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Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles: Jason 20

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20. THE BARGAIN WITH PELIAS
Tandem post multa perîcula Iâsôn in eundem locum pervênit unde profectus erat. Tum ê nâvî êgressus ad rêgem Peliam, quî rêgnum adhûc obtinêbat, statim sê contulit, et vellere aureô mônstrâtô ab eô postulâvit ut rêgnum sibi trâderêtur; Peliâs enim pollicitus erat, sî Iâsôn vellus rettulisset, sê rêgnum eî trâditûrum. Postquam Iâsôn quid fierî vellet ostendit, Peliâs prîmô nihil respondit, sed diû in eâdem trîstitiâ tacitus permânsit; tandem ita locûtus est: "Vidês mê aetâte iam esse cônfectum, neque dubium est quîn diês suprêmus mihi appropinquet. Liceat igitur mihi, dum vîvam, hôc rêgnum obtinêre; cum autem tandem dêcesserô, tû mihi succêdês." Hâc ôrâtiône adductus Iâsôn respondit sê id factûrum quod ille rogâsset.

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Tandem post multa perîcula Iâsôn in eundem locum pervênit unde profectus erat.
Tum ê nâvî êgressus ad rêgem Peliam, quî rêgnum adhûc obtinêbat, statim sê contulit,	egressus...contulit: participle plus verb (he got out... and went...) qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with regem in gender and number
et vellere aureô mônstrâtô ab eô postulâvit ut rêgnum sibi trâderêtur;	vellere aureo monstrato : ablative absolute traderetur: subjunctive with ut
Peliâs enim pollicitus erat, sî Iâsôn vellus rettulisset, sê rêgnum eî trâditûrum.	enim: postpositive rettulisset: subjunctive in conditional statement introduced by si traditurum = traditurum esse, mortuum esse: infinitive in indirect statement introduced by pollicitus erat (se is accusative subject)
Postquam Iâsôn quid fierî vellet ostendit, Peliâs prîmô nihil respondit,	fieri: complementary infinitive with vellet vellet: subjunctive in indirect question introduced by ostendit
sed diû in eâdem trîstitiâ tacitus permânsit; tandem ita locûtus est:
"Vidês mê aetâte iam esse cônfectum,	esse confectum: infinitive in indirect statement introduced by vides (me is accusative subject)
neque dubium est quîn diês suprêmus mihi appropinquet.	appropinquet: subjunctive with quin
Liceat igitur mihi, dum vîvam, hôc rêgnum obtinêre;	liceat: jussive subjunctive igitur: postpositive vivam: subjunctive with dum obtinere: complementary infinitive with liceat
cum autem tandem dêcesserô, tû mihi succêdês."	autem: postpositive tu: emphatic use of the nominative personal pronoun (the verb succedes already indicates the subject is "you")
Hâc ôrâtiône adductus Iâsôn respondit sê id factûrum quod ille rogâsset.	adductus...respondit : participle plus verb (he was persuaded... and replied...) facturum = facturum esse, infinitive in indirect statement introduced by respondit (se is accusative subject) rogasset: subjunctive in relative clause in indirect statement, introduced by relative pronoun quod, which agrees with id in gender and number