§1014..Subditum se suspicatur.
[Sostrata] He suspects that he is a changeling.
§1014b..Subditum, ain tu?
[Chremes] A changeling, you say?
§1014c..Certe sic erit, inquam, mi vir.
[Sostrata] Certainly it will be so, I say, my husband.
§1015..Confitere tuum non esse.
Confess that he is not yours.
§1015b..Au obsecro te, istuc inimicis siet.
Oh, I beseech you, let that be for our enemies!
§1016..Egon confitear meum non esse filium qui sit meus?
[Chremes] Shall I confess that he is not my son, who is mine?
§1017..Quid? metuis ne non, quum velis, convincas esse illum tuum?
[Sostrata] What? Do you fear that you cannot, whenever you wish, prove that he is yours?
§1018..Quod filia est inventa?
[Chremes] Because a daughter has been found?
§1018b..Non; sed, quod magis credendum siet, §1019..Id quod est consimilis moribus, §1020..Convincas facile ex te natum; nam tui similis est probe; §1021..Nam illi nihil viti est relictum, quin sit et idem tibi.
[Sostrata] No; but, because it would be more easy to believe, that he is very like you in character, you will easily prove that he was born of you; for he is thoroughly like you; for no fault has been left to him, which is not also in you.
§1022..Tum praeterea talem nisi tu nulla pareret filium.
[Chremes] Then besides, no other woman but you could have given birth to such a son.
§1023..Sed ipse egreditur: quam severus! rem cum videas, censeas.
[Sostrata] But here he comes himself: how grave he looks! When you see him, you may judge.
§1024..Si unquam ullum fuit tempus, mater, quum ego voluptati tibi §1025..Fuerim, dictus filius tuus tua voluntate, obsecro, §1026..Eius ut memineris, atque inopis nunc te miserescat mei:
[Clitipho] If there was ever any time, mother, when I was a pleasure to you, being called your son by your own will, I beseech you, remember that, and now take pity on my helpless state.
§1027..Quod peto, et volo, parentes meos ut commonstres mihi.
What I ask and wish is that you show me my parents.
[Sostrata] I beseech you, my son, do not let that enter your mind, that you are not our own.
§1029b..Sum.
[Clitipho] I am.
§1029c..Miseram me! hocine quaesisti, obsecro?
[Sostrata] Wretched me! Did you ask this, I beseech you?
§1030..Ita mihi atque huic sis superstes ut ex me atque ex hoc natus es.
As surely as I pray you may survive me and him, so surely were you born of me and of him.
§1031..Et cave posthac, si me amas, unquam istuc verbum ex te audiam.
And take care hereafter, if you love me, that I never hear that word from you again.
§1032..At ego, si me metuis, mores cave in te esse istos sentiam.
[Chremes] But I, if you fear me, take care that I do not perceive those manners in you.
§1033..Quos?
[Clitipho] Which ones?
§1033b..Si scire vis, ego dicam: gerro, iners, fraus, heluo, §1034..Ganeo, damnosus: crede, et nostrum te esse credito.
[Chremes] If you wish to know, I will tell you: trifler, idler, cheat, glutton, debauchee, spendthrift: believe this, and believe that you are ours.
§1035..Non sunt haec parentis dicta.
[Clitipho] These are not the words of a parent.
§1035b..Non si ex capite sis meo §1036..Natus, item ut aiunt Minervam esse ex Iove, ea causa magis §1037..Patiar, Clitipho, flagitiis tuis me infamem fieri.
[Chremes] No; even if you had been born from my head, born, just as they say Minerva was from Jove, I would not for that reason any more suffer myself, Clitipho, to be made infamous by your shameful deeds.
§1038..Di istaec prohibeant.
[Sostrata] May the gods forbid those things!
§1038b..Deos nescio: ego quod potero sedulo.
[Chremes] As for the gods, I know not: I will do what I can diligently.
§1039..Quaeris id quod habes, parentes: quod abest non quaeris, patri §1040..Quomodo obsequare, et ut serves quod labore invenerit.
You seek what you have, parents; you do not seek what is lacking, how you may obey your father, and preserve what he has acquired by labor.
§1041..Non mihi per fallacias adducere ante oculos—? Pudet
Did you not, by trickeries, bring before my eyes—?
I am ashamed to speak a shameful word in her presence; but you were in no way ashamed to do it.
§1043b..Eheu, quam ego nunc totus displiceo mihi,
[Clitipho] Alas, how utterly I now displease myself!
§1044..Quam pudet! neque quod principium inveniam ad placandum scio.
How ashamed I am! nor do I know what beginning I can find to appease him.
[Menedemus] Indeed Chremes torments the young man too severely, and too inhumanly.
Exeo ergo ut pace conciliem.
I will go out therefore, that I may reconcile them to peace.
Optime
Most opportunely
§1047..Ipsos video.
I see them.
[Chremes] Ah, Menedemus, why do you not order my daughter, and confirm what I said of the dowry?
§1049b..Pater, obsecro ut mihi ignoscas.
[Clitipho] Father, I beseech you to forgive me.
[Menedemus] Grant him pardon, Chremes: allow yourself to be persuaded.
§1050b..Egon mea bona ut dem Bacchidi dono sciens?
[Chremes] Shall I knowingly give my goods to Bacchis as a gift?
§1051..Non faciam.
I will not do it.
§1051b..At id nos non sinemus.
[Menedemus] But we will not permit that.
§1052b..Age, Chreme mi.
[Sostrata] Come, my Chremes.
§1052c..Age quaeso ne tam offirma te, Chreme.
[Menedemus] Come, I pray, do not harden yourself so much, Chremes.
§1053..Quid istic? video non licere ut coeperam hoc pertendere.
[Chremes] What then? I see that it is not permitted for me to continue this as I had begun.
§1054..Facis ut te decet.
[Menedemus] You do as becomes you.
[Chremes] On this condition indeed I will do this; if he does what I think is right for him.
§1055b..Pater, omnia faciam: impera.
[Clitipho] Father, I will do everything: command me.
§1056..Uxorem ut ducas.
[Chremes] That you take a wife.
§1056b..Pater!
[Clitipho] Father!
§1056c..Nihil audio.
[Chremes] I hear nothing.
§1057b..Nihil etiam audio ipsum.
[Chremes] I still hear nothing from himself.
§1057c..Perii!
[Clitipho] I am undone!
§1057d..An dubitas, Clitipho?
[Menedemus] Do you hesitate, Clitipho?
§1058..Immo utrum vult.
[Chremes] Nay, whichever he wishes.
§1058b..Faciet omnia.
[Menedemus] He will do everything.
These things are heavy while you begin them, and while you are ignorant of them: when you have known them, they are easy.
§1059b..Faciam, pater.
[Clitipho] I will do it, father.
§1060..Gnate mi, ego pol tibi dabo illam lepidam quam tu facile ames; §1061..Filiam Phanocratae nostri.
[Sostrata] My son, by Pollux, I will give you that charming girl whom you can easily love; the daughter of our friend Phanocrates.
[Clitipho] That red-haired girl, with grey eyes, a wide mouth, and a hooked nose? I cannot, father.
§1063..Heia, ut elegans est! credas animum ibi esse.
[Chremes] Ah, how elegant he is! You would believe his mind was on it.
§1063b..Aliam dabo.
[Sostrata] I will give another.
[Clitipho] What of it? Since indeed I must marry, I myself have almost the one I want.
§1065b..Nunc laudo te, gnate.
[Chremes] Now I praise you, my son.
§1065c..Archonidi huius filiam.
[Clitipho] The daughter of our neighbor Archonides.
§1066..Perplacet.
[Chremes] It pleases me highly.
§1066b..Pater, hoc nunc restat.
[Clitipho] Father, this now remains.
§1066c..Quid?
[Chremes] What?
[Clitipho] I wish you to forgive Syrus for what he did on my account.
§1067b..Fiat.
[Chremes] So be it.
§1067c..Vos valete, et plaudite!
Farewell, and applaud!