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1265 (Enter PLESIDIPPUS and TRACHALIO, at the further end of the stage.)

PLESIDIPPUS

Tell me all these things over again my life, my Trachalio, my freed-man, my patron, aye rather, my father; has Palaestra found her father and mother?
1265

TRACHALIO

She has found them.

PLESIDIPPUS

And is she my countrywoman?

TRACHALIO

So I think.

PLESIDIPPUS

And is she to marry me?

TRACHALIO

So I suspect.

PLESIDIPPUS

Prithee, do you reckon that he will betroth her to me?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon¹.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, shall I congratulate her father too upon his finding her?
1270

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her mother too?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

What then do you reckon?

TRACHALIO

What you ask me, I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Tell me then how much do you reckon it at?

TRACHALIO

What I, I reckon—

PLESIDIPPUS

Then really, do carry over². Don’t be always making a reckoning.

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

What if I run?

(Pretends to run.)

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Or rather gently, this way?

(He walks slowly.)

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Ought I to salute her as well when I arrive?
1275

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Her father too?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

After that, her mother?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

And what after that? When I arrive, should I also embrace her father?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her mother?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her own self?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Confusion, he has closed his reckoning³; now when I wish him, he doesn’t reckon.

TRACHALIO

You are not in your senses; follow me.
1280

PLESIDIPPUS

Conduct me, my patron, where you please.

(They go into the cottage of DAEMONES.)

Rudens. Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley (Translator). London. 1913.

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Current edition Perseus

Rudens, or The Fisherman's Rope (English) (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.)

Editions (1)

Rudens Perseus (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 2. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1896.) — 4.8 focus

1265

Plesidippvs

Íterum mihi istaec omnia itera, mi anime, mi Trachalio,
1265

mi liberte, mi patrone potius, immo mi pater.

repperit patrem Palaestra suom atque matrem?

Trachalio

Repperit.

Plesidippvs

Et popularis est?

Trachalio

Opino.

Plesidippvs

Et mihi nuptura est?

Trachalio

Suspicor.

Plesidippvs

Censen hodie despondebit eam mihi, quaéso?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid? patri etiam gratulabor cum illam invenit?
1270

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid matri eius?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid ergo censes?

Trachalio

Quod rogas,

censeo.

Plesidippvs

Dic ergo quanti censes?

Trachalio

Egone? censeo.

Plesidippvs

Adsum equidem, ne censionem semper facias.

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid si curram?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

An sic potius placide?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Etiamne eam ádveniens salutem?
1275

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Etiam patrem?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Post eius matrem?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid postea?

etiamne adveniens complectar eius patrem?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid matrem?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid eampse illam?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Perii, dilectum dimisit. nunc non censet, cum volo.

Trachalio

Sanus non es. sequere.—
1280

Plesidippvs

Duc me, mi patrone, quo libet. —

Notes on the current edition

Rudens, or The Fisherman's Rope

1. So I reckon: For the sake of mere nonsense, Trachalio begins to trifle with his master, by giving him the answer of censeo to everything he says; just as he gave his repeated answers of licet to Daemones before leaving

2. Do carry over: At sume quidem, though not given by Fleckeisen, has been here adopted as the reading. Censeo seems to mean to reckon up, as well as to think. Salmasius and Gronovius suggest, and with fair reason, that he means jocularly to say, Don’t be always reckoning, but cast up and carry over.

3. Closed his reckoning: Dilectum dimisit. This expression is explained by some Commentators as alluding to the enlisting of soldiers, to which the word censeo was applicable. The play on the word censeo throughout this Scene is enwrapt in great obscurity.

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PLESIDIPPUS Tell me all these things over again my life, my Trachalio, my freed-man, my patron, aye rather, my father; has Palaestra found her father and mother? 1265

TRACHALIO She has found them.

PLESIDIPPUS And is she my countrywoman?

TRACHALIO So I think.

PLESIDIPPUS And is she to marry me?

TRACHALIO So I suspect.

PLESIDIPPUS Prithee, do you reckon that he will betroth her to me?

TRACHALIO So I reckon 1 .

PLESIDIPPUS Well, shall I congratulate her father too upon his finding her? 1270

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Well, her mother too?

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS What then do you reckon?

TRACHALIO What you ask me, I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Tell me then how much do you reckon it at?

TRACHALIO What I, I reckon—

PLESIDIPPUS Then really, do carry over 2 . Don’t be always making a reckoning.

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS What if I run? (Pretends to run.)

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Or rather gently, this way? (He walks slowly.)

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Ought I to salute her as well when I arrive? 1275

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Her father too?

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS After that, her mother?

TRACHALIO So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS And what after that? When I arrive, should I also embrace her father?

TRACHALIO So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Well, her mother?

TRACHALIO So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Well, her own self?

TRACHALIO So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS Confusion, he has closed his reckoning 3 ; now when I wish him, he doesn’t reckon.

TRACHALIO You are not in your senses; follow me. 1280

PLESIDIPPUS Conduct me, my patron, where you please. (They go into the cottage of DAEMONES.)

Current edition Perseus

Plesidippvs Íterum mihi istaec omnia itera, mi anime, mi Trachalio, 1265 mi liberte, mi patrone potius, immo mi pater. repperit patrem Palaestra suom atque matrem?

Trachalio Repperit.

Plesidippvs Et popularis est?

Trachalio Opino.

Plesidippvs Et mihi nuptura est?

Trachalio Suspicor.

Plesidippvs Censen hodie despondebit eam mihi, quaéso?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid? patri etiam gratulabor cum illam invenit? 1270

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid matri eius?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid ergo censes?

Trachalio Quod rogas, censeo.

Plesidippvs Dic ergo quanti censes?

Trachalio Egone? censeo.

Plesidippvs Adsum equidem, ne censionem semper facias.

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid si curram?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs An sic potius placide?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Etiamne eam ádveniens salutem? 1275

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Etiam patrem?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Post eius matrem?

Trachalio Censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid postea? etiamne adveniens complectar eius patrem?

Trachalio Non censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid matrem?

Trachalio Non censeo.

Plesidippvs Quid eampse illam?

Trachalio Non censeo.

Plesidippvs Perii, dilectum dimisit. nunc non censet, cum volo.

Trachalio Sanus non es. sequere.— 1280

Plesidippvs Duc me, mi patrone, quo libet. —

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

PLESIDIPPUS

Tell me all these things over again my life, my Trachalio, my freed-man, my patron, aye rather, my father; has Palaestra found her father and mother?
1265

TRACHALIO

She has found them.

PLESIDIPPUS

And is she my countrywoman?

TRACHALIO

So I think.

PLESIDIPPUS

And is she to marry me?

TRACHALIO

So I suspect.

PLESIDIPPUS

Prithee, do you reckon that he will betroth her to me?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon¹.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, shall I congratulate her father too upon his finding her?
1270

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her mother too?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

What then do you reckon?

TRACHALIO

What you ask me, I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Tell me then how much do you reckon it at?

TRACHALIO

What I, I reckon—

PLESIDIPPUS

Then really, do carry over². Don’t be always making a reckoning.

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

What if I run?

(Pretends to run.)

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Or rather gently, this way?

(He walks slowly.)

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Ought I to salute her as well when I arrive?
1275

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Her father too?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

After that, her mother?

TRACHALIO

So I reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

And what after that? When I arrive, should I also embrace her father?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her mother?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Well, her own self?

TRACHALIO

So I don’t reckon.

PLESIDIPPUS

Confusion, he has closed his reckoning³; now when I wish him, he doesn’t reckon.

TRACHALIO

You are not in your senses; follow me.
1280

PLESIDIPPUS

Conduct me, my patron, where you please.

(They go into the cottage of DAEMONES.)

Plesidippvs

Íterum mihi istaec omnia itera, mi anime, mi Trachalio,
1265

mi liberte, mi patrone potius, immo mi pater.

repperit patrem Palaestra suom atque matrem?

Trachalio

Repperit.

Plesidippvs

Et popularis est?

Trachalio

Opino.

Plesidippvs

Et mihi nuptura est?

Trachalio

Suspicor.

Plesidippvs

Censen hodie despondebit eam mihi, quaéso?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid? patri etiam gratulabor cum illam invenit?
1270

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid matri eius?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid ergo censes?

Trachalio

Quod rogas,

censeo.

Plesidippvs

Dic ergo quanti censes?

Trachalio

Egone? censeo.

Plesidippvs

Adsum equidem, ne censionem semper facias.

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid si curram?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

An sic potius placide?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Etiamne eam ádveniens salutem?
1275

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Etiam patrem?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Post eius matrem?

Trachalio

Censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid postea?

etiamne adveniens complectar eius patrem?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid matrem?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Quid eampse illam?

Trachalio

Non censeo.

Plesidippvs

Perii, dilectum dimisit. nunc non censet, cum volo.

Trachalio

Sanus non es. sequere.—
1280

Plesidippvs

Duc me, mi patrone, quo libet. —