Haud male egit gratias.
  ibo intro atque illi socienno tuo iam interstringam gulam.
  fugin hinc ab oculis? abin an non.

(aside, dryly) Nice way he has of showing his gratitude. (aloud, sternly) I’ll go in there, and that accomplice of yours—­I’ll strangle him on the spot.  Are you going to vanish?  Are you going to get out, or not? (advances)

Strob.

Abeo.

(retreating) I am, I am!

Eud.

Cave sis[15] te videam. 660

And kindly see I don’t set eyes on you again.
[EXIT Euclio TOWARD TEMPLE.

IV. 5.

Scene 5.

Strob.

Emortuom ego me mavelim leto malo quam non ego illi dem hodie insidias seni. nam hic iam non audebit aurum abstrudere:  credo ecferet iam secum et mutabit locum. attat, foris crepuit. senex eccum aurum ecfert foras. tantisper huc ego ad ianuam concessero.

I’d sooner be tortured to death than not give that old fellow a surprise to-day. (reflecting) Well, after this he won’t dare hide his gold here.  What he’ll most likely do is bring it out with him and put it somewhere else. (listening) Hm-m-m!  There goes the door!  Aha! the old boy’s coming out with it.  I’ll just back up by the doorway for a while. (hides by Megadorus’s house)

IV. 6.

    Scene 6

    RE-ENTER Euclio WITH POT.

Eucl.

Fide censebam maxumam multo fidem esse, ea sublevit os mihi paenissume:  ni subvenisset corvos, periissem miser. nimis hercle ego illum corvom ad me veniat velim. 670 qui indicium fecit, ut ego illi aliquid boni dicam; nam quod edit tam duim quam perduim.

I used to fancy Faith, of all deities, was absolutely faithful, and here she’s just missed making a downright ass of me.  If that raven hadn’t stood by me, I’d be a poor, poor ruined man.  By heavens, I’d just like that raven to come and see me, the one that warned me, I certainly should, so that I might pay him a handsome—­compliment.  As for tossing him a bite to eat, why, that would amount to throwing it away.

nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum.  Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, crebro salicto oppletus. ibi sumam locum. certumst, Silvano potius credam quam Fide.

(meditating) Let me think now, where is some lonely spot to hide this in? (after a moment) There’s that grove of Silvanus outside the wall, solitary, willow thickets all around.  There’s where I’ll pick my place.  I’d sooner trust Silvanus than Faith, and that’s settled. [EXIT Euclio.

Strob.