T. Maccius Plautus, Persa, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.9

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738

Satvrio

Nisi ego illum hominem perdo, perii. atque optume

eccum ipsum ante aedes.

Virgo

Salve multum, mi pater.

Satvrio

Salve, mea gnata.
740

Dordalvs

Ei, Persa me pessum dedit.

Virgo

Pater hic meus est.

Dordalvs

Hem, quid? pater? perii oppido.

quid ego igitur cesso infelix lamentarier

minas sexaginta?

Satvrio

Ego pol te faciam, scelus,

te quoque etiam ipsum ut lamenteris.

Dordalvs

Occidi.

Satvrio

Age ambula in ius, leno.
745

Dordalvs

Quid me in ius vocas?

Satvrio

Illi apud praetorem dicam. sed ego in ius voco.

Dordalvs

Nonne antestaris?

Satvrio

Tuan ego causa, carnufex,

cuiquam mortali libero auris atteram,

qui hic commercaris civis homines liberos?

Dordalvs

Sine dicam.
750

Satvrio

Nolo.

Dordalvs

Aúdi.

Satvrio

Surdus sum. ambula.

sequere hac, sceleste, feles virginaria.

sequere hac, mea gnata, me usque ad praetorem.—

Virgo

Sequor.—

Persa. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1896.

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Persa, or The Persian Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 4.9 focus

738 (Enter SATURIO, in a seeming rage.)

SATURIO

If I don’t prove the destruction of that fellow—

DORDALUS

I’m undone.¹

SATURIO

And most luckily² there he is, himself, before the door.

DAUGHTER

(running towards him.)

Most welcome, my dear father.

(She embraces him.)

SATURIO

Welcome, my child.
740

DORDALUS

(aside.)

That Persian has utterly ruined me!

DAUGHTER

(to DORDALUS.)

This is my father.

DORDALUS

Ha!—what?—father? I’m utterly undone! Why then, in my misery, do I delay to bewail my sixty minae?

SATURIO

By my faith, you scoundrel, I’ll give you cause to bewail your own self as well.

DORDALUS

I’m undone!

SATURIO

Come, walk before a magistrate, Procurer.
745

DORDALUS

Why do you summon me before a magistrate?

SATURIO

I’ll tell you there, before the Praetor. But before the magistrate I summon you.

DORDALUS

Don’t you summon³ a witness?

SATURIO

What, for your sake, hangdog, am I to be touching the ear of any being that’s free—you, who are here trading in persons, free citizens?

DORDALUS

Let me but speak—
750

SATURIO

I won’t.

DORDALUS

Hear me.

SATURIO

I’m deaf. Walk on—follow me this way (dragging him.) you villanous mouser after maidens! Follow after me this way, my daughter, to the Praetor.

DAUGHTER

I’ll follow.

(Exit SATURIO, dragging DORDALUS, his DAUGHTER following.)

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Satvrio Nisi ego illum hominem perdo, perii. atque optume eccum ipsum ante aedes.

Virgo Salve multum, mi pater.

Satvrio Salve, mea gnata. 740

Dordalvs Ei, Persa me pessum dedit.

Virgo Pater hic meus est.

Dordalvs Hem, quid? pater? perii oppido. quid ego igitur cesso infelix lamentarier minas sexaginta?

Satvrio Ego pol te faciam, scelus, te quoque etiam ipsum ut lamenteris.

Dordalvs Occidi.

Satvrio Age ambula in ius, leno. 745

Dordalvs Quid me in ius vocas?

Satvrio Illi apud praetorem dicam. sed ego in ius voco.

Dordalvs Nonne antestaris?

Satvrio Tuan ego causa, carnufex, cuiquam mortali libero auris atteram, qui hic commercaris civis homines liberos?

Dordalvs Sine dicam. 750

Satvrio Nolo.

Dordalvs Aúdi.

Satvrio Surdus sum. ambula. sequere hac, sceleste, feles virginaria. sequere hac, mea gnata, me usque ad praetorem.—

Virgo Sequor.—

Current edition Perseus

SATURIO If I don’t prove the destruction of that fellow—

DORDALUS I’m undone. 1

SATURIO And most luckily 2 there he is, himself, before the door.

DAUGHTER (running towards him.) Most welcome, my dear father. (She embraces him.)

SATURIO Welcome, my child. 740

DORDALUS (aside.) That Persian has utterly ruined me!

DAUGHTER (to DORDALUS.) This is my father.

DORDALUS Ha!—what?—father? I’m utterly undone! Why then, in my misery, do I delay to bewail my sixty minae?

SATURIO By my faith, you scoundrel, I’ll give you cause to bewail your own self as well.

DORDALUS I’m undone!

SATURIO Come, walk before a magistrate, Procurer. 745

DORDALUS Why do you summon me before a magistrate?

SATURIO I’ll tell you there, before the Praetor. But before the magistrate I summon you.

DORDALUS Don’t you summon 3 a witness?

SATURIO What, for your sake, hangdog, am I to be touching the ear of any being that’s free—you, who are here trading in persons, free citizens?

DORDALUS Let me but speak— 750

SATURIO I won’t.

DORDALUS Hear me.

SATURIO I’m deaf. Walk on—follow me this way (dragging him.) you villanous mouser after maidens! Follow after me this way, my daughter, to the Praetor.

DAUGHTER I’ll follow. (Exit SATURIO, dragging DORDALUS, his DAUGHTER following.)

Stable identifiers

Satvrio

Nisi ego illum hominem perdo, perii. atque optume

eccum ipsum ante aedes.

Virgo

Salve multum, mi pater.

Satvrio

Salve, mea gnata.
740

Dordalvs

Ei, Persa me pessum dedit.

Virgo

Pater hic meus est.

Dordalvs

Hem, quid? pater? perii oppido.

quid ego igitur cesso infelix lamentarier

minas sexaginta?

Satvrio

Ego pol te faciam, scelus,

te quoque etiam ipsum ut lamenteris.

Dordalvs

Occidi.

Satvrio

Age ambula in ius, leno.
745

Dordalvs

Quid me in ius vocas?

Satvrio

Illi apud praetorem dicam. sed ego in ius voco.

Dordalvs

Nonne antestaris?

Satvrio

Tuan ego causa, carnufex,

cuiquam mortali libero auris atteram,

qui hic commercaris civis homines liberos?

Dordalvs

Sine dicam.
750

Satvrio

Nolo.

Dordalvs

Aúdi.

Satvrio

Surdus sum. ambula.

sequere hac, sceleste, feles virginaria.

sequere hac, mea gnata, me usque ad praetorem.—

Virgo

Sequor.—

SATURIO

If I don’t prove the destruction of that fellow—

DORDALUS

I’m undone.¹

SATURIO

And most luckily² there he is, himself, before the door.

DAUGHTER

(running towards him.)

Most welcome, my dear father.

(She embraces him.)

SATURIO

Welcome, my child.
740

DORDALUS

(aside.)

That Persian has utterly ruined me!

DAUGHTER

(to DORDALUS.)

This is my father.

DORDALUS

Ha!—what?—father? I’m utterly undone! Why then, in my misery, do I delay to bewail my sixty minae?

SATURIO

By my faith, you scoundrel, I’ll give you cause to bewail your own self as well.

DORDALUS

I’m undone!

SATURIO

Come, walk before a magistrate, Procurer.
745

DORDALUS

Why do you summon me before a magistrate?

SATURIO

I’ll tell you there, before the Praetor. But before the magistrate I summon you.

DORDALUS

Don’t you summon³ a witness?

SATURIO

What, for your sake, hangdog, am I to be touching the ear of any being that’s free—you, who are here trading in persons, free citizens?

DORDALUS

Let me but speak—
750

SATURIO

I won’t.

DORDALUS

Hear me.

SATURIO

I’m deaf. Walk on—follow me this way (dragging him.) you villanous mouser after maidens! Follow after me this way, my daughter, to the Praetor.

DAUGHTER

I’ll follow.

(Exit SATURIO, dragging DORDALUS, his DAUGHTER following.)