T. Maccius Plautus, Bacchides, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.2

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583a

Pistoclervs

Quid istuc? quae istaec est pulsatio?

quae te mala crux agitat, quí ad istunc modum

alieno viris tuas extentes ostio?
585

fores paene exfregisti. quid nunc vis tibi?

Parasitvs

Adulescens, salve.

Pistoclervs

Salve. sed quem quaeritas?

Parasitvs

Bacchidem.

Pistoclervs

Vtram ergo?

Parasitvs

Nil scio nisi Bacchidem.

paucis: me misit miles ad eam Cleomachus,

vel ut ducentos Phílippos reddat aureos
590

vel ut hinc in Elatiam hodie eat secum semul.

Pistoclervs

Non it. negat se ituram. abi et renuntia.

alium illa amat, non illum. duc te ab aedibus.

Parasitvs

Nimis iracunde.

Pistoclervs

At scin quam iracundus siem?

ne tíbi hercle haud longe est os ab infortunio,
595

ita dentifrangibula haec meis manibus gestiunt.

Parasitvs

Cum ego huius verba interpretor, mihi cautiost,

ne nucifrangibula excussit ex malis meis.

tuo ego istaec igitur dicam illi periculo.

Pistoclervs

Quid ais tu?
600

Parasitvs

Ego istuc illi dicam.

Pistoclervs

Dic mihi,

quis tu es?

Parasitvs

Illius sum integumentum corporis.

Pistoclervs

Nequam esse oportet cui tu integumentum improbu's improbu s es.

Parasitvs

Sufflatus ille huc veniet.

Pistoclervs

Dirrumptum velim.

Parasitvs

Numquid vis?

Pistoclervs

Abeas. celeriter factost opus.

Parasitvs

Vale, dentifrangibule.—
605

Pistoclervs

Et tu, integumentum, vale.

in eum nunc haec res vénit locum, ut quid consili

dem meo sodali super amica nesciam,

qui iratus renumeravit omne aurum patri,

neque nummus ullust qui reddatur militi.

sed huc concedam, nam concrepuerunt fores.
610

Mnesilochus eccum maestus progreditur foras.

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

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Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Bacchides, or The Twin Sisters Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 4.2 focus

583a (Enter PISTOCLERUS from the house.)

PISTOCLERUS

What’s the matter? What’s this knocking? Why, what the confounded torment possesses you, to be exerting your strength in this fashion on another person’s door?

You’ve almost broken the door down. What do you want now?

PARASITE

Young gentleman, my respects.

PISTOCLERUS

And my respects. But whom are you looking for?

PARASITE

For Bacchis.

PISTOCLERUS

But which of them?

PARASITE

Of that I know nothing, only it’s Bacchis. In a few words, the Captain, Cleomachus,

has sent me to her, either for her to pay back the tyro hundred golden Philippeans, or to go hence this day, together with him, to Elatia¹.
590

PISTOCLERUS

She doesn’t go: she says she shan’t go. Begone, and take back this message—she loves another person, and not him. Take yourself off from the house.

PARASITE

You’re too hasty.

PISTOCLERUS

And would you know now hasty I am?

By my faith, your phiz isn’t far off from a mishap; so much are these teeth-crackers (looking at his fists) longing in my fists.
595

PARASITE

(aside.)

So far as I understand his words, ’tis a warning to me, lest he should knock my nut-crackers out of my jaws. (To PISTOCLERUS.) At your own peril, I’ll tell him this.

PISTOCLERUS

What do you say?
600

PARASITE

I’ll tell him that which you bade me.

PISTOCLERUS

Who are you? Tell me.

PARASITE

I’m the skill of his body²

PISTOCLERUS

He needs must be a scampish fellow, who has got so worthless a skin.

PARASITE

He’ll be coming here, swollen up with wrath.

PISTOCLERUS

I wish he may burst.

PARASITE

(about to go.)

Is there anything you want?

PISTOCLERUS

Be off; you must do so this instant.

PARASITE

Good-bye, teeth-cracker.
605
(Exit.)

PISTOCLERUS

And you, skin of his body, good-bye! This matter has come to such a point, that what advice to give my friend about his mistress, I know not; who, in his pet, has given up all the gold to his father, and not a coin is there that may be paid to the Captain.

But I’ll step aside, for the door makes a noise. O, here’s Mnesilochus coming out, and pensive, too.
610
(He stands apart.)

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Pistoclervs Quid istuc? quae istaec est pulsatio? quae te mala crux agitat, quí ad istunc modum alieno viris tuas extentes ostio? 585 fores paene exfregisti. quid nunc vis tibi?

Parasitvs Adulescens, salve.

Pistoclervs Salve. sed quem quaeritas?

Parasitvs Bacchidem.

Pistoclervs Vtram ergo?

Parasitvs Nil scio nisi Bacchidem. paucis: me misit miles ad eam Cleomachus, vel ut ducentos Phílippos reddat aureos 590 vel ut hinc in Elatiam hodie eat secum semul.

Pistoclervs Non it. negat se ituram. abi et renuntia. alium illa amat, non illum. duc te ab aedibus.

Parasitvs Nimis iracunde.

Pistoclervs At scin quam iracundus siem? ne tíbi hercle haud longe est os ab infortunio, 595 ita dentifrangibula haec meis manibus gestiunt.

Parasitvs Cum ego huius verba interpretor, mihi cautiost, ne nucifrangibula excussit ex malis meis. tuo ego istaec igitur dicam illi periculo.

Pistoclervs Quid ais tu? 600

Parasitvs Ego istuc illi dicam.

Pistoclervs Dic mihi, quis tu es?

Parasitvs Illius sum integumentum corporis.

Pistoclervs Nequam esse oportet cui tu integumentum improbu's improbu s es.

Parasitvs Sufflatus ille huc veniet.

Pistoclervs Dirrumptum velim.

Parasitvs Numquid vis?

Pistoclervs Abeas. celeriter factost opus.

Parasitvs Vale, dentifrangibule.— 605

Pistoclervs Et tu, integumentum, vale. in eum nunc haec res vénit locum, ut quid consili dem meo sodali super amica nesciam, qui iratus renumeravit omne aurum patri, neque nummus ullust qui reddatur militi. sed huc concedam, nam concrepuerunt fores. 610 Mnesilochus eccum maestus progreditur foras.

Current edition Perseus

PISTOCLERUS What’s the matter? What’s this knocking? Why, what the confounded torment possesses you, to be exerting your strength in this fashion on another person’s door? You’ve almost broken the door down. What do you want now?

PARASITE Young gentleman, my respects.

PISTOCLERUS And my respects. But whom are you looking for?

PARASITE For Bacchis.

PISTOCLERUS But which of them?

PARASITE Of that I know nothing, only it’s Bacchis. In a few words, the Captain, Cleomachus, has sent me to her, either for her to pay back the tyro hundred golden Philippeans, or to go hence this day, together with him, to Elatia 1 . 590

PISTOCLERUS She doesn’t go: she says she shan’t go. Begone, and take back this message—she loves another person, and not him. Take yourself off from the house.

PARASITE You’re too hasty.

PISTOCLERUS And would you know now hasty I am? By my faith, your phiz isn’t far off from a mishap; so much are these teeth-crackers (looking at his fists) longing in my fists. 595

PARASITE (aside.) So far as I understand his words, ’tis a warning to me, lest he should knock my nut-crackers out of my jaws. (To PISTOCLERUS.) At your own peril, I’ll tell him this.

PISTOCLERUS What do you say? 600

PARASITE I’ll tell him that which you bade me.

PISTOCLERUS Who are you? Tell me.

PARASITE I’m the skill of his body 2

PISTOCLERUS He needs must be a scampish fellow, who has got so worthless a skin.

PARASITE He’ll be coming here, swollen up with wrath.

PISTOCLERUS I wish he may burst.

PARASITE (about to go.) Is there anything you want?

PISTOCLERUS Be off; you must do so this instant.

PARASITE Good-bye, teeth-cracker. 605 (Exit.)

Stable identifiers

Pistoclervs

Quid istuc? quae istaec est pulsatio?

quae te mala crux agitat, quí ad istunc modum

alieno viris tuas extentes ostio?
585

fores paene exfregisti. quid nunc vis tibi?

Parasitvs

Adulescens, salve.

Pistoclervs

Salve. sed quem quaeritas?

Parasitvs

Bacchidem.

Pistoclervs

Vtram ergo?

Parasitvs

Nil scio nisi Bacchidem.

paucis: me misit miles ad eam Cleomachus,

vel ut ducentos Phílippos reddat aureos
590

vel ut hinc in Elatiam hodie eat secum semul.

Pistoclervs

Non it. negat se ituram. abi et renuntia.

alium illa amat, non illum. duc te ab aedibus.

Parasitvs

Nimis iracunde.

Pistoclervs

At scin quam iracundus siem?

ne tíbi hercle haud longe est os ab infortunio,
595

ita dentifrangibula haec meis manibus gestiunt.

Parasitvs

Cum ego huius verba interpretor, mihi cautiost,

ne nucifrangibula excussit ex malis meis.

tuo ego istaec igitur dicam illi periculo.

Pistoclervs

Quid ais tu?
600

Parasitvs

Ego istuc illi dicam.

Pistoclervs

Dic mihi,

quis tu es?

Parasitvs

Illius sum integumentum corporis.

Pistoclervs

Nequam esse oportet cui tu integumentum improbu's improbu s es.

Parasitvs

Sufflatus ille huc veniet.

Pistoclervs

Dirrumptum velim.

Parasitvs

Numquid vis?

Pistoclervs

Abeas. celeriter factost opus.

Parasitvs

Vale, dentifrangibule.—
605

PISTOCLERUS

What’s the matter? What’s this knocking? Why, what the confounded torment possesses you, to be exerting your strength in this fashion on another person’s door?

You’ve almost broken the door down. What do you want now?

PARASITE

Young gentleman, my respects.

PISTOCLERUS

And my respects. But whom are you looking for?

PARASITE

For Bacchis.

PISTOCLERUS

But which of them?

PARASITE

Of that I know nothing, only it’s Bacchis. In a few words, the Captain, Cleomachus,

has sent me to her, either for her to pay back the tyro hundred golden Philippeans, or to go hence this day, together with him, to Elatia¹.
590

PISTOCLERUS

She doesn’t go: she says she shan’t go. Begone, and take back this message—she loves another person, and not him. Take yourself off from the house.

PARASITE

You’re too hasty.

PISTOCLERUS

And would you know now hasty I am?

By my faith, your phiz isn’t far off from a mishap; so much are these teeth-crackers (looking at his fists) longing in my fists.
595

PARASITE

(aside.)

So far as I understand his words, ’tis a warning to me, lest he should knock my nut-crackers out of my jaws. (To PISTOCLERUS.) At your own peril, I’ll tell him this.

PISTOCLERUS

What do you say?
600

PARASITE

I’ll tell him that which you bade me.

PISTOCLERUS

Who are you? Tell me.

PARASITE

I’m the skill of his body²

PISTOCLERUS

He needs must be a scampish fellow, who has got so worthless a skin.

PARASITE

He’ll be coming here, swollen up with wrath.

PISTOCLERUS

I wish he may burst.

PARASITE

(about to go.)

Is there anything you want?

PISTOCLERUS

Be off; you must do so this instant.

PARASITE

Good-bye, teeth-cracker.
605
(Exit.)