T. Maccius Plautus, Casina, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.4

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815

Pardalisca

Sensim supera tolle limen pedes, mea nova nupta;
815

sospes iter incipe hoc, uti viro tuo

sémper sis superstes,

tuaque út potior polléntia sit vincásque virum victríxque sies,

tua vóx superet tuomque imperium: vir te vestiat, tu virum despolies.

noctúque et diu ut viro súbdola sis,
820

ópsecro, memento.

Olympio

Malo máxumo suo hercle ílico, ubi tántillum peccássit.
822825

Lysidamvs

Tace.

Olympio

Nón taceo.

Lysidamvs

Quae rés?

Olympio

Mala malaé male monstrat.

Lysidamvs

Faciés tu hanc rém mi ex paráta imparátam.

id quaérunt volúnt, haec ut ínfecta fáciant.

Pardalisca

Age Olýmpio, quando vís, uxorem

áccipe hanc ab nobis.
830

Olympio

Date érgo, datúrae si umquam éstis hodie.

Lysidamvs

Abíte intro.

Pardalisca

Amábo, integrae átque imperítae huic

impército.

Olympio

Futurum est.

Pardalisca

Valéte.

Olympio

Ite iám.

Lysidamvs

Ite.

Pardalisca

Iám valete.

Lysidamvs

Iamne ábscessit úxor?
835

Olympio

Domíst, ne time.

Lysidamvs

Eúax,

nunc pól demum ego sum líber.

meúm corculúm, melculúm, verculum.

Olympio

Heús tu,

malo, sí sapies, cavébis;

meást haec.

Lysidamvs

Sció, sed meus fructus est prior.

Olympio

Tene hánc lampadem.
840

Lysidamvs

Ímmo ego hánc tenebo.

Venus múltipotens, bona múlta mihi

dedísti, huius cúm copiám mihi dedísti.

Olympio

O

corpúsculum malaculum,

mea uxórcula. quae res?

Lysidamvs

Quid est?
845

Olympio

Ínstitit plantam

quasi lúca bos.

Lysidamvs

Tacé sis,

nebula haúd est mollis aeque atque huius pectus est.

Olympio

Edepol papillam bellulam—ei misero mihi.

Lysidamvs

Quid est?

Olympio

Péctus mi icit non cubito, verum ariete.

Lysidamvs

Quid tu ergo hanc, quaeso, tractas tam dura manu?
850

at mihi, qui belle hanc tracto, non bellum facit.

Olympio

Vah.

Lysidamvs

Quid negotist?

Olympio

Opsecro, ut valentulast,

paene exposivit cubito.

Lysidamvs

Cubitum ergo ire volt.

Olympio

Quin imus ergo?

Lysidamvs

I, belle belliatula.—

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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.) — 4.4 focus

815 (Enter, from the house, two FEMALE SERVANTS leading CHALINUS, veiled and dressed in women’s clothes, as CASINA.)

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Move on, and raise your feet a little over the threshold¹, newly-married bride; prosperously commence this journey, that you may always be alive for your husband, that you may be his superior in power, and the conqueror, and that your rule may gain the upper hand. Let your husband find you in clothes; you plunder your husband;
815

by night and day to be tricking your husband, prithee, do remember.
820

OLYMPIO

(to STALINO.)

Upon my faith, at her downright peril, the instant she offends me ever so little!
822825

STALINO

Hold your tongue.

OLYMPIO

I shall not hold my tongue.

STALINO

What’s the matter

OLYMPIO

These wicked jades are wickedly teaching her wicked lessons.

STALINO

Instead of being all ready, they’ll be bringing this matter all into confusion for me. They are striving at that, wishing for it, that they may have it all undone.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Come, Olympio, as soon as you please, receive this wife of yours from us.

(They present CHALINUS to him.)

OLYMPIO

Hand her to me then, if you are going to hand her to me at all to-day.

(They hand CHALINUS to him.)

STALINO

(to the FEMALE SERVANTS.)

Be off in-doors.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Prithee, do deal gently with her who is so young and inexperienced.

STALINO

It shall be so.

Farewell; be off now.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Farewell.

(They go into the house.)

STALINO

Is my wife now gone?
835

OLYMPIO

She’s in the house; don’t be afraid.

STALINO

Hurra! Now, faith, I’m free at last. (Addressing himself to CHALINUS as CASINA.) My sweetheart, my spring-flower², my little honey!

(Embraces him.)

OLYMPIO

But, hark you! you’ll beware, if you are wise, of some mishap: she’s mine.

STALINO

I know that; but mine’s the first enjoyment.

OLYMPIO

(holding him the torch.)

Hold this torch for me.
840

STALINO

Why, no, I’ll hold her in my arms in preference. All-powerful Venus, a happy existence hast thou given me in giving me the possession of her! A dear little body! a dear little honey! (Hugs CHALINUS, who pretends to struggle.)

OLYMPIO

(shouting aloud.)

O my dear little wife! (Jumps about on one leg.)

STALINO

What’s the matter?
845

OLYMPIO

She has trod upon my toes.

STALINO

(aside.)

I’ll compliment her, as it were. A mist is not so soft as is— her breast.

(Pulls CHALINUS about.)

A pretty little bosom, upon my faith. (CHALINUS gives him a thrust with his elbow, on which he roars out.) Woe to unfortunate me!

OLYMPIO

What’s the matter?

STALINO

She struck me in the breast with her elbow.

OLYMPIO

Why then, pray, do you maul her about? But she does not do so to me, who touch her gently.
850
(CHALINUS gives him a poke with his elbow.)

O me!

STALINO

What’s the matter?

OLYMPIO

Prithee, how robust she is! she has almost laid me flat with her elbow.

STALINO

She wishes, then, to go to bed³.

OLYMPIO

Nay but, why don’t we be off?

STALINO

(taking hold of CHALINUS.)

My pretty, pretty little dear!

(They go into the house of ALCESIMUS.)

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Olympio Malo máxumo suo hercle ílico, ubi tántillum peccássit. 822825

Lysidamvs Tace.

Olympio Nón taceo.

Lysidamvs Quae rés?

Olympio Mala malaé male monstrat.

Lysidamvs Faciés tu hanc rém mi ex paráta imparátam. id quaérunt volúnt, haec ut ínfecta fáciant.

Pardalisca Age Olýmpio, quando vís, uxorem áccipe hanc ab nobis. 830

Olympio Date érgo, datúrae si umquam éstis hodie.

Lysidamvs Abíte intro.

Pardalisca Amábo, integrae átque imperítae huic impército.

Olympio Futurum est.

Pardalisca Valéte.

Olympio Ite iám.

Lysidamvs Ite.

Pardalisca Iám valete.

Lysidamvs Iamne ábscessit úxor? 835

Olympio Domíst, ne time.

Lysidamvs Eúax, nunc pól demum ego sum líber. meúm corculúm, melculúm, verculum.

Olympio Heús tu, malo, sí sapies, cavébis; meást haec.

Lysidamvs Sció, sed meus fructus est prior.

Olympio Tene hánc lampadem. 840

Lysidamvs Ímmo ego hánc tenebo. Venus múltipotens, bona múlta mihi dedísti, huius cúm copiám mihi dedísti.

Olympio O corpúsculum malaculum, mea uxórcula. quae res?

Lysidamvs Quid est? 845

Olympio Ínstitit plantam quasi lúca bos.

Lysidamvs Tacé sis, nebula haúd est mollis aeque atque huius pectus est.

Olympio Edepol papillam bellulam—ei misero mihi.

Lysidamvs Quid est?

Olympio Péctus mi icit non cubito, verum ariete.

Lysidamvs Quid tu ergo hanc, quaeso, tractas tam dura manu? 850 at mihi, qui belle hanc tracto, non bellum facit.

Olympio Vah.

Lysidamvs Quid negotist?

Olympio Opsecro, ut valentulast, paene exposivit cubito.

Lysidamvs Cubitum ergo ire volt.

Olympio Quin imus ergo?

Lysidamvs I, belle belliatula.—

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OLYMPIO (to STALINO.) Upon my faith, at her downright peril, the instant she offends me ever so little! 822825

STALINO Hold your tongue.

OLYMPIO I shall not hold my tongue.

STALINO What’s the matter

OLYMPIO These wicked jades are wickedly teaching her wicked lessons.

STALINO Instead of being all ready, they’ll be bringing this matter all into confusion for me. They are striving at that, wishing for it, that they may have it all undone.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS Come, Olympio, as soon as you please, receive this wife of yours from us. (They present CHALINUS to him.)

OLYMPIO Hand her to me then, if you are going to hand her to me at all to-day. (They hand CHALINUS to him.)

STALINO (to the FEMALE SERVANTS.) Be off in-doors.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS Prithee, do deal gently with her who is so young and inexperienced.

STALINO It shall be so. Farewell; be off now.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS Farewell. (They go into the house.)

STALINO Is my wife now gone? 835

OLYMPIO She’s in the house; don’t be afraid.

STALINO Hurra! Now, faith, I’m free at last. (Addressing himself to CHALINUS as CASINA.) My sweetheart, my spring-flower 2 , my little honey! (Embraces him.)

OLYMPIO But, hark you! you’ll beware, if you are wise, of some mishap: she’s mine.

STALINO I know that; but mine’s the first enjoyment.

OLYMPIO (holding him the torch.) Hold this torch for me. 840

STALINO Why, no, I’ll hold her in my arms in preference. All-powerful Venus, a happy existence hast thou given me in giving me the possession of her! A dear little body! a dear little honey! (Hugs CHALINUS, who pretends to struggle.)

OLYMPIO (shouting aloud.) O my dear little wife! (Jumps about on one leg.)

STALINO What’s the matter? 845

OLYMPIO She has trod upon my toes.

STALINO (aside.) I’ll compliment her, as it were. A mist is not so soft as is— her breast. (Pulls CHALINUS about.) A pretty little bosom, upon my faith. (CHALINUS gives him a thrust with his elbow, on which he roars out.) Woe to unfortunate me!

OLYMPIO What’s the matter?

STALINO She struck me in the breast with her elbow.

OLYMPIO Why then, pray, do you maul her about? But she does not do so to me, who touch her gently. 850 (CHALINUS gives him a poke with his elbow.) O me!

STALINO What’s the matter?

OLYMPIO Prithee, how robust she is! she has almost laid me flat with her elbow.

STALINO She wishes, then, to go to bed 3 .

OLYMPIO Nay but, why don’t we be off?

STALINO (taking hold of CHALINUS.) My pretty, pretty little dear! (They go into the house of ALCESIMUS.)

Stable identifiers

Olympio

Malo máxumo suo hercle ílico, ubi tántillum peccássit.
822825

Lysidamvs

Tace.

Olympio

Nón taceo.

Lysidamvs

Quae rés?

Olympio

Mala malaé male monstrat.

Lysidamvs

Faciés tu hanc rém mi ex paráta imparátam.

id quaérunt volúnt, haec ut ínfecta fáciant.

Pardalisca

Age Olýmpio, quando vís, uxorem

áccipe hanc ab nobis.
830

Olympio

Date érgo, datúrae si umquam éstis hodie.

Lysidamvs

Abíte intro.

Pardalisca

Amábo, integrae átque imperítae huic

impército.

Olympio

Futurum est.

Pardalisca

Valéte.

Olympio

Ite iám.

Lysidamvs

Ite.

Pardalisca

Iám valete.

Lysidamvs

Iamne ábscessit úxor?
835

Olympio

Domíst, ne time.

Lysidamvs

Eúax,

nunc pól demum ego sum líber.

meúm corculúm, melculúm, verculum.

Olympio

Heús tu,

malo, sí sapies, cavébis;

meást haec.

Lysidamvs

Sció, sed meus fructus est prior.

Olympio

Tene hánc lampadem.
840

Lysidamvs

Ímmo ego hánc tenebo.

Venus múltipotens, bona múlta mihi

dedísti, huius cúm copiám mihi dedísti.

Olympio

O

corpúsculum malaculum,

mea uxórcula. quae res?

Lysidamvs

Quid est?
845

Olympio

Ínstitit plantam

quasi lúca bos.

Lysidamvs

Tacé sis,

nebula haúd est mollis aeque atque huius pectus est.

Olympio

Edepol papillam bellulam—ei misero mihi.

Lysidamvs

Quid est?

Olympio

Péctus mi icit non cubito, verum ariete.

Lysidamvs

Quid tu ergo hanc, quaeso, tractas tam dura manu?
850

at mihi, qui belle hanc tracto, non bellum facit.

Olympio

Vah.

Lysidamvs

Quid negotist?

Olympio

Opsecro, ut valentulast,

paene exposivit cubito.

Lysidamvs

Cubitum ergo ire volt.

Olympio

Quin imus ergo?

Lysidamvs

I, belle belliatula.—

OLYMPIO

(to STALINO.)

Upon my faith, at her downright peril, the instant she offends me ever so little!
822825

STALINO

Hold your tongue.

OLYMPIO

I shall not hold my tongue.

STALINO

What’s the matter

OLYMPIO

These wicked jades are wickedly teaching her wicked lessons.

STALINO

Instead of being all ready, they’ll be bringing this matter all into confusion for me. They are striving at that, wishing for it, that they may have it all undone.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Come, Olympio, as soon as you please, receive this wife of yours from us.

(They present CHALINUS to him.)

OLYMPIO

Hand her to me then, if you are going to hand her to me at all to-day.

(They hand CHALINUS to him.)

STALINO

(to the FEMALE SERVANTS.)

Be off in-doors.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Prithee, do deal gently with her who is so young and inexperienced.

STALINO

It shall be so.

Farewell; be off now.

TWO MAID-SERVANTS

Farewell.

(They go into the house.)

STALINO

Is my wife now gone?
835

OLYMPIO

She’s in the house; don’t be afraid.

STALINO

Hurra! Now, faith, I’m free at last. (Addressing himself to CHALINUS as CASINA.) My sweetheart, my spring-flower², my little honey!

(Embraces him.)

OLYMPIO

But, hark you! you’ll beware, if you are wise, of some mishap: she’s mine.

STALINO

I know that; but mine’s the first enjoyment.

OLYMPIO

(holding him the torch.)

Hold this torch for me.
840

STALINO

Why, no, I’ll hold her in my arms in preference. All-powerful Venus, a happy existence hast thou given me in giving me the possession of her! A dear little body! a dear little honey! (Hugs CHALINUS, who pretends to struggle.)

OLYMPIO

(shouting aloud.)

O my dear little wife! (Jumps about on one leg.)

STALINO

What’s the matter?
845

OLYMPIO

She has trod upon my toes.

STALINO

(aside.)

I’ll compliment her, as it were. A mist is not so soft as is— her breast.

(Pulls CHALINUS about.)

A pretty little bosom, upon my faith. (CHALINUS gives him a thrust with his elbow, on which he roars out.) Woe to unfortunate me!

OLYMPIO

What’s the matter?

STALINO

She struck me in the breast with her elbow.

OLYMPIO

Why then, pray, do you maul her about? But she does not do so to me, who touch her gently.
850
(CHALINUS gives him a poke with his elbow.)

O me!

STALINO

What’s the matter?

OLYMPIO

Prithee, how robust she is! she has almost laid me flat with her elbow.

STALINO

She wishes, then, to go to bed³.

OLYMPIO

Nay but, why don’t we be off?

STALINO

(taking hold of CHALINUS.)

My pretty, pretty little dear!

(They go into the house of ALCESIMUS.)