pro+taberna+Clementis+part+1+translation

Clemens would often dine in the temple of the goddess Isis with the other followers of Isis. One day, when he was coming from the temple, in which he had dined, he was returning to his house, and saw a friend running up. The friend was shouting. "The shop is on fire! Your shop is on fire! Your shop was destroyed by Eutychus and the thugs. I saw then wrenching off the doors, breaking vases, and burning the shop! Flee! Flee from the city! Eutychus wants to kill you. No one is able to resist him and the thugs." Clemens however did not flee, but hurried as quickly as possible to the shop. After he arrived there, he stood still in front of the shop. He saw the doors wrenched off, the shop destroyed. Eutychus stood outside the shop with his Egyptian thugs, and was smiling. Laughing, Eutychus said, "My very dear friend! Surely I warned you about this street? Surely you have friends who can come save you? Where are they? Perhaps they are wiser than you." Clemens with the greatest calm responded to him, “My friends are not here, but the gods can save me. The gods usually punish wicked men.” Eutychus said very angrily, “What did you say? Do you dare to speak to me in this way?”
 * to the shop of Clemens**