§208bScio.
I know.
§209Te immerito? an quicquam pro istis factis dignum te dici potest, §210Quae me et te et familiam dedecoras, filio luctum paras?
You undeservedly? Or can anything be said that is worthy of you in return for those deeds of yours, who disgrace me and yourself and the household, and prepare grief for our son?
§211Tum autem ex amicis inimici ut sint nobis affines facis; §212Qui illum decrerunt dignum suos cui liberos committerent.
Furthermore, you make it so that our relatives become our enemies instead of friends; they who had judged him worthy to whom they should entrust their children.
§213Tu sola exorere quae perturbes haec tua impudentia.
You alone stand forth to ruin all this by your impudence.
§214Egone?
I?
§214bTu, inquam, mulier, quae me omnino lapidem non hominem putas.
You, I say, woman, who think me to be entirely a stone, not a man.
§215An, quia ruri crebro esse soleo, nescire arbitramini §216Quo quisque pacto hic vitam vestrarum exigat?
Or, because I am accustomed to be in the country frequently, do you (all) think I do not know in what manner each of you women passes her life here?
§217Multo melius hic quae fiunt quam illic ubi sum assidue scio: §218Ideo, quia, ut vos mihi domi eritis, proinde ego ero fama foris.
I know what is done here much better than what is done there where I am constantly; for this reason, because, just as you will be to me at home, so shall I be in reputation abroad.
§219Iampridem equidem audivi cepisse odium tui Philumenam; §220Minimeque adeo mirum; et ni id fecisset magis mirum foret.
For a long time indeed, I have heard that Philumena has taken a hatred of you; and that is not at all surprising; and if she had not done so, it would be more surprising.
§221Sed non credidi adeo ut etiam totam hanc odisset domum: §222Quod si scissem, illa hic maneret potius, tu hinc isses foras.
But I did not believe it to such an extent that she even hated this whole household; but if I had known this, she would be staying here instead, and you would have gone out from here.
§223At vide quam immerito aegritudo haec oritur mihi abs te, Sostrata.
But see, Sostrata, how undeservedly this vexation arises to me from you.
§224Rus habitatum abii, concedens vobis et rei serviens; §225Sumtus vestros otiumque ut nostra res posset pati, §226Meo labori haud parcens, praeter aequum atque aetatem meam.
I went to live in the country, yielding to you and serving our property; so that our estate could support your expenses and leisure, not sparing my own labor, beyond what is fair and beyond my age.
§227Non te pro his curasse rebus ne quid aegre esset mihi?
To think that you did not care in return for these things, lest anything should be a source of grief to me!
§228Non mea opera neque pol culpa evenit.
It did not happen by my agency, nor, by Pollux, by my fault.
§228bImmo maxime.
Nay, indeed, most of all.
§229Sola hic fuisti; in te omnis haeret culpa sola Sostrata.
You alone were here; upon you alone, Sostrata, clings all the blame.
§230Quae hic erant curares, quum ego vos solvi curis caeteris. §231Cum puella anum suscepisse inimicitias non pudet?
Are you not ashamed, an old woman, to have taken up enmities with a young girl?
§232Illius dices culpa factum.
You will say it was done by her fault.
§232bHaud equidem dico, mi Lache.
Indeed, I do not say so, my Laches.
§233Gaudeo, ita me Di ament, gnati causa; nam de te quidem §234Satis scio peccando detrimenti nihil fieri potest.
I am glad of it, so help me gods, for our son's sake; for as for you indeed, I know well enough that no further damage can be done by your erring.
How do you know, my husband, whether she pretended to hate me for this reason, so that she might be together with her mother more?
§236bQuid ais? non signi hoc sat est,
What do you say?
§237Quod heri nemo voluit visentem ad eam te intro admittere?
Is this not a sufficient sign, that yesterday no one wished to admit you inside when you went to visit her?
§238Enim lassam oppido tum esse aibant: eo ad eam non admissa sum.
Indeed, they said then that she was completely exhausted; therefore I was not admitted to her.
§239Tuos esse ego illi mores morbum magis quam ullam aliam rem arbitror; §240Et merito adeo; nam vestrarum nulla est quin gnatum velit §241Ducere uxorem; et quae vobis placita est conditio datur.
I think your behavior is a disease to her more than any other thing; and indeed with good reason; for there is none of you women who does not wish her son to take a wife; and the match which has pleased you is given.
§242Ubi duxere impulsu vestro, vestro impulsu easdem exigunt.
When they have married by your instigation, by your instigation they drive those same wives out.
§243Etsi scio ego, Philumena, meum ius esse ut te cogam §244Quae ego imperem facere; ego tamen patrio animo victus faciam §245Ut tibi concedam; neque tuae libidini adversabor.
Although I know, Philumena, that it is my right to compel you to do what I command; yet, overcome by my fatherly affection, I will so act as to yield to you; nor will I oppose your desire.
§246Atque eccum Phidippum optime video: ex hoc iam scibo quid sit.
And look, I see Phidippus in good time; from him I shall soon know what it is.
§247Phidippe, etsi ego meis me omnibus scio esse apprime obsequentem, §248Sed non adeo ut mea facilitas corrumpat illorum animos: §249Quod tu si idem faceres, magis in rem et nostram et vestram id esset.
Phidippus, although I know that I am exceedingly indulgent to all my people, yet not so much so that my easy-going nature should corrupt their minds; which if you did the same, it would be more to the advantage of both our household and yours.
§250Nunc video in illarum potestate esse te.
Now I see that you are in the power of those women.
§250bHeia vero!
Oh, indeed!
§251Adii te heri de filia: ut veni itidem incertum amisti.
I went to you yesterday about your daughter; you dismissed me just as unresolved as I came.
It is not at all fitting, if you wish this relationship to be permanent, to hide your anger.
Si quid est peccatum a nobis, profer: §254Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, §255Te iudice ipso.
If any offense has been committed by us, bring it forward; we will correct it for you either by refuting it or by explaining it, with yourself as judge.
Sin ea est causa retinendi apud vos §256Quia aegra est, te mihi iniuriam facere arbitror, Phidippe, §257Si metuis satis ut meae domi curetur diligenter.
But if this is the cause of keeping her with you, because she is ill, I think you do me an injury, Phidippus, if you fear that she will not be cared for diligently enough at my house.