Chapter 6

Question 1

Illic reputans ideo se fallacibus litteris accitam et honore praecipuo habitam, quodque litus iuxta, non ventis acta, non saxis impulsa navis summa sui parte veluti terrestre machinamentum concidisset,

Answer 1

There, reflecting on how for that reason, she was summoned by a deceitful letter and was treated with special honour and reflecting on that fact that the ship, not having been driven by the winds, was not driven against rocks, when its topmost part had collapsed just like a land-based device.

Question 2

observans etiam Acerroniae necem, simul suum vulnus adspiciens, solum insidiarum remedium esse [sensit], si non intellegerentur; misitque libertum Agermum, qui nuntiaret filio benignitate deum et fortuna eius evasisse gravem casum;

Answer 2

Also obscuring the death of Acceronia, at the same time looking at her own wound and the only remedy against the plot was if it wasn’t understood (if it was ignored) and she sent her freedman Agerinus, in order to announce to her son that by the kindness of the Gods and his good luck, she had escaped the terrible disaster;

Question 3

orare ut quamvis periculo matris exterritus visendi curam differret; sibi ad praesens quiete opus. atque interim securitate simulata medicamina vulneri et fomenta corpori adhibet; testamentum Acerroniae requiri bonaque obsignari iubet, id tantum non per simulationem.

Answer 3

she begged him as much as he might be terrified of his mother’s danger, he should put off the effort of visiting and for the moment, she needed rest. And meanwhile, pretending to be free from anxiety, she applied medicines to her wound and dressings to her body; she sought Acceronia’s will to be sought out and her possessions to be sealed, in this action only, she was not keeping up her pretence.