§568Adduxtin tecum filiam?
Demipho: Did you bring your daughter with you?
§568bNon.
Chremes: No.
§568cQuid ita non?
Demipho: Why not?
§569Postquam videt me eius mater esse hic diutius, §570Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis §571Neam negligentiam, ipsam cum omni familia §572Ad me profectam esse aibant.
Chremes: After her mother saw that I was staying here longer, and at the same time the age of the maiden could not wait, they said that she herself, with all the household, blaming my neglect, had set out to find me.
Demipho: Why then, pray, did you linger there so long after you had heard that?
§574Pol me detinuit morbus.
Chremes: By Pollux, illness detained me.
§574bUnlde? aut qui?
Demipho: From where? Or what kind?
§574cRogas?
Chremes: Do you ask?
Old age itself is an illness; but that they have arrived safe, I heard from the sailor who had carried them.
§577Quid gnato obtigerit me absente audistin, Chreme?
Demipho: Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son while I was away?
§578Quod quidem me factum consili incertum facit; §579Nam hanc conditionem si cui tulero extrario, §580Quo pacto aut unde mihi sit dicendum ordine est.
Chremes: Indeed, it is that very thing that makes me uncertain of my plan; for if I offer this marriage-match to any stranger, I must explain in order how and from where she is mine.
§581Te mihi fidelem ess aeque atque egomet sum mihi §582Scibam: ille, si me alienus affinem volet, §583Tacebit dum intercedet familiaritas; §584Sin spreverit me, plus quam opus est scito sciet:
I knew that you were as faithful to me as I am to myself; but a stranger, if he wishes to become my relative, will keep silent as long as the intimacy lasts; but if he scorns me, know that he will know more than is necessary.
§585Vereorque ne uxor aliqua hoc resciscat mea; §586Quod si fit, ut me excutiam atque egrediar domo §587Id restat; nam ego meorum solus sum meus.
And I fear lest my wife should find out about this somehow; if that happens, nothing remains for me but to clear out and leave the house; for I am the only one of my family who belongs to myself.
§588Scio ita esse; et istaec mihi res sollicitudini est: §589Neque defetiscar usque adeo experirier, §590Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum effecero.
Demipho: I know it is so, and that matter is a cause of anxiety to me; nor will I ever tire of trying, until I have accomplished for you what I promised.
§591Ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem
Geta: (Aside) I have seen no man more clever than Phormio.
§592Quam Phormionem: venio ad hominem ut dicerem §593Argentum opus esse, et id quo pacto fieret: §594Vixdum dimidium dixeram, intellexerat; §595Gaudebat; me laudabat; quaerebat senem; §596Dis gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari §597Ubi Phaedriae esse ostenderet nihilo minus §598Amicum sese quam Antiphoni: hominem ad forum
I went to the fellow to tell him that money was needed, and how it might be done; scarcely had I spoken half, and he had understood; he was delighted; he praised me; he was looking for the old man; he thanked the gods that an opportunity was given to him to show that he was no less a friend to Phaedria than to Antipho.
§599Iussi operiri; eo me esse adducturum senem.
I ordered the man to wait at the forum; and said that I would bring the old man there.
§600Sed eccum ipsum: quis est ulterior? atat, Phaedriae
But look, there he is himself. Who is the other further off? Ha!
§601Pater venit: sed quid pertimui autem, bellua?
Phaedria's father is coming. But why did I fear, beast that I am?
§602An quia quos fallam pro uno duo sunt mihi dati?
Because two are given to me to deceive instead of one?
§603Commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier.
I think it is more advantageous to make use of a double hope.
§604Petam hinc unde a primo institui: is si dat, sat est: §605Si ab eo nihil fiet, tum hunc adoriar hospitem.
I will seek from where I first intended; if he gives, that is enough; if nothing comes from him, then I will attack this new guest.
Antipho: (Aside) I am waiting to see how soon Geta returns here; but I see my uncle standing with my father.
Hei mihi, §608Quam timeo adventus huius quo impellat patrem.
Ah, wretched me, how I fear where the arrival of this man may drive my father.
§609Adibo hosce, O noster Chreme.
Geta: I will go up to them. Oh, our Chremes!
§609bSalve, Geta.
Chremes: Greetings, Geta.
§610Venire salvum volupe est.
Geta: It is a pleasure that you have arrived safe.
§610bCredo.
Chremes: I believe you.
§610cQuid agitur?
What is going on?
§611Multa advenienti, ut fit, nova hic compluria.
Geta: Many things, as usual when one arrives, many new things here.
§612Ita: de Antiphone audistin quae facta?
Chremes: Yes; have you heard what was done about Antipho?
§612bOmnia.
Geta: Everything.
(To Demipho) Did you tell him? It is a shameful deed, Chremes, to be so cheated.
§614bId cum hoc agebam commodum.
Chremes: I was just discussing that very thing with him.
Geta: By Hercules, I also, thinking carefully about this by myself, have found, I think, a remedy for this matter.
§616bQuid, Geta?
Demipho: What, Geta?
§617Quod remedium?
Chremes: What remedy?
Geta: As I went away from you, I happened to meet Phormio.
§618bQui Phormio?
Chremes: Which Phormio?
§618cIs qui istam.
Demipho: The one who married that girl...
§618dScio.
Chremes: I know.
§619Visum est mihi ut eius tentarem sententiam.
Geta: It seemed best to me to sound out his mind.
§620Prendo hominem solum:"Cur non," inquam, "Phormio, §621Vides inter nos sic haec potius cum bona §622Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
I caught the man alone: "Why, Phormio," I said, "do you not see to it that this matter is settled between us on good terms rather than on bad?
§623Herus liberalis est, et fugitans litium: §624Nam caeteri quidem hercle amici omnes modo §625Uno ore auctores fuere ut praecipitem hanc daret. " §626Quid hic coeptat? aut quo evadet hodie?
My master is generous, and avoids lawsuits; for indeed, all his other friends just now, with one voice, were advising him to turn her out headlong." Antipho: (Aside) What is he starting? Or where will he end up today?
§626b"An legibus §627Daturum poenas dices, si illam eiecerit? §628Iam id exploratum est. Heia, sudabis satis, §629Si cum illo inceptas homine: ea eloquentia est. §630Verum pone esse victum eum: at tandem tamen §631Non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae. "
Geta: "‘“Will you say that he will suffer punishment under the laws if he turns her out?” “‘“That has already been looked into.
§632Postquam hominem his verbis sentio mollirier, §633"Soli sumus nunc hic," inquam; "eho dic, quid velis dari §634Tibi in manum, ut herus his desistat litibus; §635Haec hinc facessat; tu molestus ne sies. " §636Satin illi Di sunt propitii?
Ah, you will sweat enough,”’ “‘“if you begin a contest with that man; such is his eloquence!”’ “‘“But suppose he is defeated; yet in the end,”’ “‘“it is not his life that is at stake, but his money.”’" After I felt that the man was being softened by these words: "‘“We are alone here now,” I said; “come, tell me, what do you want to be given” “‘“into your hand, so that my master may desist from these lawsuits,”’ “‘“she may clear out of here, and you may not be troublesome?”’" Demipho: Are the gods sufficiently favorable to him?
§636b"Nam sat scio,
Geta: "‘“For I know well enough,”’