r?
nilne te pudet?

A pretty son! (_to Demaenetus_) Is this the way for a father
to edify his children? Is there nothing you're ashamed of?
(_helps him off the couch by the ear_)

_Dem._

Pol, si aliud nil sit, tui me, uxor, pudet.

Oh Lord! You make me ashamed, my dear, if nothing else would.

_Art._

Cano capite te cuculum uxor ex lustris rapit.

(_guiding him toward the door_) It's your dear that is
dragging you from this den of vice, your hoary-headed cuckoo!

_Dem._

Non licet manere--cena coquitur--dum cenem modo?

Mayn't I stay--dinner's being cooked--just till I've dined?

_Art._

Ecastor cenabis hodie, ut dignus es, magnum malum.

Good heavens, sir! You shall dine as you deserve today--on
dire distress.

_Dem._

Male cubandum est: iudicatum me uxor abducit domum.

(_aside_) It's a poorish night I'm in for: here I am
sentenced, and my wife leading me off--home. (_Argyrippus
and Philaenium follow them to door_)

_Argyr._

Dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male.

I kept telling you, father, not to play any tricks on mother.

_Phil._

De palla memento, amabo.

Remember about the mantle, there's a dear!

_Dem._

Iuben hanc hinc abscedere?

(_to wife_) Tell her to get out of here, won't you?

_Art._

I domum.

(_jerking him along_) Home with you!

_Phil._

Da savium etiam prius quam abis.

Do give me another naughty, naughty kiss before we part.

_Dem._

I in crucem. 940

Go to hell!

_Phil._

Immo intro potius. sequere hac me, mi anime.

Oh no, inside, instead, (_to Argyrippus, as she goes back
inside_) Come along with me, darling.

_Argyr._

Ego vero sequor.

Indeed I will. [EXEUNT OMNES.

GREX

EPILOGUE

(_Spoken by the Company_)

Hic senex si quid clam uxorem suo animo fecit volup,
neque novum neque mirum fecit nec secus quam alii solent;
nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro nec tam firmo pectore,
quin ubi quicque occasionis sit sibi faciat bene.
nunc si voltis deprecari huic seni ne vapulet,
remur impetrari posse, plausum si clarum datis.

If this old gentleman has indulged his inclinations a bit
without informing his wife, he has done nothing new or
strange, or d