§515bHaud longum est id quod orat, Dorio: exoret sine:
: What he asks is not much, Dorio; let him prevail upon you.
§516Idem hoc tibi quod bene promeritus fueris conduplicaverit.
same favor will return to you double for the good service you have rendered.
§517Verba istaec sunt.
: Those are mere words.
§517bPamphilamne hac urbe privari sines?
: Will you allow Pamphila to be taken away from this city?
§518Tum praeterea horunc amorem distrahi poterin pati?
, besides, can you bear to see the love of these two torn apart?
§519Neque ego, neque tu.
: It matters neither to me nor to you.
§519bDi tibi omnes id quod es dignus duint.
: May all the gods give you what you deserve.
§520Ego te complures adversum ingenium meum menses tuli §521Pollicitantem, nihil ferentem, flentem: nunc contra omnia haec,
: I have put up with you for many months, contrary to my nature,, bringing nothing, weeping.
§522Repperi qui det neque lacrimet; da locum melioribus.
Now, contrary to all this, have found someone who pays and does not weep; give place to your betters.
§523Certe hercle, ego si satis commemini, tibi quidem est olim dies §524Quam ad dares huic praestituta.
: Certainly, by Hercules, if I remember rightly, you had a day formerly fixed, which you were to deliver her to him.
§524bFactum.
: It was so.
§524cNum ego istuc nego?
I deny it?
§525Iam ea praeteriit?
: Has that day already passed?
§525bNon; verum haec ei antecessit.
: No, but this one has come before it.
§526bMinime, dum ob rem.
: Not at all, as long as it is profitable.
§526cSterquilinium.
: You dunghill!
§527bSic sum: si placeo, utere.
: That's how I am; if you like me, deal with me.
§528Sicine hunc decipis?
: Do you deceive him in this way?
§528bImmo enimvero, Antipho, hic me decipit:
: Nay, on the contrary, Antipho, he deceives me.
§529Nam hic me huiusmodi esse scibat; ego hunc esse aliter credidi.
he knew I was a man of this sort; I believed him to be otherwise.
§530Iste me fefellit; ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui.
has deceived me; I am no different to him than I have always been.
§531Sed utut haec sunt, tamen hoc faciam: cras mane argentum mihi §532Miles dare se dixit: si mihi prior tu attuleris, Phaedria,
however this may be, yet I will do this: tomorrow morning soldier said he would give me the money.
§533Mea lege utar, ut potior sit qui prior ad dandum est. Vale.
If you bring it to me first, Phaedria, will follow my rule, that he who is first to pay has the preference. Farewell.
§534Quid faciam? Unde ego nunc tam subito huic argentum inveniam miser,
: What shall I do? Where shall I now, poor wretch, find the money for him so suddenly, who have less than nothing?
But if he could have been prevailed upon these three days, the money had been promised.
: Shall we allow him, Geta, be made miserable, who lately, as you said, assisted me so kindly?
§538Quin, quum opus est, beneficium rursum ei experiamur reddere?
not, now that there is need, try to return the favor to him in our turn?
§539Scio quidem hoc esse aequum.
: Indeed, I know this is fair.
§539bAge ergo, solus servare hunc potes.
: Come then, you alone can save him.
§540Quid faciam?
: What shall I do?
§540bInvenias argentum.
: Find the money.
§540cCupio; sed id unde edoce.
: I wish to, but tell me where from.
§541Pater adest hic.
: My father is here.
§541bScio; sed quid tum?
: I know; but what of it?
§541cAh, dictum sapienti sat est.
: Ah, a word to the wise is enough.
§542Itane?
: Is it so?
§542bIta.
: Yes.
§542cSane hercle pulchre suades: etiam tu hinc abis?
: By Hercules, you advise me beautifully indeed. Are you also going to drive me away from here?
§543Non triumpho ex nuptiis tuis si nihil nanciscor mali, §544Ni etiam nunc me huius causa quaerere in maloiubeas crucem?
I not triumphing enough from your marriage if I escape any harm, even now, for his sake, you order me to seek a gallows in my misfortune?
§545Verum hic dicit.
: He speaks the truth.
§545bQuid? ego vobis, Geta, alienus sum?
? Geta, am I a stranger to you?
§545cHaud puto.
: I do not think so.
§546Sed parumne est quod omnibus nunc nobis succenset senex, §547Ni instigemus etiam ut nullus locus relinquatur preci?
is it too little that the old man is now angry with all of us, we also instigate him so that no room is left for entreaty?
§548Alius ab oculis meis illam in ignotum hinc abducet locum? Hem!
: Shall another carry her away from before my eyes to some unknown place? Alas!
, therefore, while it is allowed and while I am here, speak with me, Antipho; upon me.
§550bQuamobrem? aut quidnam facturus es cedo?
: Why? Or what, pray, are you going to do? Tell me.
: Wherever in the world she is carried away from here, I am resolved to follow, to perish.
§552bDi bene vertant, quod agas; pedetentim tamen.
: May the gods prosper what you do; slowly, however.
§553Vide si quid opis potes afferre huic.
: See if you can bring any help to him.
§553bSi quid? quid?
: Any help? What?
: Seek, I beseech you,, lest he do anything more or less which we may afterwards regret.
§555Quaero.
: I am seeking.
Salvus est, ut opinor; verum enim metuo malum.
The solution is safe, I think; but indeed, I fear trouble.
§556Noli metuere: una tecum bona mala tolerabimus.
: Do not fear; together with you we will bear both good and bad fortune.
§557Quantum tibi opus est argenti? loquere.
: How much money do you need? Speak.
§557bSolae triginta minae.
: Only thirty minae.
§558Triginta? hui percara est, Phaedria.
: Thirty? Oh, she is very dear, Phaedria.
§558bIstaec vero vilis est.
: Indeed, she is cheap.
§559Age, age; inventas reddam.
: Well, well; I will see that it is found.
§559bO lepidum!
: Oh, delightful!
§559cAufer te hinc.
: Off with you.
§559dIam opus est.
: It is needed now.
§559eIam feres.
: You shall have it directly.
§560Sed opus est mihi Phormionem ad hanc rem adiutorem dari.
I need Phormio to be given to me as an assistant in this matter.
§561Praesto est: audacissime oneris quidvis impone, et feret.
: He is ready; lay upon him any burden as boldly as you please, and he will bear it.
§562Solus est homo amico amicus.
is the only man who is a true friend to his friend.
§562bEamus ergo ad eum ocius.
: Let us go to him then, quickly.
§563Numquid est quod opera mea vobis opus sit?
: Is there anything for which you need my help?
§563bNihil: verum abi domum; §564Et illam miseram, quam ego nunc intus scio esse exanimatam metu, §565Consolare: Cessas?
: Nothing; but go home; comfort that poor woman, whom I now know to be swooning with fear inside; you delay?
§565bNihil est aeque quod faciam libens.
: There is nothing I would do so gladly.
§566Qua via istuc facies?
: By what way will you do that?
§566bDicam in itinere: modo te hinc amove.
: I will tell you on the way; only move yourself away from here.
§567Quid qua profectus causa hinc es Lemnum, Chreme,
: What about the cause for which you set out from here to Lemnos, Chremes?