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591

Alcesimvs

Viso huc, amator si a foro rediit domum,

qui me atque uxorem ludificatust, larua.

sed eccum ante aedis. ad te hercle ibam commodum.

Lysidamvs

Et hercle ego ad te. quid ais, vir minimi preti?

quid tibi mandavi? quid tecum oravi?
595

Alcesimvs

Quid est?

Lysidamvs

Vt bene vocivas aedis fecisti mihi,

ut traduxisti huc ad nos uxorem tuam.

satin propter te pereo ego atque occasio?

Alcesimvs

Quin tu suspendis te? nempe túte dixeras,

tuam arcessituram esse uxorem uxorem meam.
600

Lysidamvs

Ergo arcessivisse ait sese, et dixisse te

eam nón missurum.

Alcesimvs

Quin eapse ultro mihi

negavit eius operam se morarier.

Lysidamvs

Quin eapse me adlegavit, qui istam arcesserem.

Alcesimvs

Quin nihili facio.
605

Lysidamvs

Quin me perdis.

Alcesimvs

Quin benest,

quin etiam diu morabor, quin cupio tibi—

Lysidamvs

Quin—

Alcesimvs

Aliquid aegre facere.

Lysidamvs

Quin faciam lubens.

numquam tibi hodie quin erit plus quam mihi.

Alcesimvs

Quin hercle di te perdant postremo quidem.

Lysidamvs

Quid nunc? missurusne es ad me uxorem tuam?
610

Alcesimvs

Ducas, easque in maxumam malam crucem

cum hác cum ístac, cumque amica etiam tua.

abi et aliud cura, ego iam per hortum iussero

meam istúc transire uxorem ad uxorem tuam.—

Lysidamvs

Nunc tu mi amicus es in germanum modum.
615

qua ego hunc amorem mi esse avi dicam datum

aut quid ego umquam erga Venerem inique fecerim,

cui sic tot amanti mi obviam eveniant morae?

attat,

quid illúc clamoris, opsecro, in nostrast domo?
620

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

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

Translations (1)

Casina, or The Stratagem Defeated Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 3.4 focus

591 (Enter ALCESIMUS, from his house.)

ALCESIMUS

(to himself.)

I’ll go see here if the lover has come back home from the Forum, who, an old ghost, has been making fools of myself and my wife. But see, there he is before his house. (Addressing STALINO.) I’ faith, ’twas just in good time I was coming to your house.

STALINO

And, i’ faith, I to yours. How say you, you good-for-nothing fellow? What did I enjoin you? What did I beg of you?

ALCESIMUS

What’s the matter?

STALINO

How nicely you’ve had your house empty for me! How well you have sent your wife over to our house here! Isn’t it through yourself that I and the opportunity are lost, both of us?

ALCESIMUS

Why don’t you go hang yourself? Why, ’twas you yourself said that

your wife would come and fetch mine from our house?
600

STALINO

Then she declares that she has been to fetch her, and that you said you wouldn’t let her go.

ALCESIMUS

But she herself, of her own accord, said to me that she didn’t care for her assistance.

STALINO

But ’tis she¹ herself who has deputed me to come and fetch her.

ALCESIMUS

But I don’t care for that.
605

STALINO

But you are proving my ruin.

ALCESIMUS

But that’s as it should be. But I shall still go on delaying; but I very much long for—

STALINO
²

But—

ALCESIMUS

nothing but to do you some mischief;

but I’ll do it with pleasure. Never this day shall you have a but the more than I.

But, in fine, really, upon my faith, may the Gods confound you.

STALINO

What now? Are you going to send your wife to my house?
610

ALCESIMUS

You may take her, and be off to utter and extreme perdition, both with her and with that one of yours, and with that mistress of yours as well. A way with you, and attend to something else; I’ll at once bid my wife to pass thither through the garden to your wife.

STALINO

Now you are proving yourself a friend to me in genuine style! (ALCESIMUS goes into his house.) Under what auspices am I to say that this passion was inflicted upon me, or what have I ever done amiss towards Venus, that when I’m thus in love crosses so many should befall me in my path? (A noise is heard.) Hey day!
615

what’s that noise, prithee, that’s going on in our house?
620

T. Maccius Plautus Casina 3.4

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Alcesimvs

Viso huc, amator si a foro rediit domum,

qui me atque uxorem ludificatust, larua.

sed eccum ante aedis. ad te hercle ibam commodum.

Lysidamvs

Et hercle ego ad te. quid ais, vir minimi preti?

quid tibi mandavi? quid tecum oravi?
595

Alcesimvs

Quid est?

Lysidamvs

Vt bene vocivas aedis fecisti mihi,

ut traduxisti huc ad nos uxorem tuam.

satin propter te pereo ego atque occasio?

Alcesimvs

Quin tu suspendis te? nempe túte dixeras,

tuam arcessituram esse uxorem uxorem meam.
600

Lysidamvs

Ergo arcessivisse ait sese, et dixisse te

eam nón missurum.

Alcesimvs

Quin eapse ultro mihi

negavit eius operam se morarier.

Lysidamvs

Quin eapse me adlegavit, qui istam arcesserem.

Alcesimvs

Quin nihili facio.
605

Lysidamvs

Quin me perdis.

Alcesimvs

Quin benest,

quin etiam diu morabor, quin cupio tibi—

Lysidamvs

Quin—

Alcesimvs

Aliquid aegre facere.

Lysidamvs

Quin faciam lubens.

numquam tibi hodie quin erit plus quam mihi.

Alcesimvs

Quin hercle di te perdant postremo quidem.

Lysidamvs

Quid nunc? missurusne es ad me uxorem tuam?
610

Alcesimvs

Ducas, easque in maxumam malam crucem

cum hác cum ístac, cumque amica etiam tua.

abi et aliud cura, ego iam per hortum iussero

meam istúc transire uxorem ad uxorem tuam.—

Lysidamvs

Nunc tu mi amicus es in germanum modum.
615

qua ego hunc amorem mi esse avi dicam datum

aut quid ego umquam erga Venerem inique fecerim,

cui sic tot amanti mi obviam eveniant morae?

attat,

quid illúc clamoris, opsecro, in nostrast domo?
620

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ALCESIMUS

(to himself.)

I’ll go see here if the lover has come back home from the Forum, who, an old ghost, has been making fools of myself and my wife. But see, there he is before his house. (Addressing STALINO.) I’ faith, ’twas just in good time I was coming to your house.

STALINO

And, i’ faith, I to yours. How say you, you good-for-nothing fellow? What did I enjoin you? What did I beg of you?

ALCESIMUS

What’s the matter?

STALINO

How nicely you’ve had your house empty for me! How well you have sent your wife over to our house here! Isn’t it through yourself that I and the opportunity are lost, both of us?

ALCESIMUS

Why don’t you go hang yourself? Why, ’twas you yourself said that

your wife would come and fetch mine from our house?
600

STALINO

Then she declares that she has been to fetch her, and that you said you wouldn’t let her go.

ALCESIMUS

But she herself, of her own accord, said to me that she didn’t care for her assistance.

STALINO

But ’tis she¹ herself who has deputed me to come and fetch her.

ALCESIMUS

But I don’t care for that.
605

STALINO

But you are proving my ruin.

ALCESIMUS

But that’s as it should be. But I shall still go on delaying; but I very much long for—

STALINO
²

But—

ALCESIMUS

nothing but to do you some mischief;

but I’ll do it with pleasure. Never this day shall you have a but the more than I.

But, in fine, really, upon my faith, may the Gods confound you.

STALINO

What now? Are you going to send your wife to my house?
610

ALCESIMUS

You may take her, and be off to utter and extreme perdition, both with her and with that one of yours, and with that mistress of yours as well. A way with you, and attend to something else; I’ll at once bid my wife to pass thither through the garden to your wife.

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Alcesimvs Viso huc, amator si a foro rediit domum, qui me atque uxorem ludificatust, larua. sed eccum ante aedis. ad te hercle ibam commodum.

Lysidamvs Et hercle ego ad te. quid ais, vir minimi preti? quid tibi mandavi? quid tecum oravi? 595

Alcesimvs Quid est?

Lysidamvs Vt bene vocivas aedis fecisti mihi, ut traduxisti huc ad nos uxorem tuam. satin propter te pereo ego atque occasio?

Alcesimvs Quin tu suspendis te? nempe túte dixeras, tuam arcessituram esse uxorem uxorem meam. 600

Lysidamvs Ergo arcessivisse ait sese, et dixisse te eam nón missurum.

Alcesimvs Quin eapse ultro mihi negavit eius operam se morarier.

Lysidamvs Quin eapse me adlegavit, qui istam arcesserem.

Alcesimvs Quin nihili facio. 605

Lysidamvs Quin me perdis.

Alcesimvs Quin benest, quin etiam diu morabor, quin cupio tibi—

Lysidamvs Quin—

Alcesimvs Aliquid aegre facere.

Lysidamvs Quin faciam lubens. numquam tibi hodie quin erit plus quam mihi.

Alcesimvs Quin hercle di te perdant postremo quidem.

Lysidamvs Quid nunc? missurusne es ad me uxorem tuam? 610

Alcesimvs Ducas, easque in maxumam malam crucem cum hác cum ístac, cumque amica etiam tua. abi et aliud cura, ego iam per hortum iussero meam istúc transire uxorem ad uxorem tuam.—

Lysidamvs Nunc tu mi amicus es in germanum modum. 615 qua ego hunc amorem mi esse avi dicam datum aut quid ego umquam erga Venerem inique fecerim, cui sic tot amanti mi obviam eveniant morae? attat, quid illúc clamoris, opsecro, in nostrast domo? 620

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ALCESIMUS (to himself.) I’ll go see here if the lover has come back home from the Forum, who, an old ghost, has been making fools of myself and my wife. But see, there he is before his house. (Addressing STALINO.) I’ faith, ’twas just in good time I was coming to your house.

STALINO And, i’ faith, I to yours. How say you, you good-for-nothing fellow? What did I enjoin you? What did I beg of you?

ALCESIMUS What’s the matter?

STALINO How nicely you’ve had your house empty for me! How well you have sent your wife over to our house here! Isn’t it through yourself that I and the opportunity are lost, both of us?

ALCESIMUS Why don’t you go hang yourself? Why, ’twas you yourself said that your wife would come and fetch mine from our house? 600

STALINO Then she declares that she has been to fetch her, and that you said you wouldn’t let her go.

ALCESIMUS But she herself, of her own accord, said to me that she didn’t care for her assistance.

STALINO But ’tis she 1 herself who has deputed me to come and fetch her.

ALCESIMUS But I don’t care for that. 605

STALINO But you are proving my ruin.

ALCESIMUS But that’s as it should be. But I shall still go on delaying; but I very much long for—

STALINO 2 But—

ALCESIMUS nothing but to do you some mischief; but I’ll do it with pleasure. Never this day shall you have a but the more than I. But, in fine, really, upon my faith, may the Gods confound you.

STALINO What now? Are you going to send your wife to my house? 610

ALCESIMUS You may take her, and be off to utter and extreme perdition, both with her and with that one of yours, and with that mistress of yours as well. A way with you, and attend to something else; I’ll at once bid my wife to pass thither through the garden to your wife.

Stable identifiers

Alcesimvs

Viso huc, amator si a foro rediit domum,

qui me atque uxorem ludificatust, larua.

sed eccum ante aedis. ad te hercle ibam commodum.

Lysidamvs

Et hercle ego ad te. quid ais, vir minimi preti?

quid tibi mandavi? quid tecum oravi?
595

Alcesimvs

Quid est?

Lysidamvs

Vt bene vocivas aedis fecisti mihi,

ut traduxisti huc ad nos uxorem tuam.

satin propter te pereo ego atque occasio?

Alcesimvs

Quin tu suspendis te? nempe túte dixeras,

tuam arcessituram esse uxorem uxorem meam.
600

Lysidamvs

Ergo arcessivisse ait sese, et dixisse te

eam nón missurum.

Alcesimvs

Quin eapse ultro mihi

negavit eius operam se morarier.

Lysidamvs

Quin eapse me adlegavit, qui istam arcesserem.

Alcesimvs

Quin nihili facio.
605

Lysidamvs

Quin me perdis.

Alcesimvs

Quin benest,

quin etiam diu morabor, quin cupio tibi—

Lysidamvs

Quin—

Alcesimvs

Aliquid aegre facere.

Lysidamvs

Quin faciam lubens.

numquam tibi hodie quin erit plus quam mihi.

Alcesimvs

Quin hercle di te perdant postremo quidem.

Lysidamvs

Quid nunc? missurusne es ad me uxorem tuam?
610

Alcesimvs

Ducas, easque in maxumam malam crucem

cum hác cum ístac, cumque amica etiam tua.

abi et aliud cura, ego iam per hortum iussero

meam istúc transire uxorem ad uxorem tuam.—

Lysidamvs

Nunc tu mi amicus es in germanum modum.
615

qua ego hunc amorem mi esse avi dicam datum

aut quid ego umquam erga Venerem inique fecerim,

cui sic tot amanti mi obviam eveniant morae?

attat,

quid illúc clamoris, opsecro, in nostrast domo?
620

ALCESIMUS

(to himself.)

I’ll go see here if the lover has come back home from the Forum, who, an old ghost, has been making fools of myself and my wife. But see, there he is before his house. (Addressing STALINO.) I’ faith, ’twas just in good time I was coming to your house.

STALINO

And, i’ faith, I to yours. How say you, you good-for-nothing fellow? What did I enjoin you? What did I beg of you?

ALCESIMUS

What’s the matter?

STALINO

How nicely you’ve had your house empty for me! How well you have sent your wife over to our house here! Isn’t it through yourself that I and the opportunity are lost, both of us?

ALCESIMUS

Why don’t you go hang yourself? Why, ’twas you yourself said that

your wife would come and fetch mine from our house?
600

STALINO

Then she declares that she has been to fetch her, and that you said you wouldn’t let her go.

ALCESIMUS

But she herself, of her own accord, said to me that she didn’t care for her assistance.

STALINO

But ’tis she¹ herself who has deputed me to come and fetch her.

ALCESIMUS

But I don’t care for that.
605

STALINO

But you are proving my ruin.

ALCESIMUS

But that’s as it should be. But I shall still go on delaying; but I very much long for—

STALINO
²

But—

ALCESIMUS

nothing but to do you some mischief;

but I’ll do it with pleasure. Never this day shall you have a but the more than I.

But, in fine, really, upon my faith, may the Gods confound you.

STALINO

What now? Are you going to send your wife to my house?
610

ALCESIMUS

You may take her, and be off to utter and extreme perdition, both with her and with that one of yours, and with that mistress of yours as well. A way with you, and attend to something else; I’ll at once bid my wife to pass thither through the garden to your wife.