Perde 5
[Textpart 2]
Be that for yourself rather than me!
AGORASTOCLES
What does he say?
MILPHIO
He declares that his box for his teeth is painful. Perhaps he takes us to be doctors.
AGORASTOCLES
If it is so, tell him that we are not; I don’t wish a stranger to be mistaken.
1005
Rufen nuco istam Rufen nuco istam: We are no doctors..
AGORASTOCLES
This is my wish, that in fact everything should be explained to him just as it is. Ask him whether he has need of anything.
MILPHIO
You who have got no girdle Got no girdle: The Carthaginian tunic flowed loose, and was not fastened with a girdle. Milphio perhaps alludes to his being without a purse, which was generally supported by the girdle, and without which he might think that a stranger had no business in such a wealthy city as Calydon., why have you come to this city, or what is it you seek?
HANNO
Muphursa Muphursa: Open..
1010
AGORASTOCLES
What is it he says?
1010
HANNO
Moin lechianna Moin lechianna: I beg an entrance for Saturn. Milphio plays upon the very slight resemblance of muphursa to mures, mice. Under the name of African mice, he probably alludes to panthers or leopards, which had perhaps been recently shown by the Aediles, for the first time..
1010
AGORASTOCLES
Why has he come?
1010
MILPHIO
Don’t you hear? He declares that he is wishful to give African mice to the Aediles as a show at the games.
HANNO
Lalech lachananim liminichot Lalech lachananim liminichot: The messenger who asks a safe abode and kind endurance here..
AGORASTOCLES
What does he say now?
MILPHIO
He says he has brought latchets, water-channels Latchets, water-channels: Milphio plays upon the resemblance of the words lalech lachananim, to ligulos canales, which (if the reading is correct) will mean shoestrings and water-pipes—perfect nonsense., and nuts;
he’s now begging that you’ll lend him your assistance in having them sold.
1015
AGORASTOCLES
He is a merchant, I suppose?
HANNO
Is amar binam Is amar binam: Us unarmed..
AGORASTOCLES
What is it he says?
