§312semper tu ad me cum argentata accedito querimonia; §313nam istuc quod nunc lamentare, non esse argentum tibi, §314apud novercam querere. §314bEho an umquam tu huius nupsisti patri? §315Di melius faciant. §315bFace hoc quod te rogamus, Ballio, §316mea fide, si isti formidas credere.
come to me with a moneyed complaint; that which you are now lamenting, that you have no money, of it to your stepmother., did you ever marry this man's father? the gods do better! this which we ask of you, Ballio, my credit, if you are afraid to trust him.
ego in hoc triduo §317aut terra aut marí alicunde evolvam id argentum tibi. §318Tibi ego credam? §318bQuor non? §318cQuia pol quá opera credam tibi, §319una opera alligem fugitivam canem agninis lactibus. §320Sicine mi abs te bene merenti male refertur gratia? §321Quid nunc vis? §321bVt opperiare hos sex dies aliquos modo, §322ne illam vendas neu me perdas hominem amantem. §322bAnimo bono es. §323vel sex menses opperibor. §323bEuge, homo lepidissume. §324Immo vin etiam te faciam ex laeto laetantem magis? §325Quid iam? §325bQuia enim non venalem iám habeo Phoenicium. §326Non habes? §326bNon hercle vero. §326cPseudole, ei accerse hostias, §327victumas, lanios, ut ego huic sacruficem summo Iovi; §328nam hic mihi nunc est multo potior Iuppiter quam Iuppiter. §329Nolo victumas: agninis me extis placari volo. §330Propera, quid stas? ei accerse agnos.
Within these three days I, by land or by sea, will roll out that money for you from somewhere. trust you? not?, by Pollux, with the same labor I should trust you, the same time I might bind a runaway dog with lamb's intestines. gratitude thus returned with evil to me who have deserved well from you? do you want now? that you wait for some six days, you sell her and destroy me, a man in love. of good courage. will even wait six months., most charming man!, do you wish me also to make you more rejoicing out of joyful? now? indeed I no longer have Phoenicium for sale. don't have her?, indeed, by Hercules., fetch sacrificial victims for him,, butchers, so that I may sacrifice to this supreme Jupiter; this man is now to me a much more powerful Jupiter than Jupiter himself. want no victims: I wish to be appeased with lamb's entrails., why do you stand? Fetch lambs for him.
audin quid ait Iuppiter? §331Iam hic ero; verum extra portam mi etiam currendumst prius. §332Quid eo? §332bLanios inde accersam duo cum tintinnabulis, §333eadem duo greges virgarum inde ulmearum adegero, §334ut hodie ad litationem huic suppetat satias Iovi. §335I in malam crucem. §335bIstuc ibit Iuppiter lenonius. §338Ex tua re non est, ut ego emoriar. §338bQuidum? §338cSic, quia §339sí ego emortuos sim, Athenis te sit nemo nequior. §340Dic mihi, obsecro hercle, verum serio hoc quod te rogo. §341non habes venalem amicam tu meam Phoenicium? §342Non edepol habeo profecto, nam iam pridem vendidi. §343Quo modo? §343bSine ornamentis, cum intestinis omnibus. §344Meam tu amicam vendidisti? §344bValde, viginti minis. §345Viginti minis? §345bVtrum vis, vel quater quinis minis, §346militi Macedonio, et iam quindecím habeo minas. §347Quid ego ex te audio? §347bAmicam tuam esse factam argenteam. §348Cur id ausu’s facere? §348bLibuit, mea fuit. §348cEho, Pseudole, §349ei, gladium adfer. §349bQuid opus gladio? §349cQui hunc occidam atque me.
Do you hear what Jupiter says? will be here in a moment; but I must also run outside the gate first. there? will fetch two butchers from there with bells, the same time I will bring along two bundles of elm rods from there, that today there may be a sufficiency for a favorable sacrifice to this Jupiter. to the bad cross! the pimping Jupiter shall go. is not to your interest that I should die. so? this way: because I should be dead, there would be no one more worthless than you in Athens. me, I pray, by Hercules, the truth in seriousness, this which I ask you. you not have my mistress Phoenicium for sale?, by Pollux, I do not have her, for I sold her long ago. what way? her ornaments, with all her intestines. have sold my mistress? indeed, for twenty minae. twenty minae? you wish, or for four times five minae, a Macedonian soldier; and I already have fifteen minae. do I hear from you? your mistress has been turned into silver. did you dare to do that? pleased me; she was mine., Pseudolus,, bring a sword. need of a sword? which to kill this man and myself. don't you rather kill yourself?
§350Quin tu ted occidis potius? nam hunc fames iam occiderit. §351Quid ais, quantum terra † tegit hominum periurissume? §352iuravistin te illam nulli venditurum nisi mihi? §353Fateor. §353bNempe concéptis verbis? §353cEtiam consutis quoque. §354Periuravisti, sceleste. §354bAt argentum intro condidi. §355ego scelestus nunc argentum promere possum domo: §356tu qui pius, istoc es genere gnatus, nummum non habes. §357Pseudole, adsiste altrim secus atque onera hunc maledictis. §357bLicet. §358numquam ad praetorem aeque cursim curram, ut emittar manu. §359Ingere mala multa. §359bIam ego te differam dictis meis. §360impudice. §360bItast. §360cSceleste. §360dDicis vera. §360eVerbero. §361Quippini? §361bBustirape. §361cCerto. §361dFurcifer. §361eFactum optume. §362Sociofraude. §362bSunt mea istaec. §362cParricida. §362dPerge tu. §363Sacrilege. §363bFateor. §363cPeriure. §363dVetera vaticinamini. §364Legirupa. §364bValide. §364cPermities adulescentum. §364dAcerrume. §365Fur. §365bBabae. §365cFugitive. §365dBombax. §365eFraus populi. §365fPlanissume. §366Fraudulente. §366bImpure. §366cLeno. §366dCaenum. §366eCantores probos. §367Verberavisti patrem atque matrem. §367bAtque occidi quoque, §368potius quam cibum praehiberem: num peccavi quippiam? §369In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus. §370Numquid aliud etiam voltis dicere? §370bEcquid te pudet? §371Ten, amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem?
For hunger will soon have killed this man. do you say, most perjured of all men whom the earth covers? you not swear that you would sell her to no one except me? confess it. in set terms? even sewn-together ones too. have perjured yourself, scoundrel. I have stored the money inside., the scoundrel, can now bring out money from my house;, who are pious and born of such a family, have not a single coin., stand on the other side and load this fellow with insults. well. shall I run to the praetor so quickly to be set free. many evils upon him. I will tear you to pieces with my words. scamp!! speak the truth.! not?!! of your friends! are my traits.! on, you. wretch! confess it.! are prophesying old news.! indeed. of youths! sharply.!!!! of the public! clearly. rogue! scoundrel!!! singers. have beaten your father and mother. killed them too, than provide them with food; did I do anything wrong? are pouring words into a leaky jar, we are losing our labor. you want to say anything else? you not ashamed at all? you, that you have been found to be a lover as empty as a hollow nut?