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432 (DAVUS. SIMO.)

DAVUS

Hic nunc me credit aliquam sibi fallaciam

Portare, et ea me hic restitisse gratia.

SIMO

Quid Davus narrat?

DAVUS

Aeque quicquam nunc quidem.

SIMO

Nihilne? hem.
435

DAVUS

Nihil prorsus.

SIMO

Atqui expectabam quidem.

DAVUS

Praeter spem evenit: sentio: hoc male habet virum.

SIMO

Potin es mihi verum dicere?

DAVUS

Nihil facilius.

SIMO

Num illi molestae quippiam hae sunt nuptiae

Huiusce propter consuetudinem hospitae?

DAVUS

Nihil hercle: aut, si adeo, bidui est aut tridui
440

Haec sollicitudo: nosti: deinde desinet.

Etenim ipsus secum recta reputavit via.

SIMO

Laudo.

DAVUS

Dum licitum est ei, dumque aetas tulit,

Amavit: tum id clam: cavit ne umquam infamiae

Ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet:
445

Nunc uxore opus est: animum ad uxorem appulit.

SIMO

Subtristis visus est esse aliquantulum mihi.

DAVUS

Nil propter hanc rem: sed est quod succenset tibi.

SIMO

Quidnam est?

DAVUS

Puerile est.

SIMO

Quid est?

DAVUS

Nihil.

SIMO

Quin dic quid est?

DAVUS

Ait nimium parce facere sumptum.
450

SIMO

Mene?

DAVUS

Te.

Vix, inquit, drachmis est obsonatum decem:

Num filio videtur uxorem dare?

Quem, inquit, vocabo ad coenam meorum aequalium

Potissimum nunc? et, quod dicendum hic siet,

Tu quoque perparce nimium. Non laudo.
455

SIMO

Tace.

DAVUS

Commovi.

SIMO

Ego istaec recte ut fiant videro.

Quidnam hoc rei est? quid hic vult veterator sibi?

Nam si hic mali est quicquam, hem illic est huic rei caput.

Andria. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 1857.

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Andria (Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.)

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Andria; or, The Fair Andrian Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 2.6 focus

432 (SIMO and DAVUS.)

DAVUS

(aside, coming away from the door of the house.)

He now supposes that I’m bringing some trick to bear against him, and that on that account I’ve remained here.

SIMO

What does he say, Davus?¹

DAVUS

Just as much as nothing.²

SIMO

What, nothing? Eh?
435

DAVUS

Nothing at all.

SIMO

And yet I certainly was expecting something.

DAVUS

It has turned out contrary to your expectations. (Aside.) I perceive it; this vexes the man.

SIMO

Are you able to tell me the truth?

DAVUS

I? Nothing more easy.

SIMO

Is this marriage at all disagreeable to him, on account of his intimacy with this foreign woman?

DAVUS

No, faith; or if at all, it is a two or three days’ annoyance this—you understand. It will then cease. Moreover, he himself has thought over this matter in a proper way.
440

SIMO

I commend him.

DAVUS

While it was allowed him, and while his years prompted him,

he intrigued; even then it was secretly. He took precaution that that circumstance should never be a cause of disgrace to him, as behooves a man of principle;

now that he must have a wife, he has set his mind upon a wife.

SIMO

He seemed to me to be somewhat melancholy in a slight degree.

DAVUS

Not at all on account of her, but there’s something he blames you for.

SIMO

What is it, pray?

DAVUS

It’s a childish thing.

SIMO

What is it?

DAVUS

Nothing at all.

SIMO

Nay but, tell me what it is.

DAVUS

He says that you are making too sparing preparations.
450

SIMO

What, I?

DAVUS

You.—He says that there has hardly been fare provided to the amount of ten drachmae.³— Does he seem to be bestowing a wife on his son? Which one now, in preference, of my companions shall I invite to the dinner? And, it must be owned,

you really are providing too parsimoniously—I do not commend you.
455

SIMO

Hold your tongue.

DAVUS

(aside.)

I’ve touched him up.

SIMO

I’ll see that these things are properly done. (DAVUS goes into the house.) What’s the meaning of this? What does this old rogue mean? But if there’s any knavery here, why, he’s sure to be the source of the mischief.

(Goes into his house.)

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DAVUS Hic nunc me credit aliquam sibi fallaciam Portare, et ea me hic restitisse gratia.

SIMO Quid Davus narrat?

DAVUS Aeque quicquam nunc quidem.

SIMO Nihilne? hem. 435

DAVUS Nihil prorsus.

SIMO Atqui expectabam quidem.

DAVUS Praeter spem evenit: sentio: hoc male habet virum.

SIMO Potin es mihi verum dicere?

DAVUS Nihil facilius.

SIMO Num illi molestae quippiam hae sunt nuptiae Huiusce propter consuetudinem hospitae?

DAVUS Nihil hercle: aut, si adeo, bidui est aut tridui 440 Haec sollicitudo: nosti: deinde desinet. Etenim ipsus secum recta reputavit via.

SIMO Laudo.

DAVUS Dum licitum est ei, dumque aetas tulit, Amavit: tum id clam: cavit ne umquam infamiae Ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet: 445 Nunc uxore opus est: animum ad uxorem appulit.

SIMO Subtristis visus est esse aliquantulum mihi.

DAVUS Nil propter hanc rem: sed est quod succenset tibi.

SIMO Quidnam est?

DAVUS Puerile est.

SIMO Quid est?

DAVUS Nihil.

SIMO Quin dic quid est?

DAVUS Ait nimium parce facere sumptum. 450

SIMO Mene?

DAVUS Te. Vix, inquit, drachmis est obsonatum decem: Num filio videtur uxorem dare? Quem, inquit, vocabo ad coenam meorum aequalium Potissimum nunc? et, quod dicendum hic siet, Tu quoque perparce nimium. Non laudo. 455

SIMO Tace.

DAVUS Commovi.

SIMO Ego istaec recte ut fiant videro. Quidnam hoc rei est? quid hic vult veterator sibi? Nam si hic mali est quicquam, hem illic est huic rei caput.

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DAVUS (aside, coming away from the door of the house.) He now supposes that I’m bringing some trick to bear against him, and that on that account I’ve remained here.

SIMO What does he say, Davus? 1

DAVUS Just as much as nothing. 2

SIMO What, nothing? Eh? 435

DAVUS Nothing at all.

SIMO And yet I certainly was expecting something.

DAVUS It has turned out contrary to your expectations. (Aside.) I perceive it; this vexes the man.

SIMO Are you able to tell me the truth?

DAVUS I? Nothing more easy.

SIMO Is this marriage at all disagreeable to him, on account of his intimacy with this foreign woman?

DAVUS No, faith; or if at all, it is a two or three days’ annoyance this—you understand. It will then cease. Moreover, he himself has thought over this matter in a proper way. 440

SIMO I commend him.

DAVUS While it was allowed him, and while his years prompted him, he intrigued; even then it was secretly. He took precaution that that circumstance should never be a cause of disgrace to him, as behooves a man of principle; now that he must have a wife, he has set his mind upon a wife.

SIMO He seemed to me to be somewhat melancholy in a slight degree.

DAVUS Not at all on account of her, but there’s something he blames you for.

SIMO What is it, pray?

DAVUS It’s a childish thing.

SIMO What is it?

DAVUS Nothing at all.

SIMO Nay but, tell me what it is.

DAVUS He says that you are making too sparing preparations. 450

SIMO What, I?

SIMO Hold your tongue.

DAVUS (aside.) I’ve touched him up.

SIMO I’ll see that these things are properly done. (DAVUS goes into the house.) What’s the meaning of this? What does this old rogue mean? But if there’s any knavery here, why, he’s sure to be the source of the mischief.

Stable identifiers

DAVUS

Hic nunc me credit aliquam sibi fallaciam

Portare, et ea me hic restitisse gratia.

SIMO

Quid Davus narrat?

DAVUS

Aeque quicquam nunc quidem.

SIMO

Nihilne? hem.
435

DAVUS

Nihil prorsus.

SIMO

Atqui expectabam quidem.

DAVUS

Praeter spem evenit: sentio: hoc male habet virum.

SIMO

Potin es mihi verum dicere?

DAVUS

Nihil facilius.

SIMO

Num illi molestae quippiam hae sunt nuptiae

Huiusce propter consuetudinem hospitae?

DAVUS

Nihil hercle: aut, si adeo, bidui est aut tridui
440

Haec sollicitudo: nosti: deinde desinet.

Etenim ipsus secum recta reputavit via.

SIMO

Laudo.

DAVUS

Dum licitum est ei, dumque aetas tulit,

Amavit: tum id clam: cavit ne umquam infamiae

Ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet:
445

Nunc uxore opus est: animum ad uxorem appulit.

SIMO

Subtristis visus est esse aliquantulum mihi.

DAVUS

Nil propter hanc rem: sed est quod succenset tibi.

SIMO

Quidnam est?

DAVUS

Puerile est.

SIMO

Quid est?

DAVUS

Nihil.

SIMO

Quin dic quid est?

DAVUS

Ait nimium parce facere sumptum.
450

SIMO

Mene?

DAVUS

Te.

Vix, inquit, drachmis est obsonatum decem:

Num filio videtur uxorem dare?

Quem, inquit, vocabo ad coenam meorum aequalium

Potissimum nunc? et, quod dicendum hic siet,

Tu quoque perparce nimium. Non laudo.
455

SIMO

Tace.

DAVUS

Commovi.

SIMO

Ego istaec recte ut fiant videro.

Quidnam hoc rei est? quid hic vult veterator sibi?

Nam si hic mali est quicquam, hem illic est huic rei caput.

DAVUS

(aside, coming away from the door of the house.)

He now supposes that I’m bringing some trick to bear against him, and that on that account I’ve remained here.

SIMO

What does he say, Davus?¹

DAVUS

Just as much as nothing.²

SIMO

What, nothing? Eh?
435

DAVUS

Nothing at all.

SIMO

And yet I certainly was expecting something.

DAVUS

It has turned out contrary to your expectations. (Aside.) I perceive it; this vexes the man.

SIMO

Are you able to tell me the truth?

DAVUS

I? Nothing more easy.

SIMO

Is this marriage at all disagreeable to him, on account of his intimacy with this foreign woman?

DAVUS

No, faith; or if at all, it is a two or three days’ annoyance this—you understand. It will then cease. Moreover, he himself has thought over this matter in a proper way.
440

SIMO

I commend him.

DAVUS

While it was allowed him, and while his years prompted him,

he intrigued; even then it was secretly. He took precaution that that circumstance should never be a cause of disgrace to him, as behooves a man of principle;

now that he must have a wife, he has set his mind upon a wife.

SIMO

He seemed to me to be somewhat melancholy in a slight degree.

DAVUS

Not at all on account of her, but there’s something he blames you for.

SIMO

What is it, pray?

DAVUS

It’s a childish thing.

SIMO

What is it?

DAVUS

Nothing at all.

SIMO

Nay but, tell me what it is.

DAVUS

He says that you are making too sparing preparations.
450

SIMO

What, I?

SIMO

Hold your tongue.

DAVUS

(aside.)

I’ve touched him up.

SIMO

I’ll see that these things are properly done. (DAVUS goes into the house.) What’s the meaning of this? What does this old rogue mean? But if there’s any knavery here, why, he’s sure to be the source of the mischief.