T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, ed. Friedrich Leo, 1.1

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Evclio

Exi, ínquam. age exi. exeúndum herclé tibi hinc est foras,
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circumspectatrix cum oculis emissiciis.

Staphyla

Nam cur me miseram verberas?

Evclio

Vt misera sis

atque ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas.

Staphyla

Nam qua me nunc causa extrusisti ex aedibus?

Evclio

Tibi egó rationem reddam, stimulorum seges?
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illuc regredere ab ostio. illuc sis vide,

ut incédit. at scin quo modo tibi res se habet?

si hercle hodie fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

testudineum istum tibi ego grandibo gradum.

Staphyla

Vtinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium
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potius quidem quam hoc pacto apud te serviam.

Evclio

At ut scelesta sola secum murmurat.

oculos hercle égo istos, improba, ecfodiam tibi,

ne me observare possis quid rerum geram.

abscede etiam nunc—etiam nunc—etiam—ohe,
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istic astato. si hercle tu ex istoc loco

digitum transvorsum aut unguem latum excesseris

aut si respexis, donicum ego te iussero,

continuo hercle ego te dedam discipulam cruci.

scelestiorem me hac anu certo scio
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vidisse numquam, nimisque ego hanc metuo male,

ne mi ex insidiis verba imprudenti duit

neu persentiscat aurum ubi est absconditum,

quae in occipitio quoque habet oculos pessima.

nunc ibo ut visam sitne ita aurum ut condidi,
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quod me sollicitat plurimis miserum modis.—

Staphyla

Noenum mecastor quid ego ero dicam meo

malae rei evenisse quamve insaniam,

queo comminisci; íta me miseram ad hunc modum

decies die uno saepe extrudit aedibus.
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nescio pol quae illunc hominem intemperiae tenent:

pervigilat noctes totas, tum autem interdius

quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies.

neque iam quo pacto celem erilis filiae

probrum, propinqua partitudo cui appetit,
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queo comminisci; neque quicquam meliust mihi,

ut opinor, quam ex me ut unam faciam litteram

longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero.

Aulularia. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1895.

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Aulularia (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 1. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.)

Translations (1)

Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 1.1 focus

40 (Enter EUCLIO, driving out STAPHYLA.)

EUCLIO

Get out, I say, be off, get out; by my troth, you must budge out of this house here, you pryabout woman, with your inquisitive eyes.
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STAPHYLA

Pray why are you beating me, wretched creature that I am?

EUCLIO

That you may be wretched, and that, curst as you are. you may pass a curst life, well befitting you.

STAPHYLA

But for what reason have you now pushed me out of the house?

EUCLIO

Am I to be giving you a reason, you whole harvest of whips ¹. Get away there from the door! There, do look, if you please, how she does creep along. But do you know how matters stand with you? If I just now take a stick or a whip in my hand, I’ll quicken that tortoise pace for you.
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STAPHYLA

O that the Gods would drive me to hang myself, rather indeed than that I should be a slave in your house on these terms!
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EUCLIO

Hark how the hag is grumbling to herself! By my troth, you wretch, I’ll knock out those eyes of yours, that you mayn’t be able to watch me, what business I’m about.

Get out (pushes her with his hands)—further yet! still further! further! There now, stand you there! By my faith, if you budge a finger’s breadth, or a nail’s width from that spot, or if you look back until I shall order you, i’ faith, I’ll give you up at once as a trainer for the gibbet.
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(Aside.)

I know for sure that I did never see one more accursed than this hag, and I’m sadly in fear of her, lest she should be cheating me unawares, or be scenting it out where the gold is concealed, a most vile wretch, who has eyes in the back of her head as well.
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Now I’ll go and see whether the gold is just as I concealed it, that so troubles wretched me in very many ways.
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(He goes into his house.)

STAPHYLA

By heavens, I cannot now conceive what misfortune, or what insanity, I am to say has befallen my master; in such a way does he

often, ten times in one day, in this fashion push wretched me out of the house. I’ faith, I know not what craziness does possess this man; whole nights is he on the watch; then, too, all the day long does he sit for whole days together at home like a lame cobbler ².
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Nor can I imagine now by what means to conceal the disgrace of my master’s daughter, whose lying-in approaches near; and there isn’t anything better for me, as I fancy, than to make one long capital letter ³ of myself, when I’ve tied up my neck in a halter.

T. Maccius Plautus Aulularia 1.1

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Evclio

Exi, ínquam. age exi. exeúndum herclé tibi hinc est foras,
40

circumspectatrix cum oculis emissiciis.

Staphyla

Nam cur me miseram verberas?

Evclio

Vt misera sis

atque ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas.

Staphyla

Nam qua me nunc causa extrusisti ex aedibus?

Evclio

Tibi egó rationem reddam, stimulorum seges?
45

illuc regredere ab ostio. illuc sis vide,

ut incédit. at scin quo modo tibi res se habet?

si hercle hodie fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

testudineum istum tibi ego grandibo gradum.

Staphyla

Vtinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium
50

potius quidem quam hoc pacto apud te serviam.

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EUCLIO

Get out, I say, be off, get out; by my troth, you must budge out of this house here, you pryabout woman, with your inquisitive eyes.
40

STAPHYLA

Pray why are you beating me, wretched creature that I am?

EUCLIO

That you may be wretched, and that, curst as you are. you may pass a curst life, well befitting you.

STAPHYLA

But for what reason have you now pushed me out of the house?

EUCLIO

Am I to be giving you a reason, you whole harvest of whips ¹. Get away there from the door! There, do look, if you please, how she does creep along. But do you know how matters stand with you? If I just now take a stick or a whip in my hand, I’ll quicken that tortoise pace for you.
45

STAPHYLA

O that the Gods would drive me to hang myself, rather indeed than that I should be a slave in your house on these terms!
50

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Evclio Exi, ínquam. age exi. exeúndum herclé tibi hinc est foras, 40 circumspectatrix cum oculis emissiciis.

Staphyla Nam cur me miseram verberas?

Evclio Vt misera sis atque ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas.

Staphyla Nam qua me nunc causa extrusisti ex aedibus?

Evclio Tibi egó rationem reddam, stimulorum seges? 45 illuc regredere ab ostio. illuc sis vide, ut incédit. at scin quo modo tibi res se habet? si hercle hodie fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum, testudineum istum tibi ego grandibo gradum.

Staphyla Vtinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium 50 potius quidem quam hoc pacto apud te serviam.

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EUCLIO Get out, I say, be off, get out; by my troth, you must budge out of this house here, you pryabout woman, with your inquisitive eyes. 40

STAPHYLA Pray why are you beating me, wretched creature that I am?

EUCLIO That you may be wretched, and that, curst as you are. you may pass a curst life, well befitting you.

STAPHYLA But for what reason have you now pushed me out of the house?

EUCLIO Am I to be giving you a reason, you whole harvest of whips 1 . Get away there from the door! There, do look, if you please, how she does creep along. But do you know how matters stand with you? If I just now take a stick or a whip in my hand, I’ll quicken that tortoise pace for you. 45

STAPHYLA O that the Gods would drive me to hang myself, rather indeed than that I should be a slave in your house on these terms! 50

Stable identifiers

Evclio

Exi, ínquam. age exi. exeúndum herclé tibi hinc est foras,
40

circumspectatrix cum oculis emissiciis.

Staphyla

Nam cur me miseram verberas?

Evclio

Vt misera sis

atque ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas.

Staphyla

Nam qua me nunc causa extrusisti ex aedibus?

Evclio

Tibi egó rationem reddam, stimulorum seges?
45

illuc regredere ab ostio. illuc sis vide,

ut incédit. at scin quo modo tibi res se habet?

si hercle hodie fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

testudineum istum tibi ego grandibo gradum.

Staphyla

Vtinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium
50

potius quidem quam hoc pacto apud te serviam.

EUCLIO

Get out, I say, be off, get out; by my troth, you must budge out of this house here, you pryabout woman, with your inquisitive eyes.
40

STAPHYLA

Pray why are you beating me, wretched creature that I am?

EUCLIO

That you may be wretched, and that, curst as you are. you may pass a curst life, well befitting you.

STAPHYLA

But for what reason have you now pushed me out of the house?

EUCLIO

Am I to be giving you a reason, you whole harvest of whips ¹. Get away there from the door! There, do look, if you please, how she does creep along. But do you know how matters stand with you? If I just now take a stick or a whip in my hand, I’ll quicken that tortoise pace for you.
45

STAPHYLA

O that the Gods would drive me to hang myself, rather indeed than that I should be a slave in your house on these terms!
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