ihi des, ut leges iubent.
ego me iniuriam fecisse filiae fateor tuae,
Cereris vigiliis, per vinum atque impulsu adulescentiae.

And God grant it may for me, too! Now listen, sir. There
isn't a man alive so worthless but what he wants to clear
himself when he's done wrong and is ashamed. Now, sir, if
I've injured you or your daughter without realizing what I
was doing, I implore you to forgive me and let me marry her
as I'm legally bound to. (_nervously_) It was the night of
Ceres' festival ... and what with wine and ... a young
fellow's natural impulses together ... I wronged her,
I confess it.

_Eucl._

Ei mihi, quod ego facinus ex te audio?

Oh, oh, my God! What villainy am I hearing of?

_Lyc._

Cur eiulas,
quem ego avom feci iam ut esses filiai nuptus?
nam tua gnata peperit, decumo mense post: numerum cape;
ea re repudium remisit avonculus causa mea.
i intro, exquaere, sitne ita ut ego praedico.

(_patting his shoulder_) Lamenting, sir, lamenting, when
you're a grandfather, and this your daughter's wedding day?
You see it's the tenth month since the festival--reckon it
up--and we have a child, sir. This explains my uncle's
breaking the engagement: he did it for my sake. Go in and
inquire if it isn't just as I tell you.

_Eucl._

Perii oppido, 800
ita mihi ad malum malae res plurimae se adglutinant.
ibo intro, ut quid huius verum sit sciam.

Oh, my life is wrecked, wrecked! The way calamities swarm
down and settle on me one after another! Go in I will, and
have the truth of it! [EXIT INTO HIS HOUSE.

_Lyc._

Iam te sequor
haec propemodum iam esse in vado salutis res videtur
nunc servom esse ubi dicam meum Strobilum non reperio;
nisi etiam hic opperiar tamen paulisper, postea intro
hunc subsequar. nunc interim spatium ei dabo exquirendi
meum factum ex gnatae pedisequa nutrice anu. ea rem novit.

(_as he disappears_) I'll soon be with you, sir. (_after
a pause, contentedly_) It does look as if we were pretty
nearly safe in the shallows now. (_looking around_) Where in
the world my fellow Strobilus is I can't imagine. Well, the
only thing to do is to wait here a bit longer; then I'll
join father-in-law inside. Meanwhile I'll let him have an
opp