§814Sic pol commodius esse in omnes arbitror quam ut coeperas, §815Mancre hanc; nam perliberalis visa est quum vidi mihi. §816Quid istuc negoti est? §816bIamne operuit ostium? §816cIam. §816dO Iupiter, §817Di nos respiciunt: gnatam inveni nuptam cum tuo tilio. §817bHem, §818Quo pacto id potuit? §818bNon satis tutus est ad narrandum hic locus. §819At tu abi intro. §819bHeus, ne filii quidem nostri hoc resciscant volo. §820Laetus sum, ut meae res sese habent, fratri obtigisse quod vult. §821Quam scitum est eiusmodi parare in animo cupiditates §822Quas, quum res adversae sient, paulo mederi possis! §823Hic simul argentum repperit cura sese expedivit. §824Ego nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis §825Quin, si hoc celetur, in metu, sin patefit, ill probro sim. §826Neque me domum nunc reciperem, ni mihi esset spes ostenta §827Huiusce habendae.
Nausistrata: "By Pollux, I think this is more convenient for everyone than what you had begun," "for her to stay; for she seemed to me very ladylike when I saw her." Demipho: "What is this business?" Chremes: "Has she shut the door already?" Demipho: "Already." Chremes: "O Jupiter," "the gods look upon us: I have found my daughter married to your son." Demipho: "What?" "How could that be?" Chremes: "This place is not safe enough for telling." Demipho: "Then go inside." Chremes: "Hey, I don't want even our sons to find this out." Antipho: "I am glad, however my own affairs stand, that what my cousin wants has happened to him." "How clever it is to nurture such desires in the mind," "which, when things go wrong, you can cure with a little trouble!" "He, as soon as he found the money, freed himself from care." "I can extricate myself from these troubles by no remedy," "without being in fear if this is concealed, or in disgrace if it is revealed." "And I would not return home now, if hope had not been shown to me" "of keeping her.
Sed ubinam Getam invenire possum, §828Ut rogem quod tempus conveniendi patris me capere iubeat? §829Argentum accepi; tradidi lenoni; abduxi mulierem; §830Curavi propria ea Phaedria ut poteretur; nam emissa est manu. §831Nunc una mihi res etiam restat quae est conficienda, otium §832Ab senibus ad potandum ut habeam; nam aliquot hos sumam dies.
But where on earth can I find Geta," "to ask what time he would advise me to choose for meeting my father?" Phormio: "I have received the money; delivered it to the pimp; carried off the woman;" "I have seen to it that Phaedria should possess her as his own; for she has been manumitted." "Now one thing also still remains for me to settle, to get leisure" "from the old men for drinking; for I will take these next few days for it." Antipho: "But there is Phormio.
§833Sed Phormio est. Quid ais? §833bQuid? §833cQuidnam nunc facturus Phaedria? §834Quo pacto satietatem amoris ait se velle sumere? §835Vicissim partes tuas acturus est. §835bQuas? §835cUt fugitet patrem. §836Te suam rogavit rursum ut ageres, causam ut pro se diceres; §837Nam potaturus est apud me.
What do you say?" Phormio: "What?" Antipho: "What is Phaedria going to do now?" "In what way does he say he wants to take his fill of love?" Phormio: "In his turn, he is going to play your part." Antipho: "Which one?" Phormio: "To run away from his father." "He has asked you to play his part in turn, and plead his cause for him;" "for he is going to drink at my place.
Ego me ire senibus Sunium §838Dicam ad mercatum, ancillulam emtum quam dudum dixit Geta; §839Ne quum hic non videant me conficere credant argentum suum. §840Sed ostium concrepuit abs te. §840bVide quis egrediatur. §840cGeta est. §841O Fortuna, O Fors fortuna, quantis commoditatibus §842Quam subito hero meo Antiphoni ope vestra hunc onerastis diem; §843Quidnam hic sibi vult? §843bnosque amicos eius exonerastis metu! §844Sed ego nunc mihi cesso qui non humerum hunc onero pallio, §845Atque hominem propero invenire, ut haec quae contigerint sciat. §846Num tu intelligis hic quid narret? §846bNum tu? §846cNihil. §846dTantundem ego. §847Ad lenonem hinc ire pergam: ibi nunc sunt. §847bHeus Geta. §847cHem tibi. §848Num mirum aut novum est revocari, cursum quum institueris? §848bGeta. §849Pergit hercle.
I will tell the old men" "that I am going to Sunium to the market, to buy the little slave-girl Geta mentioned just now;" "lest, when they don't see me here, they believe I am squandering their money." "But the door of your house creaked." Antipho: "See who is coming out." Phormio: "It is Geta." Geta: "O Fortune, O Lady Fortune, with what great blessings" "how suddenly have you loaded this day with your aid for my master Antipho!" Antipho: "What on earth does he mean?" Geta: "And have freed us, his friends, from fear!" "But why do I delay now, and don't load this shoulder with my cloak," "and hasten to find the man, so that he may know these things that have happened?" Phormio: "Do you understand at all what he is talking about?" Antipho: "Do you?" Phormio: "Nothing." Antipho: "Just as much as you." Geta: "I will proceed to go from here to the pimp's house: they are there now." Phormio: "Hey, Geta!" Geta: "There you go." "Is it anything strange or new to be called back when you've started running?" Phormio: "Geta!" Geta: "By Hercules, he persists.
Nunquam tu odio tuo me vines. §849bNon manes? §850Vapula. §850bId quidem tibi iam fiet, nisi resistis, verbero. §851Familiariorem oportet esse hunc: minitatur malum. §852Sed isne es quem quaero an non? ipsus est.
You will never conquer me with your annoying ways." Phormio: "Won't you stop?" Geta: "Go and be hanged." Phormio: "That indeed will happen to you right now, unless you stop, you scoundrel." Geta: "This fellow must be rather intimate: he threatens me with mischief." "But is that the man I am looking for or not?
§852bCongredere actutum. §852cQuid est? §853O omnium quantum est qui vivunt hominum homo ornatissime! §854Nam sine controversia ab Dis solus diligere, Antipho. §855Ita velim: sed qui istuc credam ita esse mihi diei velim. §856Satin est si te delibutum gaudio reddo? §856bEnicas. §857Quin tu hinc pollicitationes aufer, et quod fers cedo. §857bOh, §858Tu quoque hic aderas, Phormio? §858bAderam: sed cessas? §858cAccipe, hem, §859Ut modo argentum tibi dedimus apud forum, recta domum §860Sumus profecti: interea mittit herus me ad uxorem tuam. §861Quamobrem? §861bOmitto proloqui; nam nihil ad hanc rem est, Antipho. §862Ubi in gynaeceum ire occipio, puer ad me adcurrit Mida; §863Pone apprehendit pallio; resupinat: respicio; rogo §864Quamobrem retineat me: ait esse vetitum intro ad heram accedere. §865Sophrona modo fratrem huc, inquit, senis introduxit Chremem, §866Eumque nunc esse intus cum illis. Hoc ubi ego audivi, ad fores
It is he himself." "Come here quickly." Antipho: "What is it?" Geta: "O of all the men who live, the most highly favored man!" "For without controversy, you alone are beloved by the gods, Antipho." Antipho: "I should wish it so: but I should like to be told why I should believe it to be so." Geta: "Is it enough if I render you drenched in joy?" Antipho: "You are killing me." Phormio: "Why don't you do away with your promises, and give us what you bring?" Geta: "Oh," "were you here too, Phormio?" Phormio: "I was: but why do you delay?" Geta: "Listen then, here," "As soon as we gave you the money just now at the forum, straight home" "we set out: in the meantime my master sends me to your wife." Antipho: "For what reason?" Geta: "I omit to mention that; for it has nothing to do with this matter, Antipho." "Just as I began to go into the women's apartments, the slave-boy Mida runs up to me;" "he catches me from behind by my cloak; pulls me back: I look back; I ask" "why he holds me back: he says it has been forbidden to go inside to his mistress." "'Sophrona just now introduced here', says he, 'Chremes, the old man's brother,'" "'and he is now inside with them.' As soon as I heard this, to the door"