Eucl.

Scio quam rem agat:  ut me deponat vino, eam adfectat viam, post hoc quod habeo ut commutet coloniam. ego id cavebo, nam alicubi abstrudam foris. ego faxo et operam et vinum perdiderit simul.

(aside) I see his game!  Trying to fuddle me with his wine, that’s it, and then give this (looking under cloak) a new domicile! (pauses) I’ll take measures against that:  yes.  I’ll secrete it somewhere outside the house.  I’ll make him throw away his time and wine together.

Mega.

Ego, nisi quid me vis, eo lavatum, ut sacruficem.

(turning to go) Well, unless I can do something for you,
I’ll go take a bath and get ready to offer sacrifice.
[EXIT INTO HOUSE.

Eucl.

Edepol, ne tu, aula, multos inimicos habes 580 atque istuc aurum quod tibi concreditum est. nunc hoc mihi factu est optumum, ut ted auferam, aula, in Fidei fanum:  ibi abstrudam probe.  Fides, novisti me et ego te:  cave sis tibi, ne in me mutassis nomen, si hoc concreduo. ibo ad te fretus tua, Fides, fiducia.

(paternally to object under cloak) God bless us both, pot, you do have enemies, ah yes, many enemies, you and the gold entrusted to you!  As matters stand, pot, the best thing I can do for you is to carry you off to the shrine of Faith:  I’ll hide you away there, just as cosy!  You know me, Faith, and I know you:  don’t change your name, mind, if I trust this to you.  Yes, I’ll go to you, Faith, relying on your faithfulness. [EXIT Euclio.

ACTVS IV

    ACT IV

    ENTER Strobilus.

Strob.

Hoc est servi facinus frugi, facere quod ego persequor, ne morae molestiaeque imperium erile habeat sibi. nam qui ero ex sententia servire servos postulat, in erum matura, in se sera condecet capessere. 590 sin dormitet, ita dormitet, servom sese ut cogitet.[13] (591)

(self-complacently) This is the way for a good servant to act, the way I do:  no thinking master’s orders are a botheration and nuisance.  I tell you what, if a servant wants to give satisfaction, he’d just better make it a case of master first and man second.  Even if he should fall asleep, he ought to do it with an eye on the fact that he’s a servant.

erile[14] imperium ediscat, ut quod frons velit oculi sciant; (599) quod iubeat citis quadrigis citius properet persequi. 600 qui ea curabit, abstinebit censione bubula, nec sua opera rediget umquam in splendorem compedes.

He’s got to know his master’s inclinations like a book, so that he can read his wishes in his face.  And as for orders, he must push ’em through faster than a fast four-in-hand.