off there. I shall hear it all the same.

_Tynd._

Namque edepol si adbites propius, os denasabit tibi
mordicus.

That's right, by Jove! for if you go any nearer, he'll bite
your nose off.

_Arist._

Neque pol me insanum, Hegio, esse creduis
neque fuisse umquam, neque esse morbum quem istic autumat.
verum si quid metuis a me, iube me vinciri: volo,
dum istic itidem vinciatur.

Heavens and earth, Hegio! don't believe I'm insane, or that
I have, or ever had, the disease he's talking about.
However, if you're at all afraid of me, have me tied up. I
am willing, provided that fellow is tied up too.

_Tynd._

Immo enim vero, Hegio,
istic, qui volt, vinciatur.

No indeed, Hegio, certainly not, tie up the fellow that
wants it.

_Arist._

Tace modo. ego te, Philocrates
false, faciam ut verus hodie reperiare Tyndarus. 610
quid mi abnutas?

You keep still, now! I'll soon show you up, you false
Philocrates, for the real Tyndarus. (_Tyndarus makes signs
to him behind Hegio's back_) What, are you shaking your
head at me for?

_Tynd._

Tibi ego abnuto?

I shaking my head at you?

_Arist._

Quid agat, si absis longius?

(_to Hegio_) What would he do, if you were farther off?

_Hegio_

Quid ais? quid si adeam hunc insanum?

See here, what if I should step up to this lunatic?

_Tynd._

Nugas. ludificabitur,
garriet quoi neque pes umquam neque caput compareat.
ornamenta absunt: Aiacem, hunc cum vides, ipsum vides.

Ridiculous! He'll make a fool of you, jabbering something
without head or tail to it. Look at this fellow, and you're
looking at a regular Ajax[F]--all but the make-up.

[Footnote F: Another madman of Greek mythology.]

_Hegio_

Nihili facio. tamen adibo.

I don't care. I'm going to step up to him just the same.
(_approaches Aristophontes hesitantly_)

_Tynd._

Nunc ego omnino occidi,
nunc ego inter sacrum saxumque sto, nec quid faciam scio.

(_aside_) Now I'm done for entirely. Now I'm between the
axe and the altar, and what to do I don't know.

_Hegio_

Do tibi operam, Aristophontes, si quid est quod me velis.

I'm at your service, Aristophontes, if there's anything you
want of me.

_Arist._

Ex me audibis vera quae nunc falsa opinare, Hegio.
sed hoc primum,