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872 (PAMPHILUS. SIMO. CHREMES.)

PAMPHILUS

Quis me vult? perii: pater est.

SIMO

Quid ais, omnium—?

CHREMES

Ah,

Rem potius ipsam dic, ac mitte male loqui.

SIMO

Quasi quicquam in hunc iam gravius dici possiet.

Ain tandem? civis Glycerium est?
875

PAMPHILUS

Ita praedicant.

SIMO

Ita praedicant! O ingentem confidentiam!

Num cogitat quid dicat? num facti piget?

Num eius color pudoris signum usquam indicat?

Adeo impotenti esse animo ut praeter civium

Morem atque legem et sui voluntatem patris
880

Tamen hanc habere studeat cum summo probro?

PAMPHILUS

Me miserum!

SIMO

Hem! modone id demum sensti Pamphile?

Olim istuc, olim, cum ita animum induxti tuum

Quod cuperes aliquo pacto efficiendum tibi,

Eodem die istuc verbum vere in te accidit.
885

Sed quid ego? cur me excrucio? cur me macero

Cur meam senectutem huius sollicito amentia? an

Ut pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam?

Immo habeat; valeat; vivat cum illa.

PAMPHILUS

Mi pater.

SIMO

Quid mi pater? quasi tu huius indigeas patris.
890

Domus, uxor, liberi inventi invito patre:

Adducti qui illam civem hinc dicant: viceris.

PAMPHILUS

Pater licetne pauca?

SIMO

Quid dices mihi?

CHREMES

Tamen Simo audi.

SIMO

Ego audiam? quid ego audiam

Chreme?
895

CHREMES

At tandem dicat sine.

SIMO

Age dicat; sino.

PAMPHILUS

Ego me amare hanc fateor: si id peccare est, fateor id quoque.

Tibi pater me dedo: quidvis oneris impone; impera.

Vis me uxorem ducere? hanc amittere? ut potero, feram.

Hoc modo te obsecro, ut ne credas a me allegatum hunc senem.

Sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam.
900

SIMO

Adducas!

PAMPHILUS

Sine, pater.

CHREMES

Aequum postulat: da veniam.

PAMPHILUS

Sine te hoc exorem.

SIMO

Sino.

Quidvis cupio dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar Chreme.

CHREMES

Pro peccato magno paulum supplici satis est patri.

Andria. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 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.) — 5.3 focus

872 (Enter PAMPHILUS in haste from GLYCERIUM’s house.)

PAMPHILUS

Who is it that wants me? (Aside.) I’m undone! it’s my father.

SIMO

What say you, of all men, the —?

CHREMES

Oh! rather speak about the matter itself, and forbear to use harsh language.

SIMO

As if any thing too severe could now be possibly said against him.

Pray, do you say that Glycerium is a citizen—
875

PAMPHILUS

So they say.

SIMO

So they say! Unparalleled assurance! does he consider what he says? Is he sorry for what he has done? Does his countenance, pray, at all betray any marks of shame? That he should be of mind so weak, as, without regard

to the custom and the law ¹ of his fellow-citizens, and the wish of his own father, to be anxious, in spite of every thing, to have her, to his own utter disgrace!
880

PAMPHILUS

Miserable that I am!

SIMO

Ha! have you at last found that out only just now, Pamphilus? Long since did that expression, long since, when you made up your mind, that what you desired must be effected by you at any price;

from that very day did that expression aptly befit you. But yet why do I torment myself? Why vex myself? Why worry my old age with this madness? Am I to suffer the punishment for his offenses? Nay then, let him have her, good-by to him, let him pass his life with her.
885

PAMPHILUS

My father—

SIMO

How, my father? As if you stood in any need of this father. Home, wife, and children, provided by you against the will of your father! People suborned, too, to say that she is a citizen of this place! You have gained your point.
890

PAMPHILUS

Father, may I say a few words?

SIMO

What can you say to me?

CHREMES

But, Simo, do hear him.

SIMO

I, hear him? Why should I hear him,

Chremes?
895

CHREMES

Still, however, do allow him to speak.

SIMO

Well then, let him speak: I allow him.

PAMPHILUS

I own that I love her; if that is committing a fault, I own that also. To you, father, do I subject myself. Impose on me any injunction you please; command me. Do you wish me to take a wife? Do you wish me to give her up? As well as I can I will endure it. This only I request of you, not to think that this old gentleman has been suborned by me.

Allow me to clear myself, and to bring him here before you.
900

SIMO

To bring him here?

PAMPHILUS

Do allow me, father.

CHREMES

He asks what’s reasonable; do give him leave.

PAMPHILUS

Allow me to obtain thus much of you.

SIMO

I allow it. I desire any thing, so long as I find, Chremes, that I have not been deceived by him.

(PAMPHILUS goes into the house of GLYCERIUM.)

CHREMES

For a great offense, a slight punishment ought to satisfy a father.

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PAMPHILUS Quis me vult? perii: pater est.

SIMO Quid ais, omnium—?

CHREMES Ah, Rem potius ipsam dic, ac mitte male loqui.

SIMO Quasi quicquam in hunc iam gravius dici possiet. Ain tandem? civis Glycerium est? 875

PAMPHILUS Ita praedicant.

SIMO Ita praedicant! O ingentem confidentiam! Num cogitat quid dicat? num facti piget? Num eius color pudoris signum usquam indicat? Adeo impotenti esse animo ut praeter civium Morem atque legem et sui voluntatem patris 880 Tamen hanc habere studeat cum summo probro?

PAMPHILUS Me miserum!

PAMPHILUS Mi pater.

SIMO Quid mi pater? quasi tu huius indigeas patris. 890 Domus, uxor, liberi inventi invito patre: Adducti qui illam civem hinc dicant: viceris.

PAMPHILUS Pater licetne pauca?

SIMO Quid dices mihi?

CHREMES Tamen Simo audi.

SIMO Ego audiam? quid ego audiam Chreme? 895

CHREMES At tandem dicat sine.

SIMO Age dicat; sino.

PAMPHILUS Ego me amare hanc fateor: si id peccare est, fateor id quoque. Tibi pater me dedo: quidvis oneris impone; impera. Vis me uxorem ducere? hanc amittere? ut potero, feram. Hoc modo te obsecro, ut ne credas a me allegatum hunc senem. Sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam. 900

SIMO Adducas!

PAMPHILUS Sine, pater.

CHREMES Aequum postulat: da veniam.

PAMPHILUS Sine te hoc exorem.

SIMO Sino. Quidvis cupio dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar Chreme.

CHREMES Pro peccato magno paulum supplici satis est patri.

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PAMPHILUS Who is it that wants me? (Aside.) I’m undone! it’s my father.

SIMO What say you, of all men, the —?

CHREMES Oh! rather speak about the matter itself, and forbear to use harsh language.

SIMO As if any thing too severe could now be possibly said against him. Pray, do you say that Glycerium is a citizen— 875

PAMPHILUS So they say.

PAMPHILUS Miserable that I am!

PAMPHILUS My father—

SIMO How, my father? As if you stood in any need of this father. Home, wife, and children, provided by you against the will of your father! People suborned, too, to say that she is a citizen of this place! You have gained your point. 890

PAMPHILUS Father, may I say a few words?

SIMO What can you say to me?

CHREMES But, Simo, do hear him.

SIMO I, hear him? Why should I hear him, Chremes? 895

CHREMES Still, however, do allow him to speak.

SIMO Well then, let him speak: I allow him.

SIMO To bring him here?

PAMPHILUS Do allow me, father.

CHREMES He asks what’s reasonable; do give him leave.

PAMPHILUS Allow me to obtain thus much of you.

SIMO I allow it. I desire any thing, so long as I find, Chremes, that I have not been deceived by him. (PAMPHILUS goes into the house of GLYCERIUM.)

CHREMES For a great offense, a slight punishment ought to satisfy a father.

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PAMPHILUS

Quis me vult? perii: pater est.

SIMO

Quid ais, omnium—?

CHREMES

Ah,

Rem potius ipsam dic, ac mitte male loqui.

SIMO

Quasi quicquam in hunc iam gravius dici possiet.

Ain tandem? civis Glycerium est?
875

PAMPHILUS

Ita praedicant.

SIMO

Ita praedicant! O ingentem confidentiam!

Num cogitat quid dicat? num facti piget?

Num eius color pudoris signum usquam indicat?

Adeo impotenti esse animo ut praeter civium

Morem atque legem et sui voluntatem patris
880

Tamen hanc habere studeat cum summo probro?

PAMPHILUS

Me miserum!

PAMPHILUS

Mi pater.

SIMO

Quid mi pater? quasi tu huius indigeas patris.
890

Domus, uxor, liberi inventi invito patre:

Adducti qui illam civem hinc dicant: viceris.

PAMPHILUS

Pater licetne pauca?

SIMO

Quid dices mihi?

CHREMES

Tamen Simo audi.

SIMO

Ego audiam? quid ego audiam

Chreme?
895

CHREMES

At tandem dicat sine.

SIMO

Age dicat; sino.

PAMPHILUS

Ego me amare hanc fateor: si id peccare est, fateor id quoque.

Tibi pater me dedo: quidvis oneris impone; impera.

Vis me uxorem ducere? hanc amittere? ut potero, feram.

Hoc modo te obsecro, ut ne credas a me allegatum hunc senem.

Sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam.
900

SIMO

Adducas!

PAMPHILUS

Sine, pater.

CHREMES

Aequum postulat: da veniam.

PAMPHILUS

Sine te hoc exorem.

SIMO

Sino.

Quidvis cupio dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar Chreme.

CHREMES

Pro peccato magno paulum supplici satis est patri.

PAMPHILUS

Who is it that wants me? (Aside.) I’m undone! it’s my father.

SIMO

What say you, of all men, the —?

CHREMES

Oh! rather speak about the matter itself, and forbear to use harsh language.

SIMO

As if any thing too severe could now be possibly said against him.

Pray, do you say that Glycerium is a citizen—
875

PAMPHILUS

So they say.

PAMPHILUS

Miserable that I am!

PAMPHILUS

My father—

SIMO

How, my father? As if you stood in any need of this father. Home, wife, and children, provided by you against the will of your father! People suborned, too, to say that she is a citizen of this place! You have gained your point.
890

PAMPHILUS

Father, may I say a few words?

SIMO

What can you say to me?

CHREMES

But, Simo, do hear him.

SIMO

I, hear him? Why should I hear him,

Chremes?
895

CHREMES

Still, however, do allow him to speak.

SIMO

Well then, let him speak: I allow him.

SIMO

To bring him here?

PAMPHILUS

Do allow me, father.

CHREMES

He asks what’s reasonable; do give him leave.

PAMPHILUS

Allow me to obtain thus much of you.

SIMO

I allow it. I desire any thing, so long as I find, Chremes, that I have not been deceived by him.

(PAMPHILUS goes into the house of GLYCERIUM.)

CHREMES

For a great offense, a slight punishment ought to satisfy a father.