T. Maccius Plautus, Poenulus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.6

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796

Agorastocles

Age tu progredere, ut testes videant te ire istinc foras.

estne hic meus servos?

Collybiscvs

Sum hercle vero, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles

Quid nunc, sceleste leno?

Advocati

Quicum litigas

apscessit.

Agorastocles

Vtinam hinc abierit malam crucem.

Advocati

Ita nos velle aequom est.
800

Agorastocles

Cras subscribam homini dicam.

Collybiscvs

Numquid me?

Agorastocles

Apscedas, sumas ornatum tuom.

Collybiscvs

Non sum nequiquam miles factus; paululum

praedae intus feci: dum lenonis familia

dormitat, extis sum satur factus probe.

abscedam hinc intro.—
805

Agorastocles

Factum a vobis comiter.

bonam dedistis, advocati, operam mihi.

cras mane, quaeso, in comitio estote obviam.

tu sequere me intro. vos valete.—

Advocati

Et tu vale.

iniuriam illic insignite postulat:

nostro servire nos sibi censet cibo.
810

verum ita sunt isti nostri divites:

si quid bene facias, levior pluma est gratia,

si quid peccatumst, plumbeas iras gerunt.

domos abeamus nostras, sultis, nunciam,

quando id, quoi rei operam dedimus, impetravimus,
815

ut perderemus corruptorem civium.—

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

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

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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.) — 3.6 focus

796 (Enter AGORASTOCLES, from the house of LYCUS, driving out COLLYBISCUS.)

AGORASTOCLES

Be off you, get out you, that the witnesses may see you coining out from here. Isn’t this my servant?

(To the ASSISTANTS.)

COLLYBISCUS

I’ faith, I really am, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES

How now, villanous Procurer?

ADVOCATI

He, with whom you have the dispute, has made off.

AGORASTOCLES

I hope he’s gone hence to utter perdition.

ADVOCATI

It’s proper that we should wish the same.
800

AGORASTOCLES

To-morrow I’ll bring my action against the fellow.

COLLYBISCUS

Anything further with me—?

AGORASTOCLES

You may go; put on your own dress.

COLLYBISCUS

It wasn’t for nothing that I turned soldier. I made a little booty in-doors. While the household of the Procurer was asleep, I got myself well filled with the entrails.

I’ll be off from here in-doors.
805

AGORASTOCLES

(to the ASSISTANTS.)

’Twas kindly done by you. Assistants, you have lent me your good services. To-morrow morning I beg you’ll meet me at the court of justice. (To COLLYBISCUS.) Do you follow me in-doors. (To the ASSISTANTS.) To you, farewell!

ADVOCATI

And you, farewell! (AGORASTOCLES goes into his house, followed by COLLYBISCUS.) This fellow wants a thing that’s notoriously unfair;

he thinks that we are to serve him at our own expense. But such are all these rich people of ours: if you do anything of service, their thanks are lighter than a feather; if there’s any offence, they show vengeance like lead. Let’s now go to our houses, if you like, forthwith,
810

since we’ve effected that for which we lent our services, to ruin this corrupter of our fellow-citizens.
815
(Exeunt.)

T. Maccius Plautus Poenulus 3.6

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Agorastocles

Age tu progredere, ut testes videant te ire istinc foras.

estne hic meus servos?

Collybiscvs

Sum hercle vero, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles

Quid nunc, sceleste leno?

Advocati

Quicum litigas

apscessit.

Agorastocles

Vtinam hinc abierit malam crucem.

Advocati

Ita nos velle aequom est.
800

Agorastocles

Cras subscribam homini dicam.

Collybiscvs

Numquid me?

Agorastocles

Apscedas, sumas ornatum tuom.

Collybiscvs

Non sum nequiquam miles factus; paululum

praedae intus feci: dum lenonis familia

dormitat, extis sum satur factus probe.

abscedam hinc intro.—
805

Agorastocles

Factum a vobis comiter.

bonam dedistis, advocati, operam mihi.

cras mane, quaeso, in comitio estote obviam.

tu sequere me intro. vos valete.—

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AGORASTOCLES

Be off you, get out you, that the witnesses may see you coining out from here. Isn’t this my servant?

(To the ASSISTANTS.)

COLLYBISCUS

I’ faith, I really am, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES

How now, villanous Procurer?

ADVOCATI

He, with whom you have the dispute, has made off.

AGORASTOCLES

I hope he’s gone hence to utter perdition.

ADVOCATI

It’s proper that we should wish the same.
800

AGORASTOCLES

To-morrow I’ll bring my action against the fellow.

COLLYBISCUS

Anything further with me—?

AGORASTOCLES

You may go; put on your own dress.

COLLYBISCUS

It wasn’t for nothing that I turned soldier. I made a little booty in-doors. While the household of the Procurer was asleep, I got myself well filled with the entrails.

I’ll be off from here in-doors.
805

AGORASTOCLES

(to the ASSISTANTS.)

’Twas kindly done by you. Assistants, you have lent me your good services. To-morrow morning I beg you’ll meet me at the court of justice. (To COLLYBISCUS.) Do you follow me in-doors. (To the ASSISTANTS.) To you, farewell!

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Agorastocles Age tu progredere, ut testes videant te ire istinc foras. estne hic meus servos?

Collybiscvs Sum hercle vero, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles Quid nunc, sceleste leno?

Advocati Quicum litigas apscessit.

Agorastocles Vtinam hinc abierit malam crucem.

Advocati Ita nos velle aequom est. 800

Agorastocles Cras subscribam homini dicam.

Collybiscvs Numquid me?

Agorastocles Apscedas, sumas ornatum tuom.

Collybiscvs Non sum nequiquam miles factus; paululum praedae intus feci: dum lenonis familia dormitat, extis sum satur factus probe. abscedam hinc intro.— 805

Agorastocles Factum a vobis comiter. bonam dedistis, advocati, operam mihi. cras mane, quaeso, in comitio estote obviam. tu sequere me intro. vos valete.—

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AGORASTOCLES Be off you, get out you, that the witnesses may see you coining out from here. Isn’t this my servant? (To the ASSISTANTS.)

COLLYBISCUS I’ faith, I really am, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES How now, villanous Procurer?

ADVOCATI He, with whom you have the dispute, has made off.

AGORASTOCLES I hope he’s gone hence to utter perdition.

ADVOCATI It’s proper that we should wish the same. 800

AGORASTOCLES To-morrow I’ll bring my action against the fellow.

COLLYBISCUS Anything further with me—?

AGORASTOCLES You may go; put on your own dress.

COLLYBISCUS It wasn’t for nothing that I turned soldier. I made a little booty in-doors. While the household of the Procurer was asleep, I got myself well filled with the entrails. I’ll be off from here in-doors. 805

AGORASTOCLES (to the ASSISTANTS.) ’Twas kindly done by you. Assistants, you have lent me your good services. To-morrow morning I beg you’ll meet me at the court of justice. (To COLLYBISCUS.) Do you follow me in-doors. (To the ASSISTANTS.) To you, farewell!

Stable identifiers

Agorastocles

Age tu progredere, ut testes videant te ire istinc foras.

estne hic meus servos?

Collybiscvs

Sum hercle vero, Agorastocles.

Agorastocles

Quid nunc, sceleste leno?

Advocati

Quicum litigas

apscessit.

Agorastocles

Vtinam hinc abierit malam crucem.

Advocati

Ita nos velle aequom est.
800

Agorastocles

Cras subscribam homini dicam.

Collybiscvs

Numquid me?

Agorastocles

Apscedas, sumas ornatum tuom.

Collybiscvs

Non sum nequiquam miles factus; paululum

praedae intus feci: dum lenonis familia

dormitat, extis sum satur factus probe.

abscedam hinc intro.—
805

Agorastocles

Factum a vobis comiter.

bonam dedistis, advocati, operam mihi.

cras mane, quaeso, in comitio estote obviam.

tu sequere me intro. vos valete.—

AGORASTOCLES

Be off you, get out you, that the witnesses may see you coining out from here. Isn’t this my servant?

(To the ASSISTANTS.)

COLLYBISCUS

I’ faith, I really am, Agorastocles.

AGORASTOCLES

How now, villanous Procurer?

ADVOCATI

He, with whom you have the dispute, has made off.

AGORASTOCLES

I hope he’s gone hence to utter perdition.

ADVOCATI

It’s proper that we should wish the same.
800

AGORASTOCLES

To-morrow I’ll bring my action against the fellow.

COLLYBISCUS

Anything further with me—?

AGORASTOCLES

You may go; put on your own dress.

COLLYBISCUS

It wasn’t for nothing that I turned soldier. I made a little booty in-doors. While the household of the Procurer was asleep, I got myself well filled with the entrails.

I’ll be off from here in-doors.
805

AGORASTOCLES

(to the ASSISTANTS.)

’Twas kindly done by you. Assistants, you have lent me your good services. To-morrow morning I beg you’ll meet me at the court of justice. (To COLLYBISCUS.) Do you follow me in-doors. (To the ASSISTANTS.) To you, farewell!