Scene 3.

    ENTER Staphyla.

Eucl.

  Vascula intus pure propera atque elue:  270
  filiam despondi ego:  hodie huic nuptum Megadoro dabo.

      Hurry up with the dishes inside there and give them a good
      scouring.  I have betrothed my daughter:  she marries
      Megadorus here to-day.

Staph.

  Di bene vortant. verum ecastor non potest, subitum est nimis.

      God bless them! (hastily) Goodness, though!  It can’t be
      done.  This is too sudden.

Eucl.

  Tace atque abi. curata fac sint cum a foro redeam domum;
  atque aedis occlude; iam ego hic adero.

      Silence!  Off with you!  Have things ready by the time I get
      back from the forum.  And lock the door, mind; I shall be
      here soon. [EXIT Euclio.

Staph.

Quid ego nunc agam? nunc nobis prope adest exitium, mi atque erili filiae, nunc probrum atque partitudo prope adest ut fiat palam; quod celatum atque occultatum est usque adhuc, nunc non potest. ibo intro, ut erus quae imperavit facta, cum veniat, sient. nam ecastor malum maerore metuo ne mixtum bibam.

What shall I do now?  Now we’re all but ruined, the young mistress and me:  now it’s all but public property about her being disgraced and brought to bed.  We can’t conceal it, we can’t keep it dark any longer now.  But I must go in and do what master ordered me before he gets back.  Oh deary me!  I’m afraid I’ve got to take a drink of trouble and tribulation mixed. [EXIT Staphyla INTO HOUSE.

II. 4.

    Scene 4.

    (An hour has elapsed.)

      ENTER Pythodicus BRINGING COOKS, Anthrax AND Congrio,
      MUSIC GIRLS, Phrygia AND Eleusium, AND ATTENDANTS, WITH
      PROVISIONS FROM THE MARKET AND TWO LAMBS.

Pyth.

  Postquam obsonavit erus et conduxit coquos 280
  tibicinasque hasce apud forum, edixit mihi
  ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam.

      (importantly) After master did the marketing and hired the
      cooks and these music girls at the forum, he told me to take
      and divide all he’d got into two parts.

Anthr.

  Me quidem hercle, dicam tibi palam, non divides.
  si quo tu totum me ire vis, operam dabo.

      By Jupiter, you shan’t make two parts of me, let me tell you
      that plainly!  If you’d like to have the whole of me
      anywhere, why, I’ll accommodate you.

Cong.

  Bellum et pudicum vero prostibulum popli.
  post si quis vellet, te hand non velles dividi.