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459 (MYSIS. SIMO. DAVUS. LESBIA. GLYCERIUM.)

MYSIS

Ita pol quidem res est ut dixti Lesbia:

Fidelem haud ferme mulieri invenias virum.
460

SIMO

Ab Andria est ancilla haec.

DAVUS

Quid narras?

SIMO

Ita est.

MYSIS

Sed hic Pamphilus—

SIMO

Quid dicit?

MYSIS

firmavit fidem.

SIMO

Hem.

DAVUS

Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit.

MYSIS

Nam quod peperisset iussit tolli.

SIMO

O Iupiter!

Quid ego audio? Actum est siquidem haec vera praedicat.
465

LESBIA

Bonum ingenium narras adolescentis.

MYSIS

Optimum.

Sed sequere me intro, ne in mora illi sis.

LESBIA

Sequor.

DAVUS

Quod remedium nunc huic malo inveniam?

SIMO

Quid hoc?

Adeone est demens? Ex peregrina? Iam scio; ah!

Vix tandem sensi stolidus.
470

DAVUS

Quid hic sensisse ait?

SIMO

Haec primum adfertur iam mihi ab hoc fallacia:

Hanc simulant parere quo Chremetem absterreant.

GLYCERIUM

Iuno Lucina fer opem, serva me, obsecro.

SIMO

Hui tam cito? ridiculum: postquam ante ostium

Me audivit stare approperat. Non sat commode
475

Divisa sunt temporibus tibi, Dave, haec.

DAVUS

Mihin?

SIMO

Num immemor es discipuli?

DAVUS

Ego quid narres nescio.

SIMO

Hicine me si imparatum in veris nuptiis

Adortus esset quos mihi ludos redderet?

Nunc huius periclo fit, ego in portu navigo.
480

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.)

Translations (1)

Andria; or, The Fair Andrian Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 3.1 focus

459 (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.
460

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.

DAVUS

(apart to SIMO.)

What do you say?

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

It is so.

MYSIS

But this Pamphilus—

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

What is she saying?

MYSIS

Has proved his constancy.

SIMO

(apart.)

Hah!

DAVUS

(apart to himself.)

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.

SIMO

(apart.)

O Jupiter!

What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
465

LESBIA

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.

LESBIA

I’ll follow.

(MYSIS and LESBIA go into GLYCERIUM’s house.)

DAVUS

(aside.)

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.
470

DAVUS

(aside to himself.)

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.

GLYCERIUM

(exclaiming from within her house.)

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.
475

DAVUS

By me?

SIMO

Are your scholars forgetful? ²

DAY.

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.
480

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MYSIS Ita pol quidem res est ut dixti Lesbia: Fidelem haud ferme mulieri invenias virum. 460

SIMO Ab Andria est ancilla haec.

DAVUS Quid narras?

SIMO Ita est.

MYSIS Sed hic Pamphilus—

SIMO Quid dicit?

MYSIS firmavit fidem.

SIMO Hem.

DAVUS Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit.

MYSIS Nam quod peperisset iussit tolli.

SIMO O Iupiter! Quid ego audio? Actum est siquidem haec vera praedicat. 465

LESBIA Bonum ingenium narras adolescentis.

MYSIS Optimum. Sed sequere me intro, ne in mora illi sis.

LESBIA Sequor.

DAVUS Quod remedium nunc huic malo inveniam?

SIMO Quid hoc? Adeone est demens? Ex peregrina? Iam scio; ah! Vix tandem sensi stolidus. 470

DAVUS Quid hic sensisse ait?

SIMO Haec primum adfertur iam mihi ab hoc fallacia: Hanc simulant parere quo Chremetem absterreant.

GLYCERIUM Iuno Lucina fer opem, serva me, obsecro.

SIMO Hui tam cito? ridiculum: postquam ante ostium Me audivit stare approperat. Non sat commode 475 Divisa sunt temporibus tibi, Dave, haec.

DAVUS Mihin?

SIMO Num immemor es discipuli?

DAVUS Ego quid narres nescio.

SIMO Hicine me si imparatum in veris nuptiis Adortus esset quos mihi ludos redderet? Nunc huius periclo fit, ego in portu navigo. 480

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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. 460

SIMO (apart to DAVUS.) This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.

DAVUS (apart to SIMO.) What do you say?

SIMO (apart to DAVUS.) It is so.

MYSIS But this Pamphilus—

SIMO (apart to DAVUS.) What is she saying?

MYSIS Has proved his constancy.

SIMO (apart.) Hah!

DAVUS (apart to himself.) 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.

SIMO (apart.) O Jupiter! What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth. 465

LESBIA 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.

LESBIA I’ll follow. (MYSIS and LESBIA go into GLYCERIUM’s house.)

DAVUS (aside.) 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. 470

DAVUS (aside to himself.) 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.

GLYCERIUM (exclaiming from within her house.) 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. 475

DAVUS By me?

SIMO Are your scholars forgetful? 2

DAY. 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. 480

Stable identifiers

MYSIS

Ita pol quidem res est ut dixti Lesbia:

Fidelem haud ferme mulieri invenias virum.
460

SIMO

Ab Andria est ancilla haec.

DAVUS

Quid narras?

SIMO

Ita est.

MYSIS

Sed hic Pamphilus—

SIMO

Quid dicit?

MYSIS

firmavit fidem.

SIMO

Hem.

DAVUS

Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit.

MYSIS

Nam quod peperisset iussit tolli.

SIMO

O Iupiter!

Quid ego audio? Actum est siquidem haec vera praedicat.
465

LESBIA

Bonum ingenium narras adolescentis.

MYSIS

Optimum.

Sed sequere me intro, ne in mora illi sis.

LESBIA

Sequor.

DAVUS

Quod remedium nunc huic malo inveniam?

SIMO

Quid hoc?

Adeone est demens? Ex peregrina? Iam scio; ah!

Vix tandem sensi stolidus.
470

DAVUS

Quid hic sensisse ait?

SIMO

Haec primum adfertur iam mihi ab hoc fallacia:

Hanc simulant parere quo Chremetem absterreant.

GLYCERIUM

Iuno Lucina fer opem, serva me, obsecro.

SIMO

Hui tam cito? ridiculum: postquam ante ostium

Me audivit stare approperat. Non sat commode
475

Divisa sunt temporibus tibi, Dave, haec.

DAVUS

Mihin?

SIMO

Num immemor es discipuli?

DAVUS

Ego quid narres nescio.

SIMO

Hicine me si imparatum in veris nuptiis

Adortus esset quos mihi ludos redderet?

Nunc huius periclo fit, ego in portu navigo.
480

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.
460

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.

DAVUS

(apart to SIMO.)

What do you say?

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

It is so.

MYSIS

But this Pamphilus—

SIMO

(apart to DAVUS.)

What is she saying?

MYSIS

Has proved his constancy.

SIMO

(apart.)

Hah!

DAVUS

(apart to himself.)

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.

SIMO

(apart.)

O Jupiter!

What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
465

LESBIA

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.

LESBIA

I’ll follow.

(MYSIS and LESBIA go into GLYCERIUM’s house.)

DAVUS

(aside.)

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.
470

DAVUS

(aside to himself.)

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.

GLYCERIUM

(exclaiming from within her house.)

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.
475

DAVUS

By me?

SIMO

Are your scholars forgetful? ²

DAY.

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.
480