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1003 (SOSTRATA. CHREMES.)

SOSTRATA

Profecto nisi caves tu homo, aliquid gnato conficies mali:

Idque adeo miror quomodo

Tam ineptum quicquam tibi in mentem venire, mi vir, potuerit.
1005

CHREMES

Oh, pergin mulier esse? Nullamne ego rem unquam in vita mea

Volui quin tu in ea re mihi fueris adversatrix, Sostrata?

At si rogitem iam, quid est quod peccem, aut quamobrem hoc faciam, nescias:

In qua re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta.

SOSTRATA

Ego nescio?

CHREMES

Immo scis, potius quam quidem redeat ad integrum haec eadem oratio.
1010

SOSTRATA

Oh, iniquus es, qui me tacere de re tanta postules.

CHREMES

Non postulo: iam loquere: nihilo minus ego hoc faciam tamen.

SOSTRATA

Facies?

CHREMES

Verum.

SOSTRATA

Non vides quantum mali ex ea re excites?

Subditum se suspicatur.

CHREMES

Subditum, ain tu?

SOSTRATA

Certe sic erit, inquam, mi vir.

CHREMES

Confitere tuum non esse.
1015

SOSTRATA

Au obsecro te, istuc inimicis siet.

Egon confitear meum non esse filium qui sit meus?

CHREMES

Quid? metuis ne non, quum velis, convincas esse illum tuum?

SOSTRATA

Quod filia est inventa?

CHREMES

Non; sed, quod magis credendum siet,

Id quod est consimilis moribus,

Convincas facile ex te natum; nam tui similis est probe;
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Nam illi nihil viti est relictum, quin sit et idem tibi.

Tum praeterea talem nisi tu nulla pareret filium.

Sed ipse egreditur: quam severus ! rem cum videas, censeas.

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

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

Translations (1)

Heautontimorumenos; or, The Self-Tormenter Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 5.3 focus

1003 (Enter CHREMES and SOSTRATA from the house.)

SOSTRATA

Really, sir, if you don’t take care, you’ll be causing some mischief to your son; and indeed I do wonder at it,

my husband, how anything so foolish could ever come into your head.
1005

CHREMES

Oh, you persist in being the woman? Did I ever wish for any one thing in all my life, Sostrata, but that you were my contradicter on that occasion? And yet if I were now to ask you what it is that I have done amiss, or why you act thus, you would not know in what point you are now so obstinately opposing me in your folly.

SOSTRATA

I, not know?

CHREMES

Yes, rather, I should have said you do know; inasmuch as either expression amounts to the same thing.¹
1010

SOSTRATA

Alas! you are unreasonable to expect me to be silent in a matter of such importance.

CHREMES

I don’t expect it; talk on then, I shall still do it not a bit the less.

SOSTRATA

Will you do it?

CHREMES

Certainly.

SOSTRATA

Don’t you see how much evil you will be causing by that course?—He suspects himself to be a foundling.

CHREMES

Do you say so?

SOSTRATA

Assuredly it will be so.

CHREMES

Admit it.
1015

SOSTRATA

Hold now—prithee, let that be for our enemies. Am I to admit that he is not my son who really is?

CHREMES

What! are you afraid that you can not prove that he is yours, whenever you please?

SOSTRATA

Because my daughter has been found?²

CHREMES

No; but for a reason why it should be much sooner believed—because he is just like you in disposition,

you will easily prove that he is your child; for he is exactly like you; why, he has not a single vice left him but you have just the same. Then, besides, no woman could have been the mother of such a son but yourself. But he’s coming out of doors, and how demure! When you understand the matter, you may form your own conclusions.
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Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Heautontimorumenos 5.3

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SOSTRATA

Profecto nisi caves tu homo, aliquid gnato conficies mali:

Idque adeo miror quomodo

Tam ineptum quicquam tibi in mentem venire, mi vir, potuerit.
1005

CHREMES

Oh, pergin mulier esse? Nullamne ego rem unquam in vita mea

Volui quin tu in ea re mihi fueris adversatrix, Sostrata?

At si rogitem iam, quid est quod peccem, aut quamobrem hoc faciam, nescias:

In qua re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta.

SOSTRATA

Ego nescio?

CHREMES

Immo scis, potius quam quidem redeat ad integrum haec eadem oratio.
1010

SOSTRATA

Oh, iniquus es, qui me tacere de re tanta postules.

CHREMES

Non postulo: iam loquere: nihilo minus ego hoc faciam tamen.

SOSTRATA

Facies?

CHREMES

Verum.

SOSTRATA

Non vides quantum mali ex ea re excites?

Subditum se suspicatur.

CHREMES

Subditum, ain tu?

SOSTRATA

Certe sic erit, inquam, mi vir.

CHREMES

Confitere tuum non esse.
1015

SOSTRATA

Au obsecro te, istuc inimicis siet.

Egon confitear meum non esse filium qui sit meus?

CHREMES

Quid? metuis ne non, quum velis, convincas esse illum tuum?

SOSTRATA

Quod filia est inventa?

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SOSTRATA

Really, sir, if you don’t take care, you’ll be causing some mischief to your son; and indeed I do wonder at it,

my husband, how anything so foolish could ever come into your head.
1005

SOSTRATA

I, not know?

CHREMES

Yes, rather, I should have said you do know; inasmuch as either expression amounts to the same thing.¹
1010

SOSTRATA

Alas! you are unreasonable to expect me to be silent in a matter of such importance.

CHREMES

I don’t expect it; talk on then, I shall still do it not a bit the less.

SOSTRATA

Will you do it?

CHREMES

Certainly.

SOSTRATA

Don’t you see how much evil you will be causing by that course?—He suspects himself to be a foundling.

CHREMES

Do you say so?

SOSTRATA

Assuredly it will be so.

CHREMES

Admit it.
1015

SOSTRATA

Hold now—prithee, let that be for our enemies. Am I to admit that he is not my son who really is?

CHREMES

What! are you afraid that you can not prove that he is yours, whenever you please?

SOSTRATA

Because my daughter has been found?²

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SOSTRATA Profecto nisi caves tu homo, aliquid gnato conficies mali: Idque adeo miror quomodo Tam ineptum quicquam tibi in mentem venire, mi vir, potuerit. 1005

CHREMES Oh, pergin mulier esse? Nullamne ego rem unquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi fueris adversatrix, Sostrata? At si rogitem iam, quid est quod peccem, aut quamobrem hoc faciam, nescias: In qua re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta.

SOSTRATA Ego nescio?

CHREMES Immo scis, potius quam quidem redeat ad integrum haec eadem oratio. 1010

SOSTRATA Oh, iniquus es, qui me tacere de re tanta postules.

CHREMES Non postulo: iam loquere: nihilo minus ego hoc faciam tamen.

SOSTRATA Facies?

CHREMES Verum.

SOSTRATA Non vides quantum mali ex ea re excites? Subditum se suspicatur.

CHREMES Subditum, ain tu?

SOSTRATA Certe sic erit, inquam, mi vir.

CHREMES Confitere tuum non esse. 1015

SOSTRATA Au obsecro te, istuc inimicis siet. Egon confitear meum non esse filium qui sit meus?

CHREMES Quid? metuis ne non, quum velis, convincas esse illum tuum?

SOSTRATA Quod filia est inventa?

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SOSTRATA Really, sir, if you don’t take care, you’ll be causing some mischief to your son; and indeed I do wonder at it, my husband, how anything so foolish could ever come into your head. 1005

SOSTRATA I, not know?

CHREMES Yes, rather, I should have said you do know; inasmuch as either expression amounts to the same thing. 1 1010

SOSTRATA Alas! you are unreasonable to expect me to be silent in a matter of such importance.

CHREMES I don’t expect it; talk on then, I shall still do it not a bit the less.

SOSTRATA Will you do it?

CHREMES Certainly.

SOSTRATA Don’t you see how much evil you will be causing by that course?—He suspects himself to be a foundling.

CHREMES Do you say so?

SOSTRATA Assuredly it will be so.

CHREMES Admit it. 1015

SOSTRATA Hold now—prithee, let that be for our enemies. Am I to admit that he is not my son who really is?

CHREMES What! are you afraid that you can not prove that he is yours, whenever you please?

SOSTRATA Because my daughter has been found? 2

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SOSTRATA

Profecto nisi caves tu homo, aliquid gnato conficies mali:

Idque adeo miror quomodo

Tam ineptum quicquam tibi in mentem venire, mi vir, potuerit.
1005

CHREMES

Oh, pergin mulier esse? Nullamne ego rem unquam in vita mea

Volui quin tu in ea re mihi fueris adversatrix, Sostrata?

At si rogitem iam, quid est quod peccem, aut quamobrem hoc faciam, nescias:

In qua re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta.

SOSTRATA

Ego nescio?

CHREMES

Immo scis, potius quam quidem redeat ad integrum haec eadem oratio.
1010

SOSTRATA

Oh, iniquus es, qui me tacere de re tanta postules.

CHREMES

Non postulo: iam loquere: nihilo minus ego hoc faciam tamen.

SOSTRATA

Facies?

CHREMES

Verum.

SOSTRATA

Non vides quantum mali ex ea re excites?

Subditum se suspicatur.

CHREMES

Subditum, ain tu?

SOSTRATA

Certe sic erit, inquam, mi vir.

CHREMES

Confitere tuum non esse.
1015

SOSTRATA

Au obsecro te, istuc inimicis siet.

Egon confitear meum non esse filium qui sit meus?

CHREMES

Quid? metuis ne non, quum velis, convincas esse illum tuum?

SOSTRATA

Quod filia est inventa?

SOSTRATA

Really, sir, if you don’t take care, you’ll be causing some mischief to your son; and indeed I do wonder at it,

my husband, how anything so foolish could ever come into your head.
1005

SOSTRATA

I, not know?

CHREMES

Yes, rather, I should have said you do know; inasmuch as either expression amounts to the same thing.¹
1010

SOSTRATA

Alas! you are unreasonable to expect me to be silent in a matter of such importance.

CHREMES

I don’t expect it; talk on then, I shall still do it not a bit the less.

SOSTRATA

Will you do it?

CHREMES

Certainly.

SOSTRATA

Don’t you see how much evil you will be causing by that course?—He suspects himself to be a foundling.

CHREMES

Do you say so?

SOSTRATA

Assuredly it will be so.

CHREMES

Admit it.
1015

SOSTRATA

Hold now—prithee, let that be for our enemies. Am I to admit that he is not my son who really is?

CHREMES

What! are you afraid that you can not prove that he is yours, whenever you please?

SOSTRATA

Because my daughter has been found?²