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(DEMIPHO. CHREMES.)

DEMIPHO

Quid qua profectus causa hinc es Lemnum, Chreme,

Adduxtin tecum filiam?

CHREMES

Non.

DEMIPHO

Quid ita non?

CHREMES

Postquam videt me eius mater esse hic diutius,

Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis
570

Neam negligentiam, ipsam cum omni familia

Ad me profectam esse aibant.

DEMIPHO

Quid illic tam diu,

Quaeso, igitur commorabare, ubi id audiveras?

CHREMES

Pol me detinuit morbus.

DEMIPHO

Unlde? aut qui?

CHREMES

Rogas?

Senectus ipsa est morbus; sed venisse eas
575

Salvas audivi ex nauta qui illas vexerat.

DEMIPHO

Quid gnato obtigerit me absente audistin, Chreme?

CHREMES

Quod quidem me factum consili incertum facit;

Nam hanc conditionem si cui tulero extrario,

Quo pacto aut unde mihi sit dicendum ordine est.
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Te mihi fidelem ess aeque atque egomet sum mihi

Scibam: ille, si me alienus affinem volet,

Tacebit dum intercedet familiaritas;

Sin spreverit me, plus quam opus est scito sciet:

Vereorque ne uxor aliqua hoc resciscat mea;
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Quod si fit, ut me excutiam atque egrediar domo

Id restat; nam ego meorum solus sum meus.

DEMIPHO

Scio ita esse; et istaec mihi res sollicitudini est:

Neque defetiscar usque adeo experirier,

Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum effecero.
590

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

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

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Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 4.1 focus

567 (Enter DEMIPHO and CHREMES.)

DEMIPHO

Well, have you brought your daughter with you, Chremes, for whom you went to Lemnos ?

CHREMES

No.

DEMIPHO

Why not?

CHREMES

When her mother found that I staid here longer than usual,

and at the same time the age of the girl did not suit with my delays, they told me that she, with all her family, set out in search of me.
570

DEMIPHO

Pray, then, why did you stay there so long, when you had heard of this?

CHREMES

Why, faith, a malady detained me.

DEMIPHO

From what cause? Or what was it?

CHREMES

Do you ask me?

Old age itself is a malady. However, I heard that they had arrived safe, from the caps tain who brought them.
575

DEMIPHO

Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son in my absence?

CHREMES

’Tis that, in fact, that has embarrassed me in my plans. For if I offer my daughter in marriage to any person that’s a stranger,

it must all be told how and by whom I had her. You I knew to be fully as faithful to me as I am to myself; if a stranger shall think fit to be connected with me by marriage, he will hold his tongue, just as long as good terms exist between us: but if he takes a dislike to me, he’ll be knowing more than it’s proper he should know.
580

I am afraid, too, lest my wife should, by some means, come to know of it; if that is the case, it only remains for me to shake myself¹ and leave the house; for I’m the only one I can rely on at home.²
585

DEMIPHO

I know it is so, and that circumstance is a cause of anxiety to me; and I shall never cease trying,

until I’ve made good what I promised you.
590

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Phormio 4.1

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DEMIPHO

Quid qua profectus causa hinc es Lemnum, Chreme,

Adduxtin tecum filiam?

CHREMES

Non.

DEMIPHO

Quid ita non?

CHREMES

Postquam videt me eius mater esse hic diutius,

Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis
570

Neam negligentiam, ipsam cum omni familia

Ad me profectam esse aibant.

DEMIPHO

Quid illic tam diu,

Quaeso, igitur commorabare, ubi id audiveras?

CHREMES

Pol me detinuit morbus.

DEMIPHO

Unlde? aut qui?

CHREMES

Rogas?

Senectus ipsa est morbus; sed venisse eas
575

Salvas audivi ex nauta qui illas vexerat.

DEMIPHO

Quid gnato obtigerit me absente audistin, Chreme?

DEMIPHO

Scio ita esse; et istaec mihi res sollicitudini est:

Neque defetiscar usque adeo experirier,

Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum effecero.
590

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DEMIPHO

Well, have you brought your daughter with you, Chremes, for whom you went to Lemnos ?

CHREMES

No.

DEMIPHO

Why not?

CHREMES

When her mother found that I staid here longer than usual,

and at the same time the age of the girl did not suit with my delays, they told me that she, with all her family, set out in search of me.
570

DEMIPHO

Pray, then, why did you stay there so long, when you had heard of this?

CHREMES

Why, faith, a malady detained me.

DEMIPHO

From what cause? Or what was it?

CHREMES

Do you ask me?

Old age itself is a malady. However, I heard that they had arrived safe, from the caps tain who brought them.
575

DEMIPHO

Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son in my absence?

DEMIPHO

I know it is so, and that circumstance is a cause of anxiety to me; and I shall never cease trying,

until I’ve made good what I promised you.
590

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DEMIPHO Quid qua profectus causa hinc es Lemnum, Chreme, Adduxtin tecum filiam?

CHREMES Non.

DEMIPHO Quid ita non?

CHREMES Postquam videt me eius mater esse hic diutius, Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis 570 Neam negligentiam, ipsam cum omni familia Ad me profectam esse aibant.

DEMIPHO Quid illic tam diu, Quaeso, igitur commorabare, ubi id audiveras?

CHREMES Pol me detinuit morbus.

DEMIPHO Unlde? aut qui?

CHREMES Rogas? Senectus ipsa est morbus; sed venisse eas 575 Salvas audivi ex nauta qui illas vexerat.

DEMIPHO Quid gnato obtigerit me absente audistin, Chreme?

DEMIPHO Scio ita esse; et istaec mihi res sollicitudini est: Neque defetiscar usque adeo experirier, Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum effecero. 590

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DEMIPHO Well, have you brought your daughter with you, Chremes, for whom you went to Lemnos ?

CHREMES No.

DEMIPHO Why not?

CHREMES When her mother found that I staid here longer than usual, and at the same time the age of the girl did not suit with my delays, they told me that she, with all her family, set out in search of me. 570

DEMIPHO Pray, then, why did you stay there so long, when you had heard of this?

CHREMES Why, faith, a malady detained me.

DEMIPHO From what cause? Or what was it?

CHREMES Do you ask me? Old age itself is a malady. However, I heard that they had arrived safe, from the caps tain who brought them. 575

DEMIPHO Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son in my absence?

DEMIPHO I know it is so, and that circumstance is a cause of anxiety to me; and I shall never cease trying, until I’ve made good what I promised you. 590

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DEMIPHO

Quid qua profectus causa hinc es Lemnum, Chreme,

Adduxtin tecum filiam?

CHREMES

Non.

DEMIPHO

Quid ita non?

CHREMES

Postquam videt me eius mater esse hic diutius,

Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis
570

Neam negligentiam, ipsam cum omni familia

Ad me profectam esse aibant.

DEMIPHO

Quid illic tam diu,

Quaeso, igitur commorabare, ubi id audiveras?

CHREMES

Pol me detinuit morbus.

DEMIPHO

Unlde? aut qui?

CHREMES

Rogas?

Senectus ipsa est morbus; sed venisse eas
575

Salvas audivi ex nauta qui illas vexerat.

DEMIPHO

Quid gnato obtigerit me absente audistin, Chreme?

DEMIPHO

Scio ita esse; et istaec mihi res sollicitudini est:

Neque defetiscar usque adeo experirier,

Donec tibi id quod pollicitus sum effecero.
590

DEMIPHO

Well, have you brought your daughter with you, Chremes, for whom you went to Lemnos ?

CHREMES

No.

DEMIPHO

Why not?

CHREMES

When her mother found that I staid here longer than usual,

and at the same time the age of the girl did not suit with my delays, they told me that she, with all her family, set out in search of me.
570

DEMIPHO

Pray, then, why did you stay there so long, when you had heard of this?

CHREMES

Why, faith, a malady detained me.

DEMIPHO

From what cause? Or what was it?

CHREMES

Do you ask me?

Old age itself is a malady. However, I heard that they had arrived safe, from the caps tain who brought them.
575

DEMIPHO

Have you heard, Chremes, what has happened to my son in my absence?

DEMIPHO

I know it is so, and that circumstance is a cause of anxiety to me; and I shall never cease trying,

until I’ve made good what I promised you.
590