shall be glad to do as
you ask; both that request, and any other, will be granted.
(_embarrassed_) And--and I trust you won't be incensed at me
for getting angry and treating him badly.

_Philocr._

Quid fecisti?

(_anxiously_) What did you do?

_Hegio_

In lapicidinas compeditum condidi,
ubi rescivi mihi data esse verba.

I had him fettered and put down in the stone quarries when I
found out I had been imposed upon.

_Philocr._

Vae misero mihi,
propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo.

God forgive me! To think of the splendid fellow suffering
so, and all for my sake!

_Hegio_

At ob eam rem mihi libellam pro eo argenti ne duis.
gratiis a me, ut sit liber, ducito.

Well, sir, this being so, you needn't give me a single
farthing for him: take him from me gratis--he is a free man.

_Philocr._

Edepol, Hegio.
facis benigne. sed quaeso, hominem ut iubeas arcessi.

Well, well, Hegio, many thanks! But have him sent for, I beg
you.

_Hegio_

Licet.
ubi estis vos? ite actutum Tyndarum huc arcessite, 950
vos ite intro. interibi ego ex hac statua verberea volo
erogitare, meo minore quid sit factum filio.
vos lavate interibi.

By all means (_calling to slaves in house_) Where are you?
[ENTER OVERSEERS] Quick! go bring Tyndarus here. [EXEUNT
OVERSEERS] (_to Philopolemus and Philocrates_) As for you
lads, step inside. Meanwhile I want to inquire of this
whipping post here (_pointing to Stalagmus_) what was done
with my younger son. You can take a bath meanwhile.

_Philop._

Sequere hac. Philocrates, me intro.

Come along in with me, Philocrates.

_Philocr._

Sequor.

Certainly. [EXEUNT.

V. 2.

Scene 2.

_Hegio_

Age tu illuc procede. bone vir, lepidum mancupium meum.

(_to Stalagmus_) Come now, you! Over there with you,
(_pointing_) my good sir, my charming piece of property.

_Stal._

Quid me oportet facere, ubi tu talis vir falsum autumas?
fui ego bellus, lepidus. bonus vir numquam, neque frugi bonae,
neque ero umquam, ne erres: spem ponas me bonae frugi fore.

(_sullenly_) What can you look for from me, when a fine
gentleman like you tells lies? I've had my day as a dandy, a
charmer; a good sir, or good for anything, I n