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615

Trachalio

Pró Cyrenenses populares, vostram ego imploro fidem,
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agricolae, accolae propinqui qui estis his regionibus,

ferte opem inopiae atque exemplum pessumum pessum date.

vindicate, ne impiorum potior sit pollentia

quam innocentum, qui se scelere fieri nolunt nobiles.

statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,
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facite hic lege potius liceat quam vi victo vivere.

currite huc in Veneris fanum, vostram iterum imploro fidem,

qui prope hic adestis quique auditis clamorem meum,

ferte suppetias qui Veneri Veneriaeque antistitae

more antiquo in custodelam suom commiserunt caput,
625

praetorquete iniuriae prius cóllum quam ad vos pervenat.

Daemones

Quid istuc est negoti?

Trachalio

Per ego haec genua te optestor, senex,

quisquis es—

Daemones

Quin tu ergo omitte genua et quid sit mi expedi

quod tumultues.

Trachalio

Teque oro et quaeso, si speras tibi

hoc anno multum futurum sirpe et laserpicium
630

eamque eventuram exagogam Capuam salvam et sospitem,

atque ab lippitudine usque siccitas ut sit tibi,

Daemones

Sanun es?

Trachalio

Seu tibi confidis fore multam magudarim

ut te ne pigeat dare operam mihi quod te orabo, senex.

Daemones

At ego te per crura et talos tergumque obtestor tuom,
635

ut, tibi ulmeam ni deesse speres virgidemiam

et tibi eventuram hoc anno úberem messem mali,

ut mi istuc dicas negoti quid sit, quod tumultues.

Trachalio

Qui lubet maledicere? equidem tibi bona optavi omnia.

Daemones

Bene equidem tibi dico, qui te digna ut eveniant precor.
640

Trachalio

Obsecro, hoc praevortere ergo.

Daemones

Quid negotist?

Trachalio

Mulieres

duae innocentes intus hic sunt, tui indigentes auxili,

quibus advorsum ius legesque ínsignite iniuria hic

facta est fitque in Veneris fano; tum sacerdos Veneria

indigne adflictatur.
645

Daemones

Quis homo est tanta confidentia,

qui sacerdotem violare aúdet? sed eae mulieres

quae sunt? aut quid is iniqui fit?

Trachalio

Si das operam, eloquar.

Veneris signum sunt amplexae. nunc homo audacissimus

eas deripere volt. eas ámbas esse oportet liberas.

Daemones

Quis istic est qui deos tam parvi pendit? paucis expedi.
650

Trachalio

Fraudis sceleris parricidi periuri plenis simus,

legirupa impudens impurus inverecundissimus,

uno verbo absolvam, lenost: quid illum porro praedicem?

Daemones

Edepol infortunio hominem praedicas donabilem.

Trachalio

Qui sacerdoti scelestus faucis interpresserit.
655

Daemones

At malo cum magno suo fecít hercle. ite istinc foras,

Turbalio, Sparax. ubi estis?

Trachalio

I obsecro intro, subveni

illis.

Daemones

Iterum haud imperabo. sequimini hac.

Trachalio

Age nunciam,

iube oculos elidere, itidem ut sepiis faciunt coqui.

Daemones

Proripite hominem pedibus huc itidem quasi occisam suem.—
660

Trachalio

Audio tumultum. opinor, leno pugnis pectitur.

nimis velim improbissimo homini malas edentaverint.

sed eccas ipsae huc egrediuntur timidae e fano mulieres.

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

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

Translations (1)

Rudens, or The Fisherman's Rope Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 3.2 focus

615 (Enter TRACHALIO, in haste, from the Temple.)

TRACHALIO

(aloud.)

O citizens of Cyrene , I implore your aid, countrymen, you who are near neighbours to these spots, bring aid to helplessness, and utterly crush a most vile attempt. Inflict vengeance, that the power of the wicked, who wish themselves to be distinguished by crimes, may not be stronger than of the guiltless.
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Make an example for the shameless man, give its reward to modest virtue; cause that one may be allowed to live here rather under the control of the laws than of brute force. Hasten hither into the Temple of Venus; again do I implore your aid, you who are here at hand and who hear my cries.
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Bring assistance to those who, after the recognized usage, have entrusted their lives to Venus and to the Priestess of Venus, under their protection.

Wring ye the neck of iniquity before it reaches yourselves.

DAEMONES

What’s all this to-do?

TRACHALIO

(embracing his knees.)

By these knees of yours, I do entreat you, old gentleman, whoever you are—

DAEMONES

Nay, but do you let go my knees, then, and tell me why it is that you are making a noise?

TRACHALIO

I do beg and entreat you, that if you hope

this year that you will have abundance of laserwort and silphium¹, and that that export will arrive at Capua ² safe and sound, and that you may ever enjoy freedom from diseased eyes—
630

DAEMONES

Are you in your senses?

TRACHALIO

—Or whether you trust that you will have plenty of juice of silphium³, that you will not hesitate to give me the aid which I shall entreat of you, aged sir.

DAEMONES

And I, by your legs, and ancles, and back, do entreat you that, if you hope that you will have a crop of elm-twigs, and that a fruitful harvest of beatings will this year be your lot, you will tell me what’s the matter here, by reason of which you are making this uproar.
635

TRACHALIO

Why do you choose to speak me ill? For my part, I wished you everything that’s good.

DAEMONES

And for my part, I’m speaking you well, in praying that things which you deserve may befall you.
640

TRACHALIO

Prithee, do prevent this.

DAEMONES

What’s the matter, then?

TRACHALIO

(pointing to the Temple.)

Two innocent women are inside here, in need of your aid, on whom, against law and justice, an injury has been, is being, glaringly committed here in the Temple of Venus. Besides, the Priestess of Venus

is being disgracefully insulted.
645

DAEMONES

What person is there of effrontery so great as to dare to injure the Priestess? But these women, who are they? Or what injury is being done to them?

TRACHALIO

If you give me your attention, I’ll tell you. They have clung to the statue of Venus; a most audacious fellow is now trying to tear them away. They ought, by rights, both of them to be free.

DAEMONES

What fellow is it that so lightly holds the Gods? In a few words tell me.
650

TRACHALIO

One most full of fraud, villany, parricide, and perjury; a lawbreaker, an immodest, unclean, most shameless fellow; to sum up all in one word, he is a Procurer; why need I say more about him?

DAEMONES

Troth now, you tell of a man that ought to be handed over to retribution.

TRACHALIO

A villain, to seize the Priestess by the throat.
655

DAEMONES

By my troth, but he has done it at his own great peril. (Calls aloud at his door.) Come you out of doors here, Turbalio and Sparax; where are you?

TRACHALIO

Prithee, do go in, and hasten to their rescue.

DAEMONES

(impatiently.)

And am I to call for them once more?

(from the cottage.)

DAEMONES

Follow me this way.⁴

TRACHALIO

Come on now this instant, bid them tear his eyes out, just in the way that cooks do cuttle-fish⁵.

DAEMONES

Drag the fellow out here by his legs, just like a slaughtered pig.
660
(DAEMONES and his SERVANTS go into the Temple.)

TRACHALIO

(listening at the door.)

I hear a scuffling; the Procurer, I guess, is being belaboured with their fists; I’d very much like them to knock the teeth out of the jaws of the most villanous fellow. But see, here are the women themselves coming out of the Temple in consternation.

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Daemones Quid istuc est negoti?

Trachalio Per ego haec genua te optestor, senex, quisquis es—

Daemones Quin tu ergo omitte genua et quid sit mi expedi quod tumultues.

Trachalio Teque oro et quaeso, si speras tibi hoc anno multum futurum sirpe et laserpicium 630 eamque eventuram exagogam Capuam salvam et sospitem, atque ab lippitudine usque siccitas ut sit tibi,

Daemones Sanun es?

Trachalio Seu tibi confidis fore multam magudarim ut te ne pigeat dare operam mihi quod te orabo, senex.

Daemones At ego te per crura et talos tergumque obtestor tuom, 635 ut, tibi ulmeam ni deesse speres virgidemiam et tibi eventuram hoc anno úberem messem mali, ut mi istuc dicas negoti quid sit, quod tumultues.

Trachalio Qui lubet maledicere? equidem tibi bona optavi omnia.

Daemones Bene equidem tibi dico, qui te digna ut eveniant precor. 640

Trachalio Obsecro, hoc praevortere ergo.

Daemones Quid negotist?

Trachalio Mulieres duae innocentes intus hic sunt, tui indigentes auxili, quibus advorsum ius legesque ínsignite iniuria hic facta est fitque in Veneris fano; tum sacerdos Veneria indigne adflictatur. 645

Daemones Quis homo est tanta confidentia, qui sacerdotem violare aúdet? sed eae mulieres quae sunt? aut quid is iniqui fit?

Trachalio Si das operam, eloquar. Veneris signum sunt amplexae. nunc homo audacissimus eas deripere volt. eas ámbas esse oportet liberas.

Daemones Quis istic est qui deos tam parvi pendit? paucis expedi. 650

Trachalio Fraudis sceleris parricidi periuri plenis simus, legirupa impudens impurus inverecundissimus, uno verbo absolvam, lenost: quid illum porro praedicem?

Daemones Edepol infortunio hominem praedicas donabilem.

Trachalio Qui sacerdoti scelestus faucis interpresserit. 655

Daemones At malo cum magno suo fecít hercle. ite istinc foras, Turbalio, Sparax. ubi estis?

Trachalio I obsecro intro, subveni illis.

Daemones Iterum haud imperabo. sequimini hac.

Trachalio Age nunciam, iube oculos elidere, itidem ut sepiis faciunt coqui.

Daemones Proripite hominem pedibus huc itidem quasi occisam suem.— 660

Trachalio Audio tumultum. opinor, leno pugnis pectitur. nimis velim improbissimo homini malas edentaverint. sed eccas ipsae huc egrediuntur timidae e fano mulieres.

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DAEMONES What’s all this to-do?

TRACHALIO (embracing his knees.) By these knees of yours, I do entreat you, old gentleman, whoever you are—

DAEMONES Nay, but do you let go my knees, then, and tell me why it is that you are making a noise?

TRACHALIO I do beg and entreat you, that if you hope this year that you will have abundance of laserwort and silphium 1 , and that that export will arrive at Capua 2 safe and sound, and that you may ever enjoy freedom from diseased eyes— 630

DAEMONES Are you in your senses?

TRACHALIO —Or whether you trust that you will have plenty of juice of silphium 3 , that you will not hesitate to give me the aid which I shall entreat of you, aged sir.

DAEMONES And I, by your legs, and ancles, and back, do entreat you that, if you hope that you will have a crop of elm-twigs, and that a fruitful harvest of beatings will this year be your lot, you will tell me what’s the matter here, by reason of which you are making this uproar. 635

TRACHALIO Why do you choose to speak me ill? For my part, I wished you everything that’s good.

DAEMONES And for my part, I’m speaking you well, in praying that things which you deserve may befall you. 640

TRACHALIO Prithee, do prevent this.

DAEMONES What’s the matter, then?

TRACHALIO (pointing to the Temple.) Two innocent women are inside here, in need of your aid, on whom, against law and justice, an injury has been, is being, glaringly committed here in the Temple of Venus. Besides, the Priestess of Venus is being disgracefully insulted. 645

DAEMONES What person is there of effrontery so great as to dare to injure the Priestess? But these women, who are they? Or what injury is being done to them?

TRACHALIO If you give me your attention, I’ll tell you. They have clung to the statue of Venus; a most audacious fellow is now trying to tear them away. They ought, by rights, both of them to be free.

DAEMONES What fellow is it that so lightly holds the Gods? In a few words tell me. 650

TRACHALIO One most full of fraud, villany, parricide, and perjury; a lawbreaker, an immodest, unclean, most shameless fellow; to sum up all in one word, he is a Procurer; why need I say more about him?

DAEMONES Troth now, you tell of a man that ought to be handed over to retribution.

TRACHALIO A villain, to seize the Priestess by the throat. 655

DAEMONES By my troth, but he has done it at his own great peril. (Calls aloud at his door.) Come you out of doors here, Turbalio and Sparax; where are you?

TRACHALIO Prithee, do go in, and hasten to their rescue.

DAEMONES (impatiently.) And am I to call for them once more? (from the cottage.)

DAEMONES Follow me this way. 4

TRACHALIO Come on now this instant, bid them tear his eyes out, just in the way that cooks do cuttle-fish 5 .

DAEMONES Drag the fellow out here by his legs, just like a slaughtered pig. 660 (DAEMONES and his SERVANTS go into the Temple.)

TRACHALIO (listening at the door.) I hear a scuffling; the Procurer, I guess, is being belaboured with their fists; I’d very much like them to knock the teeth out of the jaws of the most villanous fellow. But see, here are the women themselves coming out of the Temple in consternation.

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Daemones

Quid istuc est negoti?

Trachalio

Per ego haec genua te optestor, senex,

quisquis es—

Daemones

Quin tu ergo omitte genua et quid sit mi expedi

quod tumultues.

Trachalio

Teque oro et quaeso, si speras tibi

hoc anno multum futurum sirpe et laserpicium
630

eamque eventuram exagogam Capuam salvam et sospitem,

atque ab lippitudine usque siccitas ut sit tibi,

Daemones

Sanun es?

Trachalio

Seu tibi confidis fore multam magudarim

ut te ne pigeat dare operam mihi quod te orabo, senex.

Daemones

At ego te per crura et talos tergumque obtestor tuom,
635

ut, tibi ulmeam ni deesse speres virgidemiam

et tibi eventuram hoc anno úberem messem mali,

ut mi istuc dicas negoti quid sit, quod tumultues.

Trachalio

Qui lubet maledicere? equidem tibi bona optavi omnia.

Daemones

Bene equidem tibi dico, qui te digna ut eveniant precor.
640

Trachalio

Obsecro, hoc praevortere ergo.

Daemones

Quid negotist?

Trachalio

Mulieres

duae innocentes intus hic sunt, tui indigentes auxili,

quibus advorsum ius legesque ínsignite iniuria hic

facta est fitque in Veneris fano; tum sacerdos Veneria

indigne adflictatur.
645

Daemones

Quis homo est tanta confidentia,

qui sacerdotem violare aúdet? sed eae mulieres

quae sunt? aut quid is iniqui fit?

Trachalio

Si das operam, eloquar.

Veneris signum sunt amplexae. nunc homo audacissimus

eas deripere volt. eas ámbas esse oportet liberas.

Daemones

Quis istic est qui deos tam parvi pendit? paucis expedi.
650

Trachalio

Fraudis sceleris parricidi periuri plenis simus,

legirupa impudens impurus inverecundissimus,

uno verbo absolvam, lenost: quid illum porro praedicem?

Daemones

Edepol infortunio hominem praedicas donabilem.

Trachalio

Qui sacerdoti scelestus faucis interpresserit.
655

Daemones

At malo cum magno suo fecít hercle. ite istinc foras,

Turbalio, Sparax. ubi estis?

Trachalio

I obsecro intro, subveni

illis.

Daemones

Iterum haud imperabo. sequimini hac.

Trachalio

Age nunciam,

iube oculos elidere, itidem ut sepiis faciunt coqui.

Daemones

Proripite hominem pedibus huc itidem quasi occisam suem.—
660

Trachalio

Audio tumultum. opinor, leno pugnis pectitur.

nimis velim improbissimo homini malas edentaverint.

sed eccas ipsae huc egrediuntur timidae e fano mulieres.

DAEMONES

What’s all this to-do?

TRACHALIO

(embracing his knees.)

By these knees of yours, I do entreat you, old gentleman, whoever you are—

DAEMONES

Nay, but do you let go my knees, then, and tell me why it is that you are making a noise?

TRACHALIO

I do beg and entreat you, that if you hope

this year that you will have abundance of laserwort and silphium¹, and that that export will arrive at Capua ² safe and sound, and that you may ever enjoy freedom from diseased eyes—
630

DAEMONES

Are you in your senses?

TRACHALIO

—Or whether you trust that you will have plenty of juice of silphium³, that you will not hesitate to give me the aid which I shall entreat of you, aged sir.

DAEMONES

And I, by your legs, and ancles, and back, do entreat you that, if you hope that you will have a crop of elm-twigs, and that a fruitful harvest of beatings will this year be your lot, you will tell me what’s the matter here, by reason of which you are making this uproar.
635

TRACHALIO

Why do you choose to speak me ill? For my part, I wished you everything that’s good.

DAEMONES

And for my part, I’m speaking you well, in praying that things which you deserve may befall you.
640

TRACHALIO

Prithee, do prevent this.

DAEMONES

What’s the matter, then?

TRACHALIO

(pointing to the Temple.)

Two innocent women are inside here, in need of your aid, on whom, against law and justice, an injury has been, is being, glaringly committed here in the Temple of Venus. Besides, the Priestess of Venus

is being disgracefully insulted.
645

DAEMONES

What person is there of effrontery so great as to dare to injure the Priestess? But these women, who are they? Or what injury is being done to them?

TRACHALIO

If you give me your attention, I’ll tell you. They have clung to the statue of Venus; a most audacious fellow is now trying to tear them away. They ought, by rights, both of them to be free.

DAEMONES

What fellow is it that so lightly holds the Gods? In a few words tell me.
650

TRACHALIO

One most full of fraud, villany, parricide, and perjury; a lawbreaker, an immodest, unclean, most shameless fellow; to sum up all in one word, he is a Procurer; why need I say more about him?

DAEMONES

Troth now, you tell of a man that ought to be handed over to retribution.

TRACHALIO

A villain, to seize the Priestess by the throat.
655

DAEMONES

By my troth, but he has done it at his own great peril. (Calls aloud at his door.) Come you out of doors here, Turbalio and Sparax; where are you?

TRACHALIO

Prithee, do go in, and hasten to their rescue.

DAEMONES

(impatiently.)

And am I to call for them once more?

(from the cottage.)

DAEMONES

Follow me this way.⁴

TRACHALIO

Come on now this instant, bid them tear his eyes out, just in the way that cooks do cuttle-fish⁵.

DAEMONES

Drag the fellow out here by his legs, just like a slaughtered pig.
660
(DAEMONES and his SERVANTS go into the Temple.)

TRACHALIO

(listening at the door.)

I hear a scuffling; the Procurer, I guess, is being belaboured with their fists; I’d very much like them to knock the teeth out of the jaws of the most villanous fellow. But see, here are the women themselves coming out of the Temple in consternation.