§1304cQuid tu? num medicus, quaeso, es?
What about you? Are you a doctor, pray?
§1305Immo edepol una littera plus sum quam medicus.
Nay, by Pollux, I am one letter more than a doctor.
§1306bTetigisti acu.
You have hit the nail on the head.
§1306cVidetur digna forma.
The appearance seems fitting.
§1307sed quid tibi est?
But what is the matter with you?
§1307bHac proxima nocte in marí elavi.
This last night I washed away in the sea.
§1308confracta est navis, perdidi quidquid erat miser ibi omne.
The ship was wrecked, and wretch that I am, I lost everything that was there.
§1309Quid perdidisti?
What did you lose?
§1309bVidulum cum auro atque argento multo.
A trunk with much gold and silver.
§1310Ecquid meministi, in vidulo qui periit quid ibi infuerit?
Do you remember at all what was inside that trunk which was lost?
§1311Quid refert, qui periit tamen? sine hoc, áliud fabulemur.
What does it matter, since it is lost anyway? Let that be, let us talk of something else.
§1312Quid si ego sciam qui invenerit? volo ex te scire signa.
What if I should know who found it? I want to know the tokens from you.
§1313Nummi octingenti aúrei in marsuppio infuerunt, §1314praeterea centum minaria Philippa ín pasceolo sorsus.
There were eight hundred gold coins in a purse, besides a hundred minae of Philippic coins separately in a leather bag.
§1315Magna hercle praedast, largiter mercedis indipiscar; §1316di homines respiciunt: bené ego hinc praedatus ibo.
By Hercules, it's a great booty, I shall get an abundance of reward; the gods look after humans: I shall go away well-bootied from here.
§1317profecto húius est vidulus.
Assuredly the trunk belongs to this man.
perge alia tu expedire.
Go on to declare the rest.
§1318Talentum argenti commodum magnum inerat in crumina, §1319praeterea sinus, cantharus, epichysis, gaulus, cyathus.
A full great talent of silver was in a purse, besides a bowl, a drinking cup, a pitcher, a bucket, and a ladle.
§1320Papae, divitias tu quidém habuisti luculentas.
Whew, you indeed possessed splendid riches.
§1321Miserum istuc verbum et pessimum est, habuisse, et nihil habere.
That word "to have had" is wretched and the worst, when one has nothing.
§1322Quid dare velis, qui istaec tibi investiget indicetque?
What would you be willing to give to the one who investigates and points these out to you?
§1323eloquere propere celeriter.
Speak out quickly and speedily.
§1323bNummos trecentos.
Three hundred coins.
§1323cTricas.
Trifles.
§1324Quadringéntos.
Four hundred.
§1324bTramas putidas.
Rotten threads.
§1324cQuingentos.
Five hundred.
§1324dCassam glandem.
An empty acorn.
§1325Sescentos.
Six hundred.
§1325bCurculiunculos minutos fabulare.
You are talking of tiny weevils.
§1326Dabo séptingentos.
I will give seven hundred.
§1326bOs calet tibi, nunc id frigefactas.
Your mouth was warm, now you are cooling it down.
§1327Millé dabo nummum.
I will give a thousand coins.
§1327bSomnias.
You are dreaming.
§1327cNihil addo.
I add nothing more.
§1327dAbi igitur.
Go away then.
Listen: by Hercules, if I go away from here, I shall not be here.
vin centum et mille?
Do you want eleven hundred?
§1328bDormis.
You are asleep.
§1329Eloquere quantum postules.
Speak out how much you demand.
So that you may add nothing more against your will: a great talent.
non potest triobolum hinc abesse.
Not a triobolus can be missing from this.
§1331proin tú vel aias vel neges.
Therefore, either say yes or say no.
What then? I see it is necessary: the talent shall be given.
§1332bAccede dum huc: Venus haec volo adroget te.
Come here then: I want this Venus to witness your oath.
§1333Quod tibi libet id mi impera.
Command me whatever pleases you.
§1333bTange aram hanc Veneris.
Touch this altar of Venus.
§1333cTango.
I touch it.
§1334Per Venerem hanc iurandum est tibi.
You must swear by this Venus.
§1334bQuid iurem?
What shall I swear?
§1334cQuod iubebo.
What I shall order.
§1335Praei vérbis quidvis.
Dictate the words as you please.
íd quod domi est, numquam ulli supplicabo.
That which is at home, I shall never beg from anyone.
§1336Tene aram hanc.
Hold this altar.
§1336bTeneo.
I hold it.
Swear solemnly that you will give the money to me on the very day when you have gained possession of your trunk.
§1337bFiat.
So be it.
§1338Venus Cýrenensis, testem te testor mihi, §1339si vidulum illum, quém ego in navi perdidi, §1340cum auro atque argento salvom investigavero §1341isque in potestatem meam pervenerit, §1342tum ego húic Gripo, ínquito, et me tangito— §1343Tum ego húic Gripo (dico, Venus, ut tu audias) §1344talentum argenti magnum continuo dabo. §1345Si quid fraudassis, dic ut te in quaestu tuo §1346Venus eradicet, caput atque aetatem tuam.
"Venus of Cyrene, I call you to witness for me, if that trunk, which I lost in the ship, I shall have safely traced out with the gold and silver, and it shall have come into my power, then I to this Gripus..."—say it, and touch me— "Then I to this Gripus (I say it, Venus, so that you may hear) will immediately give a great talent of silver." If you commit any fraud, say that you in your trade Venus may root you out, along with your head and your life.
§1347tecum hoc habeto tamen, ubi iuraveris.
Keep this to yourself though, when you have sworn.
§1348Illaec advorsum si quid peccasso, Venus, §1349veneror te ut omnes miseri lenones sient. §1350Tamen fíet, etsi tu fidem servaveris.
"If I commit any offense against these things, Venus, I pray to you that all procurers may be wretched." It will happen anyway, even if you keep your faith.
§1351tu hic opperire, iam ego faxo exibit senex; §1352eum tú continuo vidulum reposcito. — §1353Si maxime mi illum reddiderit vidulum, §1354non ego illi hodie debeo triobolum.
You wait here, I will make the old man come out directly; you immediately demand back the trunk from him.— Even if he should return that trunk to me in the highest degree, I do not owe him a triobolus today.
§1355meus arbitratust, lingua quod iuret mea.
It is my own choice what my tongue swears.
§1356sed conticiscam: eccum exit et ducit senem.
But I will be silent: look, he is coming out and leading the old man.
§1357Séquere hac.
Follow this way.
§1357bVbi istic lenost?
Where is that procurer?
§1357cHeus tu.
Hey you.
ém tibi, hic habet vidulum.
Here you go, this man has the trunk.
§1358Habeo et fateor esse apud me, et, si tuos est, habeas tibi.
I have it and admit it is with me, and, if it is yours, you may have it for yourself.
§1359omnia, ut quídquid infuit, ita salva sistentur tibi.
All things, just as whatever was inside, shall be presented to you safe.
§1360tene, si tuost.
Take it, if it is yours.
§1360bO di immortales, meus est.
Oh immortal gods, it is mine.
salve, vidule.
Greetings, trunk!
§1361Tuosne est?
Is it yours?
§1361bRogitas? si quidem hercle Iovis fuit, meus est tamen.
Do you ask? By Hercules, even if it had been Jupiter's, it is mine nevertheless.
§1362Omnia insunt salva; una istinc cistella excepta est modo §1363cum crepundiis, quibuscum hódie filiam inveni meam.
All things are inside safe; only one small chest has been taken out from there just now with the trinkets, by means of which I found my daughter today.
§1364Quam?
Which one?
§1364bTua quae fuit Palaestra, ea filia inventast mea.
She who was your Palaestra, she has been found to be my daughter.
§1365Bene mehercle factum est.
By Hercules, that is well done.
cum istaec res tibi ex sententia §1366pulchre evenit, gaudeo.
Since that matter has turned out beautifully for you according to your desire, I rejoice.
§1366bIstuc facile non credo tibi.
I do not easily believe you in that.