Oh no, not the giver—­that gift matches the getter.

Iup.
    Jup.

  Pergin autem? nonne ego possum, furcifer, te perdere?

      (savagely) So?  At it again?  Is there no choking you off,
      you jailbird?  No? (advances with upraised cane)

Alc.

  Noli amabo, Amphitruo, irasci Sosiae causa mea. 540

      (holding him back) Please, Amphitryon, don’t be angry with
      Sosia on my account.

Iup.
    Jup.

  Faciam ita ut vis.

      (halting) Anything you please.

Mer.

  Ex amore hic admodum quam saevos est.

      (aside) Love has made an out-and-out savage of him.

Iup.
    Jup.

  Numquid vis?

      (kissing Alcmena and turning to go) Nothing else, then?

Alc.

  Ut quom absim me ames, me tuam te absente tamen.

      This,—­even though I am not near you, love me still, your
      own true wife, absent or not.

Mer.

  Eamus, Amphitruo. lucescit hoc iam.

      Let’s go, sir; it is getting light already.

Iup.
    Jup.

  Abi prae, Sosia,
  Iam ego sequar. numquid vis?

      Go ahead, Sosia; I shall be with you in a moment.
                                                  [EXIT Mercury.
      (kisses Alcmena again and turns to go) Nothing further?

Alc.

  Etiam:  ut actutum advenias.

      Yes, yes—­do come back soon.

Iup.
    Jup.

Licet, prius tua opinione hic adero:  bonum animum habe. nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto uti cedas die, ut mortalis inlucescat luce clara et candida. atque quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxuma, tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam, ut aeque disparet. sed dies e nocte accedat. ibo et Mercurium sequar. 550

      Indeed I will:  I shall be here sooner than you think.  Come,
      come, cheer up! (embraces her and moves away)
                                [EXIT Alcmena INTO HOUSE, SADLY. 
      Now, Night, who hast tarried for me, I dismiss thee:  give
      place to Day, that he may shine upon mortals in radiance and
      splendour.  And Night, since thou wert longer than the last,
      I shall make the day so much the shorter, that there may be
      fair adjustment.  But let day issue forth from night.  Now to
      follow after Mercury. [EXIT Jupiter.

ACTVS II

    ACT II

    (Half an hour has elapsed.)

    ENTER Amphitryon FOLLOWED BY Sosia.  SLAVES WITH BAGGAGE
    IN REAR.