Titus Maccius Plautus — Amphitryo (1519)

It is guarded well and modestly.
Me. Do you persist in speaking shrewdly? What business do you have at this house?
So. Rather, what do you have? What are you laboring at?
Me. King Creon always places individual night guards.
So. He does well, for since we were abroad, he guarded the house. But now, truly, go away, and say that the members of the family have arrived.
Me. I know not how much of a member of the family you are; unless you depart from here immediately, I will see to it that you are received, not in a friendly manner, but with clubs.
So. I live here, I say, and I am a servant to these owners.
Me. Do you know where? I will make you proud today, unless you depart from here—that is, to the dead.
So. In what manner?
Me. You will be carried away; you will not depart with a staff if I take up the club.
So. But I proclaim that I am a servant of this household.
Me. Look to what you are doing, and what you are prepared to suffer, unless you depart from here immediately.
So. Do you demand that I, who am arriving, stay away from my own house?
Me. Is this your house?
So. Yes, I say.
Me. Who then is your master?
So. Amphitryon, who is now finished with the Theban legions, with whom his wife Alcumena is [living]. What do you say? What is your name?
So. The Thebans call me Sosia, born of my father Davus.
Me. By Pollux, you have arrived here today for your own harm, with these premeditated lies, you pillar of audacity, with your crafty tricks.
So. On the contrary, I have arrived here with my tunic stitched, not with tricks.
Me. But you are lying even now; you are coming on foot, not by tunic.
So. You speak the truth.
Me. Now, surely, you will be beaten for this lie.
So. By Pollux, I do not wish for that, surely.
Me. But by Pollux, surely, against your will. This is certainly settled, it is not subject to my judgment.
So. I implore your protection.
Me. Do you dare to say that you are Sosia, who I am?
So. I am ruined.
Me. You have not yet said enough of what is to come.