, qui facere argenti cupiat aliquantum lucri, §355quí hodie sese excruciari meam vicem possit pati?
Is there any man who desires to make some profit of money, who can endure to be tortured today in my stead?
§356ubi sunt isti plagipatidae, ferritribaces viri, §357vel isti qui hosticas trium númmum causa subeunt sub falas, §358ubi quinis aut denis hastis corpus transfigi solet?
Where are those whip-bearers, those chain-wearing men, or those who, for the sake of three coins, go under enemy siege-towers, where the body is accustomed to be pierced by five or ten spears?
§359ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit; §360sed ea lege, ut offigantur bis pedes, bis bracchia.
I will give a talent to him who first runs to the cross; but on this condition, that his feet are nailed twice, and his arms twice.
§361ubi id erit factum, a me argentum petito praesentarium.
When that is done, ask me for the money on the spot.
§362sed ego—sumne infelix, qui non curro curriculo domum?
But I—am I not unlucky, who do not run home at full speed?
§363Adest adest opsonium.
Here is, here is the food!
eccum Tranio a portu redit.
Look, Tranio returns from the harbor.
§364Philolaches.
Philolaches!
§364bQuid est?
What is it?
§364ePeriimus.
We have perished.
§365Quid ita?
Why so?
§365bPater adest.
Your father is here.
§365cQuid ego ex te aúdio?
What am I hearing from you?
§365dAbsumpti sumus.
We are ruined.
§366pater inquam tuos venit.
Your father, I say, has come.
§366bVbi is est, obsecro?
Where is he, please?
§366cadest.
He is here.
§367Quis id ait? quis vidit?
Who says so? Who saw him?
§367bEgomet inquam vidi.
I myself saw him, I tell you.
§367cVae mihi.
Alas for me!
§368quid ego ago?
What am I to do?
§368bNam quid tu, malum, me rogitas quid agas? accubas.
Why, what a plague, do you ask me what to do? You are lying down!
§369Tutin vidisti?
Did you see him yourself?
§369bEgomet, inquam.
I myself, I say.
§369cCerte?
Certainly?
§369dCerte inquam.
Certainly, I say.
§370bQuid mihi sit boni, si mentiar?
What good would it be to me, if I lied?
§371Quid ego nunc faciam?
What shall I do now?
§371bIube haec hinc omnia amolirier.
Order all these things to be cleared away from here.
§372quis istic dormit?
Who is sleeping there?
§372bCallidamates.
Callidamates.
§372cSuscita istum, Delphium.
Wake him up, Delphium.
§373Callidamates, Callidamates, vigila.
Callidamates, Callidamates, wake up!
§373bVigilo, cedo bibam.
I am awake; give me something to drink.
§374Vigila.
Wake up!
pater advenit peregre Philolachis.
Philolaches' father has arrived from abroad.
§374bValeat pater.
May his father be well.
§375Valet ille quidem, atque ego disperii.
He is indeed well, but I am utterly ruined.
§375bBis periisti? qui potest?
Ruined twice? How can that be?
§376Quaeso edepol, exsurge; pater advenit.
I beg you, by Pollux, get up; my father has arrived.
§376bTuos venit pater?
Your father has come?
§377iube abíre rursum.
Order him to go away again.
quíd illi reditio etiam húc fuit?
What business had he to return here?
§378Quid ego agam? pater iam híc me offendet miserum adveniens ebrium, §379aedis plenas convivarum et mulierum.
What shall I do? My father will find me here, wretched and drunk, as soon as he arrives, the house full of guests and women.
miserum est opus, §380igitur demum fodere puteum, úbi sitis fauces tenet; §381sicut ego adventu patris nunc quaero quid faciam miser.
It is a wretched business, to dig a well only when thirst holds the throat; just as I, at my father's arrival, now wretchedly search for what to do.
§382Ecce autem iterum hic deposivit caput et dormit.
Look, but he has put his head down again and is sleeping.
suscita.
Wake him up!
§383Etiam vigilas? pater, inquam, aderit iam hic meus.
Are you still asleep? My father, I say, will be here any moment.
§383bAin tu, pater?
Did you say "father"?
§384cedo soleas mihi, ut arma capiam.
Give me my sandals so that I may take up arms.
iam pol ego occidam patrem.
By Pollux, I will kill your father right now.
§385Perdis rem.
You are ruining everything.
§385bTace, amabo.
Quiet, please.
§385cAbripite hunc intro actutum inter manus.
Carry this fellow inside immediately between your arms.
§386Iam hercle ego vos pro matula habebo, nisi mihi matulam datis.
By Hercules, I will treat you all as a chamber-pot unless you give me one!
§387Perii.
I am ruined.
§387bHabe bonum animum: ego istum lepide medicabo metum.
Have a good heart: I will cleverly cure that fear of yours.