ffers mihi,
laudem lucrum, ludum iocum, festivitatem ferias, 770
pompam penum, potationis saturitatem, gaudium,
nec cuiquam homini supplicare[19] nunc certum est mihi;
nam vel prodesse amico possum vel inimicum perdere,
ita hic me amoenitate amoena amoenus oneravit dies,
sine sacris hereditatem sum aptus effertissimam.

Great God on high, thou dost preserve me and prosper me with
fatness! Boundless abundance, yea, sublime abundance dost
thou bring me! Praise, profit, pleasure, jollity, festivity,
feasting, trains of victuals, eatables, drinkables, satiety,
joy! Never will I toady to human being more, I now resolve
it. Why, I can bless my friend or blast my foe, now that
this delightful day has loaded me down with its delightful
delightfulness! I've landed a legacy stuffed fit to burst,
and not a single encumbrance attached!

nunc ad senem cursum capessam hunc Hegionem, cui boni
tantum affero quantum ipsus a dis optat, atque etiam amplius.
nunc certa res est, eodem pacto ut comici servi solent.
coniciam in collum pallium, primo ex med hanc rem ut audiat:
speroque me ob hunc nuntium aeternum adepturum cibum. 780

Now for a race up to old Hegio here. I'm bringing him
all the happiness he craves of Heaven, yes, and more, too.
I know what I'll do now: like slaves in the comedies, I'll
bundle my cloak round my neck and run, so that I'll be the
first man he hears this news from; and I hope to get food
for ever and ever for my information.

IV. 2.

Scene 2.

ENTER _Hegio_.

_Hegio_

Quanto in pectore hanc rem meo magis volato,
tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo.
ad illum modum sublitum os esse mi hodie!
neque id perspicere quivi.
quod cum scibitur, tum per urbem inridebor.

(_soliloquizing moodily_) The more I think it over, the
sourer I feel. The idea of their playing upon me in that
style to-day! And I couldn't see through it. When it gets
known, I shall be the joke of the town.

cum extemplo ad forum advenero, omnes loquentur:
"hic illest senex doctus, quoi verba data sunt."
sed Ergasilus estne his, procul quem video?
conlecto quidem est pallio. quidnam acturust?

The moment I appear at the forum they'll all be saying,
"Here comes that smart old fellow that got humbugged."
(_observing Ergasilus_) But isn't that Ergasilus I see