§609non metuo ne quisquam inveniat, ita probe in latebris situmst.
I am not afraid that anyone will find it, so well is it placed in its hiding-place.
§610edepol ne illic pulchram praedam agát, si quis illam invenerit §611aulam onustam auri; verum id te quaeso ut prohibessis, Fides.
By Pollux, indeed he would make a fine booty of it, if anyone should find that pot loaded with gold; but that, I pray you, Faith, to prevent.
§612nunc lavabo, ut rem divinam faciam, ne affinem morer §613quin ubi accersát meam extemplo filiam ducat domum.
Now I will wash, so that I may perform the sacrifice, lest I delay my relative from marrying my daughter immediately, as soon as he sends for her.
§614vide, Fides, etiam atque etiam nunc, salvam ut aulam abs te auferam: §615tuae fide concredidi aurum, in tuo luco et fano est situm. —
See to it, Faith, again and again now, that I may take back the pot safe from you: to your good faith have I entrusted the gold; it is placed in your grove and temple.
§616Di immortales, quod ego hunc hominem facinus audivi loqui:
Immortal gods, what a deed have I heard this man speak of!
§617se aulam onustam auri abstrusisse hic intus in fano Fide.
That he has hidden a pot full of gold here inside the temple of Faith!
§618cave tu illi fidelis, quaeso, potius fueris, quam mihi.
Take care, I pray you, that you are not more faithful to him than to me.
§619atque hic pater est, ut ego opinor, huius, erus quám amat, virginis.
And this is the father, as I think, of this maiden whom my master loves.
I will go in here, I will thoroughly search the temple, to see if I can find the gold anywhere while he is busy.
sed si repperero, o Fides, §622mulsi congialem plenam faciam tibi fideliam.
But if I find it, o Faith, I will make for you a pot of honeyed wine a gallon full.
§623id adeo tibi faciam; verum ego mihi bibam, ubi id fecero. —
That much indeed I will do for you; but when I have done it, I will drink it myself!
§624Non temere est quod corvos cantat mihi nunc ab laeva manu; §625semul radebat pedibus terram et voce croccibat sua: §626continuo meum cor coepit artem facere ludicram §627atque in pectus emicare.
It is not for nothing that the raven is now croaking on my left hand; at the same time it was scraping the ground with its feet and croaking with its voice: immediately my heart began to perform a theatrical art and to leap forward into my breast.
sed ego cesso currere?
But why do I delay to run?
§628I foras, lumbrice, qui sub terra erepsisti modo, §629qui modo nusquam comparebas, nunc, cum compares, peris.
Go out, earthworm, you who have just crept out from under the earth, who just now were nowhere to be seen; now, when you are seen, you are undone.
§630ego pol te, praestrigiator, miseris iam accipiam modis.
By Pollux, I will now handle you, trickster, in a wretched fashion.
§631Quae te mala crux agitat? quid tibi mecum est commerci, senex?
What evil cross drives you mad? What business have you with me, old man?
§632quid me adflictas? quid me raptas? qua me causa verberas?
Why do you maltreat me? Why do you drag me about? For what reason do you beat me?
§633Verberabilissime, etiam rogitas, non fur, sed trifur?
You most beatable scoundrel, do you even ask, you who are not just a thief, but a triple thief?
§634Quid tibi súrrupui?
What have I stolen from you?
§634bRedde huc sis.
Give it back here, if you please.
§634cQuid tibi vis reddam?
What do you want me to give back to you?
§634dRogas?
Do you ask?
§635Nil equidem tibi abstuli.
Indeed, I have taken nothing of yours.
§635bAt illud quod tibi abstuleras cedo.
But give up that which you had taken for yourself.
§636ecquid agis?
Are you going to do something?
§636bQuid agám?
What am I to do?
§636cAuferre non potes.
You cannot carry it off.
§636dQuid vis tibi?
What do you want?
§637Pone.
Lay it down.
§637bId quidem pol te datare credo consuetum, senex.
By Pollux, indeed I believe you are accustomed to saying that, old man.
§638Pone hoc sis, aufer cavillam, non ego nunc nugas ago.
Lay this down, if you please; away with your jesting, I am not playing trifles now.
§639Quid ego ponam? quin tu eloquere quidquid est suo nomine.
What am I to lay down? Why don't you speak out whatever it is by its own name?
§640non hercle equidem quicquam sumpsi nec tetigi.
By Hercules, indeed I have neither taken nor touched anything.
§640bOstende huc manus.
Show your hands here.
§641Em tibi, ostendi, eccas.
There they are for you, I have shown them, look at them.
§641bVideo.
I see.
age ostende etiam tertiam.
Come, show even the third.
§642Laruae hunc atque intemperiae insaniaeque agitant senem.
The ghosts and furies and madness drive this old man mad.
§643facisne iniuriam mihi?
Are you doing me an injustice?
§643bFateor, quia non pendes, maximam.
I confess it, a very great one, because you are not hanging.
§644atque id quoque iam fiet, nisi fatere.
And that also will soon happen, unless you confess.
§644bQuid fatear tibi?
What am I to confess to you?
§645Quid abstulisti hinc?
What did you take from here?
May the gods destroy me, if I have taken anything of yours, or indeed if I wished to have taken it.
§646bAgedum, excutedum pallium.
Come then, shake out your cloak.
§647Tuo arbitratu.
As you please.
§647bNe inter tunicas habeas.
Lest you have it between your tunics.
§647cTempta qua lubet.
Search wherever you please.
§648Vah, scelestus quam benigne: ut ne abstulisse intellegam.
Ah, how graciously the scoundrel behaves, so that I may not think he has taken it!
§649novi sycophantias.
I know your tricks.
age rusum óstende huc manum
Come, show me your hand here again the right one.
§650cNunc laevam ostende.
Now show the left.
§650dQuin equidem ambas profero.
Why, indeed I stretch out both.
§651Iam scrutari mitto.
Now I cease searching.
redde huc.
Give it back here.
§651bQuid reddam?
What am I to give back?
§652bHabeo ego? quid habeo?
I have it? What do I have?
§652cNon dico, audire expetis.
I will not say, you are eager to hear.
§653id meum, quidquid habes, redde.
Give back that of mine, whatever you have.
You are mad: you have searched at your pleasure, and you found nothing of yours in my possession.
§655Máne, mane.
Wait, wait!
quís illic est? quis hic íntus alter érat tecum simul?
Who is that? Who was that other one inside here together with you?
§656perii hercle: ille nunc íntus turbat, hunc si amitto hic abierit.
By Hercules, I am undone: he is now creating havoc inside, and if I let this one go, he will get away.
§657postremo hunc iam perscrutavi, hic nihil habet.
In the end, I have already searched this one; he has nothing.
abi quo lubet.
Go where you please.
§658Iuppiter te dique perdant.
May Jupiter and the gods destroy you.
§658bHaud male egit gratias.
He has not returned thanks badly.
§659ibo intro atque illi socienno tuo iam interstringam gulam.
I will go inside, and I will now squeeze the throat of that partner of yours.
§660fugin hinc ab oculis? abin an non?
Do you flee hence from my eyes? Are you going or not?
§660bAbeo.
I am going.
§660cCave sis † te videam. —
Take care that I do not see you.
I would rather myself be dead by an evil death, than that I should not today lay snares for that old man.
§663nam híc iam non audebit aurum abstrudere:
for here he will no longer dare to hide his gold;