Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Andria, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 1.4

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228 (MYSIS.)

MYSIS

Audivi Archylis iamdudum: Lesbiam adduci iubes.

Sane pol illa temulenta est mulier et temeraria,

Nec satis digna cui committas primo partu mulierem;
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Tamen eam adducam. Importunitatem spectate aniculae,

Quia compotrix eius est. Di date facultatem obsecro

Huic pariundi, atque illi in aliis potius peccandi locum.

Sed quidnam Pamphilum exanimatum video? Vereor quid siet.

Opperiar ut sciam numquidnam haec turbae tristitia adferat.
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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.) — 1.4 focus

228 (Enter MYSIS from the house of GLYCERIUM.)

MYSIS

(speaking at the door to Archylis within.)

I’ve heard you already, Archylis; you request Lesbia to be fetched. Really, upon my faith, she is a wine-bibbing¹ and a rash woman,

and not sufficiently trustworthy for you to commit to her care a female at her first delivery; is she still to be brought? (She receives an answer from within, and comes forward.) Do look at the inconsiderateness of the old woman; because she is her pot-companion. Ye Gods, I do entreat you, give her ease in her delivery, and to that woman an opportunity of making her mistakes elsewhere in preference. But why do I see Pamphilus so out of spirits? I fear what it may be.
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I’ll wait, that I may know whether this sorrow portends any disaster.
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(Stands apart.)

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Andria 1.4

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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