Nothing at all, i’ faith; for tell me, how could I know, who was but six years old when I was stolen away from Carthage?HANNO(apart.)O ye immortal Gods! very many freeborn children have been lost from Carthage after this manner.MILPHIOHow say you? AGORASTOCLESWhat do you want?MILPHIOShould you like me to address this person in the Punic tongue?AGORASTOCLESDo you understand it? MILPHIONo Punic man this day is a better Punic than I.AGORASTOCLESGo and address him, as to what he wants, why he’s come, who he is, of what country, and whence he comes. Don’t be sparing of your questions. MILPHIO(addressing HANNO and his SERVANTS.)Avo! Avo: Hail. Milphio’s knowledge of the Punic dialect was probably but limited, though in the sequel it appears that he does know something of it. The translation of these Punic expressions is from Warner’s Translation, where the Punic is given in a form somewhat different from that found in the modern editions of the text. Of what country are you, or from what city?HANNOHanno Muthumballe bachaëdreanech.AGORASTOCLESWhat does he say?MILPHIOHe says that he is Hanno from Carthage, a Carthaginian, son of Muthumbal.HANNOAvo!MILPHIOHe salutes us.HANNODonniDonni: My masters. Milphio says he is talking about gifts, from the resemblance of the word to the Latin doni, the genitive case of donum, a gift.. MILPHIOHe intends to present you with some donation out of this; what, I don’t know. Don’t you hear him promise? AGORASTOCLESSalute him again in Punic, in my name.MILPHIO(to HANNO.)Avo donni he tells me to say to you in his name.(Pointing to AGORASTOCLES.)HANNOMehar boccaMehar bocca: This passage has been rendered, Oh! what a son of tears! Milphio says he is talking about his bucca, or cheek, being in pain. An attempt has been made in the Translation to preserve in some slight degree the resemblance.! MILPHIOBe that for yourself rather than me!AGORASTOCLESWhat does he say? MILPHIOHe declares that his box for his teeth is painful. Perhaps he takes us to be doctors.AGORASTOCLESIf it is so, tell him that we are not; I don’t wish a stranger to be mistaken.MILPHIO(to HANNO.)Hear you.Rufen nuco istamRufen nuco istam: We are no doctors..AGORASTOCLESThis 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(to HANNO.)You who have got no girdleGot 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?HANNOMuphursaMuphursa: Open.. AGORASTOCLESWhat is it he says?HANNOMoin lechiannaMoin 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..