T. Maccius Plautus, Cistellaria, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.1

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631

Melaenis

Rem élocuta sum tibi omnem; sequere hac me, Selenium,

ut eorum quoiam esse oportet te sis potius quam mea.

quamquam invita te carebo, ánimum ego inducam tamen

ut illud quem ad modum tuam in rem bene conducat consulam.

nam hic crepundia insunt, quibuscum te illa olim ad me detulit,
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quae mihí dedit, parentes te ut cognoscant facilius.

accipe hanc cistellam, Halisca. ágedum pulta illas fores.

dic me orare ut aliquis intus prodeat propere ocius.

Alcesimarchvs

Recipe me ad te, Mors, amicum et benevolum.

Selenivm

Mater mea,
639640

periimus miseraé.

Alcesimarchvs

Vtrum hac me feriam an ab laeva latus?

Melaenis

Quid tibi est?

Selenivm

Alcesimarchum non vides? ferrum tenet.

Alcesimarchvs

Ecquid agis? remorare. lumen linque.

Selenivm

Amabo, accurrite,

ne se interemat.

Alcesimarchvs

O Salute méa salus salubrior,

tu nunc, si ego volo seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis.
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Melaenis

Haud voluisti istuc severum facere.

Alcesimarchvs

Nil mecum tibi,

mortuos tibi sum: hanc ut habeo certum est non amittere;

nam hercle iam ad me adglutinandam totam decretum est dare.

ubi estis, servi? occludite aedis pessulis, repagulis

ilico: hanc ego tetulero intra limen.—
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Melaenis

Abiit, abstulit

mulierem. ibo, persequar iam illum intro, ut haec ex me sciat

éadem, si possum tranquillum facere ex irato mihi.

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

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

Translations (1)

Cistellaria, or The Casket Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 3.1 focus

631 (Enter MELAenis, SILENIUM, and HALISCA.)

MELAENIS

I’ve disclosed the whole matter to you; follow, my Silenium, that you may rather belong to those to whom you ought to belong, than be mine. Although against my will I shall part with you, still I’ll reconcile my mind to consult that which in especial conduces to your benefit. (Giving her a casket.)

For here in this are the trinkets¹, together with which she who gave you to me formerly brought you to me; that your parents may recognize you the more easily. Take this casket, Halisca, and then go and knock at that door (pointing to the house of DEMIPHO): say that I request that some one will come from within. Make haste, quickly.
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ALCESIMARCHUS
(Enter ALCESIMARCHUS, from his FATHER’S house, with his sword drawn.) (calling aloud.)

Death, receive me unto thyself, a friend and well-wisher to me!

SILENIUM

My mother, to our sorrow, we are undone!
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ALCESIMARCHUS
(aloud, to himself.)

Whether shall I pierce my side here (striking his right side) or on the left.

MELAENIS
(to SILENIUM.)

What’s the matter with you?

SILENIUM
(pointing.)

Don’t you see Alcesimarchus? He’s grasping a sword.

ALCESIMARCHUS

(aloud, in a frantic manner.)

What art about? Thou art delaying. Quit the light of day.

SILENIUM

Do run and aid him, pray, that he mayn’t kill himself.

(They run to assist him, on which HALISCA drops the casket.)

ALCESIMARCHUS

O Safety more healthful than my own safety, you now, whether I wish or don’t wish, alone do cause me to live.

MELAENIS

Fie on it! Were you ready to commit such violence?

ALCESIMARCHUS

I’ve nought to do with you—to you I’m dead. (Clasping SILENIUM in his arms.) Her, as I hold her, I’m determined not to lose. For, by heaven, I am resolved henceforth to have her entirely rivetted fast unto me. (Goes to the door of the house, and calls.) Where are you, servants? Shut the door with bolts, with bars,

when I shall have carried her within the threshold!
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(He carries SILENIUM into the house, followed by HALISCA.)

MELAENIS
(exclaiming, while wringing her hands.)

He’s gone off: he has carried the damsel away. I’ll go—I’ll at once follow him in-doors, that he may know of me these same things, if from being angered with me I can render him pleased.

(Goes into the house.)

T. Maccius Plautus Cistellaria 3.1

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Alcesimarchvs

Recipe me ad te, Mors, amicum et benevolum.

Selenivm

Mater mea,
639640

periimus miseraé.

Alcesimarchvs

Vtrum hac me feriam an ab laeva latus?

Melaenis

Quid tibi est?

Selenivm

Alcesimarchum non vides? ferrum tenet.

Alcesimarchvs

Ecquid agis? remorare. lumen linque.

Selenivm

Amabo, accurrite,

ne se interemat.

Alcesimarchvs

O Salute méa salus salubrior,

tu nunc, si ego volo seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis.
645

Melaenis

Haud voluisti istuc severum facere.

Alcesimarchvs

Nil mecum tibi,

mortuos tibi sum: hanc ut habeo certum est non amittere;

nam hercle iam ad me adglutinandam totam decretum est dare.

ubi estis, servi? occludite aedis pessulis, repagulis

ilico: hanc ego tetulero intra limen.—
650

Melaenis

Abiit, abstulit

mulierem. ibo, persequar iam illum intro, ut haec ex me sciat

éadem, si possum tranquillum facere ex irato mihi.

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ALCESIMARCHUS
(Enter ALCESIMARCHUS, from his FATHER’S house, with his sword drawn.) (calling aloud.)

Death, receive me unto thyself, a friend and well-wisher to me!

SILENIUM

My mother, to our sorrow, we are undone!
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ALCESIMARCHUS
(aloud, to himself.)

Whether shall I pierce my side here (striking his right side) or on the left.

MELAENIS
(to SILENIUM.)

What’s the matter with you?

SILENIUM
(pointing.)

Don’t you see Alcesimarchus? He’s grasping a sword.

ALCESIMARCHUS

(aloud, in a frantic manner.)

What art about? Thou art delaying. Quit the light of day.

SILENIUM

Do run and aid him, pray, that he mayn’t kill himself.

(They run to assist him, on which HALISCA drops the casket.)

ALCESIMARCHUS

O Safety more healthful than my own safety, you now, whether I wish or don’t wish, alone do cause me to live.

MELAENIS

Fie on it! Were you ready to commit such violence?

MELAENIS
(exclaiming, while wringing her hands.)

He’s gone off: he has carried the damsel away. I’ll go—I’ll at once follow him in-doors, that he may know of me these same things, if from being angered with me I can render him pleased.

(Goes into the house.)

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Alcesimarchvs Recipe me ad te, Mors, amicum et benevolum.

Selenivm Mater mea, 639640 periimus miseraé.

Alcesimarchvs Vtrum hac me feriam an ab laeva latus?

Melaenis Quid tibi est?

Selenivm Alcesimarchum non vides? ferrum tenet.

Alcesimarchvs Ecquid agis? remorare. lumen linque.

Selenivm Amabo, accurrite, ne se interemat.

Alcesimarchvs O Salute méa salus salubrior, tu nunc, si ego volo seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis. 645

Melaenis Haud voluisti istuc severum facere.

Alcesimarchvs Nil mecum tibi, mortuos tibi sum: hanc ut habeo certum est non amittere; nam hercle iam ad me adglutinandam totam decretum est dare. ubi estis, servi? occludite aedis pessulis, repagulis ilico: hanc ego tetulero intra limen.— 650

Melaenis Abiit, abstulit mulierem. ibo, persequar iam illum intro, ut haec ex me sciat éadem, si possum tranquillum facere ex irato mihi.

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ALCESIMARCHUS (Enter ALCESIMARCHUS, from his FATHER’S house, with his sword drawn.) (calling aloud.) Death, receive me unto thyself, a friend and well-wisher to me!

SILENIUM My mother, to our sorrow, we are undone! 639640

ALCESIMARCHUS (aloud, to himself.) Whether shall I pierce my side here (striking his right side) or on the left.

MELAENIS (to SILENIUM.) What’s the matter with you?

SILENIUM (pointing.) Don’t you see Alcesimarchus? He’s grasping a sword.

ALCESIMARCHUS (aloud, in a frantic manner.) What art about? Thou art delaying. Quit the light of day.

SILENIUM Do run and aid him, pray, that he mayn’t kill himself. (They run to assist him, on which HALISCA drops the casket.)

ALCESIMARCHUS O Safety more healthful than my own safety, you now, whether I wish or don’t wish, alone do cause me to live.

MELAENIS Fie on it! Were you ready to commit such violence?

MELAENIS (exclaiming, while wringing her hands.) He’s gone off: he has carried the damsel away. I’ll go—I’ll at once follow him in-doors, that he may know of me these same things, if from being angered with me I can render him pleased. (Goes into the house.)

Stable identifiers

Alcesimarchvs

Recipe me ad te, Mors, amicum et benevolum.

Selenivm

Mater mea,
639640

periimus miseraé.

Alcesimarchvs

Vtrum hac me feriam an ab laeva latus?

Melaenis

Quid tibi est?

Selenivm

Alcesimarchum non vides? ferrum tenet.

Alcesimarchvs

Ecquid agis? remorare. lumen linque.

Selenivm

Amabo, accurrite,

ne se interemat.

Alcesimarchvs

O Salute méa salus salubrior,

tu nunc, si ego volo seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis.
645

Melaenis

Haud voluisti istuc severum facere.

Alcesimarchvs

Nil mecum tibi,

mortuos tibi sum: hanc ut habeo certum est non amittere;

nam hercle iam ad me adglutinandam totam decretum est dare.

ubi estis, servi? occludite aedis pessulis, repagulis

ilico: hanc ego tetulero intra limen.—
650

Melaenis

Abiit, abstulit

mulierem. ibo, persequar iam illum intro, ut haec ex me sciat

éadem, si possum tranquillum facere ex irato mihi.

ALCESIMARCHUS
(Enter ALCESIMARCHUS, from his FATHER’S house, with his sword drawn.) (calling aloud.)

Death, receive me unto thyself, a friend and well-wisher to me!

SILENIUM

My mother, to our sorrow, we are undone!
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ALCESIMARCHUS
(aloud, to himself.)

Whether shall I pierce my side here (striking his right side) or on the left.

MELAENIS
(to SILENIUM.)

What’s the matter with you?

SILENIUM
(pointing.)

Don’t you see Alcesimarchus? He’s grasping a sword.

ALCESIMARCHUS

(aloud, in a frantic manner.)

What art about? Thou art delaying. Quit the light of day.

SILENIUM

Do run and aid him, pray, that he mayn’t kill himself.

(They run to assist him, on which HALISCA drops the casket.)

ALCESIMARCHUS

O Safety more healthful than my own safety, you now, whether I wish or don’t wish, alone do cause me to live.

MELAENIS

Fie on it! Were you ready to commit such violence?

MELAENIS
(exclaiming, while wringing her hands.)

He’s gone off: he has carried the damsel away. I’ll go—I’ll at once follow him in-doors, that he may know of me these same things, if from being angered with me I can render him pleased.

(Goes into the house.)