§769..Secum adduxisse, ne tu id persentisceres.
[Syrus] That he had brought her with him, so that you might not perceive it.
§770..Probe.
[Chremes] Excellently.
§770b..Dic sodes.
[Syrus] Say so, please.
§770c..Nimium, inquam.
[Chremes] Too much so, I say.
§770d..Immo sic satis.
[Syrus] Nay, indeed, it is quite enough.
§771..Sed porro ausculta quod superest fallaciae.
But listen further to what remains of the trick.
§772..Sese ipse dicet tuam vidisse filiam; §773..Eius sibi complacitam formam, postquam aspexerit; §774..Hanc cupere uxorem.
He will say himself that he saw your daughter; that her beauty pleased him, after he looked at her; that he wishes to have her as his wife.
§774b..Modone quae inventa est?
[Chremes] The one who has just been found?
§774c..Eam.
[Syrus] The very same.
§775..Et quidem iubebit posci.
And indeed he will ask that she be demanded for him.
§775b..Quamobrem istuc, Syre?
[Chremes] Why that, Syrus?
§776..Nam prorsum nihil intelligo.
For I don't understand at all.
§776b..Hui! tardus es.
[Syrus] Oh! you are slow.
§777..Fortasse.
[Chremes] Perhaps.
[Syrus] Money will be given to him for the wedding, for gold, and for clothing, with which—do you catch on?
§778b..Comparet?
[Chremes] He may procure them?
§779..Id ipsum.
[Syrus] That very thing.
§779b..At ego illi neque do, neque despondeo.
[Chremes] But I will neither give her to him, nor betroth her.
§780..Non? quamobrem?
[Syrus] No? Why?
§780b..Quamobrem? me rogas? Homini fugitivo dabo?
[Chremes] Why? You ask me? Shall I give her to a runaway fellow?
[Syrus] I was not saying that you should give her to him for good; but that you should pretend.
§782b..Non mea est simulatio.
[Chremes] Pretending is not my way.
§783..Ita tu istaec tua misceto ne me admisceas.
Mix your matters in such a way that you do not mix me up in them.
§784..Ego cui daturus non sum ut ei despondeam?
Am I to betroth her to one to whom I am not going to give her?
§785..Credebam.
[Syrus] I thought you would.
§785b..Minime.
[Chremes] Not at all.
§785c..Scite poterat fieri.
[Syrus] It could have been done cleverly.
And I began this indeed because just now you had ordered me so earnestly.
§787b..Credo.
[Chremes] I believe it.
§787c..Caeterum equidem istuc, Chreme,
[Syrus] However, Chremes, for my part,
§788..Aequi bonique facio.
I take this in good part.
§788b..Atqui cummaxime
[Chremes] And yet, especially now,
§789..Volo te dare operam ut fiat, verum alia via.
I wish you to take pains that it be done, but in another way.
§790..Fiat: quaeratur aliud: sed illud quod tibi
[Syrus] Let it be done: let something else be sought.
§791..Dixi de argento, quod ista debet Bacchidi, §792..Id nunc reddendum est illi: neque tu scilicet §793..Eo nunc confugies: "Quid mea? num datum mihi est?
But that which I told you about the money, which she owes to Bacchis, that must now be repaid to her: nor will you, of course, now fly to this excuse: "What is that to me? Was it given to me?
§794..Num iussi? num illa oppignerare filiam
Did I order it?
§795..Meam, me invito, potuit?" Verum illud, Chreme,
Could she pledge my daughter against my will?" For they say, Chremes,
"The rigour of the law is often the rigour of injustice." [Chremes] I will not do so.
§797b..Immo aliis si licet, tibi non licet.
[Syrus] Nay, if it is allowed to others, it is not allowed to you.
§798..Omnes te in lauta et bene acta parte putant.
Everyone thinks you to be in a wealthy and well-ordered position.
§799..Quin egomet iam ad eam deferam.
[Chremes] Why, I myself will carry it to her now.
§800b..Quamobrem?
[Chremes] Why so?
[Syrus] Because indeed the suspicion of love has been transferred to him.
§801b..Quid tum?
[Chremes] What then?
§801c..Quia videbitur §802..Magis verisimile id esse, quum hic illi dabit: §803..Simul et conficiam facilius ego, quod volo.
[Syrus] Because it will seem more probable, when he gives it to her: and at the same time I shall more easily accomplish what I wish.
§804..Ipse adeo adest: abi, effer argentum.
He is here himself: go, bring out the money.
§804b..Effero.
[Chremes] I am bringing it.
[Clitipho] There is no matter so easy but that it becomes difficult, which you do unwillingly.
Vel me haec deambulatio, §807..Quam non laboriosa, ad languorem dedit.
Even this walking about of mine, though not laborious, has reduced me to weariness.
§808..Nec quicquam magis nunc metuo quam ne denuo §809..Miser aliquo extrudar hinc, ne accedam ad Bacchidem.
Nor do I fear anything more now than that I should again, poor wretch, be shut out somewhere from here, so that I cannot go near Bacchis.
§810..Ut te quidem omnes Dii Deaeque, quantum est, Syre, §811..Cum tuo istoc invento, cumque incepto perduint.
May all the Gods and Goddesses, as many as there are, Syrus, destroy you with that invention of yours, and with your undertaking.
You are always devising matters of this sort, wherein you may torture me.
§813b..I tu hinc quo dignus es.
[Syrus] Go hence where you deserve.
§814..Quam pene tua me perdidit protervitas!
How nearly your rashness ruined me!
§815..Vellem hercle factum: ita meritus es.
[Clitipho] I wish by Hercules it had: so you deserved.
§815b..Meritus? quomodo?
[Syrus] Deserved? How?
Verily, I am glad that I heard this from you before you had the money, which I was just about to give you.
[Clitipho] What then do you wish me to say to you? You went away, and brought me a mistress whom it is not permitted to touch.
[Syrus] I am no longer angry: but do you know where your Bacchis is now?
§821b..Apud nos.
[Clitipho] At our house.
§821c..Non.
[Syrus] No.
§821d..Ubi ergo?
[Clitipho] Where then?
§821e..Apud Cliniam.
[Syrus] At Clinia's.
§822..Perii.
[Clitipho] I am ruined.
[Syrus] Be of good courage: you will now carry to her the money which you promised her.
§823b..Garris: unde?
[Clitipho] You are prating: from where?
§823c..A tuo patre.
[Syrus] From your father.
§824..Ludis fortasse me.
[Clitipho] Perhaps you are mocking me.
§824b..Ipsa re experibere.
[Syrus] You will find out by the thing itself.
§825..Nae ego fortunatus homo sum: deamo te, Syre.
[Clitipho] Truly, I am a fortunate man: I love you, Syrus.
§826..Sed pater egreditur: cave quicquam admiratus sies §827..Qua causa id fiat: obsecundato in loco.
[Syrus] But your father is coming out: take care not to show any wonder at the reason why it is done: comply as occasion requires.
§828..Quod imperabit facito; loquitor paucula.
Do what he orders; speak very little.
§829..Ubi Clitipho nunc est?
[Chremes] Where is Clitipho now?
[Syrus] Say, "Here I am." [Clitipho] Here I am for you.
§830..Quid rei esset dixti huic?
[Chremes] Have you told him what the matter is?
§830b..Dixi pleraque omnia.
[Syrus] I have told him almost everything.
§831..Cape hoc argentum ac defer.
[Chremes] Take this money and carry it.
§831b..Hei, quid stas? lapis?
[Syrus] Hey, why do you stand? A stone?
§832..Quin accipis?
§832b..Cedo sane.
Why don't you take it?
§832c..Sequere hac me ocius.
[Clitipho] Give it indeed. [Syrus] Follow me this way quickly.
[Syrus] You will wait for us here in the meantime until we come out; for there is nothing there for which we should delay longer.
§835..Minas quidem iam decem habet a me filia, §836..Quas pro alimentis esse nunc duco datas: §837..Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae.
[Chremes] My daughter has indeed already ten minae from me, which I now consider as given for her maintenance; this ten will be followed by another ten for her ornaments.