§875Ain tandem? civis Glycerium est?
Simo: Do you really say so? Is Glycerium a citizen?
§875bIta praedicant.
Pamphilus: So they assert.
§876'Ita praedicant!' O ingentem confidentiam!
Simo: "So they assert!" Oh, what immense impudence!
§877Num cogitat quid dicat? num facti piget?
Does he think of what he says? Does he regret his deed?
§878Num eius color pudoris signum usquam indicat?
Does his color indicate any sign of shame anywhere?
§879Adeo impotenti esse animo ut praeter civium §880Morem atque legem et sui voluntatem patris §881Tamen hanc habere studeat cum summo probro?
To think that he is of such an uncontrolled mind that, contrary to the citizens' custom and law and the will of his own father, he nevertheless strives to keep her with the greatest disgrace?
§882Me miserum!
Pamphilus: Wretched me!
§882bHem! modone id demum sensti Pamphile?
Simo: Ha! have you only just now perceived that, Pamphilus?
§883Olim istuc, olim, cum ita animum induxti tuum §884Quod cuperes aliquo pacto efficiendum tibi, §885Eodem die istuc verbum vere in te accidit.
Long ago, long ago, when you so brought your mind to it, that what you desired must be accomplished for you in some way, on that very day that word truly fell upon you.
§886Sed quid ego? cur me excrucio? cur me macero
But why do I? Why do I torture myself? Why do I torment myself?
§887Cur meam senectutem huius sollicito amentia? an
Why do I vex my old age with this fellow's madness?
§888Ut pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam?
Or so that I should suffer the punishment for his sins?
§889Immo habeat; valeat; vivat cum illa.
Nay, let him have her; let him farewell; let him live with her.
§889bMi pater.
Pamphilus: My father.
§890Quid
mi pater?
quasi tu huius indigeas patris.
Simo: What "my father"? As if you had any need of this father.
A home, a wife, children have been found against your father's will: People have been brought to say she is a citizen from here: you have won.
§893Pater licetne pauca?
Pamphilus: Father, may I say a few words?
§893bQuid dices mihi?
Simo: What will you say to me?
§894Tamen Simo audi.
Chremes: Still, Simo, listen.
§895bAt tandem dicat sine.
Chremes: But, after all, let him speak.
§895cAge dicat; sino.
Simo: Well, let him speak; I allow it.
§896Ego me amare hanc fateor: si id peccare est, fateor id quoque.
Pamphilus: I confess that I love her; if that is to sin, I confess that too.
§897Tibi pater me dedo: quidvis oneris impone; impera.
To you, father, I surrender myself; impose any burden you wish; command me.
§898Vis me uxorem ducere? hanc amittere? ut potero, feram.
Do you wish me to take a wife? To send this one away? As I am able, I will bear it.
§899Hoc modo te obsecro, ut ne credas a me allegatum hunc senem.
Only this I entreat you, that you do not believe this old man was suborned by me.
§900Sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam.
Let me clear myself and bring him here face to face.
§900bAdducas!
Simo: Bring him!
§900cSine, pater.
Pamphilus: Allow it, father.
§901Aequum postulat: da veniam.
Chremes: He asks what is fair: grant him permission.
§901bSine te hoc exorem.
Pamphilus: Let me prevail upon you in this.
§901cSino.
Simo: I allow it.
§902Quidvis cupio dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar Chreme.
I desire anything, Chremes, provided I am not found to be deceived by this fellow.
§903Pro peccato magno paulum supplici satis est patri.
Chremes: For a great offense, a little punishment is enough for a father.
§904Mitte orare: una harum quaevis causa me ut faciam monet; §905Vel tu, vel quod verum est, vel quod ipsi cupio Glycerio.
Crito: Cease entreating; any one of these reasons advises me to do so: either you, or because it is the truth, or because I desire it for Glycerium herself.
§906Andrium ego Critonem video? certe is est.
Chremes: Do I see Crito of Andros? Surely it is he.
§906bSalvus sis, Chreme.
Crito: Greetings, Chremes.
§907Quid tu Athenas insolens?
Chremes: What brings you to Athens, so unusual for you?
§907bEvenit: sed hicine est Simo?
Crito: It so happened; but is this Simo?
§908Hic.
Chremes: It is.
§908bMen quaeris? eho tu Glycerium hinc civem esse ais?
Simo: Are you looking for me? Ho there, do you say Glycerium is a citizen from here?
§909Tu negas?
Crito: Do you deny it?
§909bItane huc paratus advenis?
Simo: Do you come here so well prepared?
§909cQua de re?
Crito: Concerning what matter?
§909dRogas?
Simo: Do you ask?
§910Tune impune haec facias? tune hic homines adolescentulos
Are you to do these things with impunity?
§911Imperitos rerum, eductos libere, in fraudem illicis?
Do you here entice young men, ignorant of affairs, liberally educated, into a snare?
§912Sollicitando et pollicitando eorum animos lactas—?
By soliciting and promising, do you wheedle their minds...?
§912bSanusne es?
Crito: Are you sane?
§913Ac meretricios amores nuptiis conglutinas?
Simo:...and glue together meretricious loves with marriage?
§914Perii! metuo ut substet hospes.
Pamphilus: I am ruined! I fear that the stranger will not hold his ground.
Chremes: Simo, if you knew this man well enough, you would not think so: this is a good man.
§915bHic vir sit bonus?
Simo: He a good man?
§916Itane attemperate venit hodie in ipsis nuptiis, §917Ut veniret antehac nunquam? est vero huic credendum Chreme?
Did he come so opportunely today on the very wedding day, so that he never came before? Is he really to be believed, Chremes?
§918Ni metuam patrem, habeo pro illa re illum quod moneam probe.
Pamphilus: If I did not fear my father, I have what I might advise him well for that matter.
§919Sycophanta.
Simo: Sycophant!
§919bHem!
Crito: Ha!
§919cSic Crito est hic: mitte.
Chremes: Such is Crito here; let it go.
§919dVideat qui siet.
Simo: Let him see what sort of man he is.
§920Si mihi pergit quae volt dicere, ea quae non volt audiet.
Crito: If he goes on to say to me what he wants, he shall hear what he does not want.
§921Ego istaec moveo, aut curo? non tu tuum malum aequo animo feres?
Do I stir up or care about those things of yours? Will you not bear your own misfortune with an even mind?
§922Nam ego quae dico vera an falsa audieris iam sciri potest.
For whether what I say is true or false can now be known, once you have heard.
§923Atticus quidam olim navi fracta apud Andrum eiectus est, §924Et istaec una parva virgo: tum ille egens forte applicat §925Primum ad Chrysidis patrem se.
A certain Athenian, long ago, his ship having wrecked, was cast ashore at Andros, and this girl with him, a little child: then he, being in want, by chance associated himself first with Chrysis' father.
§925bFabulam inceptat.
Simo: He is beginning a fable.
§925cSine.
Chremes: Let him be.
§926Itane vero obturbat?
Crito: Does he really interrupt so?
§926bPerge.
Chremes: Go on.
Crito: At that time, he who received him was a relative of mine.
Ibi ego audivi ex illo sese esse Atticum.
There I heard from him that he was an Athenian.
§928Is ibi mortuus est.
He died there.
§928bEius nomen?
Chremes: His name?
§928cNomen tam cito?
Crito: His name, so quickly?
§928dPhania.
Crito: Phania.
§929Hem, perii.
Simo: Ha, I am undone.
Crito: Indeed, by Hercules, I think it was Phania; this I know for certain, he said he was from Rhamnus.
§930bO Iupiter!
Chremes: Oh, Jupiter!
Crito: These same things, Chremes, many others in Andros heard at that time.
§931bUtinam id sit quod spero.
Chremes: I wish it might be what I hope!
Eho, dic mihi,
Ho, tell me, what of her then?
§932Quid eam tum? suamne esse aibat?
Did he say she was his own?