T. Maccius Plautus, Captivi, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.3

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516

Tyndarvs

Nunc íllud est, cum mé fuisse quam ésse nimio mávelim:

nunc spes opes auxiliaque a me segregant spernuntque se.

hic illést dies, cum nulla vitae meae salus sperabilest,

neque † exílium exitio est néque adeo spes, quae mi hunc aspellat metum,

nec subdolis mendaciis mihi usquam mantellum est meis,
520

nec sycophantiis nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est

neque deprecatio perfidiis meis nec male factis fuga est,

nec confidentiae usquam hospitium est nec deverticulum dolis:

operta quae fuere aperta sunt, patent praestigiae,

ómnis res palam est, néque de hac re negotium est,
525

quín male occidam oppetamque pestem eri vicem meamque.

perdidit me Aristophontes hic qui venit modo intro †

is me novit, is sodalis Philocrati et cognatus est.

neque iám Salus servare, si volt, me potest, nec copia est,

nisi si áliquam corde machinor astutiam.
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quám, malum? quid machiner? quid comminiscar? maxumas

nugás ineptus incipisso. haereo.

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

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

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Captivi: The Captives Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 3.3 focus

516 (Enter TYNDARUS, from the house.)

TYNDARUS

Now stands the matter so, that I would much rather that I had once existed, than that I still exist; now do my hopes, my resources, and my succour, desert me and spurn themselves. This is that day, when, for my life, no safety can be hoped; nor yet is death my end; nor hope is there, in fact, to dispel this fear for me;

nor cloak have I anywhere for my deceitful stratagems; nor for my devices or my subterfuges is there anywhere a screen presented to me. No deprecating is there for my perfidy; no means of flight for my offences. No refuge is there anywhere for my trusting; and no escape for my cunning schemes. What was concealed is now exposed; my plans are now divulged.
520

The whole matter is now laid open; nor is there any ado about this matter, but that I must perish outright, and meet with destruction, both on behalf of my master and myself. This Aristophontes has proved my ruin, who has just now come into the house. He knows me. He is the intimate friend and kinsman of Philocrates. Not Salvation herself¹ can save me now, even if she wishes; nor have I any means of escape,
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unless, perchance, I devise some artifice in my mind. (He meditates.) Plague on it!-how? What can I contrive?—what can I think of? Some very great folly and trifling I shall have to begin with. I’m quite at a loss.
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(He retires aside.)

T. Maccius Plautus Captivi 3.3

ed. Friedrich Leo

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