and of yours, do forgive me for it; pardon me: don't
be angry!

_Alc._

Ego istaec feci verba virtute irrita;
nunc, quando factis me impudicis abstini,
ab impudicis dictis avorti volo.
valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas.
iuben mi ire comites

Your charges are refuted by my honest life; now, sir, having
been guiltless of gross behaviour, I will not be subjected
to gross language. Good bye. Keep your own things and
return me mine. Will you older my attendants to follow me?
(_turns to go_)

_Iup._
_Jup._

Sanan es?

Are you in your senses?

_Alc._

Si non iubes,
ibo egomet; comitem mihi Pudicitiam duxero.[23] 930

If you decline to do so, I will go with my woman's honour as
my only escort. (_walks away_)

_Iup._
_Jup._

Mane. arbitratu tuo ius iurandum dabo,
me meam pudicam esse uxorem arbitrarier.
id ego si fallo, tum te, summe Iuppiter,
quaeso, Amphitruoni ut semper iratus sies.

(_holding her_) Wait, wait! I'll swear to it--at your
dictation--that I believe my wife is virtuous. If I deceive
you in this, then, Jove almighty, I invoke thy curse upon
Amphitryon for evermore.

_Alc._

A, propitius sit potius.

(_hurriedly_) Oh no! His blessing, his blessing!

_Iup._
_Jup._

Confido fore;
nam ius iurandum verum te advorsum dedi.
iam nunc irata non es?

I trust to have it, for it is a reliable oath I have given you.
(_drawing her close_) Now you're not angry, are you?

_Alc._

Non sum.

(_submitting_) No.

_Iup._
_Jup._

Bene facis.
nam in hominum aetate multa eveniunt huius modi:
capiunt voluptates, capiunt rursum miserias;
irae interveniunt, redeunt rursum in gratiam. 940
verum irae si quae forte eveniunt huius modi
inter eos, rursum si reventum in gratiam est,
bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius.

(_caressing her_) That's a good girl. Why, life is full of
incidents of this sort. Human beings lay hold on pleasures
and then again on pains. Quarrels come between them, and
then they are reconciled again. But if any such quarrel as
this does happen to arise between them, then when it blows
over they are twice as fond of one another as they were
before.

_Alc._

Primum cavisse oportuit ne diceres,
verum eadem si isdem purg