Qua me, qua uxorem, qua tu servom Sauream
  potes, circumduce, aufer; promitto tibi
  non offuturum, si id hodie effeceris.

      Well, me, or my wife, or servant Saurea—­do your best,
      swindle us, rook us, I promise you your interests won’t
      suffer, if you accomplish this to-day.

Lib.

  Iubeas una opera me piscari in aere,
  venari autem rete iaculo in medio mari.[5] 100

      You might as well order me to go a-fishing in the air, yes,
      and to take my casting net and do some deep sea—­hunting.

Dem.

Tibi optionem sumito Leonidam, fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere:  perficito, argentum hodie ut habeat filius, amicae quod det.

      Have Leonida for your adjutant:  manufacture something,
      devise something—­anything:  see you get the money to-day
      for my son to give his girl.

Lib.

  Quid ais tu, Demaenete?

      Look here.

Dem.

  Quid vis?

      Well?

Lib.

  Si forte in insidias devenero,
  tun redimes me, si me hostes interceperint?

      Suppose I happen to fall into an ambuscade, ransom me, will
      you, if I’m intercepted by the enemy?

Dem.

  Redimam.

      I will.

Lib.

  Tum tu igitur aliud cura quid lubet.
  ego eo ad forum, nisi quid vis.

      (after a pause, airily) Well then, in that case you
      may dismiss the matter from your mind.  I’m off to the forum,
      unless you want me further.

Dem.

  Ei, bene ambula.
  atque audin etiam?

      Go ahead!  A pleasant stroll to you! (Libanus walks away)
      And I say,—­listening still, are you?

Lib.

  Ecce.

      (pertly, without turning) Behold me!

Dem.

  Si quid te volam,
  ubi eris?

      If I want you for anything, where will you be?

Lib.

Ubicumque libitum erit animo meo 110 profecto nemo est quem iam dehinc metuam mihi ne quid nocere possit, cum tu mihi tua oratione omnem animum ostendisti tuom quin te quoque ipsum facio haud magni, si hoc patro. pergam quo occepi atque ibi consilia exordiar.

Precisely where it pleases my fancy. (half aside) I tell you what, from now on I won’t be scared of a man alive, for fear he can do me any harm, after your showing me all the secrets of your soul.  Why, you won’t count for much with me your own self, either, if I carry this through. (setting off again) I’ll go along to where I was bound and lay my plans there.

Dem.

  Audin tu? apud Archibulum ego ero argentarium.