T. Maccius Plautus, Menaechmi, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.1

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559

Matrona

Egone hic me patiar frustra in matrimonio,

ubi vir compilet clanculum quidquid domist
560

atque ea ad amicam deferat?

Penicvlvs

Quin tu taces?

manufesto faxo iam opprimes: sequere hac modo.

pallam ad phrygionem cum corona ébrius

ferebat, hodie tibi quam surrupuit domo.

sed eccám coronam quám habuit. num mentior?
565

em hac ábiit, si vis persequi vestigiis.

atque edepol eccum óptume revortitur;

sed pallam non fert.

Matrona

Quid ego nunc cum illoc agam?

Penicvlvs

Idem quod semper: male habeas; sic censeo.

huc concedamus: ex insidiis aucupa.
570

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

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

Translations (1)

Menaechmi, or The Twin Brothers Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 4.1 focus

559 (Enter, from her house, the WIFE of MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus, followed by PENICULUS.)

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

And shall I allow myself to remain in wedlock¹ here,

when my husband secretly pilfers whatever’s in the house, and carries it thence off to his mistress?
560

PENICULUS

Why don’t you hold your peace? I’ll let you now catch him in the fact; do you only follow me this way. (They go to the opposite side of the stage.) In a state of drunkenness, with a chaplet on, he was carrying the mantle to the embroiderer’s, which he purloined from you at home to-day.

But see, here is the chaplet which he had on. (Seeing the chaplet on the ground.) Now am I saying false? Aha, this way has he gone, if you wish to trace his footsteps. And, by my faith, see, here he comes on his way back most opportunely, but he isn’t wearing the mantle.
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T. Maccius Plautus Menaechmi 4.1

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Matrona

Egone hic me patiar frustra in matrimonio,

ubi vir compilet clanculum quidquid domist
560

atque ea ad amicam deferat?

Matrona

Quid ego nunc cum illoc agam?

Penicvlvs

Idem quod semper: male habeas; sic censeo.

huc concedamus: ex insidiis aucupa.
570

Current edition Perseus

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

And shall I allow myself to remain in wedlock¹ here,

when my husband secretly pilfers whatever’s in the house, and carries it thence off to his mistress?
560

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

What now shall I do to him?

PENICULUS

The same as usual; abuse him.

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

So I am resolved.²

PENICULUS

Let’s step aside this way watch him from ambush. (They retire on one side.)
570

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Matrona Egone hic me patiar frustra in matrimonio, ubi vir compilet clanculum quidquid domist 560 atque ea ad amicam deferat?

Matrona Quid ego nunc cum illoc agam?

Penicvlvs Idem quod semper: male habeas; sic censeo. huc concedamus: ex insidiis aucupa. 570

Current edition Perseus

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus. And shall I allow myself to remain in wedlock 1 here, when my husband secretly pilfers whatever’s in the house, and carries it thence off to his mistress? 560

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus. What now shall I do to him?

PENICULUS The same as usual; abuse him.

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus. So I am resolved. 2

PENICULUS Let’s step aside this way watch him from ambush. (They retire on one side.) 570

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Matrona

Egone hic me patiar frustra in matrimonio,

ubi vir compilet clanculum quidquid domist
560

atque ea ad amicam deferat?

Matrona

Quid ego nunc cum illoc agam?

Penicvlvs

Idem quod semper: male habeas; sic censeo.

huc concedamus: ex insidiis aucupa.
570

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

And shall I allow myself to remain in wedlock¹ here,

when my husband secretly pilfers whatever’s in the house, and carries it thence off to his mistress?
560

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

What now shall I do to him?

PENICULUS

The same as usual; abuse him.

THE WIFE OF MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus.

So I am resolved.²

PENICULUS

Let’s step aside this way watch him from ambush. (They retire on one side.)
570