§568venient ad te comissatum.
(Toxilus) They will come to your house to carouse.
§568bAt ego intro mitti votuero.
(Dordalus) But I shall have forbidden them to be let in.
§569At enim illi noctu occentabunt ostium, exurent fores: §570proin tu tibi iubeás concludi aédis foribus ferreis, §571ferreas aedis commutes, limina indas ferrea, §572ferream seram atque anellum; ne sis ferro parseris:
(Toxilus) But they will serenade your door with abusive songs by night, and burn down your doors; therefore you should order your house to be shut up with iron doors, change your house to iron, put in iron thresholds, an iron bar and ring; please, do not spare the iron.
§573ferreas tute tibi impingi iubeas crassas compedis.
You yourself should order thick iron shackles to be forged onto you.
§574I sis in malum cruciatum.
(Dordalus) Go to the gallows, please.
§574bI sane tu, ausculta mihi.
(Toxilus) You go indeed, but listen to me.
§575Modo uti sciam, quanti indicet.
(Dordalus) If only I could know how much he asks for her.
§575bVin huc vocem?
(Toxilus) Do you want me to call him here?
§575cEgo illo accessero.
(Dordalus) I will go over there.
§576Quid agis, hospes?
How are you, guest?
§576bVenio, adduco hanc ad te, ut dudum dixeram.
(Sagaristio) I am coming, I am bringing her to you, as I said just now.
§577nám heri in portum noctu navis venit.
For yesterday my ship arrived in port by night.
veniri hanc volo, §578si potest; si non potest, iri hinc volo quantum potest.
I want her to be sold, if possible; if not, I want to depart from here as quickly as possible.
§579Salvos sis, adulescens.
(Dordalus) Greetings, young man.
§579bSiquidem hanc vendidero pretio suo.
(Sagaristio) Yes, if indeed I sell her at her proper price.
§580At qui aut hoc emptore vendes pulchre, aut alio non potis.
(Toxilus) But you will either sell her beautifully to this buyer, or you cannot to another.
§581Esne tu huic amicus?
(Sagaristio) Are you a friend to this man?
§581bTam quam di omnes qui caelum colunt.
(Toxilus) As much as all the gods who inhabit heaven.
§582Tum tu mi es inimicus certus.
(Sagaristio) Then you are a certain enemy to me.
nam generi lenonio §583numquam ullus deus tám benignus fuit, qui fuerit propitius.
For to the race of pimps, no god was ever so kind as to be favorable.
§584Hoc age.
(Sagaristio) To business.
opusnest hac tibi empta?
Is there a need for you to buy her?
(Dordalus) If you had a need for her to be sold, she is also bought for me; if you have nothing urgent, it is the same for me.
§586Indica, fac pretium.
Name your price, set a figure.
§586bTua mers est, tua indicatiost.
(Sagaristio) She is your merchandise, the pricing is yours.
§587Aequom hic orat.
(Toxilus) He requests what is fair.
§587bVin bene emere?
(Sagaristio) Do you want to buy well?
§587cVin tu pulchre vendere?
(Dordalus) Do you want to sell beautifully?
§588Ego scio hercle utrumque velle.
(Toxilus) By Hercules, I know that both want that.
§588bAge, indica prognariter.
Come, name the price clearly.
§589Prius dico: hanc mancupio nemo tibi dabit.
(Sagaristio) First I tell you: no one will give her to you by formal transfer.
iam scis?
Do you know that now?
§589bScio.
(Dordalus) I know.
§590indica, minimo daturus qui sis, qui duci queat.
Name the lowest price at which you will give her, so that she can be taken away.
§591Tace, tace.
(Toxilus) Be silent, be silent.
nimis tú quidem hercle homo stultus es pueriliter.
By Hercules, you are indeed an excessively foolish man, like a child.
§592Quid ita?
(Dordalus) Why so?
(Toxilus) Because indeed I want you first to inquire of the girl about those things which concern the business.
§593bAtque hercle tu me monuisti hau male.
(Dordalus) And by Hercules, you have advised me not badly.
§594vide sis, ego ille doctus leno paene in foveam decidi,
See, please, I, that clever pimp, almost fell into a pit, if you had not been here.
§595ni hic adesses. quantum est adhibere hominem amicum, ubi quid geras.
How great a thing it is to employ a friendly man when you conduct some business!
§596Quo genere aut qua in patria nata sit aut quibus parentibus, §597ne temere hanc te emisse dicas suasu atque impulsu meo, §598volo te percontari.
(Toxilus) From what family, or in what country she was born, or from what parents, lest you say that you bought her rashly at my persuasion and impulse, I want you to inquire.
§598bQuin laudo, inquam, consilium tuom.
(Dordalus) Why, I say, I praise your plan.
§599Nisi molestum est, percontari hanc paucis hic volt.
(Toxilus) Unless it is troublesome, this man wants to ask her a few things here.
§600bQuid stas? adi sis tute atque ipse itidem roga,
(Toxilus) Why do you stand there?
§601ut tibi percontari liceat quae velis; etsi mihi §602dixit dare potestatem eius; sed ego te malo tamen, §603eumpse adire, ut ne contemnat te ille.
Go up yourself, please, and ask him likewise, so that you may be permitted to ask what you wish; although to me he said he gave the power of that; but I prefer, nevertheless, that you go to him yourself, so that he may not hold you in contempt.
§603bSatis recte mones.
(Dordalus) You advise quite rightly.
§604hospes, volo ego hanc percontari.
Guest, I want to question her.
§604bA terra ad caelum, quid lubet.
(Sagaristio) From earth to heaven, whatever you please.
§605Iube dum eam hoc accedat ad me.
(Dordalus) Tell her, then, to step over here to me.
§605bI sane ac morem illi gere.
(Sagaristio) Go, indeed, and do as he wishes.
§606percontare, exquire quid vis.
Inquire, find out what you wish.
(Toxilus) Come, come now you, into battle see that you enter with good auspices.
§607bLiquidumst auspicium, tace.
(Maiden) The auspice is clear, be silent.
§608curabo ut praedati pulchre ad castra convertamini.
I will see to it that you return to camp beautifully laden with booty.
§609Concede istuc, ego illam adducam.
(Toxilus) Step back there, I will bring her.
§609bAge, ut rem esse in nostram putas.
(Dordalus) Go on, as you think it is for our benefit.
§610Ehodum huc, virgo.
(Toxilus) Come here, maiden.
vide sis quid agas.
Mind, please, what you are doing.
§610bTaceas, curabo ut voles.
(Maiden) Be silent, I will take care of it as you wish.
§611Sequere me.
(Toxilus) Follow me.
adduco hanc, si quid vis ex hac percontarier.
I am bringing her, if you wish to ask anything of her.
§612Enim volo te adesse.
(Dordalus) Indeed, I want you to be present.
(Toxilus) I cannot help but assist this guest, as my master ordered.
quid si hic non volt mé adesse una?
What if he does not want me to be present together with you?
§613bImmo i modo.
(Dordalus) No, just go.
§614Do tibi ego operam.
(Toxilus) I am at your service.
§614bTibi ibidem das, ubi tu tuom amicum adiuvas.
(Dordalus) You help yourself in the same place where you help your friend.
§615Exquire.
(Toxilus) Search out.
heus tu, advigila.
Hey you, be on your guard.
§615bSatis est dictum: quamquam ego serva sum, §616scio ego officium meum, ut quae rogiter vera, ut accepi, eloquar.
(Maiden) It is enough said: although I am a slave girl, I know my duty, to speak the truth, as I have received it, to what I am asked.
§617Virgo, híc homo probus est.
(Toxilus) Maiden, this man is honest.
§617bCredo.
(Maiden) I believe so.
§617cNon diu apud hunc servies.
(Toxilus) You will not serve long under him.
§618Ita pol spero, si parentes facient officium suom.
(Maiden) By Pollux, I hope so, if my parents do their duty.