aupones patagiarii, indusiarii,
flammarii, volarii, carinarii; 510
stant manulearii, stant[10] murobatharii,
propolae linteones, calceolarii;
sedentarii sutores diabathrarii,
solearii astant, astant molocinarii;[11] (514)
strophiarii astant, astant semul sonarii. (516)

The cleanser, the ladies' tailor, the jeweller, the woollen
worker--they're all hanging round. And there are the dealers
in flounces and underclothes and bridal veils, in violet
dyes and yellow dyes, or muffs, or balsam scented foot-gear;
and then the lingerie people drop in on you, along with
shoemakers and squatting cobblers and slipper and sandal
merchants and dealers in mallow dyes; and the belt makers
flock around, and the girdle makers along with 'em.

iam hosce absolutes censeas: cedunt, petunt
treceni, cum stant thylacistae in atriis
textores limbularii, arcularii.
ducuntur, datur aes. iam absolutos censeas, 520
cum incedunt infectores corcotarii,
aut aliqua mala crux semper est, quae aliquid petat.

And now you may think you've got them all paid off. Then up
come weavers and lace men and cabinet-makers--hundreds of
'em--who plant themselves like jailers in your halls and
want you to settle up. You bring 'em in and square accounts.
"All paid off now, anyway," you may be thinking, when in
march the fellows who do the saffron dyeing--some damned
pest or other, anyhow, eternally after something.

_Eucl._

Compellarem ego illum, ni metuam ne desinat
memorare mores mulierum: nunc sic sinam.

(_aside_) I'd hail him, only I'm afraid he'd stop talking
about how the women go on. No, no, I'll let him be.

_Mega._

Ubi nugivendis res soluta est omnibus,
ibi ad postremum cedit miles, aes petit.
itur, putatur ratio cum argentario,
miles inpransus astat, aes censet dari.
ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,
etiam ipsus ultro debet argentario. 530
spes prorogatur militi in alium diem.

When you've got all these fellows of fluff and ruffles
satisfied, along comes a military man, bringing up the rear,
and wants to collect the army tax. You go and have a
reckoning with your banker, your military gentleman standing
by and missing his lunch in the e