tus ventri commeatus meo adest in portu cibus
sed ego cesso hunc Hegionem onerare laetitia senem,
quo homine hominum adaeque nemo vivit fortunatior?

I'm no parasite now, not I! I'm a precious potent potentate
of potentates, with all that invoice at the harbour for my
belly--food, food! But I must hurry and load old Hegio here
with ecstasy. There's not a luckier man alive than he!

_Hegio_

Quae illaec est laetitia, quam illic laetus largitur mihi?

(_aside_) What ecstasy is it this ecstatic creature is going
to lavish on me?

_Erg._

Heus ubi estis? ecquis hic est? ecquis hoc aperit ostium? 830

(_pounding on Hegio's door_) Hi! Where are you? Anybody
here? Anybody going to open this door?

_Hegio_

Hic homo ad cenam recipit se ad me.

(_aside_) The fellow is coming to dine with me.

_Erg._

Aperite hasce ambas fores
prius quam pultando assulatim foribus exitium adfero.

Open this door--both doors--before I knock 'em to flinders
and finish 'em for good and all!

_Hegio_

Perlubet hunc hominem colloqui. Ergasile.

(_aside_) I should quite enjoy a word with him. (_aloud_)
Ergasilus!

_Erg._

Ergasilum qui vocat?

(_still pounding_) Who calls Ergasilus?

_Hegio_

Respice.

Vouchsafe me a look, sir.

_Erg._

Fortuna quod tibi nec facit nec faciet, me iubes.
sed quis est?

(_without turning his head_) Vouchsafe you a look, eh!
That is more than Good Luck does for you, or ever will do,
either! Who is it, though?

_Hegio_

Respice ad me, Hegio sum.

Look around this way. It's Hegio.

_Erg._

Oh mihi,
quantum est hominum optumorum optume, in
tempore advenis.

(_rushing up_) Oh! oh! You best of all the best men that
tread the earth, you come just in time!

_Hegio_

Nescio quem ad portum nactus es ubi cenes, eo fastidis.

You have hit upon some one or other at the harbour to dine
with: that's why you are so haughty.

_Erg._

Cedo manum.

(_rapturously_) Give me your hand!

_Hegio_

Manum?

My hand?

_Erg._

Manum, inquam, cedo tuam actutum.

Your hand, I say--give me your hand this instant!

_Hegio_

Tene.

(_doing so_) Take it. (_Ergasilus shakes it vigorously_)

_Erg._

Gaude.

Rejoice!

_Hegio_

Quid ego gaudeam?

Rejoice