xpectation of getting some
cash. After you and the banker have done figuring, you find
you owe him money too, and the military man has his hopes
postponed till another day.

haec sunt atque aliae multae in magnis dotibus.
incommoditates sumptusque intolerabiles
nam quae indotata est, ea in potestate est viri;
dotatae mactant et malo et damno viros
sed eccum adfinem ante aedes. quid agis, Euclio?

These are some of the nuisances and intolerable expenses
that big dowries let you in for, and there are plenty more.
Now a wife that doesn't bring you a penny--a husband has
some control over her; it's the dowered ones that pester
the life out of their husbands with the way they cut up and
squander. (_seeing Euclio_) But there's my new relative in
front of the house! How are you, Euclio?

III. 6.

Scene 6.

_Eucl._

Nimium lubenter edi sermonem tuom.

Gratified, highly gratified with your discourse--I devoured
it.

_Mega._

An audivisti?

Eh? you heard?

_Eucl._

Usque a principio omnia.

Every word of it.

_Mega._

Tamen meo quidem animo aliquanto facias rectius,
si nitidior sis filiai nuptus. 540

(_looking him over_) But I say, though, I do think it would
be a little more in keeping, if you were to spruce up a bit
for your daughter's wedding.

_Eucl._

Pro re nitorem et gloriam pro copia
qui habent, meminerunt sese unde oriundi sient.
neque pol, Megadore, mihi neque quoiquam pauperi
opinione melius res structa est domi.

(_whining_) Folks with the wherewithal and means to let 'em
spruce up and look smart remember who they are. My goodness,
Megadorus! I haven't got a fortune piled up at home (_peers
slyly under cloak_) any more than people think, and no other
poor man has, either.

_Mega._

Immo est quod satis est, et di faciant ut siet
plus plusque et istuc sospitent quod nunc habes.

(_genially_) Ah well, you've got enough, and heaven make it
more and more, and bless you in what you have now.

_Eucl._

Illud mihi verbum non placet "quod nunc habes."
tam hoc scit me habere quam egomet. anus fecit palam.

(_turning away with a start_) "What you have now!" I don't
like that phrase! He knows I have this money just as well as
I do! The old hag's been bla