T. Maccius Plautus, Poenulus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.5

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746

Lycvs

Suspendant omnes nunciam se haruspices,

quam ego illis posthac quod loquantur creduam,

qui in re divina dudum dicebant mihi

malum damnumque maximum portendier:

is explicavi meam rem postilla lucro.
750

Agorastocles

Salvos sis, leno.

Lycvs

Di te ament, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles

Magis mé benigne nunc salutas quam antidhac.

Lycvs

Tranquillitas evenit, quasi navi in mari:

utquomque est ventus, exim velum vortitur.

Agorastocles

Valeant apud te quos volo; atque haud te volo.
755

Lycvs

Valent ut postulatumst, verum non tibi.

Agorastocles

Mitte ad me, si audes, hodie Adelphasium tuam,

die fésto celebri nobilique Aphrodisiis.

Lycvs

Calidum prandisti prandium hodie? dic mihi.

Agorastocles

Quid iam?
760

Lycvs

Quia os nunc frigefactas, quom rogas.

Agorastocles

Hoc age sis, leno. servom esse audivi meum

apud te.

Lycvs

Apud me? numquam factum reperies.

Agorastocles

Mentire. nam ad te venit aurumque attulit.

ita mihi renuntiatumst, quibus credo satis.

Lycvs

Malus es, captatum me advenis cum testibus.
765

tuorum apud me nemost nec quicquam tui.

Agorastocles

Mementote illud, advocati.

Advocati

Meminimus.

Lycvs

Hahahae, iam teneo quid sit, perspexi modo.

hi qui illum dudum conciliaverunt mihi

peregrinum Spartanum, id nunc his cerebrum uritur,
770

me esse hos trecentos Philippos facturum lucri.

nunc hunc inimicum quía esse sciverunt mihi,

eum adlegarunt, suom qui servom diceret

cum auro esse apud me; compositast fallacia,

ut eo me privent atque inter se dividant.
775

lupo agnum eripere postulant. nugas agunt.

Agorastocles

Negasne apud te esse aurum, nec servom meum?

Lycvs

Nego: et negando, si quid refert, ravio.

Advocati

Periisti, leno. nam istest huius vilicus

quem tibi nos esse Spartiatam diximus,
780

qui ad te trecentos Philippeos modo detulit.

idque in istoc adeo aúrum inest marsuppio.

Lycvs

Vae vostrae aetati.

Advocati

Id quidem in mundo est tuae.

Agorastocles

Age omitte actutum, furcifer, marsuppium:

manifesto fur es mihi. quaeso hercle, operam date,
785

dum me videatis servom ab hoc abducere.—

Lycvs

Nunc pol ego perii certo, haud arbitrario.

consulto hoc factum est, mihi ut insidiae fierent.

sed quid ego dubito fugere hinc in malam crucem,

prius quam hínc optorto collo ad praetorem trahor?
790

eheu, quom ego habui háriolos haruspices;

qui si quid bene promittunt, perspisso evenit,

id quod mali promittunt, praesentarium est.

nunc ibo, amicos consulam, quo me modo

suspendere aequom censeant potissimum.—
795

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Poenulus, or The Young Carthaginian Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 3.5 focus

746 (Enter LYCUS, from his house.)

LYCUS

(to himself.)

Let all soothsayers go hang themselves now at once. Why should I believe them in future, as to what they say? For they, just now at the sacrifice, told me that evil and the greatest disaster was portended to me.

I have since then amplified my fortune with profit.
750

AGORASTOCLES

(accosting him.)

Save you, Procurer.

LYCUS

May the Gods bless you, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES

You now salute me more kindly than hitherto.

LYCUS

A calm has come, as though to a ship at sea. Just as the wind is, to that quarter is the sail shifted.

AGORASTOCLES

May those ladies be well in your house, to whom I wish it, but to yourself I do not wish it.
755

LYCUS

They are well, as you desire; not for you, though.

AGORASTOCLES

Send your Adelphasium to my house, to-day, please, upon this celebrated and famous festival, the Aphrodisia.

LYCUS

Have you been breakfasting on a hot breakfast today? Tell me.

AGORASTOCLES

Why so?
760

LYCUS

Because now you are only cooling your mouth¹, when you ask me.

AGORASTOCLES

Attend to this, Procurer, will you; I’ve heard that my slave is at your house.

LYCUS

At my house? You’ll find that has never been the fact.

AGORASTOCLES

You lie; for he has come to your house, and carried off some gold there. Word has been brought me to that effect, by persons I fully believe.

(Pointing to the ASSISTANTS.)

LYCUS

You are an artful fellow: you’ve come to entrap me with your witnesses. There’s no one of your people in my house, nor anything of yours.
765

AGORASTOCLES

(turning round to the ASSISTANTS.)

Remember that, assistants.

ADVOCATI

We will remember it.

LYCUS

(laughing.)

Ha, ha, ha! I now understand how it is, I’ve this instant seen through it.

These persons, who a short time since introduced that Spartan stranger to me, their brain is now fired at it,

because I’m going to make a gain of these three hundred Philippean pieces; now, because they knew that this person was an enemy of mine, they have set him on to say that his slave, together with his gold, is in my house. It’s a planned contrivance

for them to deprive me of it, and to divide it among themselves. They are wanting to get away the lamb from the wolf². They are wasting their pains.
775

AGORASTOCLES

What, do you deny that either the gold or my slave is at your house?

LYCUS

I do deny it; and, if it’s of any use, I make myself hoarse with denying it.

ADVOCATI

You are undone, Procurer; for that person

whom we told you was a Spartan, is his bailiff; who brought you just now the three hundred Philippean pieces; and that same gold, too, is in his purse.
780

LYCUS

(shaking his fist at them.)

Woe unto you!

ADVOCATI

That, indeed, is close at hand for yourself.

AGORASTOCLES

Come, you hang-dog, give up the purse this instant.

You are clearly a thief; caught by me in the fact. (To the ADVOCATI.) By my troth, I do beg of you, lend me your aid, so as to see me bring my slave out of his house.
785
(He goes into the PROCURER’S house.

LYCUS

I’ faith, I’m now undone for certain, beyond a doubt! This has been done on purpose that a snare might be laid for me. But why do I hesitate to betake me hence to utter perdition,

before I’m dragged off to the Praetor by the throat? Alas! what soothsayers I’ve been having for my diviners, who, if they promise anything that’s fair, it comes to pass but slowly; that which they promise as unfortunate, comes directly. Now I’ll be off: I’ll consult my friends in what way—
790

they deem it best in especial for me to hang myself.
795
(Exit.)

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Lycvs Suspendant omnes nunciam se haruspices, quam ego illis posthac quod loquantur creduam, qui in re divina dudum dicebant mihi malum damnumque maximum portendier: is explicavi meam rem postilla lucro. 750

Agorastocles Salvos sis, leno.

Lycvs Di te ament, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles Magis mé benigne nunc salutas quam antidhac.

Lycvs Tranquillitas evenit, quasi navi in mari: utquomque est ventus, exim velum vortitur.

Agorastocles Valeant apud te quos volo; atque haud te volo. 755

Lycvs Valent ut postulatumst, verum non tibi.

Agorastocles Mitte ad me, si audes, hodie Adelphasium tuam, die fésto celebri nobilique Aphrodisiis.

Lycvs Calidum prandisti prandium hodie? dic mihi.

Agorastocles Quid iam? 760

Lycvs Quia os nunc frigefactas, quom rogas.

Agorastocles Hoc age sis, leno. servom esse audivi meum apud te.

Lycvs Apud me? numquam factum reperies.

Agorastocles Mentire. nam ad te venit aurumque attulit. ita mihi renuntiatumst, quibus credo satis.

Lycvs Malus es, captatum me advenis cum testibus. 765 tuorum apud me nemost nec quicquam tui.

Agorastocles Mementote illud, advocati.

Advocati Meminimus.

Agorastocles Negasne apud te esse aurum, nec servom meum?

Lycvs Nego: et negando, si quid refert, ravio.

Advocati Periisti, leno. nam istest huius vilicus quem tibi nos esse Spartiatam diximus, 780 qui ad te trecentos Philippeos modo detulit. idque in istoc adeo aúrum inest marsuppio.

Lycvs Vae vostrae aetati.

Advocati Id quidem in mundo est tuae.

Agorastocles Age omitte actutum, furcifer, marsuppium: manifesto fur es mihi. quaeso hercle, operam date, 785 dum me videatis servom ab hoc abducere.—

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LYCUS (to himself.) Let all soothsayers go hang themselves now at once. Why should I believe them in future, as to what they say? For they, just now at the sacrifice, told me that evil and the greatest disaster was portended to me. I have since then amplified my fortune with profit. 750

AGORASTOCLES (accosting him.) Save you, Procurer.

LYCUS May the Gods bless you, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES You now salute me more kindly than hitherto.

LYCUS A calm has come, as though to a ship at sea. Just as the wind is, to that quarter is the sail shifted.

AGORASTOCLES May those ladies be well in your house, to whom I wish it, but to yourself I do not wish it. 755

LYCUS They are well, as you desire; not for you, though.

AGORASTOCLES Send your Adelphasium to my house, to-day, please, upon this celebrated and famous festival, the Aphrodisia.

LYCUS Have you been breakfasting on a hot breakfast today? Tell me.

AGORASTOCLES Why so? 760

LYCUS Because now you are only cooling your mouth 1 , when you ask me.

AGORASTOCLES Attend to this, Procurer, will you; I’ve heard that my slave is at your house.

LYCUS At my house? You’ll find that has never been the fact.

AGORASTOCLES You lie; for he has come to your house, and carried off some gold there. Word has been brought me to that effect, by persons I fully believe. (Pointing to the ASSISTANTS.)

LYCUS You are an artful fellow: you’ve come to entrap me with your witnesses. There’s no one of your people in my house, nor anything of yours. 765

AGORASTOCLES (turning round to the ASSISTANTS.) Remember that, assistants.

ADVOCATI We will remember it.

AGORASTOCLES What, do you deny that either the gold or my slave is at your house?

LYCUS I do deny it; and, if it’s of any use, I make myself hoarse with denying it.

ADVOCATI You are undone, Procurer; for that person whom we told you was a Spartan, is his bailiff; who brought you just now the three hundred Philippean pieces; and that same gold, too, is in his purse. 780

LYCUS (shaking his fist at them.) Woe unto you!

ADVOCATI That, indeed, is close at hand for yourself.

AGORASTOCLES Come, you hang-dog, give up the purse this instant. You are clearly a thief; caught by me in the fact. (To the ADVOCATI.) By my troth, I do beg of you, lend me your aid, so as to see me bring my slave out of his house. 785 (He goes into the PROCURER’S house.

Stable identifiers

Lycvs

Suspendant omnes nunciam se haruspices,

quam ego illis posthac quod loquantur creduam,

qui in re divina dudum dicebant mihi

malum damnumque maximum portendier:

is explicavi meam rem postilla lucro.
750

Agorastocles

Salvos sis, leno.

Lycvs

Di te ament, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles

Magis mé benigne nunc salutas quam antidhac.

Lycvs

Tranquillitas evenit, quasi navi in mari:

utquomque est ventus, exim velum vortitur.

Agorastocles

Valeant apud te quos volo; atque haud te volo.
755

Lycvs

Valent ut postulatumst, verum non tibi.

Agorastocles

Mitte ad me, si audes, hodie Adelphasium tuam,

die fésto celebri nobilique Aphrodisiis.

Lycvs

Calidum prandisti prandium hodie? dic mihi.

Agorastocles

Quid iam?
760

Lycvs

Quia os nunc frigefactas, quom rogas.

Agorastocles

Hoc age sis, leno. servom esse audivi meum

apud te.

Lycvs

Apud me? numquam factum reperies.

Agorastocles

Mentire. nam ad te venit aurumque attulit.

ita mihi renuntiatumst, quibus credo satis.

Lycvs

Malus es, captatum me advenis cum testibus.
765

tuorum apud me nemost nec quicquam tui.

Agorastocles

Mementote illud, advocati.

Advocati

Meminimus.

Agorastocles

Negasne apud te esse aurum, nec servom meum?

Lycvs

Nego: et negando, si quid refert, ravio.

Advocati

Periisti, leno. nam istest huius vilicus

quem tibi nos esse Spartiatam diximus,
780

qui ad te trecentos Philippeos modo detulit.

idque in istoc adeo aúrum inest marsuppio.

Lycvs

Vae vostrae aetati.

Advocati

Id quidem in mundo est tuae.

Agorastocles

Age omitte actutum, furcifer, marsuppium:

manifesto fur es mihi. quaeso hercle, operam date,
785

dum me videatis servom ab hoc abducere.—

LYCUS

(to himself.)

Let all soothsayers go hang themselves now at once. Why should I believe them in future, as to what they say? For they, just now at the sacrifice, told me that evil and the greatest disaster was portended to me.

I have since then amplified my fortune with profit.
750

AGORASTOCLES

(accosting him.)

Save you, Procurer.

LYCUS

May the Gods bless you, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES

You now salute me more kindly than hitherto.

LYCUS

A calm has come, as though to a ship at sea. Just as the wind is, to that quarter is the sail shifted.

AGORASTOCLES

May those ladies be well in your house, to whom I wish it, but to yourself I do not wish it.
755

LYCUS

They are well, as you desire; not for you, though.

AGORASTOCLES

Send your Adelphasium to my house, to-day, please, upon this celebrated and famous festival, the Aphrodisia.

LYCUS

Have you been breakfasting on a hot breakfast today? Tell me.

AGORASTOCLES

Why so?
760

LYCUS

Because now you are only cooling your mouth¹, when you ask me.

AGORASTOCLES

Attend to this, Procurer, will you; I’ve heard that my slave is at your house.

LYCUS

At my house? You’ll find that has never been the fact.

AGORASTOCLES

You lie; for he has come to your house, and carried off some gold there. Word has been brought me to that effect, by persons I fully believe.

(Pointing to the ASSISTANTS.)

LYCUS

You are an artful fellow: you’ve come to entrap me with your witnesses. There’s no one of your people in my house, nor anything of yours.
765

AGORASTOCLES

(turning round to the ASSISTANTS.)

Remember that, assistants.

ADVOCATI

We will remember it.

AGORASTOCLES

What, do you deny that either the gold or my slave is at your house?

LYCUS

I do deny it; and, if it’s of any use, I make myself hoarse with denying it.

ADVOCATI

You are undone, Procurer; for that person

whom we told you was a Spartan, is his bailiff; who brought you just now the three hundred Philippean pieces; and that same gold, too, is in his purse.
780

LYCUS

(shaking his fist at them.)

Woe unto you!

ADVOCATI

That, indeed, is close at hand for yourself.

AGORASTOCLES

Come, you hang-dog, give up the purse this instant.

You are clearly a thief; caught by me in the fact. (To the ADVOCATI.) By my troth, I do beg of you, lend me your aid, so as to see me bring my slave out of his house.
785
(He goes into the PROCURER’S house.