d have let 'em go for nothing.
(_makes sure he is safe_)

_Mer._

Facit ille quod volgo haud solent, ut quid se sit dignum sciat.

(_aside_) Rather uncommon that,--his knowing what he
deserves to get.

_Sos._

Quod numquam opinatus fui neque alius quisquam civium
sibi eventurum, id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi.
victores victis hostibus legiones reveniunt domum,
duello exstincto maximo atque internecatis hostibus.

What I never dreamed would happen nor anyone else on our
side, either, has happened, and here we are safe and sound.
(_magnificently_) Our legions come back victorious, our
foes vanquished, a mighty contest concluded and our enemies
massacred to a man.

quod multa Thebano poplo acerba obiecit funera, 190
id vi et virtute militum victum atque expugnatum oppidum est
imperio atque auspicio eri mei Amphitruonis maxime.
praeda atque agro adoriaque adfecit populares suos
regique Thebano Creoni regnum stabilivit suom.

The town that has brought an untimely death to many a
Theban citizen has been crushed and captured by the strength
and valour of our soldiery, aye, and chiefly under the
command and auspices of my own master, Amphitryon. He has
furnished forth his countrymen with booty and land and fame,
and fixed King Creon firm upon his Theban throne.

me a portu praemisit domum, ut haec nuntiem uxori suae,
ut gesserit rem publicam ductu imperio auspicio suo.
ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam, cum illo advenero.
si dixero mendacium, solens meo more fecero.

(_subsiding_) As for me, he has sent me on ahead home from
the harbour to tell his wife the news: how the state was
served under the leadership, command, and auspices of--his
very own self. (_meditating_) Now let me think how I am to
tell her the tale when I get there. If I do work in a lie or
two, it won't be anything extraordinary for me.

nam cum pugnabant maxume, ego tum fugiebam maxume;
verum quasi adfuerim tamen simulabo atque audita eloquar. 200
sed quo modo et verbis quibus me deceat fabularier,
prius ipse mecum etiam volo his meditari. sic hoc proloquar.

The fact is, it was just when they were doing their hardest
fighting that I was doing my hardest running. Oh well, I'll
pretend I was there just the same, and recite what I heard