Quo ambulas, tu qui Volcanum in cornu conclusum geris?
Whither dost stroll, thou who conveyest (_pointing to lantern_) Vulcan pent within yon horn?
Quid id exquiris tu, qui pugnis os exossas hominibus?
What dost want to know for, thou who bonest folks’ faces for ’em with yon fists?
_Sos._ Utcumque animo conlibitum est meo.
(_advancing_) But I shall soon make thee say ’tis true.
(_shrinking back_) Oh, what’s the use of that?
Possum scire, quo profectus, cuius sis aut quid veneris?
(_sternly_) May I be informed where thou art bound, who owns thee, or why thou camest? (_halts_)
Huc eo, eri iussu, eius sum servos. numquid nunc es certior?
(_encouraged_) I’m bound for here--master’s orders--and I’m his slave. Are you any wiser now?
Ego tibi istam hodie, sceleste, comprimam linguam.
I’ll soon make thee hold thy tongue, miscreant!
No chance, she’s chaperoned in nice modest fashion.
Pergin argutarier? quid apud hasce aedis negoti est tibi?
Still at thy quips, eh? What business hast thou at this house?
Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat.
King Creon posts separate sentries about here every night.
Bene facit: quia nos eramus peregre, tutatust domi; at nunc abi sane, advenisse familiares dicito.
(_in superior manner_) Much obliged. Seeing we were abroad, he’s kept guard for us at home. But now you can be off: say the family servants have got back.
Nescio quam tu familiaris sis: nisi actutum hinc abis, familiaris accipiere faxo haud familiariter.
Thou a family servant, indeed! Unless thou dost disappear instantly, I warrant ye I’ll welcome servants of the family with strange familiarity.
Hic inquam habito ego atque horunc servos sum.
Here’s where I live, I tell you. This is my master’s house.
At scin quo modo? faciam ego hodie te superbum, nisi hinc abis.
But knowest thou what? I’ll soon be making an exalted man of thee, an’ thou decampest not.
Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero.
You shall be carried off on people’s shoulders--no walking-- once I take my club to you.
Quin me esse huius familiai familiarem praedico.
I’m a member of the household here, I do avow.
Vide sis quam mox vapulare vis, nisi actutum hinc abis. 360
Kindly consider how soon you want a thrashing, unless you vanish instantly.