piam.

Come, make an end of your talk. I want to take in some of
his.

_Argyr._

Vale.

(_tragically_) Farewell! (_starts away_)

_Phil._

Quo properas?

Where are you hurrying to?

_Argyr._

Bene vale, apud Orcum te videbo
nam equidem me iam quantum potest a vita abiudicabo.

Farewell! Be happy. I shall see you in the world to come!
For upon my soul, this world and I shall now be divorced
as soon as possible!

_Phil._

Cui tu, obsecro, immerito meo me morti dedere optas?

(_running up and clinging to him_) Oh, for heaven's sake,
why, why do you wish to condemn me to death yourself,
innocent as I am?

_Argyr._

Ego te? quam si intellegam deficere vita, iam ipse
vitam meam tibi largiar et de mea ad tuam addam. 610

I you? If I saw your life was ebbing, I'd freely give you
my own at once and add my years to yours.

_Phil._

Cui ergo minitans mihi, te vitam esse amissurum?
nam quid me facturam putas, si istuc quod dicis faxis?
mihi certum est facere in me omnia eadem quae tu in te faxis.

Then why do you threaten me with throwing away your life?
For what do you think I will do, if you do what you say?
My mind's made up: I'll do to myself just precisely what
you do to yourself.

_Argyr._

Oh melle dulci dulcior tu es.

Oh, you're sweeter than sweet honey!

_Phil._

Certe enim tu vita es mi.
complectere.

And you're my very life, I know that. Do put your arms
around me!

_Argyr._

Facio lubens.

(_doing so_) Yes, yes, gladly!

_Phil._

Utinam sic efferamur.

Oh, if we could only be carried to the grave like this!

_Leon._

O Libane, uti miser est homo qui amat.

I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is!

_Lib._

Immo hercle vero,
qui pendet multo est miserior.

By Jove, no! A chap hung up by his heels is a much poorer
devil, believe me.

_Leon._

Scio qui periclum feci.
circum sistamus, alter hinc, hinc alter appellemus.
ere, salve. sed num fumus est haec mulier quam amplexare?

I know that: I've tried it. (_a pause_) Let's surround him,
and give him a salute, one from here (_pointing_) and the
other from here. (_they station themselves: then, giving the
signal to Libanus to chime in, loudly to Argyrippus_) Good
day, sir!