Tynd.

  Ergo animum advortas volo
  quae nuntiare hinc te volo in patriam ad patrem.

      Well then, I wish you to pay attention to the message I wish
      you to take home to him.

Philocr.

  Philocrates, ut adhuc locorum feci, faciam sedulo,
  ut potissimum quod in rem recte conducat tuam,
  id petam idque persequar corde et animo atque viribus.

      I’ll do the best I can for you, sir, just as I always have: 
      anything that makes for your good, sir, I’ll work my hardest
      for, and follow up with all my heart and soul and strength.

Tynd.

Facis ita ut te facere oportet. nunc animum advortas volo:  omnium primum salutem dicito matri et patri et cognatis et si quem alium benevolentem videris; 390 me hic valere et servitutem servire huic homini optumo, qui me honore honestiorem semper fecit et facit.

The proper spirit.  Now I wish you to pay attention.  First of all, remember me to my father and mother and my relatives and anyone else you may see who is interested in my welfare; tell them I am in good health here and a slave of this most estimable gentleman who has always accorded me the (with emphasis) very extraordinary consideration which I still enjoy.

Philocr.

  Istuc ne praecipias, facile memoria memini tamen.

      No instructions needed along that line, sir:  I can remember
      to mind that easily enough, without.

Tynd.

  Nam equidem, nisi quod custodem habeo, liberum me esse arbitror.
  dicito patri, quo pacto mihi cum hoc convenerit de huius filio.

      For really, aside from the fact that I have a guard, I feel
      that I am a free man.  Tell my father what arrangement this
      gentleman and I have made regarding his son.

Philocr.

  Quae memini, mora mera est monerier.

      Mere waste of time, sir, to remind me of what I remember.

Tynd.

  Ut eum redimat et remittat nostrum huc amborum vicem.

      That he is to ransom him and send him back here in exchange
      for us both.

Philocr.

  Meminero.

      I’ll remember.

Hegio

  At quamprimum pote:  istuc in rem utriquest maxime.

      Yes, but just as quickly as possible:  that’s of the highest
      importance to each of us.

Philocr.

  Non tuom tu magis videre quam ille suom gnatum cupit.

      You don’t long to see your son any more than he does his,
      sir.

Hegio

  Meus mihi, suos cuique est carus.

      My son is dear to me, as his own son is to every father.

Philocr.

  Numquid aliud vis patri 400
  nuntiari?