umquam nisi hodie ad Bacchas veni in Bacchanal coquinatum,
ita me miserum et meos discipulos fustibus male contuderunt.
totus doleo atque oppido perii,
ita me iste habuit senex gymnasium; 410

(_in burlesque panic_) Hi-i-i! Citizens, natives,
inhabitants, neighbours, foreigners, every one--give me
room to run! Open up! Clear the street! (_stopping at some
distance from the house_) This is the first time I ever came
to cook for Bacchantes at a Bacchante den. Oh dear, what an
awful clubbing I and my disciples did get! I'm one big ache!
I'm dead and gone! The way that old codger took me for a
gymnasium!

attat, perii hercle ego miser,
aperit bacchanal. adest, 411a
sequitur. scio quam rem geram: hoc
ipsus magister me docuit. 412a
neque ligna ego usquam gentium praeberi vidi pulchrius,
itaque omnis exegit foras, me atque hos, onustos fustibus.

(_Euclio's door opens and he appears, cudgel in hand_) Oh--
ow--ow! Good Lord be merciful! I'm done for! He's opening
the den; he's at the door; he's after me! I know what I'll
do: (_retires_) he's taught me my lesson, my master has.
I never in all my life saw a place where they were freer
handed with their wood: (_rubbing his shoulders_) why, when
he drove the lot of us out he let us have big sticks of it,
all we could stagger under.

III. 2.

Scene 2.

_Eucl._

Redi. quo fugis nunc? tene, tene.

(_going into street_) Come back! Where are you running to
now? Stop him, stop him!

_Cong._

Quid, stolide, clamas?

What are you yelling for, stupid?

_Eucl._

Quia ad tris viros iam ego deferam nomen tuom.

Because I am going to report your name to the police this
instant.

_Cong._

Quam ob rem?

Why?

_Eucl._

Quia cultrum habes.

Well, you carry a knife.

_Cong._

Cocum decet.

And so a cook should.

_Eucl._

Quid comminatu's
mihi?

And how about your threatening me?

_Cong._

Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi.

It's a pity I didn't jab it through you, I'm thinking.

_Eucl._

Homo nullust te scelestior qui vivat hodie
neque quoi ego de industria amplius male plus libens faxim. 420

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