Fortasse.

      I dare say.

Leon.

  Atque etiam tu quoque ipse. si esses percontatus
  me ex aliis, scio pol crederes nunc quod fers.

      Yes, and even you yourself, too, if you had only inquired
      from others about me, I know you would trust me with what
      you’ve got there, good Lord, yes!

Merc.
    Trader

Haud negassim.

(icily) I should be sorry to deny it._ (motions Leonida
to lead the way to Demaenetus)
[EXEUNT THE THREE TO THE FORUM, Leonida IREFUL.

ACTVS III

ACT III

(Half an hour has elapsed.)

    ENTER Cleareta AND Philaenium FROM THEIR HOUSE.

Cle.

  Nequeon ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?
  an ita tu es animata, ut qui matris expers imperio sies?

      Have I no power to make you submit when I prohibit a thing? 
      Can it be that you feel inclined to rid yourself of your
      mother’s authority?

Phil.

  Ubi piem Pietatem, si istoc more moratam tibi
  postulem placere, mater, mihi quo pacto praecipis?[14] (507)

      How should I be showing myself duteous to Filial Duty,
      mother, if I tried to please you by practising such
      practices and doing as you prescribe?

Cle.

  Hocine est pietatem colere. matris imperium minuere? (509)

      Is this regarding filial duty, to lessen a mother’s
      authority?

Phil.

  Neque quae recte faciunt culpo neque quae delinquont amo. 510

      I don’t find fault with mothers that do right, and I don’t
      like ones that do wrong.

Cle.

  Satis dicacula es amatrix.

      A glib enough little hussy!

Phil.

  Mater, is quaestus mihi est: 
  lingua poscit, corpus quaerit; animus orat, res monet.

      (lightly) All in my profession, mother:  tongue asks,
      body teases; fancy prompts, circumstances suggest.

Cle.

  Ego te volui castigare, tu mi accusatrix ades.

      I intended to scold you, and here you are turning on me!

Phil.

  Neque edepol te accuso neque id me facere fas existimo.
  verum ego meas queror fortunas, cum illo quem amo prohibeor.

      Oh, no!  I’m not turning on you:  I don’t think that would be
      right.  But I do think it’s a cruel fate to be kept away from
      the man I love.

Cle.

  Ecqua pars orationis de die dabitur mihi?

      Am I to get some share of the speechmaking before nightfall?

Phil.