to be fooled: fooled he shall be finely, I promise you, here
and now, spectators, and under your inspection.

capiam coronam mi ni caput, adsimulabo me esse ebrium;
atque illuc sursum escendero: inde optume aspellam virum 1000
de supero, cum huc accesserit; faciam ut sit madidus sobrius.
deinde illi actutum sufferet suos servos poenas Sosia:
eum fecisse ille hodie arguet quae ego fecero hic. quid mea?
meo me aequomst morigerum patri, eius studio servire addecet.

I'm going to put a garland on my head and make believe I'm
drunk, yes, and I'll climb out on the roof yonder (_pointing
to Amphitryon's house_) and repel our returning hero in
glorious style from up above there. I'll see that he's both
soaked and sober. Then that servant Sosia of his shall
promptly smart for it, Sosia being accused of doing what
I do here. But what of that? I must humour my own father:
it is only dutiful to meet his desires.

sed eccum Amphitruonem, advenit; iam ille hic deludetur probe,
siquidem vos voltis auscultando operam dare.
ibo intro, ornatum capiam qui potis decet;
dein susum ascendam in tectum, ut illum hinc prohibeam.

(_looking down street_) But there's Amphitryon coming! Here
and now he'll be finely fooled--if you'll only take the
trouble to attend. I'll go inside and make up as a person
flown with wine; then I'll up on the roof to keep him off.
[EXIT INTO HOUSE.

ACTVS IV

ACT IV

ENTER _Amphitryon_ WEARILY.

_Amph._

Naucratem quem convenire volui, in navi non erat,
neque domi neque in urbe invenio quemquam qui illum viderit. 1010
nam omnis plateas perreptavi, gymnasia et myropolia;
apud emporium atque in macello, in palaestra atque in foro,
in medicinis, in tonstrinis, apud omnis aedis sacras
sum defessus quaeritando. nusquam invenio Naucratem.

Naucrates, whom I wanted to get hold of wasn't on the ship,
and not a soul can I find at his house or in the city who
has seen him. Why, I've hobbled through every street,
gymnasium, and perfumery shop: down in the bazaar and the
market, at the athletic field and the forum, too, at the
doctor's, the barber's, the holy temples from first to
last,--I'm tired to death looking for him and not a sign of
Naucrates anywhere.

nunc domum