Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Eunuchus, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 5.1

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816 (THAIS. PYTHIAS.)

THAIS

Pergin scelesta mecum perplexe loqui?

Scio; nescio; abiit; audivi; ego non affui.

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es quicquid est?

Virgo conscissa veste lacrimans obticet.

Eunuchus abiit; quamobrem? quid factum est? taces?
820

PYTHIAS

Quid tibi ego dicam misera? Illum eunuchum negant

Fuisse.

THAIS

Quis fuit igitur?

PYTHIAS

Iste Chaerea.

THAIS

Qui Chaerea?

PYTHIAS

Iste ephebus, frater Phaedriae.

THAIS

Quid ais venefica?

PYTHIAS

Atqui certo comperi.

THAIS

Quid is obsecro ad nos? quamobrem adductus est?
825

PYTHIAS

Nescio;

Nisi amasse credo Pamphilam.

THAIS

Hem, misera occidi;

Infelix, siquidem tu istaec vera praedicas.

Num id lacrimat virgo?

PYTHIAS

Id opinor.

THAIS

Quid ais sacrilega?

Istucine interminata sum hinc abiens tibi?

PYTHIAS

Quid facerem? ita ut tu iusti soli credita est.
830

THAIS

Scelesta lupo ovem commisisti. Dispudet

Sic mihi data esse verba. Quid illic hominis est?

PYTHIAS

Hera mea tace; tace obsecro; salvae sumus:

Habemus hominem ipsum.

THAIS

Ubi is est?

PYTHIAS

Hem ad sinistram:

Viden?
835

THAIS

Video.

PYTHIAS

Comprehendi iube quantum potest.

THAIS

Quid illo faciemus stulta?

PYTHIAS

Quid facias rogas?

Vide amabo si non, qutun adspicias, os impudens

Videtur: non est? tum quae eius confidentia est!

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

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

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Eunuchus; or, The Eunuch Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 5.1 focus

816 (Enter THAIS from her house, followed by PYTHIAS.)

THAIS

What! do you persist, hussy, in talking ambiguously to me? I do know; I don’t know; he has gone off; I have heard; I wasn’t there. Don’t you mean to tell me plainly, whatever it is? The girl in tears, with her garments torn, is mute;

the Eunuch is off: for what reason? What has happened? Won’t you speak?
820

PYTHIAS

Wretch that I am, what am I to say to you? They declare that he was not a Eunuch.

THAIS

What was he then?

PYTHIAS

That Chaerea.

THAIS

What Chaerea?

PYTHIAS

That stripling, the brother of Phaedria.

THAIS

What’s that you say, you hag?

PYTHIAS

And I am satisfied of it.

THAIS

Pray, what business had he at my house? What brought him there?
825

PYTHIAS

I don’t know; unless, as I suppose, he was in love with Pamphila.

THAIS

Alas! to my confusion, unhappy woman that I am, I’m undone, if what you tell me is true. Is it about this that the girl is crying?

PYTHIAS

I believe so.

THAIS

How say you, you arch-jade? Did I not warn you about this very thing, when I was going away from here?

PYTHIAS

What could I do? Just as you ordered, she was intrusted to his care only.
830

THAIS

Hussy, I’ve been intrusting the sheep to the wolf. I’m quite ashamed to have been imposed upon in this way. What sort of man was he?

PYTHIAS

Hush! hush! mistress, pray; we are all right. Here we have the very man.

THAIS

Where is he?

PYTHIAS

Why there, to the left.

Don’t you see?
835

THAIS

I see.

PYTHIAS

Order him to be seized as quickly as possible.

THAIS

What can we do to him, simpleton?

PYTHIAS

What do to him, do you ask? Pray, do look at him; if his face doesn’t seem an impudent one.

THAIS

Not at all.¹

PYTHIAS

Besides, what effrontery he has.

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THAIS Pergin scelesta mecum perplexe loqui? Scio; nescio; abiit; audivi; ego non affui. Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es quicquid est? Virgo conscissa veste lacrimans obticet. Eunuchus abiit; quamobrem? quid factum est? taces? 820

PYTHIAS Quid tibi ego dicam misera? Illum eunuchum negant Fuisse.

THAIS Quis fuit igitur?

PYTHIAS Iste Chaerea.

THAIS Qui Chaerea?

PYTHIAS Iste ephebus, frater Phaedriae.

THAIS Quid ais venefica?

PYTHIAS Atqui certo comperi.

THAIS Quid is obsecro ad nos? quamobrem adductus est? 825

PYTHIAS Nescio; Nisi amasse credo Pamphilam.

THAIS Hem, misera occidi; Infelix, siquidem tu istaec vera praedicas. Num id lacrimat virgo?

PYTHIAS Id opinor.

THAIS Quid ais sacrilega? Istucine interminata sum hinc abiens tibi?

PYTHIAS Quid facerem? ita ut tu iusti soli credita est. 830

THAIS Scelesta lupo ovem commisisti. Dispudet Sic mihi data esse verba. Quid illic hominis est?

PYTHIAS Hera mea tace; tace obsecro; salvae sumus: Habemus hominem ipsum.

THAIS Ubi is est?

PYTHIAS Hem ad sinistram: Viden? 835

THAIS Video.

PYTHIAS Comprehendi iube quantum potest.

THAIS Quid illo faciemus stulta?

PYTHIAS Quid facias rogas? Vide amabo si non, qutun adspicias, os impudens Videtur: non est? tum quae eius confidentia est!

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PYTHIAS Wretch that I am, what am I to say to you? They declare that he was not a Eunuch.

THAIS What was he then?

PYTHIAS That Chaerea.

THAIS What Chaerea?

PYTHIAS That stripling, the brother of Phaedria.

THAIS What’s that you say, you hag?

PYTHIAS And I am satisfied of it.

THAIS Pray, what business had he at my house? What brought him there? 825

PYTHIAS I don’t know; unless, as I suppose, he was in love with Pamphila.

THAIS Alas! to my confusion, unhappy woman that I am, I’m undone, if what you tell me is true. Is it about this that the girl is crying?

PYTHIAS I believe so.

THAIS How say you, you arch-jade? Did I not warn you about this very thing, when I was going away from here?

PYTHIAS What could I do? Just as you ordered, she was intrusted to his care only. 830

THAIS Hussy, I’ve been intrusting the sheep to the wolf. I’m quite ashamed to have been imposed upon in this way. What sort of man was he?

PYTHIAS Hush! hush! mistress, pray; we are all right. Here we have the very man.

THAIS Where is he?

PYTHIAS Why there, to the left. Don’t you see? 835

THAIS I see.

PYTHIAS Order him to be seized as quickly as possible.

THAIS What can we do to him, simpleton?

PYTHIAS What do to him, do you ask? Pray, do look at him; if his face doesn’t seem an impudent one.

THAIS Not at all. 1

PYTHIAS Besides, what effrontery he has.

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THAIS

Pergin scelesta mecum perplexe loqui?

Scio; nescio; abiit; audivi; ego non affui.

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es quicquid est?

Virgo conscissa veste lacrimans obticet.

Eunuchus abiit; quamobrem? quid factum est? taces?
820

PYTHIAS

Quid tibi ego dicam misera? Illum eunuchum negant

Fuisse.

THAIS

Quis fuit igitur?

PYTHIAS

Iste Chaerea.

THAIS

Qui Chaerea?

PYTHIAS

Iste ephebus, frater Phaedriae.

THAIS

Quid ais venefica?

PYTHIAS

Atqui certo comperi.

THAIS

Quid is obsecro ad nos? quamobrem adductus est?
825

PYTHIAS

Nescio;

Nisi amasse credo Pamphilam.

THAIS

Hem, misera occidi;

Infelix, siquidem tu istaec vera praedicas.

Num id lacrimat virgo?

PYTHIAS

Id opinor.

THAIS

Quid ais sacrilega?

Istucine interminata sum hinc abiens tibi?

PYTHIAS

Quid facerem? ita ut tu iusti soli credita est.
830

THAIS

Scelesta lupo ovem commisisti. Dispudet

Sic mihi data esse verba. Quid illic hominis est?

PYTHIAS

Hera mea tace; tace obsecro; salvae sumus:

Habemus hominem ipsum.

THAIS

Ubi is est?

PYTHIAS

Hem ad sinistram:

Viden?
835

THAIS

Video.

PYTHIAS

Comprehendi iube quantum potest.

THAIS

Quid illo faciemus stulta?

PYTHIAS

Quid facias rogas?

Vide amabo si non, qutun adspicias, os impudens

Videtur: non est? tum quae eius confidentia est!

PYTHIAS

Wretch that I am, what am I to say to you? They declare that he was not a Eunuch.

THAIS

What was he then?

PYTHIAS

That Chaerea.

THAIS

What Chaerea?

PYTHIAS

That stripling, the brother of Phaedria.

THAIS

What’s that you say, you hag?

PYTHIAS

And I am satisfied of it.

THAIS

Pray, what business had he at my house? What brought him there?
825

PYTHIAS

I don’t know; unless, as I suppose, he was in love with Pamphila.

THAIS

Alas! to my confusion, unhappy woman that I am, I’m undone, if what you tell me is true. Is it about this that the girl is crying?

PYTHIAS

I believe so.

THAIS

How say you, you arch-jade? Did I not warn you about this very thing, when I was going away from here?

PYTHIAS

What could I do? Just as you ordered, she was intrusted to his care only.
830

THAIS

Hussy, I’ve been intrusting the sheep to the wolf. I’m quite ashamed to have been imposed upon in this way. What sort of man was he?

PYTHIAS

Hush! hush! mistress, pray; we are all right. Here we have the very man.

THAIS

Where is he?

PYTHIAS

Why there, to the left.

Don’t you see?
835

THAIS

I see.

PYTHIAS

Order him to be seized as quickly as possible.

THAIS

What can we do to him, simpleton?

PYTHIAS

What do to him, do you ask? Pray, do look at him; if his face doesn’t seem an impudent one.

THAIS

Not at all.¹

PYTHIAS

Besides, what effrontery he has.