§337neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine.
And, miserable as I am, I cannot move for fear.
§338ilicet, mandata eri perierunt una et Sosia.
It's all over; my master's orders are lost, along with Sosia himself.
§339verum certum est confidenter hominem contra conloqui, §340qui possim videri huic fortis, a me ut abstineat manum.
Yet I am resolved to speak to him boldly and face him, so that I may appear brave to him, and he may keep his hands off me.
§341Quo ambulas tu, qui Volcanum in cornu conclusum geris?
Whither are you walking, you who carry Vulcan shut up in a horn?
§342Quid id exquiris tu, qui pugnis os exossas hominibus?
Why do you ask that, you who bone men's faces with your fists?
§343Servosne es an liber?
Are you a slave or a free man?
§343bVtcumque animo conlibitum est meo.
Whichever it has pleased my mind to be.
§344Ain vero?
Is that really so?
§344bAio enim vero.
Indeed it is.
§344cVerbero.
You whipping-post.
§344dMentiris nunc.
Now you are lying.
§345At iam faciam ut verum dicas dicere.
But I will soon make you speak the truth.
§345bQuid eo est opus?
What need is there of that?
§346Possum scire, quo profectus, cuius sis aut quid veneris?
May I know whither you are bound, whose slave you are, or why you came?
§347Húc eo, eri iussu, eius sum servos.
I am going here, by my master's order; I am his slave.
numquid nunc es certior?
Are you any wiser now?
§348Ego tibi istam hodie, sceleste, comprimam linguam.
I will silence that tongue of yours today, you scoundrel.
§349bPergin argutarier?
Do you persist in chattering?
§350quid apud hasce aedis negoti ést tibi?
What business have you at this house?
§350bImmo quid tibi est?
Nay, what business have you?
§351Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat.
King Creon always posts several night watchmen.
§352Bene facit: quia nos eramus peregre, tutatust domi; §353at nunc abi sane, advenisse familiares dicito.
He does well; since we were abroad, he guarded the house; but now go away, tell them that the family has arrived.
§354Nescio quam tu familiaris sis: nisi actutum hinc abis, §355familiaris accipiere faxo haud familiariter.
I don't know how much of a family member you are; unless you depart from here immediately, I will make sure you, the family member, are received in a very un-familial way.
§356Hic inquam habito ego atque horunc servos sum.
I say I live here, and I am the slave of these people.
§356bAt scin quo modo?
But do you know how?
§357faciam ego hodie te superbum, nisi hinc abis.
I will make you proud today unless you depart from here.
§357bQuonam modo?
In what way?
§358Auferere, non abibis, sí ego fustem sumpsero.
You will be carried off, you won't walk away, if I take up a club.
§359Quin me esse huius familiai familiarem praedico.
Indeed, I declare that I am a household member of this family.
§360Vide sis quam mox vapulare vis, nisi actutum hinc abis.
See how soon you wish to be beaten, unless you depart from here immediately.
§361Tun domo prohibere peregre me advenientem postulas?
Do you demand to shut me out of my home when I am arriving from abroad?
§362Haecine tua domust?
Is this your house?
§362bIta inquam.
Yes, I say.
§362cQuis erus est igitur tibi?
Who then is your master?
Amphitruo, who is now in command of the Theban legions, to whom Alcumena is married.
§364bQuid ais? quid nomen tibi est?
What do you say? What is your name?
§365Sosiam vocant Thebani, Davo prognatum patre.
The Thebans call me Sosia, born of my father Davus.
§366Ne tu istic hodie malo tuo compositis mendaciis §367advenisti, audaciai columen, consutis dolis.
Verily, you have come here today with your manufactured lies to your own misfortune, you pinnacle of audacity, with your patched-up tricks.
§368Immo equidem tunicis consutis huc advenio, non dolis.
Nay indeed, I arrive here with patched-up tunics, not tricks.
§369At mentiris etiam: certo pedibus, non tunicis venis.
But you lie again: surely you come on your feet, not on your tunics.
§370Ita profecto.
Quite so.
§370bNunc profecto vapula ob mendacium.
Now indeed, take a beating for your lie.
§371Non edepol volo profecto.
By Pollux, I certainly do not want to.
§371bAt pol profecto ingratiis.
But by Pollux, indeed, you shall against your will.
§372hoc quidem profecto certum est, non est arbitrarium.
This indeed is certainly resolved, it is not a matter of choice.
§373Tuam fidem obsecro.
I appeal to your mercy!
Do you dare to say that you are Sosia, when I am he?
§374bPerii.
I'm ruined!
§374cParum etiam, praeut futurum est, praedicas.
You say too little yet, compared to what is to come.
§375quoius nunc es?
Whose are you now?
§375bTuos, nam pugnis usu fecisti tuom.
Yours, for you have made me yours by use of your fists.
§376pro fidem, Thebani cives.
Mercy, citizens of Thebes!
§376bEtiam clamas, carnifex?
Are you still crying out, you scoundrel?
§377loquere, quid venisti?
Speak, why did you come?
§377bVt esset quem tu pugnis caederes.
So that there might be someone for you to beat with your fists.
§378Cuius es?
Whose are you?
§378bAmphitruonis, inquam, Sosia.
Amphitruo's Sosia, I say.
Therefore, so much the more, since you are a liar, you shall be beaten: I am Sosia, not you.
§380Ita di faciant, ut tu potius sis atque ego te ut verberem.
May the gods grant that you rather should be he, and that I might beat you.
§381Etiam muttis?
Are you still muttering?
§381bIam tacebo.
I will be silent now.
§381cQuis tibi erust?
Who is your master?
§381dQuem tu voles.
Whomever you wish.
§382Quid igitur? qui nunc vocare?
What then? What are you called now?
§382bNemo nisi quem iusseris.
Nobody, unless whom you command.
§383Amphitruonis te esse aiebas Sosiam.
You were saying that you were Amphitruo's Sosia.
I had made a mistake, for I meant to say that I was Amphitruo's associate.
§385Scibam equidem nullum esse nobis nisi me servom Sosiam.
I knew indeed that we had no other slave Sosia but me.
§386fugit te ratió.
Reason has fled you.
§386bVtinam istuc pugni fecissent tui.
Would that your fists had done the same to me.
§387Ego sum Sosia ille quem tu dudum esse aiebas mihi.
I am that Sosia whom you were just now claiming to be.
§388Obsecro ut per pacem liceat te alloqui, ut ne vapulem.
I beseech you that I may speak to you in peace, so that I may not be beaten.
§389Immo indutiae parumper fiant, si quid vis loqui.
Nay, let there be a truce for a little while, if you wish to say anything.
§390Non loquar nisi pace facta, quando pugnis plus vales.
I will not speak unless peace is made, since you are stronger with your fists.
§391Dic si quid vis, non nocebo.
Say what you wish, I will not harm you.
§391bTuae fide credo?
Do I trust in your word?
§391cMeae.
In mine.
§392Quid si falles?
What if you deceive me?
§392bTum Mercurius Sosiae iratus siet.
Then may Mercury be angry with Sosia.
§393Animum advorte.
Pay attention.
nunc licet mihi libere quidvis loqui.
Now I may speak anything freely.
§394Amphitruonis ego sum servos Sosia.
I am Amphitruo's slave, Sosia.
§394bEtiam denuo?
Still again?
§395Pacem feci, foedus feci.
I made peace, I made a treaty.
vera dico.
I speak the truth.