And kindly see I don't set eyes on you again.
[EXIT _Euclio_ TOWARD TEMPLE.

IV. 5.

Scene 5.

_Strob._

Emortuom ego me mavelim leto malo
quam non ego illi dem hodie insidias seni.
nam hic iam non audebit aurum abstrudere:
credo ecferet iam secum et mutabit locum.
attat, foris crepuit. senex eccum aurum ecfert foras.
tantisper huc ego ad ianuam concessero.

I'd sooner be tortured to death than not give that old
fellow a surprise to-day. (_reflecting_) Well, after this
he won't dare hide his gold here. What he'll most likely
do is bring it out with him and put it somewhere else.
(_listening_) Hm-m-m! There goes the door! Aha! the old
boy's coming out with it. I'll just back up by the doorway
for a while. (_hides by Megadorus's house_)

IV. 6.

Scene 6

RE-ENTER _Euclio_ WITH POT.

_Eucl._

Fide censebam maxumam multo fidem
esse, ea sublevit os mihi paenissume:
ni subvenisset corvos, periissem miser.
nimis hercle ego illum corvom ad me veniat velim. 670
qui indicium fecit, ut ego illi aliquid boni
dicam; nam quod edit tam duim quam perduim.

I used to fancy Faith, of all deities, was absolutely
faithful, and here she's just missed making a downright ass
of me. If that raven hadn't stood by me, I'd be a poor, poor
ruined man. By heavens, I'd just like that raven to come and
see me, the one that warned me, I certainly should, so that
I might pay him a handsome--compliment. As for tossing him a
bite to eat, why, that would amount to throwing it away.

nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum.
Silvani lucus extra murum est avius,
crebro salicto oppletus. ibi sumam locum.
certumst, Silvano potius credam quam Fide.

(_meditating_) Let me think now, where is some lonely spot
to hide this in? (_after a moment_) There's that grove of
Silvanus outside the wall, solitary, willow thickets all
around. There's where I'll pick my place. I'd sooner trust
Silvanus than Faith, and that's settled. [EXIT _Euclio_.

_Strob._

Euge, euge, di me salvom et servatum volunt.
iam ego illuc praecurram atque inscendam aliquam in arborem
indeque observabo, aurum ubi abstrudat senex.
quamquam hic manere me erus sese iusserat; 680
certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro.