I bought it to be killed. EUCLIO Then it’s best that you likewise should bargain for Should bargain for : Loces. Should hire the conductores, or libitinarii, who contracted to perform funerals. He seems to hint that the lamb is so meagre that it is not worth eating. If that is not his meaning, the wit intended to be conveyed by the passage is imperceptible. it to be carried out for burial; for I believe it’s dead by this time. MEGADORUS Euclio, I wish this day to have a drinking with you. EUCLIO By my troth, I really must not drink. MEGADORUS But I’ll order one cask of old wine to be brought from my house. EUCLIO I’ faith, I won’t have it; for I’ve determined to drink water. MEGADORUS I’ll have you well drenched this day, if I live, you who have determined to drink water. EUCLIO (aside.) I know what plan he’s upon; he’s aiming at this method, to overcome me with wine, and after that, to change the settlement Change the settlement : Commutet coloniam. Literally may change its colony. of what I possess: I’ll take care of that, for I’ll hide it somewhere out of doors. I’ll make him lose his wine and his trouble together.