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700

Dorippa

Miserior mulier me nec fiet, nec fuit,
700

tali viro quae nupserim. heu miserae mihi.

em quoi te et tua, quae tu habeas, commendes viro,

em quoi decem talenta dotis detuli,

haec ut viderem, ut ferrem has contumelias.

Lysimachvs

Perii hercle, rure iam rediit uxor mea:
705

vidisse credo mulierem in aedibus.

sed quae loquatur exaudire hinc non queo.

accedam propius.

Dorippa

Vae miserae mi.

Lysimachvs

Immo mihi.

Dorippa

Disperii.

Lysimachvs

Equidem hercle oppido perii miser.

vidit. ut te omnes, Demipho, di perduint.
710

Dorippa

Pol hoc est, ire quod rus meus vir noluit.

Lysimachvs

Quid nunc ego faciam nisi uti ádeam atque adloquar?

iubet salvere suos vir uxorem suam.

urbani fiunt rustici?

Dorippa

Pudicius

faciunt, quam ílli qui non fiunt rustici.
715

Lysimachvs

Num quid delinquont rustici?

Dorippa

Ecastor minus

quam urbani, et multo minus mali quaerunt sibi.

Lysimachvs

Quid autem urbani deliquerunt? dic mihi,

cupio hercle scire.

Dorippa

Sed tu me temptas sciens.

quoia illa mulier intust?

Lysimachvs

Vidistine eam?

Dorippa

Vidi.
720

Lysimachvs

Quoia ea sit rogitas?

Dorippa

Resciscam tamen.

Lysimachvs

Vin dicam quoiast? illa—illa edepol—vae mihi,

nescio quid dicam.

Dorippa

Haeres.

Lysimachvs

Haud vidi magis.

Dorippa

Quin dicis?

Lysimachvs

Quin si liceat—

Dorippa

Dictum oportuit.

Lysimachvs

Non possum, ita instas; urges quasi pro noxio.
725

Dorippa

Scio, innóxiu's innoxius es.

Lysimachvs

Audacter quam vis dicito.

Dorippa

Dic igitur.

Lysimachvs

Dicam.

Dorippa

At qui dicundum est tamen.

Lysimachvs

Illast—etiam vis nomen dicam?

Dorippa

Nihil agis,

manufesto teneo in noxia.

Lysimachvs

Qua noxia?

ista quidem illa est.
730

Dorippa

Quae illa est?

Lysimachvs

Illa—

Dorippa

†Iohia

Lysimachvs

Iam—si nihil usus esset, iam non dicerem.

Dorippa

Non tu scis quae sit illa?
732735

Lysimachvs

Immo iam scio:

de istac sum iudex captus.

Dorippa

Iudex? iam scio:

nunc tu in consilium istam advocavisti tibi.

Lysimachvs

Immo sic: séquestro mihi datast.

Dorippa

Intellego.

Lysimachvs

Nihil hercle istius quicquam est.

Dorippa

Numero purigas.

Lysimachvs

Nimium negoti repperi. enim vero haereo.
740

Mercator. 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

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

Translations (1)

Mercator, or The Merchant Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 4.3 focus

700 (Enter DORIPPA, from the house of LYSIMACHUS.)

DORIPPA

(weeping.)

No woman ever will be, or ever has been, more wretched than myself in being married to such a husband. Alas! unhappy that I am! Just see, to what a husband have you committed yourself and the property you have! Just see, to what a person I brought ten talents for a portion; that I should see these things, that I should endure these insults.
700

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

I’ troth, I’m undone; my wife’s returned from the country already. I do believe she has seen the damsel in the house. But what she says I cannot distinctly hear from hence; I’ll go nearer to her.
705
(Approaches her.)

DORIPPA

Ah! woe to wretched me!

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

Aye, and to me as well.

DORIPPA

I’m utterly undone!

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

As for me, i’ faith, to my sorrow I’m downright undone! she has seen her. May all the Gods confound you, Demipho!

DORIPPA

I’ troth, this was it, why my husband wouldn’t go into the country.

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

What shall I do now, but go up and speak to her? (Goes up to her.) The husband bids health to his wife. Are the country people¹ becoming townsfolk?

DORIPPA

They are acting more decently than those who are not become country people.

LYSIMACHUS

Are the people in the country at all in fault?

DORIPPA

I’ faith, less so than the townsfolk, and much less mischief do they meet with for themselves.

LYSIMACHUS

But in what have the townsfolk done wrong? Tell me that.

DORIPPA

Whose woman is that in the house?

LYSIMACHUS

What, have you seen her?

DORIPPA

I have seen her.
720

LYSIMACHUS

Whose is she, do you ask?

DORIPPA

I shall find out, in spite of you;

i’ faith, I long to know.

But you are trying me on purpose.

LYSIMACHUS

Do you wish me to tell you whose she is? She, she— (Aside.) Ah me! upon my faith, I don’t know what to say.

DORIPPA

Do you hesitate?

LYSIMACHUS

(aside.)

I never saw one who did it more.

DORIPPA

But why don’t you tell me?

LYSIMACHUS

Nay, but if I may—

DORIPPA

You ought to tell me.

LYSIMACHUS

I cannot, you hurry me so; you press me as though were guilty.
725

DORIPPA

(ironically.)

I know you are free from all guilt.

LYSIMACHUS

Speak out as boldly as you please.

DORIPPA

Tell me, then.

LYSIMACHUS

I, tell you?

DORIPPA

Why, it must be told, in spite of everything.

LYSIMACHUS

She is— Do you wish me tell her name as well?

DORIPPA

You are trifling. I’ve caught you in the fact; you are guilty.

LYSIMACHUS

Guilty of what?

If now I had no occasion for silence, now I shouldn’t tell you².

Why, this same woman is —
730

DORIPPA

Who is she?

LYSIMACHUS

She—

DORIPPA

Marry, come up! don’t you know who she is?
732735

LYSIMACHUS

Why, yes, I do know. I’ve been chosen as an arbitrator with respect to her.

DORIPPA

An arbitrator? Now I know; you have invited her here to consult with you.

LYSIMACHUS

Why no; she has been given me as a deposit.

DORIPPA

(ironically.)

I understand.

LYSIMACHUS

By my troth, it’s not anything of that sort.

DORIPPA

You are clearing yourself too soon³.

LYSIMACHUS

(aside.)

Too much of a business have I met with; really I’m stuck fast.
740

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Dorippa Miserior mulier me nec fiet, nec fuit, 700 tali viro quae nupserim. heu miserae mihi. em quoi te et tua, quae tu habeas, commendes viro, em quoi decem talenta dotis detuli, haec ut viderem, ut ferrem has contumelias.

Lysimachvs Perii hercle, rure iam rediit uxor mea: 705 vidisse credo mulierem in aedibus. sed quae loquatur exaudire hinc non queo. accedam propius.

Dorippa Vae miserae mi.

Lysimachvs Immo mihi.

Dorippa Disperii.

Lysimachvs Equidem hercle oppido perii miser. vidit. ut te omnes, Demipho, di perduint. 710

Dorippa Pol hoc est, ire quod rus meus vir noluit.

Lysimachvs Quid nunc ego faciam nisi uti ádeam atque adloquar? iubet salvere suos vir uxorem suam. urbani fiunt rustici?

Dorippa Pudicius faciunt, quam ílli qui non fiunt rustici. 715

Lysimachvs Num quid delinquont rustici?

Dorippa Ecastor minus quam urbani, et multo minus mali quaerunt sibi.

Lysimachvs Quid autem urbani deliquerunt? dic mihi, cupio hercle scire.

Dorippa Sed tu me temptas sciens. quoia illa mulier intust?

Lysimachvs Vidistine eam?

Dorippa Vidi. 720

Lysimachvs Quoia ea sit rogitas?

Dorippa Resciscam tamen.

Lysimachvs Vin dicam quoiast? illa—illa edepol—vae mihi, nescio quid dicam.

Dorippa Haeres.

Lysimachvs Haud vidi magis.

Dorippa Quin dicis?

Lysimachvs Quin si liceat—

Dorippa Dictum oportuit.

Lysimachvs Non possum, ita instas; urges quasi pro noxio. 725

Dorippa Scio, innóxiu's innoxius es.

Lysimachvs Audacter quam vis dicito.

Dorippa Dic igitur.

Lysimachvs Dicam.

Dorippa At qui dicundum est tamen.

Lysimachvs Illast—etiam vis nomen dicam?

Dorippa Nihil agis, manufesto teneo in noxia.

Lysimachvs Qua noxia? ista quidem illa est. 730

Dorippa Quae illa est?

Lysimachvs Illa—

Dorippa †Iohia

Lysimachvs Iam—si nihil usus esset, iam non dicerem.

Dorippa Non tu scis quae sit illa? 732735

Lysimachvs Immo iam scio: de istac sum iudex captus.

Dorippa Iudex? iam scio: nunc tu in consilium istam advocavisti tibi.

Lysimachvs Immo sic: séquestro mihi datast.

Dorippa Intellego.

Lysimachvs Nihil hercle istius quicquam est.

Dorippa Numero purigas.

Lysimachvs Nimium negoti repperi. enim vero haereo. 740

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LYSIMACHUS (behind.) I’ troth, I’m undone; my wife’s returned from the country already. I do believe she has seen the damsel in the house. But what she says I cannot distinctly hear from hence; I’ll go nearer to her. 705 (Approaches her.)

DORIPPA Ah! woe to wretched me!

LYSIMACHUS (behind.) Aye, and to me as well.

DORIPPA I’m utterly undone!

LYSIMACHUS (behind.) As for me, i’ faith, to my sorrow I’m downright undone! she has seen her. May all the Gods confound you, Demipho!

DORIPPA I’ troth, this was it, why my husband wouldn’t go into the country.

LYSIMACHUS (behind.) What shall I do now, but go up and speak to her? (Goes up to her.) The husband bids health to his wife. Are the country people 1 becoming townsfolk?

DORIPPA They are acting more decently than those who are not become country people.

LYSIMACHUS Are the people in the country at all in fault?

DORIPPA I’ faith, less so than the townsfolk, and much less mischief do they meet with for themselves.

LYSIMACHUS But in what have the townsfolk done wrong? Tell me that.

DORIPPA Whose woman is that in the house?

LYSIMACHUS What, have you seen her?

DORIPPA I have seen her. 720

LYSIMACHUS Whose is she, do you ask?

DORIPPA I shall find out, in spite of you; i’ faith, I long to know. But you are trying me on purpose.

LYSIMACHUS Do you wish me to tell you whose she is? She, she— (Aside.) Ah me! upon my faith, I don’t know what to say.

DORIPPA Do you hesitate?

LYSIMACHUS (aside.) I never saw one who did it more.

DORIPPA But why don’t you tell me?

LYSIMACHUS Nay, but if I may—

DORIPPA You ought to tell me.

LYSIMACHUS I cannot, you hurry me so; you press me as though were guilty. 725

DORIPPA (ironically.) I know you are free from all guilt.

LYSIMACHUS Speak out as boldly as you please.

DORIPPA Tell me, then.

LYSIMACHUS I, tell you?

DORIPPA Why, it must be told, in spite of everything.

LYSIMACHUS She is— Do you wish me tell her name as well?

DORIPPA You are trifling. I’ve caught you in the fact; you are guilty.

LYSIMACHUS Guilty of what? If now I had no occasion for silence, now I shouldn’t tell you 2 . Why, this same woman is — 730

DORIPPA Who is she?

LYSIMACHUS She—

Dorippa

Miserior mulier me nec fiet, nec fuit,
700

tali viro quae nupserim. heu miserae mihi.

em quoi te et tua, quae tu habeas, commendes viro,

em quoi decem talenta dotis detuli,

haec ut viderem, ut ferrem has contumelias.

Lysimachvs

Perii hercle, rure iam rediit uxor mea:
705

vidisse credo mulierem in aedibus.

sed quae loquatur exaudire hinc non queo.

accedam propius.

Dorippa

Vae miserae mi.

Lysimachvs

Immo mihi.

Dorippa

Disperii.

Lysimachvs

Equidem hercle oppido perii miser.

vidit. ut te omnes, Demipho, di perduint.
710

Dorippa

Pol hoc est, ire quod rus meus vir noluit.

Lysimachvs

Quid nunc ego faciam nisi uti ádeam atque adloquar?

iubet salvere suos vir uxorem suam.

urbani fiunt rustici?

Dorippa

Pudicius

faciunt, quam ílli qui non fiunt rustici.
715

Lysimachvs

Num quid delinquont rustici?

Dorippa

Ecastor minus

quam urbani, et multo minus mali quaerunt sibi.

Lysimachvs

Quid autem urbani deliquerunt? dic mihi,

cupio hercle scire.

Dorippa

Sed tu me temptas sciens.

quoia illa mulier intust?

Lysimachvs

Vidistine eam?

Dorippa

Vidi.
720

Lysimachvs

Quoia ea sit rogitas?

Dorippa

Resciscam tamen.

Lysimachvs

Vin dicam quoiast? illa—illa edepol—vae mihi,

nescio quid dicam.

Dorippa

Haeres.

Lysimachvs

Haud vidi magis.

Dorippa

Quin dicis?

Lysimachvs

Quin si liceat—

Dorippa

Dictum oportuit.

Lysimachvs

Non possum, ita instas; urges quasi pro noxio.
725

Dorippa

Scio, innóxiu's innoxius es.

Lysimachvs

Audacter quam vis dicito.

Dorippa

Dic igitur.

Lysimachvs

Dicam.

Dorippa

At qui dicundum est tamen.

Lysimachvs

Illast—etiam vis nomen dicam?

Dorippa

Nihil agis,

manufesto teneo in noxia.

Lysimachvs

Qua noxia?

ista quidem illa est.
730

Dorippa

Quae illa est?

Lysimachvs

Illa—

Dorippa

†Iohia

Lysimachvs

Iam—si nihil usus esset, iam non dicerem.

Dorippa

Non tu scis quae sit illa?
732735

Lysimachvs

Immo iam scio:

de istac sum iudex captus.

Dorippa

Iudex? iam scio:

nunc tu in consilium istam advocavisti tibi.

Lysimachvs

Immo sic: séquestro mihi datast.

Dorippa

Intellego.

Lysimachvs

Nihil hercle istius quicquam est.

Dorippa

Numero purigas.

Lysimachvs

Nimium negoti repperi. enim vero haereo.
740

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

I’ troth, I’m undone; my wife’s returned from the country already. I do believe she has seen the damsel in the house. But what she says I cannot distinctly hear from hence; I’ll go nearer to her.
705
(Approaches her.)

DORIPPA

Ah! woe to wretched me!

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

Aye, and to me as well.

DORIPPA

I’m utterly undone!

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

As for me, i’ faith, to my sorrow I’m downright undone! she has seen her. May all the Gods confound you, Demipho!

DORIPPA

I’ troth, this was it, why my husband wouldn’t go into the country.

LYSIMACHUS

(behind.)

What shall I do now, but go up and speak to her? (Goes up to her.) The husband bids health to his wife. Are the country people¹ becoming townsfolk?

DORIPPA

They are acting more decently than those who are not become country people.

LYSIMACHUS

Are the people in the country at all in fault?

DORIPPA

I’ faith, less so than the townsfolk, and much less mischief do they meet with for themselves.

LYSIMACHUS

But in what have the townsfolk done wrong? Tell me that.

DORIPPA

Whose woman is that in the house?

LYSIMACHUS

What, have you seen her?

DORIPPA

I have seen her.
720

LYSIMACHUS

Whose is she, do you ask?

DORIPPA

I shall find out, in spite of you;

i’ faith, I long to know.

But you are trying me on purpose.

LYSIMACHUS

Do you wish me to tell you whose she is? She, she— (Aside.) Ah me! upon my faith, I don’t know what to say.

DORIPPA

Do you hesitate?

LYSIMACHUS

(aside.)

I never saw one who did it more.

DORIPPA

But why don’t you tell me?

LYSIMACHUS

Nay, but if I may—

DORIPPA

You ought to tell me.

LYSIMACHUS

I cannot, you hurry me so; you press me as though were guilty.
725

DORIPPA

(ironically.)

I know you are free from all guilt.

LYSIMACHUS

Speak out as boldly as you please.

DORIPPA

Tell me, then.

LYSIMACHUS

I, tell you?

DORIPPA

Why, it must be told, in spite of everything.

LYSIMACHUS

She is— Do you wish me tell her name as well?

DORIPPA

You are trifling. I’ve caught you in the fact; you are guilty.

LYSIMACHUS

Guilty of what?

If now I had no occasion for silence, now I shouldn’t tell you².

Why, this same woman is —
730

DORIPPA

Who is she?

LYSIMACHUS

She—

DORIPPA

Marry, come up! don’t you know who she is?
732735

LYSIMACHUS

Why, yes, I do know. I’ve been chosen as an arbitrator with respect to her.

DORIPPA

An arbitrator? Now I know; you have invited her here to consult with you.