Per dexteram tuam te, Alcumena, oro obsecro. da mihi hanc veniam, ignosce, irata ne sies. (_seizing her hand_) I beg and beseech you, Alcmena, by this right hand of yours, do forgive me for it; pardon me: don’t be angry! _Alc._ Ego istaec feci verba virtute irrita; nunc, quando factis me impudicis abstini, ab impudicis dictis avorti volo. valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas. iuben mi ire comites Your charges are refuted by my honest life; now, sir, having been guiltless of gross behaviour, I will not be subjected to gross language. Good bye. Keep your own things and return me mine. Will you older my attendants to follow me? (_turns to go_) _Iup._ _Jup._ Sanan es? Are you in your senses? _Alc._ Si non iubes, ibo egomet; comitem mihi Pudicitiam duxero.[23] 930 If you decline to do so, I will go with my woman’s honour as my only escort. (_walks away_) _Iup._ _Jup._ Mane. arbitratu tuo ius iurandum dabo, me meam pudicam esse uxorem arbitrarier. id ego si fallo, tum te, summe Iuppiter, quaeso, Amphitruoni ut semper iratus sies. (_holding her_) Wait, wait! I’ll swear to it--at your dictation--that I believe my wife is virtuous. If I deceive you in this, then, Jove almighty, I invoke thy curse upon Amphitryon for evermore. _Alc._ A, propitius sit potius. (_hurriedly_) Oh no! His blessing, his blessing! _Iup._ _Jup._ Confido fore; nam ius iurandum verum te advorsum dedi. iam nunc irata non es? I trust to have it, for it is a reliable oath I have given you. (_drawing her close_) Now you’re not angry, are you? _Alc._ Non sum. (_submitting_) No. _Iup._ _Jup._ Bene facis. nam in hominum aetate multa eveniunt huius modi: capiunt voluptates, capiunt rursum miserias; irae interveniunt, redeunt rursum in gratiam. 940 verum irae si quae forte eveniunt huius modi inter eos, rursum si reventum in gratiam est, bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius. (_caressing her_) That’s a good girl. Why, life is full of incidents of this sort. Human beings lay hold on pleasures and then again on pains. Quarrels come between them, and then they are reconciled again. But if any such quarrel as this does happen to arise between them, then when it blows over they are twice as fond of one another as they were before. _Alc._ Primum cavisse oportuit ne diceres, verum eadem si isdem purgas mi, patiunda sunt. You should have been careful not to say such a thing in the first place; but if you apologize so nicely for hurting me so, I can’t complain. _Iup._ _Jup._ Iube vero vasa pura adornari mihi, ut quae apud legionem vota vovi. si domum rediissem salvos, ea ego exsolvam omnia.