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(Enter SIMO and DAVUS from the house of the former. MYSIS and LESBIA are coming toward the house of GLYCERIUM.)
MYSIS
(not seeing SIMO and DAVUS.)
Upon my faith, the fact is really as you mentioned, Lesbia,
you can hardly find a man constant to a woman.
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Upon my faith, the fact is really as you mentioned, Lesbia,
you can hardly find a man constant to a woman.
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SIMO
(apart to DAVUS.)
This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.
This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.
DAVUS
(apart to SIMO.)
What do you say?
What do you say?
SIMO
(apart to DAVUS.)
It is so.
It is so.
MYSIS
But this Pamphilus—
But this Pamphilus—
SIMO
(apart to DAVUS.)
What is she saying?
What is she saying?
MYSIS
Has proved his constancy.
Has proved his constancy.
SIMO
(apart.)
Hah!
Hah!
DAVUS
(apart to himself.)
I wish that either he were deaf, or she struck dumb.
I wish that either he were deaf, or she struck dumb.
MYSIS
For the child she brings forth, he has ordered to be brought up.
For the child she brings forth, he has ordered to be brought up.
SIMO
(apart.)
O
Jupiter!
What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
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O
Jupiter!
What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
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LESBIA
You mention a good disposition on the part of the young man.
You mention a good disposition on the part of the young man.
MYSIS
A most excellent one. But follow me in-doors, that you mayn’t keep her waiting.
A most excellent one. But follow me in-doors, that you mayn’t keep her waiting.
LESBIA
I’ll follow.
(MYSIS and LESBIA go into GLYCERIUM’s house.)
I’ll follow.
DAVUS
(aside.)
What remedy now shall I find for this mishap?
What remedy now shall I find for this mishap?
SIMO
(to himself aloud.)
What does this mean? Is he so infatuated? The child of a foreign woman? Now I understand; ah!
scarcely even at last, in my stupidity, have I found it out.
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What does this mean? Is he so infatuated? The child of a foreign woman? Now I understand; ah!
scarcely even at last, in my stupidity, have I found it out.
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DAVUS
(aside to himself.)
What does he say he has found out?
What does he say he has found out?
SIMO
(aside.)
This piece of knavery is being now for the first time palmed upon me by this fellow; they are pretending that she’s in labor, in order that they may alarm Chremes.
This piece of knavery is being now for the first time palmed upon me by this fellow; they are pretending that she’s in labor, in order that they may alarm Chremes.
GLYCERIUM
(exclaiming from within her house.)
Juno Lucina,
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grant me thine aid, save me, I do entreat thee!
Juno Lucina,
1
grant me thine aid, save me, I do entreat thee!
SIMO
Whew! so sudden? What nonsense! As soon as
she has heard that I’m standing before the door, she makes all haste. These incidents, Davus, have not been quite happily adapted by you as to the points of time.
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Whew! so sudden? What nonsense! As soon as
she has heard that I’m standing before the door, she makes all haste. These incidents, Davus, have not been quite happily adapted by you as to the points of time.
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DAVUS
By me?
By me?
SIMO
Are your scholars forgetful?
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Are your scholars forgetful?
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DAY.
I don’t know what you are talking about.
I don’t know what you are talking about.
SIMO
(aside.)
If he at the real marriage of my son had taken me off my guard, what sport he would have made of me.
Now it is at his own risk; I’m sailing in harbor.
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If he at the real marriage of my son had taken me off my guard, what sport he would have made of me.
Now it is at his own risk; I’m sailing in harbor.
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Andria. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). Henry Thomas Riley (Translator), George Colman (Translator). Ney York. 1874.
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