s.

(_in low tone_) If you intend to put 'em through their
paces on me, for heaven's sake break 'em in first on the
wall.

_Mer._

Vox mi ad aures advolavit.

A voice hath flown unto my ear.

_Sos._

Ne ego homo infelix fui,
qui non alas intervelli: volucrem vocem gestito.

(_aside_) There you are! I swear I am an unlucky devil
not to have clipped its wings, and me with such a bird-like
voice.

_Mer._

Illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit iumento suo.

Yon wight doth summon me to wallop his beast's back for him.

_Sos._

Non equidem ullum habeo iumentum.

(_aside_) Never a beast do I own, not I.

_Mer._

Onerandus est pugnis probe.

He needs a lusty load of buffets.

_Sos._

Lassus sum hercle, navi ut vectus huc sum: etiam nunc nauseo;
vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes. 330

(_in low tone_) Oh Lord! and me all done up with that
sea trip home! I'm seasick even now. It's all I can do to
stump along empty handed, so don't think I can travel with
a load.

_Mer._

Certe enim his nescio quis loquitur.

Yea, of a truth some one is talking here.

_Sos._

Salvos sum, non me videt:
nescioquem loqui autumat; mihi certo nomen Sosiaest.

(_in lower tone_) Saved! He doesn't see me. It's Some
one he says is talking: and my same is Sosia, I know that
for a fact.

_Mer._

Hinc enim mihi dextra vox auris, ut videtur, verberat.

Yes, a voice from the right here, as it seems, doth strike
my ear.

_Sos._

Metuo, vocis ne vicem hodie hic vapulem, quae hunc verberat.

(_aside_) I'm afraid he'll soon pummel me instead of my
voice for its striking him. (_steps forward timidly_)

_Mer._

Optume eccum incedit ad me.

Oho! Splendid! He moves this way.

_Sos._

Timeo, totus torpeo.
non edepol nunc ubi terrarum sim scio, si quis roget,
neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine.
ilicet, mandata eri perierunt una et Sosia.
verum certum est confidenter hominem contra conloqui,
qui possim videri huic fortis, a me ut abstineat manum. 340

(_aside_) I'm scared, I'm simply stiff! Good gracious,
I don't know where in the world I am, not if anyone asked
me. Oh dear, I can't move a step for fear! This ends me!
Master's orders are done for, and Sosia, too. B