§851Pol hic quidem fungino generest: capite se totum tegit.
By Pollux, this fellow is indeed of the mushroom kind: he covers his whole self with his head.
§852Hilurica facies videtur hominis, eo ornatu advenit.
The man's face looks Illyrian, arriving in such an outfit.
§853Ille qui mé conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum, §854quae voluit mihi dixit, docuit et praemonstravit prius, §855quo modo quicque agerem; nunc adeo si quid ego addidero amplius, §856eo conductor melius de me nugas conciliaverit.
That man who hired me, as soon as he hired me, led me away to his house, told me what he wanted, taught me, and showed me beforehand how I should do everything; now indeed, if I add anything more, the employer will have obtained so much better a trickery from me.
§857ut ille me exornavit, ita sum ornatus; argentum hoc facit.
Just as he dressed me up, so am I dressed; money does this.
§858ipse ornamenta a chorago haec sumpsit suo periculo.
He himself took these costumes from the choragus at his own risk.
§859nunc ego si potero ornamentis hominem circumducere, §860dabo operam, ut me esse ipsum plane sycophantam sentiat.
Now, if I can cheat the man with these costumes, I will make sure he perceives that I am a downright sycophant myself.
§861Quam magis spécto, minus placet mi haec hominis facies.
The more I look at him, the less I like this man's face.
mira sunt, §862ni illic homost aut dormitator aut sector zonarius.
It is a wonder, if that man is not either a night-thief or a cutpurse.
§863loca contemplat, circumspectat sese atque aedis noscitat.
He contemplates the places, looks around him, and eyes the house.
§864credo edepol, quo mox furatum veniat speculatur loca.
By Pollux, I believe he is scouting the places so that he may come to steal soon.
§865magis lubidost opservare quid agat: ei rei operam dabo.
The desire is stronger to observe what he does: I will apply myself to that.
§866Has regiones demonstravit mi ille conductor meus; §867apud illas aedis sistendae mihi sunt sycophantiae.
Those regions that employer of mine pointed out to me; at that house my trickery must be set up.
§868fores pultabo.
I will knock on the door.
§868bAd nostras aedis hic quidem habet rectam viam.
This fellow indeed is heading straight for our house.
§869hercle opinor mi advenienti hac noctu agitandumst vigilias.
By Hercules, I think I must keep watch tonight, upon my arrival.
§870Aperite hoc, aperite.
Open this, open!
heus, ecquis his fóribus tutelam gerit?
Hey, is anyone keeping guard over this door?
§871Quid, adulescens, quaeris? quid vis? quid istas pultas?
What are you looking for, young man? What do you want? Why are you knocking on those doors?
Hey, old man, when I was registered in the census, I gave a proper account to the assessor.
§873Lesbonicum hic adulescentem quaero in his regionibus §874ubi habitet, et item alterum ád istanc capitis albitudinem: §875Calliclem aiebat vocari qui has dedit mi epistulas.
I am looking for a young man named Lesbonicus in these parts, where he lives, and also another with that whiteness of head like yours: he said he was called Callicles, the one who gave me these letters.
§876Meum gnatum hic quidem Lesbonicum quaerit et amicum meum, §877cuí ego liberosque bonaque commendavi, Calliclem.
This fellow indeed is looking for my son Lesbonicus and my friend, Callicles, to whom I commended my children and my property.
§878Fac me, si scis, certiorem, hisce homines ubi habitent, pater.
Make me informed, if you know, where these men live, father.
§879Quid eos quaeris? aut quis es? aut unde es? aut unde advenis?
Why do you seek them? Or who are you? Or where are you from? Or from where do you arrive?
§880Multa simul rogitas, nescio quid expediam potissimum.
You ask many things at once, I do not know what to untangle first.
§881si unum quidquid singillatim et placide percontabere, §882et meum nómen et mea facta et itinera ego faxo scias.
If you will inquire about each thing one by one and calmly, I will make sure you know both my name and my deeds and journeys.
§883Faciam ita ut vis.
I will do as you wish.
agedum nomen tuom primum memora mihi.
Come then, tell me your name first.
§884Magnum facinus incipissis petere.
You are beginning to ask a great task.
§884bQuid ita?
Why so?
§884cQuia, pater, §885si ante lucem íre occipias a meo prímo nomine, §886concubium sit noctis prius quam ad postremum perveneris.
Because, father, if you should begin to go from my first name before dawn, it would be the dead of night before you arrived at the last.
§887Opus factost viatico ad tuom nomen, ut tu praedicas.
There is need of travel-money for your name, as you declare.
§888Est minusculum alterum, quasi vixillum vinarium.
There is another smaller one, just like a wine shop's banner.
§889Quid est tibi nomen, adulescens?
What is your name, young man?
§889bPax, id est nomen mihi.
"Pax," that is my name.
§890hoc cotidianumst.
This is the everyday one.
By Pollux, a trifling name, as if you would say, if I trusted anything to you, "pax"—gone instantly.
§892hic homo solide sycophantast.
This man is a downright sycophant.
quid ais tu, adulescens?
What do you say, young man?
§892bQuid est?
What is it?
§893Eloquere, isti tibi quid homines debent, quos tu quaeritas?
Speak out, what do those men owe you, whom you are seeking?
The father of that young man, Lesbonicus, gave me these two letters.
is mi est amicus.
He is my friend.
§895bTeneo hunc manifestarium.
I have caught him red-handed.
§896me sibi epistulas dedisse dicit.
He says that I gave him the letters.
ludam hominem probe.
I will play with the fellow thoroughly.
§897Ita ut occepi, si animum advortas, dicam.
Just as I began, if you will pay attention, I will speak.
§897bDabo operam tibi.
I will attend to you.
§898Hanc me iussit Lesbonico suo gnato dare epistulam, §899et item hanc alteram suo amico Callicli iussit dare.
He ordered me to give this letter to his son Lesbonicus, and likewise he ordered me to give this other one to his friend Callicles.
§900Mihi quoque edepol, quom hic nugatur, contra nugari lubet.
By Pollux, since he is playing the fool, I too like to play the fool in return.
§902Ab ipson istas accepisti?
Did you receive them from his own hands?
§902bE manibus dedit mi ipse in manus.
He himself gave them from his hands into my hands.
§903Qua facie est homo?
What is the man's appearance?
§903bSesquipede quiddamst quam tu longior.
He is about a foot and a half taller than you.
§904Haeret haec res, siquidem ego apsens sum quam praesens longior.
This business is stuck, if indeed I in my absence am taller than I am in my presence.
§905novistin hominem?
Do you know the man?
You ask ridiculously, with whom together I am accustomed to take food.
§906bQuid est ei nomen?
What is his name?
§906cQuod edepol homini probo.
By Pollux, that which belongs to an honest man.
§907Lubet audire.
I would like to hear it.
§907bIlli edepol—illi—ílli—vae misero mihi.
By Pollux, to him—to him—to him—ah, woe to wretched me!