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Question 1

‘nec diu blandis alimoniarum obsequiis te saginaturum omnes adfirmant,

Answer 1

They all assert, for a short time, that you will be lavished with flattering compliances by him,

Question 2

sed, cum primum praegnationem tuam plenus maturaverit uterus, opimiore fructu praeditam devoraturum.

Answer 2

but as soon as your full uterus has ripened your pregnancy, he would devour her provided with a richer fruit.

Question 3

ad haec iam tua est existimatio, utrum sororibus pro tua cara salute sollicitis adsentiri velis

Answer 3

For these things now your judgement is, whether you wish to comply with sisters worried for you precious salvation

Question 4

et declinata morte nobiscum secura periculi vivere, an saevissimae bestiae sepeliri visceribus.

Answer 4

and to live with us safe from danger, avoiding death, or to be buried in entrails of the most savage beast.

Question 5

quodsi te ruris huius vocalis solitudo, vel clandestinae Veneris faetidi periculosique concubitus

Answer 5

But if the solitude of this sonorous country or the stinking and dangerous couplings of hidden love

Question 6

et venenati serpentis amplexus delectant, certe piae sorores nostrum fecerimus.’

Answer 6

and the coils of a venomous snake please you then we will certainly be your pious sisters.’

Question 7

Tunc Psyche misella, utpote simplex et animi tenella, rapitur verborum tam tristium formidine:

Answer 7

Then wretched Psyche, because she was simple and tender in spirit, was carried away with the terror of such sorrowful words,

Question 8

extra terminum mentis suae posita prorsus omnium mariti monitionum suarumque promissionum memoriam effudit

Answer 8

having been placed beyond the boundary of her mind entirely, she shed all warning of her husband and memory of her promises

Question 9

et in profundum calamitatis sese praecipitavit, tremensque et exangui colore lurida

Answer 9

and she threw herself headlong into the depths of calamity and, trembling with a pale ghastly complexion,

Question 10

tertiata verba semihianti voce substrepens sic ad illas ait:

Answer 10

muttering confusedly stammered words with a half open voice, she said to them thus: