Chapter 65

Question 1

potueruntne magis tempore prosilire quam cum Licinius venisset, cum in manu teneret veneni pyxidem?

Answer 1

Could they have sprung forward at a better time than when Licinius had come, when he was holding the small box of poison in his hand?

Question 2

quae cum iam erat tradita servis, si evasissent subito ex balneis mulieris amici Liciniumque comprehendissent,

Answer 2

When it [the box] had already been handed over to the slaves, if the friends of the woman had suddenly come forth from the baths and seized Licinius,

Question 3

imploraret hominum fidem atque a se illam pyxidem traditam pernegaret.

Answer 3

he would be begging for the mens’ protection and he would be strongly denying that that box had been handed over by him.

Question 4

quem quo modo illi reprehenderent? vidisse se dicerent?

Answer 4

How were they to refute him? Were they to say that they had seen him?

Question 5

primum ad se revocarent maximi facinoris crimen;

Answer 5

Firstly they would be bringing down upon themselves the charge of the greatest crime;

Question 6

deinde id se vidisse dicerent quod, quo loco collocati fuerant non potuissent videre.

Answer 6

secondly, they would be claiming that they had seen what they could not have seen from the place in which they’d been stationed.

Question 7

tempore igitur ipso se ostenderunt, cum Licinius venisset, pyxidem expediret, manum porrigeret, venenum traderet.

Answer 7

Therefore they showed themselves at the very time, when Licinius had come, when he was getting out the small box, streching out his hand, handing over the poison.

Question 8

mimi ergo est iam exitus, non fabulae; in quo cum clausula non invenitur,

Answer 8

Therefore this is already the end of a mime show, not a story; when a conclusion is not found in this,

Question 9

fugit aliquis e manibus, deinde scabilla concrepant, aulaeum tollitur.

Answer 9

somone flees from their hands, then the clappers rattle, the curtain is raised.