“I went to Rome and all I brought you was this lousy stylus”, ~70 CE [800×382]

Well actually according to this article it translates to:

1st pen: “I have come from the City, I bring you a welcome gift”

2nd pen: “with a sharp point that you may remember me.”

3rd pen: “I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)”

4th pen: “as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty”