_Nic._

Mihi dederit velim.
sed qui praesente id aurum Theotimo datumst?

(_sighing_) Wish he'd give it to me! But who was there when
this money was given to Theotimus?

_Chrys._

Populo praesente: nullust Ephesi quin sciat.

The whole population, sir: there's not a soul in Ephesus but
knows about it.

_Nic._

Istuc sapienter saltem fecit filius,
cum diviti homini id aurum servandum dedit;
ab eo licebit quamvis subito sumere.

My son showed sense in that, at any rate,--giving it to a
wealthy man to keep for him. You can get it from such a man
at a moment's notice.

_Chrys._

Immo em tantisper numquam te morabitur 340
quin habeas illud quo die illuc veneris.

Oh no, he'll never keep you waiting, not--see here--
(_illustrating_) not so long: he'll let you have it the
day you arrive.

_Nic._

Censebam me effugisse a vita marituma,
ne navigarem tandem hoc aetatis senex;
id mi haud, utrum velim, licere intellego:
ita bellus hospes fecit Archidemides.
ubi nunc est ergo meus Mnesilochus filius?

I thought I had escaped from the seafaring life, that an old
man of my age might really be done with voyaging. But no
choice is left me, I perceive, in this case--thanks to the
tactics of my charming friend Archidemides. Where is my son
Mnesilochus at present, then?

_Chrys._

Deos atque amicos iit salutatum ad forum.

Gone to the forum to pay his respects to the gods and his
friends.

_Nic._

At ego hinc eo ad illum, ut convenam quantum
potest.

Well, I shall go and try to find him as soon as possible.
[EXIT TO FORUM.

_Chrys._

Ille est oneratus recte et plus iusto vehit.
exorsa haec tela non male omnino mihi est: 350
ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium,
ita feci, ut auri quantum vellet sumeret,
quantum autem lubeat reddere ut reddat patri.

(_gleefully_) He's nicely freighted, he is, in fact,
overfreighted. Not a half bad sort of web I've woven here!
To set up the young master in funds for his love affair,
I've fixed things so that he can take as much of the gold as
he wants himself, yes, and pass on to his father as much as
he likes to pass on.

senex in Ephesum ibit aurum arcessere,
hic nostra agetur