§444Abi istác travorsis angiportis ad forum; §445eadem ístaec facito mulier ad me transeat §446per hortum.
(Toxilus) Go from there through the cross-alleys to the forum; at the same time, make sure that very woman crosses over to me through the garden.
§446bIam hic faxo aderit.
(Dordalus) I will make sure she is here soon.
§446cAt ne propalam.
(Toxilus) But not openly.
§447Sapienter sane.
(Dordalus) Quite wisely indeed.
§447bSupplicatum cras eat.
Let her go to offer thanksgiving tomorrow.
§448Ita hercle vero.
(Toxilus) Yes, by Hercules, indeed.
— §448bDum stas, reditum oportuit.
While you are standing here, you ought to have returned already.
If you attend to any matter soberly or properly, it usually turns out well under your hands.
§451atque edepol ferme ut quisque rem accurat suam, §452sic ei procedit postprincipio, denique §453si malus aut nequamst, male res vortunt quas agit, §454sin autem frugist, eveniunt frugaliter.
And by Pollux, just as each person attends to his own business, so it proceeds for him in the sequel; finally, if he is bad or worthless, the things he does turn out badly; but if he is worthy, they turn out well.
I have begun this business wittily and craftily; therefore, I am confident it will turn out well for me.
Now today I will render the pimp so entangled that he himself will not know how to extricate himself.
§459Sagaristio, heus, exi atque educe virginem §460et istás tabellas, quas consignavi tibi, §461quas tu attulisti mi ab ero meo usque e Persia.
Hey, Sagaristio, come out and bring out the maiden, and those tablets which I sealed for you, which you brought to me from my master all the way from Persia.
§462Numquid moror?
(Sagaristio) Am I delaying at all?
§462bEuge, euge, exornatu's basilice;
(Toxilus) Well done, well done! You are dressed like a king!
§463tiara ornatum lepida condecorat schema.
A tiara graces your outfit, decorated with charming style.
§464tum hanc hospitam autem crepidula ut graphice decet.
And then again, how exquisitely the little sandal suits this foreign guest!
§465sed satin estis meditati?
But have you rehearsed well enough?
(Sagaristio) Tragic and comic actors have never rehearsed so well.
§466bLepide hercle adiuvas.
(Toxilus) By Hercules, you assist charmingly.
§469id erit adeundi tempus.
That will be the time to approach.
nunc agite ite vos.
Now come, go, you two.
§470Quoí homini di própitii sunt, áliquid obiciúnt lucri; §471nam égo hodie compendi feci binos panes in dies.
(Dordalus) To whatever man the gods are propitious, they throw some gain in his way; for today I have made a saving of two loaves of bread per day.
§472íta ancillá mea quae fuit hodie, sua nunc est: argento vicit;
So she who was my maidservant today is now her own mistress; she won by money.
§473iám hodie alienum cenabit, nil gustabit de meo.
Already today she will dine on another's food; she will taste nothing of mine.
§474sumne probus, sum lepidus civis, qui Atticam hodie civitatem §475maximam maiorem feci atque auxi civi femina?
Am I not an upright, charming citizen, who today made the greatest Attic state even greater and increased it by one female citizen?
§476sed ut ego hodie fui benignus, ut ego multis credidi,
But how kind I have been today, how many I have trusted!
§477nec satis a quiquam homine accepi: ita prosum credebam omnibus;
And I didn't receive enough security from anyone, so thoroughly did I trust everyone.
§478nec metuo, quibus credidi hodie, ne quis mi in iure abiurassit:
Nor do I fear lest any of those whom I trusted today should deny his debt on oath in court.
§479bonus volo iam ex hoc die esse—quod neque fiet neque fuit.
I wish to be a good man from this day on—which will neither happen nor ever has been.
§480Hunc hominem ego hodie in trasennam doctis deducam dolis, §481itaque huic insidiae paratae sunt probe.
(Toxilus) Today I will lead this man into a snare with clever tricks; thus the trap is properly prepared for him.
adgrediar virum.
I will approach the fellow.
§482quid agis?
How are you doing?
§482bCredo.
(Dordalus) I am trusting.
§482cÚnde agis te, Dordale?
(Toxilus) Where are you coming from, Dordalus?
§482dCredo tibi.
(Dordalus) I trust you.
§483di dent, quae velis.
(Toxilus) May the gods grant what you wish.
§483bEho, an iám manu emisisti mulierem?
Well now, have you already manumitted the woman?
§484Crédo edepol, credo, inquam, tibi.
(Dordalus) By Pollux, I trust, I trust you, I say.
§484bIam liberta auctu's?
(Toxilus) Are you now enriched by a freedwoman?
§484cEnicas.
(Dordalus) You are killing me.
§485_486quin tíbi me dico crédere.
Indeed, I tell you I trust you.
§485_486bDic bona fíde: iam liberast?
(Toxilus) Tell me in good faith: is she free now?
§485_486cÓlim.
(Dordalus) Long ago.
§487i, i ád forum ad praetorem, éxquire, siquidém mihi credere nón vis.
Go, go to the forum to the praetor, inquire, if indeed you do not wish to believe me.
§488líbera, inquam, est: ecquid audis?
She is free, I say: do you hear?
§488bAt tibi di bene faciant omnes.
(Toxilus) But may all the gods do well by you.
§489númquam enim pósthac tibi nec tuorum quoiquam quod nolis volam.
For never hereafter will I wish what you do not want for you or for anyone of yours.
§490Abi, né iura, satis crédo.
(Dordalus) Go on, do not swear, I believe enough.
§491Vbi núnc tua libertást?
(Toxilus) Where is your freedwoman now?
§491bApud te.
(Dordalus) At your house.
§491cAin, apud mést?
(Toxilus) What, she is at my house?
§491dAio, inquam, apud te ést, inquam.
(Dordalus) I say so, I say she is at your house, I say.
§492Ita mé di ament, ut ob ístam rem tibi múlta bona instant á me.
(Toxilus) As the gods may love me, on account of that matter, many good things are in store for you from me.
§493nam est rés quaedam, quam occúltabam tibi dícere: nunc eam nárrabo,
For there is a certain matter which I was hiding to tell you; now I will relate it, from which you may make a very grand profit.
I will make sure you remember me as long as you live.
§495bBene dictis tuís bene facta aurés meae auxilium expóscunt.
(Dordalus) To your good words, my ears demand good deeds as help.
§496Tuom prómeritumst, merito út faciam. et ut mé scias esse ita fácturum,
(Toxilus) It is your desert that I should do so deservedly.
§497tabellás tene has, péllege.
And so that you may know that I am about to do so, take these tablets and read them through.
§497bIstaé quid ad mé?
(Dordalus) What are those to me?
§497cImmo ád te attinént et tuá refert.
(Toxilus) On the contrary, they concern you and it is to your interest.
§498nam ex Pérsia sunt haec állatae mihi a méo ero.
For these have been brought to me from Persia by my master.
§498bQuando?
(Dordalus) When?
§498cHaud dúdum.
(Toxilus) Just now.
§499Quid istaé narrant?
(Dordalus) What do they relate?
§499bPercóntare ex ipsís. ipsae tibi nárrabunt.
(Toxilus) Inquire of them themselves; they themselves will tell you.
§500Cedo sáne.
(Dordalus) Give them here, then.
§500bAt clare récitato.
(Toxilus) But read them aloud.
§500cTace, dúm pellego.
(Dordalus) Be silent while I read them through.
§500dHau verbúm faciam
(Toxilus) I won't say a word.
(Dordalus) 'Timarchides sends greeting to Toxilus and to all the household.
si valetis, gaudeo.
If you are well, I rejoice.