T. Maccius Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.3

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1094

Pyrgopolynices

Quid nunc mi es auctor ut faciam, Palaestrio,

de concubina? nam nullo pacto potest
1095

prius haec in aedis recipi quam illam amiserim.

Palaestrio

Quid me consultas quid agas? dixi equidem tibi

quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime.

aurum atque vestem muliebrem omnem habeat sibi,

quae illi instruxisti: sumat, habeat, auferat;
1100

dicasque tempus maxume esse, ut eat domum:

sororem geminam adesse et matrem dicito,

quibus cóncomitata recte deveniat domum.

Pyrgopolynices

Qui tu scis eas adesse?

Palaestrio

Quia oculis meis

vidi hic sororem esse eius.
1105

Pyrgopolynices

Convenitne eam?

Palaestrio

Convenit.

Pyrgopolynices

Ecquid fortis visast?

Palaestrio

Omnia

vis optinere.

Pyrgopolynices

Vbi matrem esse aiebat soror?

Palaestrio

Cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis

nauclerus dixit, qui illas advexit, mihi.

is ad hos nauclerus hospitio devortitur.
1110

Pyrgopolynices

Quid is? ecquid fortis?

Palaestrio

Abi sis hinc, nam tu quidem

ad equas fuisti scitus admissarius,

qui consectare qua maris qua feminas.

hoc age nunc.

Pyrgopolynices

Istuc quod das consilium mihi,

te cum illa verba facere de ista re volo;
1115

nam cum illa sane congruos sermo tibi.

Palaestrio

Qui potius quam tute adeas, tuam rem tute agas?

dicas uxorem tibi necessum ducere;

cognatos persuadere, amicos cogere.

Pyrgopolynices

Itan tu censes?
1120

Palaestrio

Quid ego ní ita censeam?

Pyrgopolynices

Ibo igitur intro. tu hic ante aedis interim

speculare, ut, ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces.

Palaestrio

Tu modo istuc cura quod agis.

Pyrgopolynices

Curatum id quidemst.

quin si voluntáte nolet, vi extrudam foras.

Palaestrio

Istuc cave fáxis; quin potius per gratiam
1125

bonam abeat abs te. atque illaec quae dixi dato,

aurum, ornamenta quae illi instruxisti ferat.

Pyrgopolynices

Cupio hercle.

Palaestrio

Credo te facile impetrassere.

sed abi intro. noli stare.

Pyrgopolynices

Tibi sum oboediens. —

Palaestrio

Numquid videtur demutare alio atque uti
1130

dixi esse vobis dudum hunc moechum militem?

nunc ad me ut veniat usust Acroteleutium aut

ancillula eius aut Pleusicles. pro Iuppiter,

satine ut Commoditas usquequaque me adiuvat?

nam quos videre exoptabam me maxume,
1135

una exeuntis video hínc e proxumo.

Miles Gloriosus. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1896.

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Current edition Perseus

Miles Gloriosus (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 2. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1896.)

Translations (1)

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

1094 (PYRGOPOLINICES, PALAESTRIO.)

PYRGOPOLINICES

What do you advise me now to do, Palaestrio,

about my mistress? For this lady can by no means be received into my house before I have sent the other away.
1095

PALAESTRIO

Why consult me what you are to do? So far as I am concerned, I have told you by what method that can be effected in the gentlest manner. The gold trinkets and female clothing with which you have furnished her, let her keep it all for herself: let her take it, be off, and carry it away:

tell her that it is high time for her to go home; say that her twin-sister and her mother are come, in company with whom she may go straight home.

PYRGOPOLINICES

How do you know that they are here?

PALAESTRIO

Because, with my own eyes, I’ve seen her sister here.

PYRGOPOLINICES

Have you met her?

PALAESTRIO

I have met her.

PYRGOPOLINICES

And did she seem a brisk wench?

PALAESTRIO

You are wishing to have everything.

PYRGOPOLINICES

Where did the sister say her mother was?

PALAESTRIO

The captain that brought them told me that she was in bed, on board the ship, with sore and inflamed eyes.

This captain of the ship is lodging with them next door.
1110

PYRGOPOLINICES

And he, too, is he a very fine fellow?

PALAESTRIO

Away with you, if you please. What have you¹ to do with him? You have your hands quite full enough with the women. Attend to this for the present.

PYRGOPOLINICES

As to that advice you were giving me,

I wish you to have a few words with her upon that subject. For, really, a conversation on that subject with her is more becoming² for you.
1115

PALAESTRIO

What is more advisable than for you to go yourself, and transact your own concerns? You must say that it is absolutely necessary for you to marry: that your relations are persuading, your friends are urging, you.

PYRGOPOLINICES

And do you think so?
1120

PALAESTRIO

Why shouldn’t I think so?

PYRGOPOLINICES

I’ll go in, then. Do you, in the mean time, keep watch here before the house, that when the other woman comes out you may call me out.

PALAESTRIO

Do you only mind the business that you are upon.

PYRGOPOLINICES

That, indeed, is resolved upon. For if she will not go out of her own accord, I’ll turn her out by force.

PALAESTRIO

Do you take care how you do that; but rather let her go from your house with a good grace³, and give her those things that I mentioned. The gold trinkets and apparel, with which you furnished her, let her take away.
1125

PYRGOPOLINICES

By my troth, I wish she would.

PALAESTRIO

I think you’ll easily prevail upon her. But go indoors; don’t linger here.

PYRGOPOLINICES

I obey you.

(Goes into his house.)

PALAESTRIO
(to the AUDIENCE.)

Now, does he really appear to be anything different from what, awhile ago, I told you he was, this wenching Captain? Now it is requisite that Acroteleutium should come to me, her maid too, and Pleusicles. O Jupiter! and does not opportunity favour me in every respect?
1130

For those whom I especially wished to see, I perceive at this moment coming out here from our neighbour’s.
1135

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Pyrgopolynices Quid nunc mi es auctor ut faciam, Palaestrio, de concubina? nam nullo pacto potest 1095 prius haec in aedis recipi quam illam amiserim.

Pyrgopolynices Qui tu scis eas adesse?

Palaestrio Quia oculis meis vidi hic sororem esse eius. 1105

Pyrgopolynices Convenitne eam?

Palaestrio Convenit.

Pyrgopolynices Ecquid fortis visast?

Palaestrio Omnia vis optinere.

Pyrgopolynices Vbi matrem esse aiebat soror?

Palaestrio Cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis nauclerus dixit, qui illas advexit, mihi. is ad hos nauclerus hospitio devortitur. 1110

Pyrgopolynices Quid is? ecquid fortis?

Palaestrio Abi sis hinc, nam tu quidem ad equas fuisti scitus admissarius, qui consectare qua maris qua feminas. hoc age nunc.

Pyrgopolynices Istuc quod das consilium mihi, te cum illa verba facere de ista re volo; 1115 nam cum illa sane congruos sermo tibi.

Palaestrio Qui potius quam tute adeas, tuam rem tute agas? dicas uxorem tibi necessum ducere; cognatos persuadere, amicos cogere.

Pyrgopolynices Itan tu censes? 1120

Palaestrio Quid ego ní ita censeam?

Pyrgopolynices Ibo igitur intro. tu hic ante aedis interim speculare, ut, ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces.

Palaestrio Tu modo istuc cura quod agis.

Pyrgopolynices Curatum id quidemst. quin si voluntáte nolet, vi extrudam foras.

Palaestrio Istuc cave fáxis; quin potius per gratiam 1125 bonam abeat abs te. atque illaec quae dixi dato, aurum, ornamenta quae illi instruxisti ferat.

Pyrgopolynices Cupio hercle.

Palaestrio Credo te facile impetrassere. sed abi intro. noli stare.

Pyrgopolynices Tibi sum oboediens. —

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PYRGOPOLINICES What do you advise me now to do, Palaestrio, about my mistress? For this lady can by no means be received into my house before I have sent the other away. 1095

PYRGOPOLINICES How do you know that they are here?

PALAESTRIO Because, with my own eyes, I’ve seen her sister here.

PYRGOPOLINICES Have you met her?

PALAESTRIO I have met her.

PYRGOPOLINICES And did she seem a brisk wench?

PALAESTRIO You are wishing to have everything.

PYRGOPOLINICES Where did the sister say her mother was?

PALAESTRIO The captain that brought them told me that she was in bed, on board the ship, with sore and inflamed eyes. This captain of the ship is lodging with them next door. 1110

PYRGOPOLINICES And he, too, is he a very fine fellow?

PALAESTRIO Away with you, if you please. What have you 1 to do with him? You have your hands quite full enough with the women. Attend to this for the present.

PYRGOPOLINICES As to that advice you were giving me, I wish you to have a few words with her upon that subject. For, really, a conversation on that subject with her is more becoming 2 for you. 1115

PALAESTRIO What is more advisable than for you to go yourself, and transact your own concerns? You must say that it is absolutely necessary for you to marry: that your relations are persuading, your friends are urging, you.

PYRGOPOLINICES And do you think so? 1120

PALAESTRIO Why shouldn’t I think so?

PYRGOPOLINICES I’ll go in, then. Do you, in the mean time, keep watch here before the house, that when the other woman comes out you may call me out.

PALAESTRIO Do you only mind the business that you are upon.

PYRGOPOLINICES That, indeed, is resolved upon. For if she will not go out of her own accord, I’ll turn her out by force.

PALAESTRIO Do you take care how you do that; but rather let her go from your house with a good grace 3 , and give her those things that I mentioned. The gold trinkets and apparel, with which you furnished her, let her take away. 1125

PYRGOPOLINICES By my troth, I wish she would.

PALAESTRIO I think you’ll easily prevail upon her. But go indoors; don’t linger here.

PYRGOPOLINICES I obey you. (Goes into his house.)

Stable identifiers

Pyrgopolynices

Quid nunc mi es auctor ut faciam, Palaestrio,

de concubina? nam nullo pacto potest
1095

prius haec in aedis recipi quam illam amiserim.

Pyrgopolynices

Qui tu scis eas adesse?

Palaestrio

Quia oculis meis

vidi hic sororem esse eius.
1105

Pyrgopolynices

Convenitne eam?

Palaestrio

Convenit.

Pyrgopolynices

Ecquid fortis visast?

Palaestrio

Omnia

vis optinere.

Pyrgopolynices

Vbi matrem esse aiebat soror?

Palaestrio

Cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis

nauclerus dixit, qui illas advexit, mihi.

is ad hos nauclerus hospitio devortitur.
1110

Pyrgopolynices

Quid is? ecquid fortis?

Palaestrio

Abi sis hinc, nam tu quidem

ad equas fuisti scitus admissarius,

qui consectare qua maris qua feminas.

hoc age nunc.

Pyrgopolynices

Istuc quod das consilium mihi,

te cum illa verba facere de ista re volo;
1115

nam cum illa sane congruos sermo tibi.

Palaestrio

Qui potius quam tute adeas, tuam rem tute agas?

dicas uxorem tibi necessum ducere;

cognatos persuadere, amicos cogere.

Pyrgopolynices

Itan tu censes?
1120

Palaestrio

Quid ego ní ita censeam?

Pyrgopolynices

Ibo igitur intro. tu hic ante aedis interim

speculare, ut, ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces.

Palaestrio

Tu modo istuc cura quod agis.

Pyrgopolynices

Curatum id quidemst.

quin si voluntáte nolet, vi extrudam foras.

Palaestrio

Istuc cave fáxis; quin potius per gratiam
1125

bonam abeat abs te. atque illaec quae dixi dato,

aurum, ornamenta quae illi instruxisti ferat.

Pyrgopolynices

Cupio hercle.

Palaestrio

Credo te facile impetrassere.

sed abi intro. noli stare.

Pyrgopolynices

Tibi sum oboediens. —

PYRGOPOLINICES

What do you advise me now to do, Palaestrio,

about my mistress? For this lady can by no means be received into my house before I have sent the other away.
1095

PYRGOPOLINICES

How do you know that they are here?

PALAESTRIO

Because, with my own eyes, I’ve seen her sister here.

PYRGOPOLINICES

Have you met her?

PALAESTRIO

I have met her.

PYRGOPOLINICES

And did she seem a brisk wench?

PALAESTRIO

You are wishing to have everything.

PYRGOPOLINICES

Where did the sister say her mother was?

PALAESTRIO

The captain that brought them told me that she was in bed, on board the ship, with sore and inflamed eyes.

This captain of the ship is lodging with them next door.
1110

PYRGOPOLINICES

And he, too, is he a very fine fellow?

PALAESTRIO

Away with you, if you please. What have you¹ to do with him? You have your hands quite full enough with the women. Attend to this for the present.

PYRGOPOLINICES

As to that advice you were giving me,

I wish you to have a few words with her upon that subject. For, really, a conversation on that subject with her is more becoming² for you.
1115

PALAESTRIO

What is more advisable than for you to go yourself, and transact your own concerns? You must say that it is absolutely necessary for you to marry: that your relations are persuading, your friends are urging, you.

PYRGOPOLINICES

And do you think so?
1120

PALAESTRIO

Why shouldn’t I think so?

PYRGOPOLINICES

I’ll go in, then. Do you, in the mean time, keep watch here before the house, that when the other woman comes out you may call me out.

PALAESTRIO

Do you only mind the business that you are upon.

PYRGOPOLINICES

That, indeed, is resolved upon. For if she will not go out of her own accord, I’ll turn her out by force.

PALAESTRIO

Do you take care how you do that; but rather let her go from your house with a good grace³, and give her those things that I mentioned. The gold trinkets and apparel, with which you furnished her, let her take away.
1125

PYRGOPOLINICES

By my troth, I wish she would.

PALAESTRIO

I think you’ll easily prevail upon her. But go indoors; don’t linger here.

PYRGOPOLINICES

I obey you.

(Goes into his house.)