dundum conduxi ego illum.

(_protestingly_) I got that lamb in myself to be slaughtered.

_Eucl._

Tum tu idem optumumst
loces efferendum; nam iam, credo, mortuost.

(_dryly_) Then you'd best put it out yourself to be buried,
for I do believe it's dead already.

_Mega._

Potare ego hodie, Euclio, tecum volo.

(_laughing and clapping him on the shoulder_) Euclio, we
must have a little carouse to-day, you and I.

_Eucl._

Non potem ego quidem hercle.

(_frightened_) None for me, sir, none for me! Carouse! Oh my
Lord!

_Mega._

At ego iussero 570
cadum unum vini veteris a me adferrier.

But see here, I'll just have a cask of good old wine brought
over from my cellars.

_Eucl._

Nolo hercle, nam mihi bibere decretum est aquam.

No, no! I don't care for any! The fact is I am resolved to
drink nothing but water.

_Mega._

Ego te hodie reddam madidum, si vivo, probe,
tibi cui decretum est bibere aquam.

(_digging him in the ribs_) I'll get you properly soaked
to-day, on my life I will, you with your "resolved to drink
nothing but water."

_Eucl._

Scio quam rem agat:
ut me deponat vino, eam adfectat viam,
post hoc quod habeo ut commutet coloniam.
ego id cavebo, nam alicubi abstrudam foris.
ego faxo et operam et vinum perdiderit simul.

(_aside_) I see his game! Trying to fuddle me with his wine,
that's it, and then give this (_looking under cloak_) a new
domicile! (_pauses_) I'll take measures against that: yes.
I'll secrete it somewhere outside the house. I'll make him
throw away his time and wine together.

_Mega._

Ego, nisi quid me vis, eo lavatum, ut sacruficem.

(_turning to go_) Well, unless I can do something for you,
I'll go take a bath and get ready to offer sacrifice.
[EXIT INTO HOUSE.

_Eucl._

Edepol, ne tu, aula, multos inimicos habes 580
atque istuc aurum quod tibi concreditum est.
nunc hoc mihi factu est optumum, ut ted auferam,
aula, in Fidei fanum: ibi abstrudam probe.
Fides, novisti me et ego te: cave sis tibi,
ne in me mutassis nomen, si hoc concreduo.
ibo ad te fretus tua, Fides, fiducia.

(_paternally to object under cloak_) God bless us both, pot,
you do have en