(Mis.) No, I do not demand the principal: that first, the interest, must be paid to me.
§601Molestus ne sis.
(Tran.) Do not be troublesome.
nemo dat, age quid lubet.
No one is giving it, do what you like.
§602tu solus, credo, faenore argentum datas.
You alone, I suppose, lend money on interest.
§603Cedo faenus, redde faenus, faenus reddite.
(Mis.) Give the interest, return the interest, pay the interest!
§604daturin estis faenus actutum mihi?
Are you going to pay me the interest right now?
§605datur faenus mihi?
Is the interest being paid to me?
§605bFaenus illic, faenus hic.
(Tran.) Interest over there, interest over here.
§606nescit quidem nisi faenus fabularier.
Indeed he knows how to talk about nothing except interest.
§607ultro te.
Go to the devil!
neque ego taetriorem beluam §608vidisse me umquam quemquam quam te censeo.
And I think I have never seen any beast more loathsome than you.
§609Non edepol tu nunc me istis verbis territas.
(Mis.) By Castor, you do not terrify me now with those words of yours.
§609acalidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male.
(Tran.) This is hot: even though he is far away, he burns badly.
§610quod illúc est faenus, opsecro, quod illíc petit?
(Theo.) What is that interest, I pray, which he is demanding there?
§611Pater eccum advenit peregre non multo prius §612illius, is tibi et faénus et sortem dabit, §613ne inconciliare quid nos porro postules.
(Tran.) Look, his father has arrived from abroad not long before, he will give you both the interest and the principal, so do not demand to cause us any more trouble.
§614vide num moratur.
See if he makes any delay.
§614bQuin feram, si quid datur.
(Mis.) Indeed I will take it, if anything is given.
§615Quid ais tu?
(Theo.) What are you saying?
§615bQuid vis?
(Tran.) What do you want?
§615cQuis illic est? quid illíc petit?
(Theo.) Who is that man? What is he demanding there?
Why does he address my son Philolaches and abuse you in this way in your presence?
§618quid illí debetur?
What is owed to him?
(Tran.) By Hercules, I beg, order that money to be thrown in the face of that filthy beast.
§620Iubeam—?
(Theo.) I should order—?
§620bIuben homini argento os verberarier?
(Tran.) Do you order the man's face to be struck with money?
§621Perfacile ego ictus perpetior argenteos.
(Mis.) Very easily do I endure monetary blows.
(Tran.) Do you hear? By Hercules, I ask, does he seem suitable to be a moneylender, which is the most wicked race?
§627Non ego istuc curo qui sit quid sit unde sit: §628id volo mihi dici, id me scire éxpeto, §622quod illud argentum est?
(Theo.) I do not care who he is, what he is, or where he is from: I want this to be told to me, I desire to know this, what is that money?
§622bEst—huic debet Philolaches
(Tran.) It is—Philolaches owes him a little.
§623paulum.
a little.
§623bQuantillum?
(Theo.) How very little?
(Tran.) About—forty minae; do not indeed think it is much.
§624bPaulum id quidem est.
(Theo.) Indeed that is a small amount.
§629adeo etiam argenti faenus creditum audio.
In addition, I also hear of interest on the money lent.
(Mis.) Forty-four minae are owed to him, both the principal and interest.
§631bTantumst, nihilo plus peto.
That is all, I demand nothing more.
§632Velim quidem hercle ut uno nummo plus petas.
(Tran.) By Hercules, indeed I wish you would demand one coin more.
§633dic te daturum, ut abeat.
Say that you will give it, so that he may go away.
§633bEgon dicam dare?
(Theo.) I should say that I will give?
§634Dic.
Say it.
§634bEgone?
I?
§634cTu ipsus.
You yourself.
dic modo, ausculta mihi.
Just say it, listen to me.
§635promitte, age inquam: ego iubeo.
Promise, come on, I say: I order you.
(Theo.) Answer me: what was done with that money?
§636bSalvom est.
(Tran.) It is safe.
§638bAedis?
(Theo.) A house?
§638cAedis.
(Tran.) A house.
(Theo.) Bravo, Philolaches takes after his father: now the man is turning to business.
§640ain tu, aedis?
Do you say indeed, a house?
§640bAedis inquam.
(Tran.) A house, I say.
sed scin quoius modi?
But do you know of what kind?
§641Qui scire possum?
(Theo.) How can I know?
§641bVah.
(Tran.) Ah!
§641cQuid est?
(Theo.) What is it?
§641dNe me roga.
(Tran.) Do not ask me.
§642Nam quid ita?
(Theo.) Why so?
§642bSpeculo claras, candorem merum.
(Tran.) Bright as a mirror, pure brightness itself.
§643Bene hercle factum.
(Theo.) Well done, by Hercules.
quid, eas quanti destinat?
What, at how much did he purchase it?
§644Talentis magnis totidem quot ego et tu sumus.
(Tran.) For as many great talents as you and I are.
But he gave these forty minae as an earnest; from here he took what we gave him.
satin intellegis?
Do you understand well enough?
For after this house was in such state, as I told you, immediately he bought another house for himself.
§649_651Bene hercle factum.
(Theo.) Well done, by Hercules.
§649_651bHeus, iam adpetit meridie.
(Mis.) Hey, it is already approaching noon.
§652Absolve hunc quaeso, vomitu ne hic nos enecet.
(Tran.) Release this man, I pray, lest he kill us here with his vomiting.
§653Adulescens, mecum rém habe.
(Theo.) Young man, deal with me.
§653bNempe aps te petam?
(Mis.) So indeed I shall demand it from you?
§654Petito cras.
(Theo.) Demand tomorrow.
§654bAbeo: sat habeo, si cras fero. — §655Malum quod isti di deaeque omnes duint, §656ita mea consilia perturbat paenissime.
(Mis.) I am going: I am satisfied if I get it tomorrow.— (Tran.) May all the gods and goddesses give trouble to that fellow, so nearly did he throw my plans into utter confusion.
By Castor, there is today no race of men more detestable, nor with less good right, than the moneylenders.
§659Qua in regione istas aedis emit filius?
(Theo.) In what quarter did my son buy that house?
§660Ecce autem perii.
(Tran.) Oh dear, I am ruined again.
§660bDicisne hoc quod te rogo?
(Theo.) Are you going to tell me what I am asking you?
§661Dicam.
(Tran.) I will tell.
sed nomen domini quaero quid siet.
But I am trying to think what the owner's name is.
§662Age comminiscere ergo.
(Theo.) Come, think of it then.
§662bQuid ego nunc agam, §663nisi ut in vicinum hunc proximum, §664eas émisse aedis huius dicam filium?
(Tran.) What shall I do now, except to this closest neighbor here, say that his son bought this man's house?
§665calidum hercle esse audivi optimum mendacium.
By Hercules, I have heard that a fresh lie is the best.
§666quidquid dei dicunt, id decretumst dicere.
Whatever the gods prompt, that is decided to say.
§667Quid igitur? iam commentus es?
(Theo.) What then? Have you thought of it yet?
§667bDi istum perduint— §668(immo istunc potius) de vicino hoc proximo §669_670tuos emit aedis filius.
(Tran.) May the gods destroy that fellow— (indeed, rather that fellow) from this closest neighbor here your son bought the house.
§669_670bBonan fide?
(Theo.) In good faith?
§671Siquidém tu argentum redditurus es, tum bona,
(Tran.) If indeed you are going to return the money, then in good faith,