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796 (CRITO. MYSIS. DAVUS.)

CRITO

In hac habitasse platea dictum est Chrysidem

Quae sese inhoneste optavit parere hic divitias

Potius quam in patria honeste pauper viveret.

Eius morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona.

Sed quos perconter video. Salvete.
800

MYSIS

Obsecro

Quem video? Estne hic Crito sobrinus Chrysidis?

Is est.

CRITO

O Mysis, salve.

MYSIS

Salvus sis Crito.

CRITO

Itan Chrysis? hem.

MYSIS

Nos quidem pol miseras perdidit.

CRITO

Quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte?

MYSIS

Nosne? Sic

Ut quimus aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet.
805

CRITO

Quid Glycerium? iam hic suos parentes repperit?

MYSIS

Utinam.

CRITO

An nondum etiam? Haud auspicato huc me appuli:

Nam pol si id scissem nunquam huc tetulissem pedem:

Semper enim dicta est eius haec atque habita est soror:

Quae illius fuerunt possidet: nunc me hospitem
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Lites sequi quam id mihi sit facile atque utile

Aliorum exempla commonent: simul arbitror

Iam aliquem esse amicum et defensorem ei; nam fere

Grandiuscula iam profecta est illinc. Clamitent

Me sycophantam, hereditates persequi,
815

Mendicum: tum ipsam despoliare non licet.

MYSIS

O optime hospes pol Crito antiquum obtines.

CRITO

Duc me ad eam, quando huc veni, ut videam.

MYSIS

Maxime.

DAVUS

Sequar hos: nolo me in tempore hoc videat senex.

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.) — 4.5 focus

796 (Enter CRITO, looking about him.)

CRITO

(to himself.)

It was said that Chrysis used to live in this street, who preferred to gain wealth here dishonorably to living honestly as a poor woman in her own country: by her death that property has descended to me by law. ¹

But I see some persons of whom to make inquiry. (Accosting them.) Good-morrow to you.
800

MYSIS

Prithee, whom do I see? Isn’t this Crito, the kinsman of Chrysis? It is he.

CRITO

O Mysis, greetings to you.

MYSIS

Welcome to you, Crito.

CRITO

Is Chrysis then—? ² Alas!

MYSIS

Too truly. She has indeed left us poor creatures quite heart-broken.

CRITO

How fare you here, and in what fashion? Pretty well?

MYSIS

What, we? Just

as we can, as they say; since we can’t as we would.
805

CRITO

How is Glycerium? Has she discovered her parents yet?

MYSIS

I wish she had.

CRITO

What, not yet? With no favorable omen did I set out for this place; for, upon my faith, if I had known that, I never would have moved a foot hither. She was always said to be, and was looked upon as her sister;

what things were hers she is in possession of; now for me to begin a suit at law here, the precedents of others warn me, a stranger, ³ how easy and profitable a task it would be for me. At the same time, I suppose that by this she has got some friend and protector; for she was pretty nearly a grown-up girl when she left there. They would cry out
810

that I am a sharper; that, a pauper, I’m hunting after an inheritance; besides, I shouldn’t like to strip the girl herself.
815

MYSIS

O most worthy stranger! I’faith, Crito, you still adhere to your good old-fashioned ways.

CRITO

Lead me to her, since I have come hither, that I may see her.

MYSIS

By all means.

(They go into the house of GLYCERIUM.)

DAVUS

(to himself.)

I’ll follow them; I don’t wish the old man to see me at this moment.

(He follows MYSIS and CRITO.)

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Andria 4.5

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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CRITO

In hac habitasse platea dictum est Chrysidem

Quae sese inhoneste optavit parere hic divitias

Potius quam in patria honeste pauper viveret.

Eius morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona.

Sed quos perconter video. Salvete.
800

MYSIS

Obsecro

Quem video? Estne hic Crito sobrinus Chrysidis?

Is est.

CRITO

O Mysis, salve.

MYSIS

Salvus sis Crito.

CRITO

Itan Chrysis? hem.

MYSIS

Nos quidem pol miseras perdidit.

CRITO

Quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte?

MYSIS

Nosne? Sic

Ut quimus aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet.
805

CRITO

Quid Glycerium? iam hic suos parentes repperit?

MYSIS

Utinam.

MYSIS

O optime hospes pol Crito antiquum obtines.

CRITO

Duc me ad eam, quando huc veni, ut videam.

MYSIS

Maxime.

DAVUS

Sequar hos: nolo me in tempore hoc videat senex.

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MYSIS

Prithee, whom do I see? Isn’t this Crito, the kinsman of Chrysis? It is he.

CRITO

O Mysis, greetings to you.

MYSIS

Welcome to you, Crito.

CRITO

Is Chrysis then—? ² Alas!

MYSIS

Too truly. She has indeed left us poor creatures quite heart-broken.

CRITO

How fare you here, and in what fashion? Pretty well?

MYSIS

What, we? Just

as we can, as they say; since we can’t as we would.
805

CRITO

How is Glycerium? Has she discovered her parents yet?

MYSIS

I wish she had.

MYSIS

O most worthy stranger! I’faith, Crito, you still adhere to your good old-fashioned ways.

CRITO

Lead me to her, since I have come hither, that I may see her.

MYSIS

By all means.

DAVUS

(to himself.)

I’ll follow them; I don’t wish the old man to see me at this moment.

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CRITO In hac habitasse platea dictum est Chrysidem Quae sese inhoneste optavit parere hic divitias Potius quam in patria honeste pauper viveret. Eius morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona. Sed quos perconter video. Salvete. 800

MYSIS Obsecro Quem video? Estne hic Crito sobrinus Chrysidis? Is est.

CRITO O Mysis, salve.

MYSIS Salvus sis Crito.

CRITO Itan Chrysis? hem.

MYSIS Nos quidem pol miseras perdidit.

CRITO Quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte?

MYSIS Nosne? Sic Ut quimus aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet. 805

CRITO Quid Glycerium? iam hic suos parentes repperit?

MYSIS Utinam.

MYSIS O optime hospes pol Crito antiquum obtines.

CRITO Duc me ad eam, quando huc veni, ut videam.

MYSIS Maxime.

DAVUS Sequar hos: nolo me in tempore hoc videat senex.

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MYSIS Prithee, whom do I see? Isn’t this Crito, the kinsman of Chrysis? It is he.

CRITO O Mysis, greetings to you.

MYSIS Welcome to you, Crito.

CRITO Is Chrysis then—? 2 Alas!

MYSIS Too truly. She has indeed left us poor creatures quite heart-broken.

CRITO How fare you here, and in what fashion? Pretty well?

MYSIS What, we? Just as we can, as they say; since we can’t as we would. 805

CRITO How is Glycerium? Has she discovered her parents yet?

MYSIS I wish she had.

MYSIS O most worthy stranger! I’faith, Crito, you still adhere to your good old-fashioned ways.

CRITO Lead me to her, since I have come hither, that I may see her.

MYSIS By all means.

DAVUS (to himself.) I’ll follow them; I don’t wish the old man to see me at this moment.

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CRITO

In hac habitasse platea dictum est Chrysidem

Quae sese inhoneste optavit parere hic divitias

Potius quam in patria honeste pauper viveret.

Eius morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona.

Sed quos perconter video. Salvete.
800

MYSIS

Obsecro

Quem video? Estne hic Crito sobrinus Chrysidis?

Is est.

CRITO

O Mysis, salve.

MYSIS

Salvus sis Crito.

CRITO

Itan Chrysis? hem.

MYSIS

Nos quidem pol miseras perdidit.

CRITO

Quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte?

MYSIS

Nosne? Sic

Ut quimus aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet.
805

CRITO

Quid Glycerium? iam hic suos parentes repperit?

MYSIS

Utinam.

MYSIS

O optime hospes pol Crito antiquum obtines.

CRITO

Duc me ad eam, quando huc veni, ut videam.

MYSIS

Maxime.

DAVUS

Sequar hos: nolo me in tempore hoc videat senex.

MYSIS

Prithee, whom do I see? Isn’t this Crito, the kinsman of Chrysis? It is he.

CRITO

O Mysis, greetings to you.

MYSIS

Welcome to you, Crito.

CRITO

Is Chrysis then—? ² Alas!

MYSIS

Too truly. She has indeed left us poor creatures quite heart-broken.

CRITO

How fare you here, and in what fashion? Pretty well?

MYSIS

What, we? Just

as we can, as they say; since we can’t as we would.
805

CRITO

How is Glycerium? Has she discovered her parents yet?

MYSIS

I wish she had.

MYSIS

O most worthy stranger! I’faith, Crito, you still adhere to your good old-fashioned ways.

CRITO

Lead me to her, since I have come hither, that I may see her.

MYSIS

By all means.

DAVUS

(to himself.)

I’ll follow them; I don’t wish the old man to see me at this moment.