§620bQuor ego id mirer, mi homo?
(Maiden) Why should I wonder at that, my dear man?
§621servitus mea mi interdixit, ne quid mirer meum malum.
My slavery has forbidden me from wondering at any misfortune of mine.
§622Noli flere.
(Dordalus) Do not weep.
§622bAh, di istam perdant, ita catast et callida.
(Toxilus) Ah, may the gods destroy her, she is so clever and cunning.
§623ut sapiens habet cór, quam dicit quod opust!
How wise a heart she has, how she says what is needed!
§623bQuid nomen tibist?
(Dordalus) What is your name?
§624Nunc metuo ne peccet.
(Toxilus) (Aside) Now I fear lest she make a mistake.
§624bLucridi nomen in patria fuit.
(Maiden) In my homeland my name was Lucris.
§625Nomen atque omen quantivis iam est preti.
(Toxilus) The name and the omen are worth any amount.
quin tu hanc emis?
Why don't you buy her?
§626nimis pavebam, ne peccaret.
I was excessively afraid lest she make a mistake.
expedivit.
She has cleared the obstacle.
(Dordalus) If I buy you, I trust that you will also be a "Lucris" to me.
(Toxilus) If you buy her, by Hercules, never as this month turns, I believe, will she serve you.
§629Ita velim quidem hercle.
(Dordalus) By Hercules, I would indeed wish that to be so.
§629bOptata ut evenant, operam addito.
(Toxilus) That the wished-for things may happen, add your effort.
§630nihil adhuc peccavit etiam.
She has made no mistake even yet.
§630bVbi tu nata es?
(Dordalus) Where were you born?
(Maiden) As my mother told me, in the kitchen, in the corner to the left hand.
§632Haec erit tibi fausta meretrix: natast in calido loco, §633ubi rerum omnium bonarum copiast saepissume.
(Toxilus) She will be a lucky courtesan for you: she was born in a warm place, where there is very often an abundance of all good things.
(Aside) The pimp was touched; when he asked where she was born so that she might tell, she played him beautifully.
§635bAt ego patriam te rogo quae sit tua.
(Dordalus) But I ask you what country is yours.
§636Quae mihi sít, nisi haec ubi nunc sum?
(Maiden) What country should be mine, except this one where I am now?
§636bAt ego illam quaero quae fuit.
(Dordalus) But I ask about that which was.
§637Omne ego pro nihilo esse duco quod fuit, quando fuit: §638tamquam hominem, quando animam ecflavit, quid eum quaeras qui fuit?
(Maiden) I consider everything that was as nothing, once it is past: just like a human being, when he has breathed his last breath, why would you ask about him who was?
§639Ita me di bene ament, sapienter.
(Toxilus) So may the gods love me, how wisely!
atque equidem miseret tamen.
And yet, indeed, I pity her.
§640sed tamen, virgo, quae patriast tua, age mi actutum expedi.
But nevertheless, maiden, what is your country, come, quickly explain to me.
§641quid taces?
Why are you silent?
§641bDico equidem: quando hic servio, haec patriast mea.
(Maiden) Indeed I tell you: since I serve here, this is my country.
§642Iam de istoc rogare omitte (non vides nolle eloqui?) §643ne suarúm se miseriarum in memoriam inducas.
(Toxilus) Now stop asking about that (don't you see she is unwilling to speak?), lest you lead her into memory of her own miseries.
§643bQuid est?
(Dordalus) What is it?
§644captusne est pater?
Is your father captured?
§644bNon captus, sed quod habuit perdidit.
(Maiden) Not captured, but he lost what he had.
§645Haec erit bono genere nata: nil scit nisi verum loqui.
(Toxilus) She must be born of a good family: she knows nothing but to speak the truth.
§646Quis fuit? dic nomen.
(Dordalus) Who was he? Tell me his name.
§646bQuid illum miserum memorem qui fuit?
(Maiden) Why should I mention that wretched man who was?
§647nunc et illúm miserum et me miseram aéquom est nominarier.
Now it is fit that both that wretched man and wretched me be named.
§648Quoius modi is suo ín populo habitust?
(Dordalus) What kind of character did he have among his people?
(Maiden) No one was more acceptable: slaves and free men loved him.
(Toxilus) You describe a wretched man, since he himself is completely ruined and has lost those who were well-disposed to him.
§651Emam, opinor.
(Dordalus) I think I will buy her.
(Toxilus) Still "I think"? I believe she is of the highest family; you will make riches from her.
§652bIta di faxint.
(Dordalus) May the gods grant it.
§652cEme modo.
(Toxilus) Just buy her.
§653Iam hoc tibi dico: actutum ecastor meus pater, ubi me sciet §654veniisse, ipse aderit et me abs te redimet.
(Maiden) Now I tell you this: by Castor, my father, as soon as he knows that I have been sold, will be here himself and redeem me from you.
§654bQuid nunc?
(Dordalus) What now?
§654cQuid est?
(Toxilus) What is it?
§655Audin quid ait?
(Dordalus) Do you hear what she says?
§655bNam etsi res sunt fractae, amici sunt tamen.
(Maiden) For though resources are shattered, there are friends nevertheless.
§656Ne sis plora; libera eris actutum, si crebro cades.
(Toxilus) Do not weep; you will be free immediately, if you fall frequently.
§657vin mea esse?
(Dordalus) Do you want to be mine?
§657bDum quidem ne nímis diu tua sim, volo.
(Maiden) Provided indeed that I am not yours for too long, I do want to.
§658Satin ut meminit libertatis? dabit haec tibi grandis bolos.
(Toxilus) Do you see how well she remembers her liberty? She will give you grand catches.
§659age si quid agis.
Come, if you are doing anything.
ego ad hunc redeo.
I return to this man.
sequere.
Follow.
redduco hanc tibi.
I bring her back to you.
§660Adulescens, vin vendere istanc?
Young man, do you want to sell her?
§660bMagis libet quam perdere.
(Sagaristio) I prefer to sell her than to lose her.
§661Tum tu pauca in verba confer: qui datur, tanti indica.
(Dordalus) Then put it in few words: tell me the price at which she is offered.
§662Faciam ita ut te velle video, út emas.
(Sagaristio) I will do as I see you wish, so that you buy her.
habe centum minis.
Have her for a hundred minae.
§663Nimiumst.
(Dordalus) It is too much.
§663bOctoginta.
(Sagaristio) Eighty.
§663cNimiumst.
(Dordalus) It is too much.
(Sagaristio) Not a coin can be deducted from what I am about to say now.
§664bQuid id est ergo? eloquere actutum atque indica.
(Dordalus) What is it then? Speak out quickly and tell the price.
§665Tuo periclo sexaginta haec dabitur argenti minis.
(Sagaristio) At your own risk she will be given for sixty minae of silver.
§666Toxilé, quid ago?
(Dordalus) Toxilus, what am I to do?
(Toxilus) The angry gods and goddesses are driving you mad, you scoundrel, since you do not hasten to purchase her.
§667bHabeto.
(Dordalus) Keep her.
§667cEu, praedatu's probe.
(Toxilus) Well done, you have preyed excellently.
§668non edepol minis trecentis carast.
By Pollux, she is not expensive at three hundred minae.
fecisti lucri.
You have made a profit.
§669Heus tu, etiam pro vestimentis huc decem accedent minae.
(Sagaristio) Hey you, ten minae will also be added here for the clothes.
§670Abscedent enim, nón accedent.
(Dordalus) They will be deducted indeed, not added.
§670bTace sis, non tu illum vides §671quaerere ansam, infectum ut faciat? abin atque argentum petis?
(Toxilus) Be silent, please; don't you see him seeking an excuse to make the deal undone? Won't you go and fetch the money?
§671aatque ut dignust perit.
and as he is worthy, he is ruined.
§672Heus tu serva istum.
(Toxilus) Hey you, watch that man.
§672bQuin tu is intro?
Why don't you go inside?