(_the lovers give a start_) But--this lady you're
hugging isn't smoke, is she?

_Argyr._

Quidum?

Smoke? Why so?

_Leon._

Quia oculi sunt tibi lacrumantes, eo rogavi. 620

Well, your eyes are watering; that's why I asked.

_Argyr._

Patronus qui vobis fuit futurus, perdidistis.

(_tragically_) You have lost a man who would have freed you
and been your patron, my lads.

_Leon._

Equidem hercle nullum perdidi, ideo quia numquam ullum habui.

Lord! I haven't lost any such, no, indeed, seeing I never
had any such.

_Lib._

Philaenium, salve.

Good day to you, Philaenium.

_Phil._

Dabunt di quae velitis vobis.

God grant all your wishes, to both of you.

_Lib._

Noctem tuam et vini cadum velim, si optata fiant.

I'd wish an evening with you and a cask of wine, if wishing
was having.

_Argyr._

Verbum cave faxis, verbero.

Hold your tongue, you rascal!

_Lib._

Tibi equidem, non mihi opto.

Oh, wish 'em for you, I mean, sir, not for myself.

_Argyr._

Tum tu igitur loquere quod lubet.

Then in that case, say what you like.

_Lib._

Hunc hercle verberare.

Like? I'd like to give this chap (_pointing to Leonida_)
a thrashing, by gad!

_Leon._

Quisnam istuc adcredat tibi, cinaede calamistrate?
tun verberes, qui pro cibo habeas te verberari?

(_ironically_) Well, well, who'd believe it of you, you
frizzle-headed girl-hunter? You thrash me, you, you that
live on thrashings?

_Argyr._

Ut vostrae fortunae meis praecedunt, Libane, longe,
qui hodie numquam ad vesperum vivam.

(_tragical again_) Ah, Libanus, how far preferable your lot
is to mine--I who will never never live till evening!

_Lib._

Quapropter, quaeso? 630

How's that, for mercy's sake?

_Argyr._

Quia ego hanc amo et haec me amat,
huic quod dem nusquam quicquam est,
hinc med amantem ex aedibus eiecit huius mater.
argenti viginti minae me ad mortem appulerunt,
quas hodie adulescens Diabolus ipsi daturus dixit,
ut hanc ne quoquam mitteret nisi ad se hunc annum totum.
videtin viginti minae quid pollent quidve possunt?
ille qui illas perdit salvos est, ego qui non perdo pereo.

Because I love her (_indicating Philaenium_) and she loves
me,