is nisi me servom Sosiam.
fugit te ratio.

Ah, I knew quite well there was no servant Sosia at our
place except me. You made a slip.

_Sos._

Utinam istuc pugni fecissent tui.

Oh, how I wish your fists had!

_Mer._

Ego sum Sosia ille quem tu dudum esse aiebas mihi.

I am that Sosia you claimed to be a while ago.

_Sos._

Obsecro ut per pacem liceat te alloqui, ut ne vapulem.

For heaven's sake, sir, let me have a word with you in peace
without getting pummelled.

_Mer._

Immo indutiae parumper fiant, si quid vis loqui.

No peace--but I consent to a short armistice, if you have
anything to say.

_Sos._

Non loquar nisi pace facta, quando pugnis plus vales. 390

I won't say it, not unless peace is made: your fists are too
much for me.

_Mer._

Dic si quid vis, non nocebo.

Out with what you want: I shall not hurt you!

_Sos._

Tuae fide credo?

Can I take your word for that?

_Mer._

Meae.

You can.

_Sos._

Quid si falles?

What if you fool me?

_Mer._

Tum Mercurius Sosiae iratus siet.

(_solemnly_) Then may Sosia feel the wrath of Mercury!

_Sos._

Animum advorte. nunc licet mihi libere quidvis loqui.
Amphitruonis ego sum servos Sosia.

Listen here, sir. Now I'm free to come out plain with
anything. I am Amphitryon's Sosia, I am.

_Mer._

Etiam denuo?

(_advancing_) What? Again?

_Sos._

Pacem feci, foedus feci. vera dico.

(_vigorously_) I made peace--I struck a treaty! It's
the truth.

_Mer._

Vapula.

Be thrashed to you!

_Sos._

Ut libet quid tibi libet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales;
verum, utut es facturus, hoc quidem hercle haud reticebo tamen.

Suit yourself, do what suits you, seeing your fists are too
much for me. (_doggedly_) But just the same, no matter what
you do, I won't keep that back, by gad, not that.

_Mer._

Tu me vivos hodie numquam facies quin sim Sosia.

You shall never live to make me anyone but Sosia, never.

_Sos._

Certe edepol tu me alienabis numquam quin noster siem;
nec nobis praeter med alius quisquam est servos Sosia.[14] 400

And by thunder, you shall never do me out of being our
family's servant. No sir, and I'm the only servant Sosia we
have.

_Mer._

Hic homo sanus non est.