me expurigare tibi volo. me insaniam 620
neque tenere neque mi esse ullum morbum, nisi quod servio.
at ita me rex deorum atque hominum faxit patriae compotem,
ut istic Philocrates non magis est quam aut ego aut tu.

I'll show you, Hegio, that all this you take for a lie is
the truth. But first I want to clear myself with you, and
assure you that I am not insane, and have no affliction
except captivity. And now,--(_solemnly_) so may the King of
heaven and earth restore me to my native land,--that fellow
is no more Philocrates than you or I.

_Hegio_

Eho dic mihi,
quis illic igitur est?

(_impressed_) Hey? Tell me, who is he then?

_Arist._

Quem dudum dixi a principio tibi.
hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico quin mihi
et parentum et libertatis apud te deliquio siet.

The man I told you he was to begin with, a while ago. If you
find it otherwise, I make no objection to forfeiting my
parents and my liberty and staying here with you.

_Hegio_

Quid tu ais?

(_to Tyndarus_) And you--what have you to say?

_Tynd._

Me tuom esse servom et te meum erum.

(_urbanely_) That I am your servant, and that you are my
master.

_Hegio_

Haud istuc rogo.
fuistin liber?

(_impatiently_) That isn't what I'm asking about. Were you a
freeman?

_Tynd._

Fui.

I was.

_Arist._

Enim vero non fuit, nugas agit.

He certainly was not. Absurd!

_Tynd._

Qui tu scis? an tu fortasse fuisti meae matri obstetrix,
qui id tam audacter dicere audes?

(_superciliously_) How do you know? Or were you my mother's
midwife, perhaps, that you venture to speak with such
assurance on this point?

_Arist._

Puerum te vidi puer. 630

I saw you when we were both boys.

_Tynd._

At ego te video maior maiorem: em rursum tibi.
meam rem non cures, si recte facis. num ego curo tuam?

Well, I see you now we are both grown-ups. There's one for
you! You wouldn't meddle with my business, if you behaved
decently. I don't meddle with yours, do I?

_Hegio_

Fuitne huic pater Thensaurochrysonicochrysides?

Wasn't his father called Ducatsdoubloonsandpiecesofeightson?

_Arist._

Non fuit, neque ego istuc nomen umquam audivi ante hunc diem
Philocrati Theodoromedes fuit