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DAEMONES
(Goes to the door again, and calls out.)
’Twere better, wife, for an end to be made at last of your kissing; and make all ready that I may perform a sacrifice, when I come in-doors, in honor of the household Gods, inasmuch as they have increased our family. At home I have lambs and swine for sacred use. But why, ladies, are you detaining that Trachalio? Oh, I see he’s coming out of doors, very seasonably.
1205
(Enter TRACHALIO, from the cottage.)
’Twere better, wife, for an end to be made at last of your kissing; and make all ready that I may perform a sacrifice, when I come in-doors, in honor of the household Gods, inasmuch as they have increased our family. At home I have lambs and swine for sacred use. But why, ladies, are you detaining that Trachalio? Oh, I see he’s coming out of doors, very seasonably.
1205
TRACHALIO
(speaking to those within.)
Wheresoever he shall be, I’ll seek Plesidippus out at once, and bring him together with me to you.
1210
Wheresoever he shall be, I’ll seek Plesidippus out at once, and bring him together with me to you.
1210
DAEMONES
Tell him how this matter has fallen out about my daughter. Request him to leave other occupations and to come here.
Tell him how this matter has fallen out about my daughter. Request him to leave other occupations and to come here.
TRACHALIO
Very well
1
Very well
1
DAEMONES
Tell him that I’ll give him my daughter for a wife.
Tell him that I’ll give him my daughter for a wife.
TRACHALIO
Very well.
Very well.
DAEMONES
And that I knew his father, and that he is a relation of my own.
And that I knew his father, and that he is a relation of my own.
TRACHALIO
Very well.
Very well.
DAEMONES
But do make haste.
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But do make haste.
1215
TRACHALIO
Very well.
Very well.
DAEMONES
Take care and let a dinner be prepared here at once.
Take care and let a dinner be prepared here at once.
TRACHALIO
Very well.
Very well.
DAEMONES
What, all very well?
What, all very well?
TRACHALIO
Very well. But do you know what it is I want of you? That you’ll remember what you promised, that this day I’m to be free.
Very well. But do you know what it is I want of you? That you’ll remember what you promised, that this day I’m to be free.
DAEMONES
Very well
2
.
Very well
2
.
TRACHALIO
Take care and entreat Plesidippus to give me my freedom.
Take care and entreat Plesidippus to give me my freedom.
DAEMONES
Very well.
Very well.
TRACHALIO
And let your daughter request it; she’ll easily prevail.
And let your daughter request it; she’ll easily prevail.
DAEMONES
Very well.
Very well.
TRACHALIO
And that Ampelisca may marry me, when I’m a free man.
1220
And that Ampelisca may marry me, when I’m a free man.
1220
DAEMONES
Very well.
Very well.
TRACHALIO
And that I may experience a pleasing return to myself in kindness for my actions.
And that I may experience a pleasing return to myself in kindness for my actions.
DAEMONES
Very well.
Very well.
TRACHALIO
What, all very well?
What, all very well?
DAEMONES
Very well. Again I return you thanks. But do you make haste to proceed to the city forthwith, and betake yourself hither again.
Very well. Again I return you thanks. But do you make haste to proceed to the city forthwith, and betake yourself hither again.
TRACHALIO
Very well. I’ll be here directly. In the meanwhile, do you make the other preparations that are necessary.
(Exit TRACHALIO.)
Very well. I’ll be here directly. In the meanwhile, do you make the other preparations that are necessary.
DAEMONES
Very well—
may Hercules ill befriend him with his
very-welling
3
; he has so stuffed my ears with it. Whatever it was I said,
very well was the answer.
1225
Very well—
may Hercules ill befriend him with his
very-welling
3
; he has so stuffed my ears with it. Whatever it was I said,
very well was the answer.
1225
Rudens. Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley (Translator). London. 1913.
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