§199bQuid ais?
Phaedria: What do you say?
§199cHuius patrem vidisse me, patruum tuum.
Geta: That I have seen his father, your uncle.
§200Nam quod ego huic nunc subito exitio remedium inveniam miser?
Antipho: Ah, what remedy can I find now, wretched as I am, for this sudden ruin?
§201Quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, Phanium, abs te ut distrahar, §202Nulla est mihi vita expetenda.
For if my fortunes come to this pass, Phanium, that I am torn from you, there is no life left that is worth wishing for.
Phaedria: Therefore, since that is the case, Antipho, it is all the more proper for you to be on your guard.
Fortes fortuna adiuvat.
Fortune favors the brave.
§204Non sum apud me.
Antipho: I am not myself.
§204bAtqui opus est nunc quummaxime ut sis, Antipho; §205Nam si senserit te timidum pater esse, arbitrabitur
Phaedria: And yet, now of all times, you must be yourself, Antipho; for if your father senses that you are afraid, he will think you have deserved the blame.
§206cNon possum immutarier.
Antipho: I cannot change my nature.
§207Quid faceres, si gravius aliud tibi nunc faciendum foret?
Phaedria: What would you do, if you had to do something even more difficult now?
§208Quum hoc non possum, illud minus possem.
Antipho: Since I cannot do this, I should be still less able to do that.
§208bHoc nihil est, Phaedria: ilicet.
Geta: This is nothing, Phaedria; it's all over.
§209Quid hic conterimus operam frustra? Quin abeo?
Why do we waste our labor here in vain? Why don't I go away?
§209bEt quidem ego.
Antipho: And I too.
§209cObsecro:
Phaedria: Pray!
§210Quid si assimulo? satin est?
Antipho: What if I pretend? Is this enough?
§210bGarris.
Geta: You are joking.
Antipho: Look at my face: see, is it enough like this?
§211bNon.
Geta: No.
§211cQuid si sic?
Antipho: What if like this?
§211dPropemodum.
Geta: Almost.
§211eQuid si sic?
Antipho: What if like this?
§211fSat est.
Geta: That's enough.
§212Hem, istuc serva; et verbum verbo, par pari ut respondeas, §213Ne te iratus suis saevidicis dictis protelet.
Ah, keep that; and answer him word for word, tit for tat, lest he in his anger drive you from your post with his harsh words.
§213bScio.
Antipho: I know.
§214Vi coactum te esse invitum, lege, iudicio: tenes?
Geta: That you were forced against your will, by law, by the court's decree: do you hold that?
§215Sed quis hic est senex quem video in ultima platea?
But who is this old man whom I see at the end of the street?
§215bIpsus est:
Geta: It is he himself!
§216Non possum adesse.
Antipho: I cannot face him.
§216bAh, quid agis? quo abis, Antipho?
Phaedria: Ah, what are you doing? Where are you going, Antipho?
§217Mane, inquam.
Stay, I say.
Antipho: I know myself and my fault too well: I commit Phanium and my life to you both.
§219Geta, quid nunc fiet?
Phaedria: Geta, what will happen now?
Geta: You will soon hear a scolding; as for me, I shall be tied up and flogged, unless I am much mistaken.
But what we just now advised Antipho to do, we ought to do ourselves, Phaedria.
§223Aufer mihi "oportet:" quin tu quod faciam impera.
Phaedria: Away with your "ought": rather, command me what I must do.
§224Meministine olim ut fuerit vestra oratio §225In re incipienda ad defendendam noxiam; §226Iustam illam causam, facilem, vincibilem, optimam?
Geta: Do you remember what your speech used to be long ago, when beginning the business to defend your fault; that the cause was just, easy, clear, and sure to win?
§227Memini.
Phaedria: I remember.
Geta: Well, now we need that very speech, or, if possible, one even better and more cunning.
§228bEiet sedulo.
Phaedria: It shall be done with all diligence.
Geta: Now, you go up to him first: I will be here in reserve as a reinforcement, if you falter at all.
§230bAge.
Phaedria: Come on.
§231Itane tandem uxorem duxit Antipho iniussu meo?
Demipho: Has Antipho indeed then married a wife without my consent?
§232Nec meum imperium, ac mitto imperium, non simultatem meam
And has he had no regard for my authority, and to say nothing of authority, my displeasure at least?
Has he no shame? O audacious deed! O Geta, the adviser!
§234bVix tandem.
Geta: At last we are named.
§234cQuid mihi dicent, aut quam causam reperient,
Demipho: What will they say to me, or what excuse will they find?
§235Demiror.
I wonder.
§235bAtqui repperi iam: aliud cura.
Geta: But I have found one already: don't worry about that.
Demipho: Will he say this to me, "I did it against my will; the law compelled me." I hear.
Fateor.
I admit it.
§236bPlaces.
Geta: Excellent.
Demipho: But to give up the cause to his opponents, knowingly and in silence; did the law compel that too?
§238bIllud durum.
Phaedria: That is a hard one.
§238cEgo expediam: sine.
Geta: I will clear it up: leave it to me.
§239Incertum est quid agam, quia praeter spem atque incredibile hoc mihi obtigit:
Demipho: I am uncertain what to do, because this has happened to me contrary to my expectation and past belief.
§240Ita sum irritatus animum ut nequeam ad cogitandum instituere:
I am so incensed in my mind that I cannot direct my thoughts to reflection.
§241Quamobrem omnes, quum secundae res sunt maxime, tum maxime §242Meditari secum oportet quo pacto adversam aerumnam ferant; §243Pericla, damna, exilia! Peregre rediens semper cogitet
Therefore, all men, when their affairs are most prosperous, ought then especially to reflect with themselves how they may bear adverse calamity; dangers, losses, banishment!
§244Aut filii peccatum, aut uxoris mortem, aut morbum filiae; §245Communia esse haec; nequid horum unquam accidat animo novum:
Returning from abroad, let him always reflect on his son's transgression, or his wife's death, or his daughter's illness; that these are common occurrences, so that none of them may ever happen as a new thing to the mind.
§246Quicquid praeter spem eveniat omne id deputare esse in lucro.
Whatever happens contrary to expectation, all that he should count as clear gain.
§247Phaedria, incredibile est quantum herum anteco sapientia.
Geta: Phaedria, it is incredible how much I surpass my master in wisdom.
§248Meditata mihi sunt omnia mea incommoda, herus si redierit: §249Molendum usque in pistrino; vapulandum; habendae compedes; §250Opus ruri faciendum: horum nihil quicquam accidet animo novum.
I have reflected on all my own misfortunes, if my master should return: grinding continually in the mill, being flogged, wearing shackles, working in the fields: none of these things will happen as a new thing to my mind.
§251Quicquid praeter spem eveniet, omne id deputabo esse in lucro.
Whatever happens contrary to expectation, all that I shall count as clear gain.
§252Sed quid cessas hominem adire, et blande in principio alloqui?
But why do you hesitate to go up to the man, and speak to him gently at first?
§253Phaedriam mei fratris video filium mihi ire obviam.
Demipho: I see Phaedria, my brother's son, coming to meet me.
§254Mi patrue, salve.
Phaedria: My uncle, welcome.
§254bSalve: sed ubi est Antipho?
Demipho: Welcome: but where is Antipho?
Phaedria: That you have arrived safe— Demipho: I believe so: answer me this.
§256Valet: hic est: sed satin omnia ex sententia?
Phaedria: He is well; he is here: but is everything quite to your mind?
§257Vellem quidem.
Demipho: I wish it indeed.
§257bQuid istuc?
Phaedria: What is the matter?
§257cRogitas, Phaedria?
Demipho: Do you ask, Phaedria?