ll of treasure buried
within his house, hides it away again deep in the ground,
and, beside himself with terror, keeps watch over it. His
daughter had been wronged by Lyconides. Meanwhile an old
gentleman, one Megadorus, is persuaded by his sister to
marry, and asks the miser for his daughter's hand.

durus senex vix promittit, atque aulae timens
domo sublatam variis abstrudit locis.
insidias servos facit huius Lyconidis
qui virginem vitiarat; atque ipse obsecrat 10
avonculum Megadorum sibimet cedere
uxorem amanti. per dolum mox Euclio
cum perdidisset aulam, insperato invenit
laetusque natam conlocat Lyconidi.

The dour old fellow at length consents, and, fearing for his
pot, takes it from the house and hides it in one place after
another. The servant of this Lyconides, the man who had
wronged the girl, plots against the miser; and Lyconides
himself entreats his uncle, Megadorus, to give up the girl,
and let him, the man that loves her, marry her. After a time
Euclio, who had been tricked out of his pot, recovers it
unexpectedly and joyfully bestows his daughter upon
Lyconides.

ARGVMENTVM II

ARGUMENT OF THE PLAY (II)

*A*ulam repertam auri plenam Euclio
*V*i summa servat, miseris adfectus modis.
*L*yconides istius vitiat filiam.
*V*olt hanc Megadorus indotatam ducere,
*L*ubensque ut faciat dat coquos cum obsonio.
*A*uro formidat Euclio, abstrudit foris.
*R*e omni inspecta compressoris servolus
*I*d surpit. illic Euclioni rem refert.
*A*b eo donatur auro, uxore et filio.

Euclio, on finding a pot full of gold, is dreadfully
worried, and watches over it with the greatest vigilance.
Lyconides wrongs his daughter. This girl, undowered though
she is, Megadorus wishes to marry, and he cheerfully
supplies cooks and provisions for the wedding feast. Anxious
about his gold, Euclio hides it outside the house.
Everything he does having been witnessed, a rascally servant
of the girl's assailant steals it. His master informs
Euclio of it, and receives from him gold, wife, and son.

PERSONAE.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

LAR FAMILIARIS PROLOGVS
EVCLIO SENEX
STAPHYLA ANVS
EVNOMIA MATRONA
MEGADORVS SENEX
PYTHODICVS SERVVS
CONGRIO COCVS
ANTHRAX COCVS
STROBILVS SERVVS
LYCONIDES ADVLESCENS