§1365ut sis apud me lignea in custodia.
Agorastocles:...that you may be in wooden custody at my house.
Agorastocles: What are you doing, soldier? Why does it please you to speak harshly to my uncle?
Do not wonder that the women follow him: he has just now recognized these two to be his daughters.
§1375bHem, quod verbum aures meas
Lycus: Ah, what word touched my ears?
§1376tetigit? nunc perii.
Now I am ruined.
§1376bVnde haec perierunt domo?
Lycus: From what house were these lost?
§1377Carthaginienses sunt.
Agorastocles: They are Carthaginians.
§1377bAt ego sum perditus.
Lycus: But I am lost.
Lycus: I always feared that, lest someone should recognize them, which has now happened.
Woe to wretched me, the eighteen minae, I think, are lost, with which I bought them.
§1381bEt tute ipse periisti, Lyce.
Agorastocles: And you yourself are ruined, Lycus.
§1382Quis hic est?
Hanno: Who is this?
§1382bVtrumvis est, vel leno vel Lycus.
Agorastocles: It is whichever you please, either the pimp or Lycus.
This man held your daughters in servitude, and to me he is a thief of gold.
§1384bBellum hominem, quem noveris.
Hanno: A fine gentleman, whom you know.
Hanno: Pimp, I always believed you to be rapacious, but those who know you better know you to be a thief as well.
§1387Accedam.
Lycus: I will approach.
per ego tua te genua óbsecro §1388et hunc, cognatum quem tuom esse intellego: §1389quando boni estis, ut bonos facere addecet §1390faciatis, vestro subveniatis supplici.
I beseech you by your knees, and this man, whom I understand to be your kinsman: since you are good, perform as it becomes good men to do, and assist your suppliant.
Indeed, I have known for a long time that they were free, and I was waiting if anyone would claim them as free by hand.
§1393nam non meae sunt prosum.
For they are not mine at all.
tum autem aurum tuom §1394reddam, quod apud me est, et iusiurandum dabo, §1395me malitiose nil fecisse, Agorastocles.
Moreover, I will return your gold, which is with me, and I will swear an oath, Agorastocles, that I did nothing maliciously.
§1396Quid mihi par facere sit, ego mecum consulam.
Hanno: What is fitting for me to do, I will consult with myself.
§1397omitte genua.
Let go of my knees.
§1397bMitto, si ita sententia est.
Lycus: I let go, if that is your mind.
§1398Heús tu leno.
Antamonides: Hey you, pimp.
§1398bQuid lenonem vis inter negotium?
Lycus: What do you want with a pimp in the middle of business?
§1399Vt minam mi argenti reddas, prius quam in nervom abducere.
Antamonides: That you return my mina of silver, before you are dragged off to the neck-irons.
§1400Di meliora faxint.
Lycus: May the gods grant better things.
§1400bSic est: hodie cenabis toris.
Antamonides: It is so: today you will dine on the wooden block.
§1401aurum argentum collum, leno, tris res nunc debes simul.
Antamonides: Gold, silver, and your neck, pimp, you now owe three things at once.
§1402Quid me in hac re facere deceat, egomet mecum cogito.
Hanno: What is proper for me to do in this matter, I myself am thinking.
§1403si volo hunc ulcisci, litis sequar in alieno oppido, §1404quantum audivi ingenium et mores eius quo pacto sient.
If I wish to avenge myself on this man, I shall pursue lawsuits in a foreign town, although I have heard what his character and manners are.
§1405Mi pater, ne quid tibi cum istoc rei sit pessumo, obsecro.
Adelphasium: My father, do not have any dealings with that worst of men, I beseech you.
§1406Ausculta sorori.
Anterastilis: Listen to your sister.
abi, díiunge inimicitias cum improbo.
Go, break off hostilities with the wicked man.
§1407Hoc age sis, leno.
Hanno: Do this, pimp.
quamquam ego te meruisse ut pereas scio, §1408non experiar tecum.
Although I know you deserved to perish, I will not contest with you.
§1408bNeque ego; si aurum mihi reddes meum, §1409leno, quando ex nervo emissu's — compingare in carcerem.
Agorastocles: Nor will I; if you return my gold, pimp, when you are released from the neck-irons — you will be shut up in prison.
§1410Iamne autem ut soles?
Lycus: Already again, as you are wont?
§1410bEgo, Poene, tibi me purgatum volo.
Lycus: I wish myself to be cleared to you, Carthaginian.
§1411si quid dixi iratus advorsum animi tui sententiam, §1412id uti ignoscas quaeso; et quom istas invenisti filias, §1413ita me di ament ut mihi volup est.
If I said anything in anger against your feelings, I beg you to forgive it; and since you have found these daughters, as the gods may love me, it is a pleasure to me.
§1413bIgnosco et credo tibi.
Hanno: I forgive you and I believe you.
§1414Leno, tu autem amicam mihi des facito aut mihi reddas minam.
Antamonides: Pimp, but you make sure to give me my mistress, or return my mina to me.
§1415Vin tibicinam meam habere?
Lycus: Do you want to have my flute-girl?
Antamonides: I care nothing for a flute-girl; you wouldn't know whether her cheeks or her breasts are larger.
§1417Dabo quae placeat.
Lycus: I will give one who pleases you.
§1417bCura.
Antamonides: Take care of it.
§1417cAúrum cras ad te referam tuom.
Lycus: I will bring back your gold to you tomorrow.
§1418Facito in memoria habeas.
Agorastocles: See that you keep it in mind.
§1418bMiles, sequere me.
Agorastocles: Soldier, follow me.
— §1418cEgo vero sequor.
Antamonides: Indeed I follow.
— §1419Quid ais, patrue? quando hinc ire cogitas Carthaginem?
Agorastocles: What do you say, uncle? When do you think of going from here to Carthage?
§1420nam tecum mi una ire certum est.
For I am determined to go with you.
§1420bVbi primum potero, ilico.
Hanno: As soon as I can, immediately.
§1421Dum auctionem facio, hic opus est aliquot ut maneas dies.
Agorastocles: While I make an auction, you need to remain here for a few days.
§1422Faciam ita ut vis.
Hanno: I will do as you wish.
§1422bAge sis, eamus, nos curemus.
Agorastocles: Come, let us go and take care of ourselves.
plaudite.
Applaud!