Nay, but do you listen— NICOBULUS Well, I wasn’t aware of the disposition of my avaricious entertainer.CHRYSALUS Afterwards, at last we had got the gold, and embarked on board ship, desirous for home. By chance, as I was sitting on the deck, while I was looking about me, at that moment I beheld a long bark being fitted out by this cheating knave.NICOBULUS Troth, I’m undone; that bark breaks my heartBreaks my heart: Laedit latus — literally, hurts my sides, or in other words, gives me a twitch..CHRYSALUS This was held in partnership by your host and some pirates.NICOBULUS And that I should be such a blockhead as to trust him, when his very name of ArchidemidesName of Archidemides: He puns upon the name of Archidemides, which was really derived from the Greek ἄρχομαι,to govern, and δημὰς, the people, To adapt his pun, however, to the taste of a Roman audience he would make out that it was in part a compound of the Latin word demo, to filch or take away. cried aloud to me that he would deprive me of it, if I should entrust anything to him.CHRYSALUS This bark was lying in wait for our ship. I began to watch them, to see what business they were about. Meanwhile, from harbour our ship set sail. When we had fully left the harbour, these fellows began to follow with their oars; nor birds, nor winds more swiftly. As I discovered what scheme was being carried out, at once we dropped anchor. As they beheld us stopping, they began to keep their vessel back in harbour.NICOBULUS Wicked wretches, by my troth. What did you do at last?CHRYSALUS We returned again into harbour.