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Daemones

Aliquando osculando meliust, uxor, pausam fieri;
1205

atque adorna, ut rem divinam faciam, cum intro advenero,

Laribus familiaribus, cum auxerunt nostram familiam.

sunt domi agni et porci sacres. sed quid istúm remoramini,

mulieres, Trachalionem? atque optime eccum exit foras.

Trachalio

Vbi ubi erit, iam investigabo et mecum ad te adducam simul
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Plesidippum.

Daemones

Eloquere ut haec res optigit de filia;

eum roga, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Dicito daturum meam illi filiam uxorem.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Et patrem eius me novisse et mi esse cognatum.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Sed propera.
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Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Iam hic fac sit, cena ut curetur.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Omnian licet?

Trachalio

Licet. sed scin quid est quod te volo?

quod promisisti ut memineris, hodie ut liber sim.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Fac ut exores Plesidippum, ut me manu emittat.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Et tua filiá facito oret: facile exorabit.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Atque ut mi Ampelisca nubat, ubi ego sim liber.
1220

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Atque ut gratum mi beneficium factis experiar.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Omnian licet?

Daemones

Licet: tibi rursum refero gratiam.

sed propera ire in urbem actutum et recipe te huc rursum.

Trachalio

Licet.

iam hic ero. tu interibi adorna ceterum quod opust.—

Daemones

Licet.

Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia;
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ita meas replevit auris, quidquid memorabam, licet.

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

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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.) — 4.6 focus

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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.
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(Enter TRACHALIO, from the cottage.)

TRACHALIO

(speaking to those within.)

Wheresoever he shall be, I’ll seek Plesidippus out at once, and bring him together with me to you.
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DAEMONES

Tell him how this matter has fallen out about my daughter. Request him to leave other occupations and to come here.

TRACHALIO

Very well¹

DAEMONES

Tell him that I’ll give him my daughter for a wife.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

And that I knew his father, and that he is a relation of my own.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

But do make haste.
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TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

Take care and let a dinner be prepared here at once.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

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.

DAEMONES

Very well².

TRACHALIO

Take care and entreat Plesidippus to give me my freedom.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And let your daughter request it; she’ll easily prevail.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And that Ampelisca may marry me, when I’m a free man.
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DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And that I may experience a pleasing return to myself in kindness for my actions.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

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.

TRACHALIO

Very well. I’ll be here directly. In the meanwhile, do you make the other preparations that are necessary.

(Exit TRACHALIO.)

DAEMONES

Very well—

may Hercules ill befriend him with his very-welling³; he has so stuffed my ears with it. Whatever it was I said, very well was the answer.
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Daemones Aliquando osculando meliust, uxor, pausam fieri; 1205 atque adorna, ut rem divinam faciam, cum intro advenero, Laribus familiaribus, cum auxerunt nostram familiam. sunt domi agni et porci sacres. sed quid istúm remoramini, mulieres, Trachalionem? atque optime eccum exit foras.

Trachalio Vbi ubi erit, iam investigabo et mecum ad te adducam simul 1210 Plesidippum.

Daemones Eloquere ut haec res optigit de filia; eum roga, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat.

Trachalio Licet.

Daemones Dicito daturum meam illi filiam uxorem.

Trachalio Licet.

Daemones Et patrem eius me novisse et mi esse cognatum.

Trachalio Licet.

Daemones Sed propera. 1215

Trachalio Licet.

Daemones Iam hic fac sit, cena ut curetur.

Trachalio Licet.

Daemones Omnian licet?

Trachalio Licet. sed scin quid est quod te volo? quod promisisti ut memineris, hodie ut liber sim.

Daemones Licet.

Trachalio Fac ut exores Plesidippum, ut me manu emittat.

Daemones Licet.

Trachalio Et tua filiá facito oret: facile exorabit.

Daemones Licet.

Trachalio Atque ut mi Ampelisca nubat, ubi ego sim liber. 1220

Daemones Licet.

Trachalio Atque ut gratum mi beneficium factis experiar.

Daemones Licet.

Trachalio Omnian licet?

Daemones Licet: tibi rursum refero gratiam. sed propera ire in urbem actutum et recipe te huc rursum.

Trachalio Licet. iam hic ero. tu interibi adorna ceterum quod opust.—

Daemones Licet. Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia; 1225 ita meas replevit auris, quidquid memorabam, licet.

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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

DAEMONES 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

DAEMONES Tell him that I’ll give him my daughter for a wife.

TRACHALIO Very well.

DAEMONES And that I knew his father, and that he is a relation of my own.

TRACHALIO Very well.

DAEMONES But do make haste. 1215

TRACHALIO Very well.

DAEMONES Take care and let a dinner be prepared here at once.

TRACHALIO Very well.

DAEMONES 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.

DAEMONES Very well 2 .

TRACHALIO Take care and entreat Plesidippus to give me my freedom.

DAEMONES Very well.

TRACHALIO And let your daughter request it; she’ll easily prevail.

DAEMONES Very well.

TRACHALIO And that Ampelisca may marry me, when I’m a free man. 1220

DAEMONES Very well.

TRACHALIO And that I may experience a pleasing return to myself in kindness for my actions.

DAEMONES Very well.

TRACHALIO 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.

TRACHALIO Very well. I’ll be here directly. In the meanwhile, do you make the other preparations that are necessary. (Exit TRACHALIO.)

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

Stable identifiers

Daemones

Aliquando osculando meliust, uxor, pausam fieri;
1205

atque adorna, ut rem divinam faciam, cum intro advenero,

Laribus familiaribus, cum auxerunt nostram familiam.

sunt domi agni et porci sacres. sed quid istúm remoramini,

mulieres, Trachalionem? atque optime eccum exit foras.

Trachalio

Vbi ubi erit, iam investigabo et mecum ad te adducam simul
1210

Plesidippum.

Daemones

Eloquere ut haec res optigit de filia;

eum roga, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Dicito daturum meam illi filiam uxorem.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Et patrem eius me novisse et mi esse cognatum.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Sed propera.
1215

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Iam hic fac sit, cena ut curetur.

Trachalio

Licet.

Daemones

Omnian licet?

Trachalio

Licet. sed scin quid est quod te volo?

quod promisisti ut memineris, hodie ut liber sim.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Fac ut exores Plesidippum, ut me manu emittat.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Et tua filiá facito oret: facile exorabit.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Atque ut mi Ampelisca nubat, ubi ego sim liber.
1220

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Atque ut gratum mi beneficium factis experiar.

Daemones

Licet.

Trachalio

Omnian licet?

Daemones

Licet: tibi rursum refero gratiam.

sed propera ire in urbem actutum et recipe te huc rursum.

Trachalio

Licet.

iam hic ero. tu interibi adorna ceterum quod opust.—

Daemones

Licet.

Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia;
1225

ita meas replevit auris, quidquid memorabam, licet.

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

DAEMONES

Tell him how this matter has fallen out about my daughter. Request him to leave other occupations and to come here.

TRACHALIO

Very well¹

DAEMONES

Tell him that I’ll give him my daughter for a wife.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

And that I knew his father, and that he is a relation of my own.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

But do make haste.
1215

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

Take care and let a dinner be prepared here at once.

TRACHALIO

Very well.

DAEMONES

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.

DAEMONES

Very well².

TRACHALIO

Take care and entreat Plesidippus to give me my freedom.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And let your daughter request it; she’ll easily prevail.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And that Ampelisca may marry me, when I’m a free man.
1220

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

And that I may experience a pleasing return to myself in kindness for my actions.

DAEMONES

Very well.

TRACHALIO

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.

TRACHALIO

Very well. I’ll be here directly. In the meanwhile, do you make the other preparations that are necessary.

(Exit TRACHALIO.)

DAEMONES

Very well—

may Hercules ill befriend him with his very-welling³; he has so stuffed my ears with it. Whatever it was I said, very well was the answer.
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