§340..Ibo obviam hinc: dicam ut revertantur domum.
[Syrus] I will go to meet them from here: I will tell them to return home.
§340b..Hem!
[Clitipho] Ah!
§341..Quid dixti?
What did you say?
[Syrus] I will soon have all fear removed from you, so that you may sleep quietly on either ear.
§343..Quid ago nunc?
[Clitipho] What am I to do now?
[Syrus] You? What is good— [Clitipho] Syrus, only tell me the truth.
[Syrus] Come on then, today too late and in vain you will wish for it.
It is offered: enjoy it while you may, for you do not know— [Clitipho] Syrus, I say.
§346b..Perge porro; tamen istuc ago.
[Syrus] Go on then; yet I am doing that.
§347..Eius sit potestas posthac an nunquam tibi.
whether you will have power over her hereafter or never.
§348..Verum hercle istuc est.
[Clitipho] By Hercules, that is true.
Syre, Syre inquam, heus, heus, Syre.
Syrus, Syrus, I say, ho, ho, Syrus!
§349..Concaluit: quid vis?
[Syrus] He has warmed up: what do you want?
§349b..Redi, redi.
[Clitipho] Come back, come back.
§349c..Adsum: dic quid est?
[Syrus] I am here: tell me, what is it?
§350..Iam hoc quoque negabis tibi placere?
Will you now deny that this also pleases you?
§350b..Immo, Syre,
[Clitipho] No, Syrus,
§351..Et me, et meum amorem, et famam permitto tibi.
I commit both myself, and my love, and my reputation to you.
§352..Tu es iudex: ne quid accusandus sis vide.
You are the judge: see to it that you are not to be blamed in any way.
§353..Ridiculum est te istuc me admonere, Clitipho; §354..Quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua.
[Syrus] It is ridiculous for you to advise me of that, Clitipho; as if my interest in this matter were less than yours.
§355..Hic si quid nobis forte adversi evenerit, §356..Tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera; §357..Quapropter haec res neutiquam neglectu est mihi.
Here if any adversity should happen to us by chance, for you words will be prepared, for this fellow here, whipping; wherefore this business is by no means to be neglected by me.
§358..Sed istunc exora ut suam esse assimulet.
But entreat him to pretend that she is his.
§358b..Scilicet
[Clinia] Certainly
I will do so: the matter has already come to that point that it is necessary.
§360b..Amo te merito, Clinia.
[Clitipho] I love you deservedly, Clinia.
§361..Verum illa ne quid titubet.
[Clinia] But let her not make any blunder.
§361b..Perdocta est probe.
[Syrus] She is thoroughly instructed.
[Clitipho] But this I wonder at, how you could so easily persuade her who is accustomed to despise such people!
§364..In tempore ad eam veni, quod rerum omnium est §365..Primum: nam quendam misere offendi militem §366..Eius noctem orantem: haec arte tractabat virum, §367..Ut illius animum cupidum inopia incenderet; §368..Eademque ut esset apud te hoc quam gratissimum.
[Syrus] I came to her at the right time, which of all things is the first: for I found a certain soldier miserably begging for a night with her: she was managing the man artfully, so that she might inflame his eager mind by scarcity; and at the same time that her being with you might be as acceptable as possible.
§369..Sed heus tu, vide sis ne quid imprudens ruas: §370..Patrem novisti ad has res quam sit perspicax: §371..Ego te autem novi quam esse soleas impotens: §372..Inversa verba, eversas cervices tuas, §373..Gemitus, screatus, tussis, risus abstine.
But look here, please take care lest you do anything imprudent: you know your father how sharp-sighted he is in these matters: but I know you, how powerless you are wont to be: your double-meaning words, your turning back of your neck, sighs, clearing of the throat, coughing, laughing, abstain from.
§374..Laudabis.
[Clitipho] You shall praise me.
§374b..Vide sis.
[Syrus] Take care, please.
§374c..Tutemet mirabere.
[Clitipho] You yourself will wonder.
§375..Sed quam cito sunt consecutae mulieres!
[Syrus] But how quickly the women have followed us!
§376..Ubi sunt? cur retines?
[Clitipho] Where are they? Why do you hold me back?
§376b..Iam nunc haec non est tua.
[Syrus] Just now she is not yours.
§377..Scio; apud patrem: at nunc interim.
[Clitipho] I know; at my father's house: but now, in the meantime.
§377b..Nihilo magis.
[Syrus] Not a bit more.
§378..Sine.
[Clitipho] Permit me.
§378b..Non sinam, inquam.
[Syrus] I will not permit it, I say.
§378c..Quaeso, paulisper.
[Clitipho] I entreat you, for a little while.
§378d..Veto.
[Syrus] I forbid it.
§379..Saltem salutare.
[Clitipho] At least to salute her.
§379b..Abeas, si sapis.
[Syrus] Go away, if you are wise.
§379c..Eo.
[Clitipho] I am going.
§380..Quid istic?
What of him there?
§380b..Manebit.
[Syrus] He will remain.
§380c..O hominem felicem!
[Clitipho] Oh, happy man!
§380d..Ambula.
[Syrus] Walk away.
§381..Edepol te, mea Antiphila, laudo et fortunatam iudico, §382..Id quum studuisti, isti formae ut mores consimiles forent: §383..Minimeque, ita me Di ament, miror, si te sibi quisque expetit.
[Bacchis] By Pollux, my Antiphila, I praise you and judge you fortunate, since you have studied this, that your manners should be like your beauty: and by no means, so help me heaven, do I wonder if every one seeks you for himself.
§384..Nam mihi quale ingenium haberes fuit indicio oratio.
For to me your speech was an indication of what kind of disposition you had.
§385..Et quum egomet nunc mecum in animo vitam tuam considero, §386..Omniumque adeo vestrarum vulgus quae abs se segregant; §387..Et vos esse istiusmodi, et nos non esse, haud mirabile est.
And when I now consider your life with myself in my mind, and indeed of all of you who separate yourselves from the common herd of women; it is not at all surprising both that you are of that character, and that we are not.
§388..Nam expedit bonas esse vobis: nos quibuscum est res non sinunt.
For it is expedient for you to be good: those with whom we have to do do not permit us.
§389..Quippe forma impulsi nostra nos amatores colunt: §390..Haec ubi immutata est, illi suum animum alio conferunt.
For indeed, our lovers, impelled by our beauty, court us: when this is changed, they transfer their affection elsewhere.
§391..Nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus.
Unless some provision has been made in the meantime, we live deserted.
§392..Vobis cum uno semel ubi aetatem agere decretum est viro, §393..Cuius mos maxime est consimilis vostrum, hi se ad vos applicant.
When with you it is once determined to pass your life with one man, whose character is most like yours, these attach themselves to you.
§394..Hoc beneficio utrique ab utrisque vero devincimini, §395..Ut numquam ulla amori vestro incidere possit calamitas.
By this benefit, indeed, you are bound to each other on both sides, so that no calamity can ever befall your love.
§396..Nescio alias: me quidem semper scio fecisse sedulo §397..Ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum.
[Antiphila] I know not of others: I know indeed that I have always studied diligently to order my advantage from his convenience.
§397b..Ah!
[Clinia] Ah!
§398..Ergo, mea Antiphila, tu nunc sola reducem me in patriam facis: §399..Nam, dum abs te absum, omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves §400..Praeterquam tui carendum quod erat.
Therefore, my Antiphila, you alone now bring me back to my country: for, while I was absent from you, all the troubles which I underwent were light, except that I had to do without you.
§400b..Credo.
[Bacchis] I believe it.
§400c..Syre, vix suffero.
[Clitipho] Syrus, I can scarcely bear it.
§401..Hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui?
Is it not permitted for miserable me to enjoy my inclination in my own way?
§402..Immo, ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras dabit.
[Syrus] On the contrary, as I have seen your father's disposition, he will give you hard times for a long time yet.