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Plautus (Mostellaria, 490–5).

―Ăĭt vē|nīss(e) īl|l(um) īn sōm|nīs ād | sē mōr|tŭōm.
―Nēmp(e) er|g(o) īn sōm|nīs? ―Ĭtă. |Sēd āus|cūltā | mŏdŏ.
Ăĭt īl|l(um) hōc pāc|tō sĭbĭ | dīxīs|sĕ mōr|tŭōm.
―Īn sōm|nīs? ―Mī|rūm quīn | vĭgĭlān|tī dī|cĕrēt,
qu(i) ăbhīnc | sēxā|gīnt(a) ān|nōs ōc|cīsūs | fŏrēt.
Īntēr|d(um) ĭnēp|tē stūl|tŭs ēs. | Quīn tū | tăcēs?

“He said a dead man came to him in his sleep.”
“So it was a dream, then?”
“Yes. But just listen.  He said the man told him he died by—”
“In the dream?”
“Yes, it’s a wonder that a man who was murdered sixty years ago didn’t announce it to someone who was awake… You can be ridiculously stupid sometimes.  Why don’t you shut up?”

This shouldn’t have taken me as long as it did.  I still don’t think it’s just right yet.

[For abhinc.]