and you may well have heard of this from your fathers, whoever they may be, for full much did I suffer, and let fall into ruin a stately house and one stored with much brilliant treasure.
καὶ πατέρων τάδε μέλλετ' ἀκουέμεν , οἵ τινες ὑμῖν εἰσίν , ἐπεὶ μάλα πολλὰ πάθον , καὶ ἀπώλεσα οἶκον εὖ μάλα ναιετάοντα , κεχανδότα πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά .
καί πατήρ ὅδε μέλλω ἀκούω , ὅς τις σύ εἰμί , ἐπεί μάλα πολύς πάσχω , καί ἀπόλλυμι οἶκος εὖ μάλα ναιετάω , χανδάνω πολύς καί ἐσθλός .