T. Maccius Plautus, Rudens, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.7

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1227

Gripvs

Quam mox licet te compellare, Daemones?

Daemones

Quid est negoti, Gripe?

Gripvs

De illo vidulo:

si sapias, sapias; habeas quod di dant boni.

Daemones

Aequom videtur tibi, ut ego, alienum quod est,
1230

meum esse dicam?

Gripvs

Quodne ego inveni in mari?

Daemones

Tanto illi melius optigit qui perdidit;

tuom esse nihilo magis oportet vidulum.

Gripvs

Isto tu pauper es, quom nimis sancte pius.

Daemones

O Gripe, Gripe, in aetate hominum plurimae
1235

fiunt trasennae, ubi decipiuntur dolis.

atque edepol in eas plerumque esca imponitur:

quam si quis avidus poscit escam avariter,

decipitur in trasenna avaritia sua.

ille quí consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
1240

diutine uti bene licet partum bene.

mihi istaéc videtur praeda praedatum irier,

ut cum maiore dote abeat quam advenerit.

egone ut quod ad me allatum esse alienum sciam,

celem? minime istuc faciet noster Daemones.
1245

semper cavere hoc sapientis aequissimumst,

ne conscii sint ipsi malefici suis.

ego mihi cum † lusi nil moror ullum lucrum.

Gripvs

Spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istúnc modum

sapienter dicta dicere atque eis plaudier,
1250

cum illos sapientis mores monstrabant poplo:

sed cum inde suam quisque ibant divorsi domum,

nullus erat illo pacto ut illi iusserant.

Daemones

Abi intro, ne molestu's molestus es, linguae tempera.

ego tibi daturus nil sum, ne tu frustra sis.
1255

Gripvs

At ego deos quaeso, ut quidquid ín illo vidulost,

si aurum si argentum est, omne id ut fiat cinis.—

Daemones

Illuc est quod nos nequam servis utimur.

nam illic cum † servo si quo congressus foret,

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret;
1260

dum praedam habere se censeret, interim

praeda ipsus esset, praeda praedam duceret.

nunc hinc intro ibo et sacrificabo, postibi

iubebo nobis cenam continuo coqui.—

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.) — 4.7 focus

1227 (Enter GRIPUS, from the cottage.)

GRIPUS

How soon may I have a word with you, Daemones?

DAEMONES

What’s your business, Gripus?

GRIPUS

Touching that wallet, if you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the Gods provide you.

DAEMONES

Does it seem right to you, that, what belongs to another I should assert to be my own?
1230

GRIPUS

What, not a thing that I found in the sea?

DAEMONES

So much the better does it happen for him who lost it; none the more is it necessary that it should be your wallet.

GRIPUS

For this reason are you poor because you are too scrupulously righteous.

DAEMONES

O Gripus, Gripus, in the life of man very many traps there are, in what they are deceived by guile. And, by my troth, full often is a bait placed in them, which bait if any greedy person greedily snaps at, through his own greediness he is caught in the trap.
1235

He who prudently, skilfully, and warily, takes precaution, full long he may enjoy that which is honestly acquired. This booty seems to me¹ to be about to be made a booty of by me, that it may go hence with a greater blessing than it first came. What, ought I to conceal what I know was brought to me as belonging to another?
1240

By no means will my friend Daemones do that. ’Tis ever most becoming for prudent men to be on their guard against this, that they be not themselves confederates with their servants in evil-doing. Except only when I’m gaming, I don’t care for any gain.
1245

GRIPUS

At times, I’ve seen the Comedians, when acting, in this fashion

repeat sayings in a wise manner, and be applauded for them, when they pointed out this prudent conduct to the public. But when each person went thence his own way home, there wasn’t one after the fashion which they had recommended.
1250

DAEMONES

Go in-doors, don’t be troublesome, moderate your tongue. I’m going to give you nothing, don’t you deceive yourself.

GRIPUS

(apart.)

Then I pray the Gods that whatever’s in that wallet, whether it’s gold, or whether silver, it may all become ashes.

(Goes into the cottage.)

DAEMONES

This is the reason why we have bad servants. For this master, if he had combined with any servant,

would have made both himself and the other guilty of a theft. While he was thinking that he himself had made a capture, in the meantime he himself would have been made a capture: capture would have led to capture. Now will I go in-doors from here and sacrifice; after that, I’ll at once order the dinner to be cooked for us.
1260
(Goes into the cottage.)

T. Maccius Plautus Rudens 4.7

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Gripvs

Quam mox licet te compellare, Daemones?

Daemones

Quid est negoti, Gripe?

Gripvs

De illo vidulo:

si sapias, sapias; habeas quod di dant boni.

Daemones

Aequom videtur tibi, ut ego, alienum quod est,
1230

meum esse dicam?

Gripvs

Quodne ego inveni in mari?

Daemones

Tanto illi melius optigit qui perdidit;

tuom esse nihilo magis oportet vidulum.

Gripvs

Isto tu pauper es, quom nimis sancte pius.

Gripvs

Spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istúnc modum

sapienter dicta dicere atque eis plaudier,
1250

cum illos sapientis mores monstrabant poplo:

sed cum inde suam quisque ibant divorsi domum,

nullus erat illo pacto ut illi iusserant.

Daemones

Abi intro, ne molestu's molestus es, linguae tempera.

ego tibi daturus nil sum, ne tu frustra sis.
1255

Gripvs

At ego deos quaeso, ut quidquid ín illo vidulost,

si aurum si argentum est, omne id ut fiat cinis.—

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GRIPUS

How soon may I have a word with you, Daemones?

DAEMONES

What’s your business, Gripus?

GRIPUS

Touching that wallet, if you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the Gods provide you.

DAEMONES

Does it seem right to you, that, what belongs to another I should assert to be my own?
1230

GRIPUS

What, not a thing that I found in the sea?

DAEMONES

So much the better does it happen for him who lost it; none the more is it necessary that it should be your wallet.

GRIPUS

For this reason are you poor because you are too scrupulously righteous.

DAEMONES

Go in-doors, don’t be troublesome, moderate your tongue. I’m going to give you nothing, don’t you deceive yourself.

GRIPUS

(apart.)

Then I pray the Gods that whatever’s in that wallet, whether it’s gold, or whether silver, it may all become ashes.

(Goes into the cottage.)

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Gripvs Quam mox licet te compellare, Daemones?

Daemones Quid est negoti, Gripe?

Gripvs De illo vidulo: si sapias, sapias; habeas quod di dant boni.

Daemones Aequom videtur tibi, ut ego, alienum quod est, 1230 meum esse dicam?

Gripvs Quodne ego inveni in mari?

Daemones Tanto illi melius optigit qui perdidit; tuom esse nihilo magis oportet vidulum.

Gripvs Isto tu pauper es, quom nimis sancte pius.

Gripvs Spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istúnc modum sapienter dicta dicere atque eis plaudier, 1250 cum illos sapientis mores monstrabant poplo: sed cum inde suam quisque ibant divorsi domum, nullus erat illo pacto ut illi iusserant.

Daemones Abi intro, ne molestu's molestus es, linguae tempera. ego tibi daturus nil sum, ne tu frustra sis. 1255

Gripvs At ego deos quaeso, ut quidquid ín illo vidulost, si aurum si argentum est, omne id ut fiat cinis.—

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GRIPUS How soon may I have a word with you, Daemones?

DAEMONES What’s your business, Gripus?

GRIPUS Touching that wallet, if you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the Gods provide you.

DAEMONES Does it seem right to you, that, what belongs to another I should assert to be my own? 1230

GRIPUS What, not a thing that I found in the sea?

DAEMONES So much the better does it happen for him who lost it; none the more is it necessary that it should be your wallet.

GRIPUS For this reason are you poor because you are too scrupulously righteous.

DAEMONES Go in-doors, don’t be troublesome, moderate your tongue. I’m going to give you nothing, don’t you deceive yourself.

GRIPUS (apart.) Then I pray the Gods that whatever’s in that wallet, whether it’s gold, or whether silver, it may all become ashes. (Goes into the cottage.)

Stable identifiers

Gripvs

Quam mox licet te compellare, Daemones?

Daemones

Quid est negoti, Gripe?

Gripvs

De illo vidulo:

si sapias, sapias; habeas quod di dant boni.

Daemones

Aequom videtur tibi, ut ego, alienum quod est,
1230

meum esse dicam?

Gripvs

Quodne ego inveni in mari?

Daemones

Tanto illi melius optigit qui perdidit;

tuom esse nihilo magis oportet vidulum.

Gripvs

Isto tu pauper es, quom nimis sancte pius.

Gripvs

Spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istúnc modum

sapienter dicta dicere atque eis plaudier,
1250

cum illos sapientis mores monstrabant poplo:

sed cum inde suam quisque ibant divorsi domum,

nullus erat illo pacto ut illi iusserant.

Daemones

Abi intro, ne molestu's molestus es, linguae tempera.

ego tibi daturus nil sum, ne tu frustra sis.
1255

Gripvs

At ego deos quaeso, ut quidquid ín illo vidulost,

si aurum si argentum est, omne id ut fiat cinis.—

GRIPUS

How soon may I have a word with you, Daemones?

DAEMONES

What’s your business, Gripus?

GRIPUS

Touching that wallet, if you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the Gods provide you.

DAEMONES

Does it seem right to you, that, what belongs to another I should assert to be my own?
1230

GRIPUS

What, not a thing that I found in the sea?

DAEMONES

So much the better does it happen for him who lost it; none the more is it necessary that it should be your wallet.

GRIPUS

For this reason are you poor because you are too scrupulously righteous.

DAEMONES

Go in-doors, don’t be troublesome, moderate your tongue. I’m going to give you nothing, don’t you deceive yourself.

GRIPUS

(apart.)

Then I pray the Gods that whatever’s in that wallet, whether it’s gold, or whether silver, it may all become ashes.

(Goes into the cottage.)