I stole something of yours? Where from? What? _Eucl._ Ita te amabit Iuppiter ut tu nescis. (_ironically_) God bless your innocence--you don’t know! _Lyc._ Nisi quidem tu mihi quid quaeras dixeris. Not unless you say what you’re looking for. _Eucl._ Aulam auri, inquam, te resposco, quam tu confessu’s mihi te abstulisse. The pot of gold, I tell you; I want back the pot of gold you owned up to taking. _Lyc._ Neque edepol ego dixi neque feci. Great heavens, man! I never said that or did it, either. _Eucl._ Negas? You deny it? _Lyc._ Pernego immo. nam neque ego aurum neque istaec aula quae siet scio nec novi. Deny it? Absolutely. Why, I don’t know, haven’t any idea, about your gold, or what that pot is. _Eucl._ Illam, ex Silvani luco quam abstuleras, cedo. i, refer. dimidiam tecum potius partem dividam. tam etsi fur mihi es, molestus non ero. i vero, refer. The one you took from the grove of Silvanus--give it me. Go, bring it back. (_pleadingly_) You can have half of it, yes, yes, I’ll divide. Even though you are such a thief, I won’t make any trouble for you. Do, do go and bring it back, oh do! _Lyc._ Sanus tu non es qui furem me voces. ego te, Euclio, de alia re rescivisse censui, quod ad me attinet; 770 [16]magna est res quam ego tecum otiose, si otium est, cupio loqui. Man alive, you’re out of your senses, calling me a thief. I supposed you had found out about something else that does concern me, Euclio. There’s an important matter I’m anxious to talk over quietly with you, sir, if you’re at leisure. _Eucl._ Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Give me your word of honour: you didn’t steal that gold? _Lyc._ Bona. (_shaking his head_) On my honour. _Eucl._ Neque eum scis qui abstulerit? And you don’t know the man that did take it? _Lyc._ Istuc quoque bona. Nor that, either, on my honour. _Eucl._ Atque id si scies qui abstulerit, mihi indicabis? And if you learn who took it, you’ll inform me? _Lyc._ Faciam. I will. _Eucl._ Neque partem tibi ab eo qui habet indipisces neque furem excipies? And you won’t go shares with the man that has it, or shield the thief? _Lyc._ Ita. No. _Eucl._ Quid si fallis? What if you deceive me? _Lyc._ Tum me faciat quod volt magnus Iuppiter. Then, sir, may I be dealt with as great God sees fit. _Eucl._ Sat habeo. age nunc loquere quid vis. That will suffice. All right now, say what you want. _Lyc._ Si me novisti minus, genere quo sim gnatus: hic mihi est Megadorus avonculus, meus pater fuit Antimachus, ego vocor Lyconides. mater est Eunomia.