I've set the noose.

_Nic._

Mane dum parumper; iam exeo ad te, Chrysale.

(_having read letter_) Just wait a moment; (_goes toward
house_) I'll soon be back with you, Chrysalus.
[EXIT INTO HOUSE.

_Chrys._

Ut verba mihi dat, ut nescio quam rem gerat.
servos arcessit intus qui me vinciant.
bene navis agitatur, pulcre haec confertur ratis.
sed conticiscam, nam audio aperiri fores.

(_elated_) Oh, isn't he bluffing me! Oh, isn't it mysterious
what he's at! He's fetching servants from inside to tie me
up. A lovely shake-up the galleon there is getting: the
little bark here is putting up a fine fight! (_listening_)
But not a word! I hear the door opening.

IV. 7.

Scene 7.

ENTER _Nicobulus_ BRINGING SLAVE OVERSEER AND OTHER SLAVES.

_Nic._

Constringe tu illi, Artamo, actutum manus.

(_to overseer_) Quick, Artamo, fasten his hands there!

_Chrys._

Quid feci?

(_as Artamo obeys_) What have I done?

_Nic._

Impinge pugnum, si muttiverit. 800
quid hae locuntur litterae?

(_to Artamo_) Plant your fists in his face, if he breathes
a word. (_to Chrysalus_) What does this letter say?

_Chrys._

Quid me rogas?
ut ab illo accepi, ad te obsignatas attuli.

What are you asking me for? I took it from him and brought
it to you just as it was, all sealed.

_Nic._

Eho tu,[22] loquitatusne es gnato meo
male per sermonem, quia mi id aurum reddidit,
et te dixisti id aurum ablaturum tamen
per sycophantiam?

Oho, you! So you have been giving my son the rough side of
your tongue, because he handed over that gold to me? Said
you'd take it from me just the same by some rascally scheme,
eh?

_Chrys._

Egone istuc dixi?

I said that, I?

_Nic._

Ita.

Just so.

_Chrys._

Quis homost qui dicat me dixisse istuc?

Who's the man says I said that?

_Nic._

Tace,
nullus homo dicit: hae tabellae te arguont,
quas tu attulisti. em hae te vinciri iubent.

Silence! No man says it: this letter indicts you, the one
you brought yourself. (_showing it_) There! This orders
you to be tied up.

_Chrys._

Aha, Bellorophontem tuos me fecit filius: 810
egomet tabellas tetuli ut vincirer. sine.

(_re