§797huic dedisti, post hanc rursum óbsignasti clanculum.
you gave it to her, and then again sealed it secretly.
§798Ei mihi, iam tu quoque huius adiuvas insaniam?
Ah me, do you also now help her madness?
§799ain heri nos advenisse huc?
Do you say that we arrived here yesterday?
I do, and immediately upon arriving you greeted me, and I you, and I gave you a kiss.
§801Iam illud non placet principium de osculo.
Already that beginning about the kiss does not please me.
§801bPerge exsequi.
Go on with it.
§802Lavisti.
You washed.
§802bQuid postquam lavi?
What after I washed?
§802cAccubuisti.
You reclined.
§802dEuge optime.
Excellent, very good.
§803nunc exquire.
Now cross-examine.
§803bNe interpella.
Do not interrupt.
perge porro dicere.
Go on speaking.
§804Cena adposita est; cenavisti mecum, ego accubui simul.
The dinner was served; you dined with me, and I reclined together with you.
§805In eodem lectó?
In the same couch?
§805bIn eodem.
In the same.
§805cEi, non placet convivium.
Ah, that banquet does not please me.
§806Sine modo argumenta dicat.
Only let her tell her arguments.
quid postquam cenavimus?
What after we dined?
§807Te dormitare aibas; mensa ablata est, cubitum hinc abiimus.
You said you were sleepy; the table was removed, and we went from here to bed.
§808Vbi tu cubuisti?
Where did you sleep?
§808bIn eodem lectó tecum una in cubiculo.
In the same couch together with you in the bedroom.
§809Perdidisti.
You have ruined me.
§809bQuid tibi est?
What is the matter with you?
§809cHaec me modo ad mortem dedit.
This woman has just put me to death.
§810Quid iam, amabo?
What now, please?
§810bNe me appella.
Do not address me.
§810cQuid tibi est?
What is the matter with you?
Wretched me, I am ruined, because a stain has been added to her chastity while I was absent from here.
§812Obsecro ecastor, cur istuc, mi vir, ex ted audio?
By Castor, I entreat you, my husband, why do I hear that from you?
§813Vir ego tuos sim? ne me appella, falsa, falso nomine.
I your husband? Do not address me by a false name, false woman.
§814Haeret haec res, si quidem haec iam mulier facta est ex viro.
This matter is stuck, if indeed this woman has now been made a woman from a man.
§815Quid ego feci, qua istaec propter dicta dicantur mihi?
What have I done, for which these words should be said to me?
§816Tute edictas facta tua, ex me quaeris quid deliqueris.
You yourself declare your deeds, and you ask me what you have done wrong.
§817Quid ego tibi deliqui, si, cui nupta sum, tecum fui?
What wrong have I done to you, if I was with you, to whom I am married?
§818Tun mecum fueris? quid illac impudente audacius?
You were with me? What is more audacious than that shameless woman?
§819saltem, tute si pudoris egeas, sumas mutuom.
At least, if you yourself lack shame, you should borrow some.
§820Istuc facinus, quod tu insimulas, nostro generi non decet.
Such a deed as you charge does not become our family.
§821tu si me inpudicitiai captas, capere non potes.
If you try to catch me in unchastity, you cannot catch me.
§822Pro di immortales, cognoscin tu me saltem, Sosia?
O immortal gods, do you at least know me, Sosia?
§823Propemodum.
Almost.
§823bCenavin ego heri in navi in portu Persico?
Did I dine yesterday on the ship in the Persian harbor?
§824Mihi quoque adsunt testes, qui illud quod ego dicam adsentiant.
I also have witnesses present, who would agree with what I say.
§825Nescio quid istúc negoti dicam, nisi si quispiam est §826Amphitruó alius, qui forte ted hinc absenti tamen §827tuam rem curet teque absente hic munus fungatur tuom.
I do not know what to call this business, unless there is some other Amphitruo, who by chance, while you are absent, nevertheless your business cares for and performs your office here while you are away.
§828nam quod de illo subditivo Sosia mirum nimis, §829certe de istoc Amphitruone iam alterum mirum est magis.
For as for what was too strange about that counterfeit Sosia, certainly about this Amphitruo there is now another even greater wonder.
§830Nescio quis praestigiator hanc frustratur mulierem.
Some sorcerer is deceiving this woman.
§831Per supremi regis regnum iuro et matrem familias §832Iunonem, quam me vereri et metuere est par maxume, §833ut mi extra unum te mortalis nemo corpus corpore §834contigit, quo me impudicam faceret.
By the kingdom of the supreme king I swear, and by the mother of the family, Juno, whom it is most fitting for me to revere and fear, that no mortal body has touched my body, except yours alone, to make me unchaste.
§834bVera istaec velim.
I wish that were true.
§835Vera dico, sed nequiquam, quoniam non vis credere.
I speak the truth, but in vain, since you do not want to believe.
§836Mulier es, audacter iuras.
You are a woman, you swear boldly.
She who has not done wrong ought to be bold, and to speak confidently and resolutely for herself.
§838Satis audacter.
Boldly enough.
§838bVt pudicam decet.
As becomes a chaste woman.
§838c†In verbis probas.
In words you prove it.
§839Non ego illam mihi dotem duco esse, quae dos dicitur, §840sed pudicitiam et pudorem et sedatum cupidinem, §841deum metum, parentum amorem et cognatum concordiam, §842tibi morigera atque ut munifica sim bonis, prosim probis.
I do not consider that to be my dowry which is called a dowry, but chastity and modesty and subdued desire, fear of the gods, love of parents, and harmony with relations, to be obedient to you, and to be generous to the good, and helpful to the upright.
§843Ne ista edepol, si haec vera loquitur, examussim est optima.
By Pollux, indeed, if she speaks the truth, she is perfectly excellent.
§844Delenitus sum profecto ita, ut me qui sim nesciam.
Indeed I am so bewildered that I do not know who I am.
§845Amphitruo es profecto, cave sis ne tu te usu perduis: §846ita nunc homines immutantur, postquam peregre advenimus.
Indeed you are Amphitruo, please take care lest you lose yourself by usage: for so men are changed now, since we arrived from abroad.
§847Mulier, istam rem inquisitam certum est non amittere.
Woman, it is resolved not to let this matter go uninvestigated.
§848Edepol me libente facies.
By Pollux, you will do so with my pleasure.
§848bQuid ais? responde mihi,
What do you say?
§849quid si adduco tuom cognatum húc a navi Naucratem, §850qui mecum una vectust una navi, atque is si denegat §851facta quae tu facta dicis, quid tibi aequom est fieri?
Answer me, what if I bring your relative Naucrates here from the ship, who was carried together with me on the same ship, and if he denies the deeds which you say were done, what is just to be done to you?
§852numquid causam dicis, quin te hoc multem matrimonio?
Do you plead any reason why I should not punish you with this marriage?
§853Si deliqui, nulla causa est.
If I have done wrong, there is no reason.
§853bConvenit.
It is agreed.
tu, Sosia,
You, Sosia,