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533

Therapontigonvs

Nón ego nunc medíocri incedo irátus iracúndia,

sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis.

nunc nisi tu mihi propere properas dare iam triginta minas,
535

quas ego apud te deposivi, vitam propera ponere.

Lyco

Non edepol nunc ego te mediocri macto infortunio,

sed eopse illo quo mactare soleo quoi nil debeo.

Therapontigonvs

Ne te mi facias ferocem aut supplicare censeas.

Lyco

Nec tu me quidem umquam subiges, redditum ut reddam tibi,
540

nec daturus súm.

Therapontigonvs

Idem ego istuc quom credebam credidi,

te nihil esse redditurum.

Lyco

Quor nunc a me igitur petis?

Therapontigonvs

Scire volo quoi reddidisti.

Lyco

Lusco liberto tuo,

is Summanum se vocari dixit, éi reddidi.

qui has tabellas obsignatas attulit.
545

Therapontigonvs

Quas tu mihi tabellas?

quos tu mihi luscos libertos, quos Summanos somnias?

nec mihi quidém libertus ullust.

Lyco

Fácis sapientius

quam pars † lenonum, libertos quí habent et eos deserunt.

Therapontigonvs

Quid feci †

Lyco

Quod mandasti feci, túi honoris gratia,

tuom qui signum ad me attulisset, nuntium ne spernerem.
550

Therapontigonvs

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes.

Lyco

Quis res publica et privata geritur, nonne eis crederem?

ego abeo, tibi res solutast recte. bellator, vale.

Therapontigonvs

Quid valeam?

Lyco

Aut tu aegrota aetatem, si lubet, per me quidem.—

Therapontigonvs

Quid ego nunc faciam? quid refert me fecisse regibus
555

ut mi oboedirent, si hic me hodie umbraticus deriserit?

Curculio. 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

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

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Curculio, or The Forgery Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 4.3 focus

533 (Enter THERAPONTIGONUS. ¹ and LYCO.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

I’m come now, inflamed with wrath in no moderate degree, but with that same with which I’ve learned to deal destruction upon cities.

At once now, unless this moment you make haste instantly to pay me the thirty minae which I left with you, make haste to lay down your life.
535

LYCO

By my troth, to no little mischief do I now devote you, but to that same to which I am wont to devote that man to whom I owe nothing at all.

THERAPONTIGONUS

Don’t you be making yourself bold with me, or suppose that I shall be entreating you.

LYCO

And you, indeed, shall never force me to pay you what has been paid, nor shall I give it you.
540

THERAPONTIGONUS

I thought this, when I entrusted you with it, that you would repay nothing at all.

LYCO

Why then are you now asking it back of me?

THERAPONTIGONUS

I wish to know to whom you have paid it.

LYCO

To your one-eyed freed-man; he said that he was called Summanus; I paid it to him, who brought me this sealed letter.

(Gives him the letter.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

What letter of mine, what one-eyed freed-man, what people called Summanus are you dreaming about? I really have no freed-man at all.

LYCO

You act more wisely than a portion of the military men who have freed-men, and then forsake them.

THERAPONTIGONUS

What have you done?

LYCO

What you requested me, I’ve done for your sake,

that I mightn’t slight the messenger who had brought your seal’s impression.
550

THERAPONTIGONUS

More fool than fool were you to give credit to this letter.

LYCO

To that by which matters both public and private are carried on ought I not to have given credit? I’ll be off; the money has been properly paid you. Warrior, farewell.

T. Maccius Plautus Curculio 4.3

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Therapontigonvs

Nón ego nunc medíocri incedo irátus iracúndia,

sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis.

nunc nisi tu mihi propere properas dare iam triginta minas,
535

quas ego apud te deposivi, vitam propera ponere.

Lyco

Non edepol nunc ego te mediocri macto infortunio,

sed eopse illo quo mactare soleo quoi nil debeo.

Therapontigonvs

Ne te mi facias ferocem aut supplicare censeas.

Lyco

Nec tu me quidem umquam subiges, redditum ut reddam tibi,
540

nec daturus súm.

Therapontigonvs

Idem ego istuc quom credebam credidi,

te nihil esse redditurum.

Lyco

Quor nunc a me igitur petis?

Therapontigonvs

Scire volo quoi reddidisti.

Lyco

Lusco liberto tuo,

is Summanum se vocari dixit, éi reddidi.

qui has tabellas obsignatas attulit.
545

Therapontigonvs

Quas tu mihi tabellas?

quos tu mihi luscos libertos, quos Summanos somnias?

nec mihi quidém libertus ullust.

Lyco

Fácis sapientius

quam pars † lenonum, libertos quí habent et eos deserunt.

Therapontigonvs

Quid feci †

Lyco

Quod mandasti feci, túi honoris gratia,

tuom qui signum ad me attulisset, nuntium ne spernerem.
550

Therapontigonvs

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes.

Lyco

Quis res publica et privata geritur, nonne eis crederem?

ego abeo, tibi res solutast recte. bellator, vale.

Therapontigonvs

Quid valeam?

Lyco

Aut tu aegrota aetatem, si lubet, per me quidem.—

Therapontigonvs

Quid ego nunc faciam? quid refert me fecisse regibus
555

ut mi oboedirent, si hic me hodie umbraticus deriserit?

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THERAPONTIGONUS

I’m come now, inflamed with wrath in no moderate degree, but with that same with which I’ve learned to deal destruction upon cities.

At once now, unless this moment you make haste instantly to pay me the thirty minae which I left with you, make haste to lay down your life.
535

LYCO

By my troth, to no little mischief do I now devote you, but to that same to which I am wont to devote that man to whom I owe nothing at all.

THERAPONTIGONUS

Don’t you be making yourself bold with me, or suppose that I shall be entreating you.

LYCO

And you, indeed, shall never force me to pay you what has been paid, nor shall I give it you.
540

THERAPONTIGONUS

I thought this, when I entrusted you with it, that you would repay nothing at all.

LYCO

Why then are you now asking it back of me?

THERAPONTIGONUS

I wish to know to whom you have paid it.

LYCO

To your one-eyed freed-man; he said that he was called Summanus; I paid it to him, who brought me this sealed letter.

(Gives him the letter.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

What letter of mine, what one-eyed freed-man, what people called Summanus are you dreaming about? I really have no freed-man at all.

LYCO

You act more wisely than a portion of the military men who have freed-men, and then forsake them.

THERAPONTIGONUS

What have you done?

LYCO

What you requested me, I’ve done for your sake,

that I mightn’t slight the messenger who had brought your seal’s impression.
550

THERAPONTIGONUS

More fool than fool were you to give credit to this letter.

LYCO

To that by which matters both public and private are carried on ought I not to have given credit? I’ll be off; the money has been properly paid you. Warrior, farewell.

THERAPONTIGONUS

How—farewell?

LYCO

Fare you ill then, if you choose,—aye, all your life, so far as I’m concerned. (Exit.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

What shall I do now? Of what use is it that I have caused kings to obey me, if this obscure fellow² is this day to laugh at me?
555

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Therapontigonvs Nón ego nunc medíocri incedo irátus iracúndia, sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis. nunc nisi tu mihi propere properas dare iam triginta minas, 535 quas ego apud te deposivi, vitam propera ponere.

Lyco Non edepol nunc ego te mediocri macto infortunio, sed eopse illo quo mactare soleo quoi nil debeo.

Therapontigonvs Ne te mi facias ferocem aut supplicare censeas.

Lyco Nec tu me quidem umquam subiges, redditum ut reddam tibi, 540 nec daturus súm.

Therapontigonvs Idem ego istuc quom credebam credidi, te nihil esse redditurum.

Lyco Quor nunc a me igitur petis?

Therapontigonvs Scire volo quoi reddidisti.

Lyco Lusco liberto tuo, is Summanum se vocari dixit, éi reddidi. qui has tabellas obsignatas attulit. 545

Therapontigonvs Quas tu mihi tabellas? quos tu mihi luscos libertos, quos Summanos somnias? nec mihi quidém libertus ullust.

Lyco Fácis sapientius quam pars † lenonum, libertos quí habent et eos deserunt.

Therapontigonvs Quid feci †

Lyco Quod mandasti feci, túi honoris gratia, tuom qui signum ad me attulisset, nuntium ne spernerem. 550

Therapontigonvs Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes.

Lyco Quis res publica et privata geritur, nonne eis crederem? ego abeo, tibi res solutast recte. bellator, vale.

Therapontigonvs Quid valeam?

Lyco Aut tu aegrota aetatem, si lubet, per me quidem.—

Therapontigonvs Quid ego nunc faciam? quid refert me fecisse regibus 555 ut mi oboedirent, si hic me hodie umbraticus deriserit?

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THERAPONTIGONUS I’m come now, inflamed with wrath in no moderate degree, but with that same with which I’ve learned to deal destruction upon cities. At once now, unless this moment you make haste instantly to pay me the thirty minae which I left with you, make haste to lay down your life. 535

LYCO By my troth, to no little mischief do I now devote you, but to that same to which I am wont to devote that man to whom I owe nothing at all.

THERAPONTIGONUS Don’t you be making yourself bold with me, or suppose that I shall be entreating you.

LYCO And you, indeed, shall never force me to pay you what has been paid, nor shall I give it you. 540

THERAPONTIGONUS I thought this, when I entrusted you with it, that you would repay nothing at all.

LYCO Why then are you now asking it back of me?

THERAPONTIGONUS I wish to know to whom you have paid it.

LYCO To your one-eyed freed-man; he said that he was called Summanus; I paid it to him, who brought me this sealed letter. (Gives him the letter.)

THERAPONTIGONUS What letter of mine, what one-eyed freed-man, what people called Summanus are you dreaming about? I really have no freed-man at all.

LYCO You act more wisely than a portion of the military men who have freed-men, and then forsake them.

THERAPONTIGONUS What have you done?

LYCO What you requested me, I’ve done for your sake, that I mightn’t slight the messenger who had brought your seal’s impression. 550

THERAPONTIGONUS More fool than fool were you to give credit to this letter.

LYCO To that by which matters both public and private are carried on ought I not to have given credit? I’ll be off; the money has been properly paid you. Warrior, farewell.

THERAPONTIGONUS How—farewell?

LYCO Fare you ill then, if you choose,—aye, all your life, so far as I’m concerned. (Exit.)

THERAPONTIGONUS What shall I do now? Of what use is it that I have caused kings to obey me, if this obscure fellow 2 is this day to laugh at me? 555

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Therapontigonvs

Nón ego nunc medíocri incedo irátus iracúndia,

sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis.

nunc nisi tu mihi propere properas dare iam triginta minas,
535

quas ego apud te deposivi, vitam propera ponere.

Lyco

Non edepol nunc ego te mediocri macto infortunio,

sed eopse illo quo mactare soleo quoi nil debeo.

Therapontigonvs

Ne te mi facias ferocem aut supplicare censeas.

Lyco

Nec tu me quidem umquam subiges, redditum ut reddam tibi,
540

nec daturus súm.

Therapontigonvs

Idem ego istuc quom credebam credidi,

te nihil esse redditurum.

Lyco

Quor nunc a me igitur petis?

Therapontigonvs

Scire volo quoi reddidisti.

Lyco

Lusco liberto tuo,

is Summanum se vocari dixit, éi reddidi.

qui has tabellas obsignatas attulit.
545

Therapontigonvs

Quas tu mihi tabellas?

quos tu mihi luscos libertos, quos Summanos somnias?

nec mihi quidém libertus ullust.

Lyco

Fácis sapientius

quam pars † lenonum, libertos quí habent et eos deserunt.

Therapontigonvs

Quid feci †

Lyco

Quod mandasti feci, túi honoris gratia,

tuom qui signum ad me attulisset, nuntium ne spernerem.
550

Therapontigonvs

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes.

Lyco

Quis res publica et privata geritur, nonne eis crederem?

ego abeo, tibi res solutast recte. bellator, vale.

Therapontigonvs

Quid valeam?

Lyco

Aut tu aegrota aetatem, si lubet, per me quidem.—

Therapontigonvs

Quid ego nunc faciam? quid refert me fecisse regibus
555

ut mi oboedirent, si hic me hodie umbraticus deriserit?

THERAPONTIGONUS

I’m come now, inflamed with wrath in no moderate degree, but with that same with which I’ve learned to deal destruction upon cities.

At once now, unless this moment you make haste instantly to pay me the thirty minae which I left with you, make haste to lay down your life.
535

LYCO

By my troth, to no little mischief do I now devote you, but to that same to which I am wont to devote that man to whom I owe nothing at all.

THERAPONTIGONUS

Don’t you be making yourself bold with me, or suppose that I shall be entreating you.

LYCO

And you, indeed, shall never force me to pay you what has been paid, nor shall I give it you.
540

THERAPONTIGONUS

I thought this, when I entrusted you with it, that you would repay nothing at all.

LYCO

Why then are you now asking it back of me?

THERAPONTIGONUS

I wish to know to whom you have paid it.

LYCO

To your one-eyed freed-man; he said that he was called Summanus; I paid it to him, who brought me this sealed letter.

(Gives him the letter.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

What letter of mine, what one-eyed freed-man, what people called Summanus are you dreaming about? I really have no freed-man at all.

LYCO

You act more wisely than a portion of the military men who have freed-men, and then forsake them.

THERAPONTIGONUS

What have you done?

LYCO

What you requested me, I’ve done for your sake,

that I mightn’t slight the messenger who had brought your seal’s impression.
550

THERAPONTIGONUS

More fool than fool were you to give credit to this letter.

LYCO

To that by which matters both public and private are carried on ought I not to have given credit? I’ll be off; the money has been properly paid you. Warrior, farewell.

THERAPONTIGONUS

How—farewell?

LYCO

Fare you ill then, if you choose,—aye, all your life, so far as I’m concerned. (Exit.)

THERAPONTIGONUS

What shall I do now? Of what use is it that I have caused kings to obey me, if this obscure fellow² is this day to laugh at me?
555