ACT IV

ENTER _Amphitryon_ WEARILY.

_Amph._

Naucratem quem convenire volui, in navi non erat, neque domi neque in urbe invenio quemquam qui illum viderit. 1010 nam omnis plateas perreptavi, gymnasia et myropolia; apud emporium atque in macello, in palaestra atque in foro, in medicinis, in tonstrinis, apud omnis aedis sacras sum defessus quaeritando. nusquam invenio Naucratem.

Naucrates, whom I wanted to get hold of wasn’t on the ship, and not a soul can I find at his house or in the city who has seen him. Why, I’ve hobbled through every street, gymnasium, and perfumery shop: down in the bazaar and the market, at the athletic field and the forum, too, at the doctor’s, the barber’s, the holy temples from first to last,--I’m tired to death looking for him and not a sign of Naucrates anywhere.

nunc domum ibo atque ex uxore hanc rem pergam exquirere, quis fuerit quem propter corpus suom stupri compleverit nam me, quam illam quaestionem inquisitam hodie amittere, mortuom satrust. sed aedis occluserunt. eugepae, pariter hoc fit atque ut alia facta sunt. feriam foris. aperite hoc. heus, ecquis hic est? ecquis hoc aperit ostium? 1020

Now I’m going home and ask my wife some more questions about this, and (_savagely_) find out who it is she has prostituted herself for. Ah, I’d sooner die than let the day pass without having this matter settled. (_trying door_) Well! they’ve locked up the house! Nice doings! Quite in accord with the rest of it. I’ll knock. (_does so_) Open up here! Hey! is anyone in? Open--somebody! (_knocks more lustily_)

IV. 2.