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415 (PARMENO. SOSIA. PAMPHILUS.)

PARMENO

Ain tu tibi hoc incommodum evenisse iter?
415

SOSIA

Non hercle verbis, Parmeno, dici potest

Tantum quam re ipsa navigare incommodum est.

PARMENO

Itane est?

SOSIA

O fortunate, nescis quid mali

Praeterieris qui nunquam es ingressus mare.

Nam alias ut omittam miserias, unam hanc vide:
420

Dies triginta aut plus eo in navi fui,

Cum interea semper mortem exspectabam miser;

Ita usque adversa tempestate usi sumus.

PARMENO

Odiosum.

SOSIA

Haud clam me est: denique hercle aufugerim

Potius quam redeam, si eo mihi redeundum siet.
425

PARMENO

Olim quidem te causae impellebant leves

Quod nunc minitare facere ut faceres, Sosia.

Sed Pamphilum ipsum video stare ante ostium.

Ite intro: ego hunc adibo si quid me velit.

Here, etiam tu hic stas?
430

PAMPHILUS

Et quidem te exspecto.

PARMENO

Quid est?

PAMPHILUS

In arcem transcurso opus est.

PARMENO

Cui homini?

PAMPHILUS

Tibi.

PARMENO

In arcem? quid eo?

PAMPHILUS

Callidemidem hospitem

Myconium, qui mecum una advectus est, conveni.

PARMENO

Perii! vovisse hunc dicam, si salvus domum

Redisset unquam, ut me ambulando rumperet.
435

PAMPHILUS

Quid cessas?

PARMENO

Quid vis dicam? an conveniam modo?

PAMPHILUS

Immo, quod constitui me hodie conventurum eum

Non posse; ne me frustra illic exspectet: vola.

PARMENO

At non novi hominis faciem.

PAMPHILUS

At faciam ut noveris.

Magnus, rubicundus, crispus, crassus, caesius,
440

Cadaverosa facie.

PARMENO

Di illum perduint.

Quid si non veniet? maneamne usque ad vesperum?

PAMPHILUS

Maneto: curre.

PARMENO

Non queo; ita defessus sum.

PAMPHILUS

Ille abiit: quid agam infelix? prorsus nescio

Quo pacto hoc celem quod me oravit Myrrhina,
445

Suae gnatae partum; nam me miseret mulieris.

Quod potero faciam, tamen ut pietatem colam;

Nam me parenti potius quam amori obsequi

Oportet. Atat eccum Phidippum et patrem

Video: horsum pergunt. Quid dicam hisce incertus sum.
450

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

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Hecyra; The Mother-in-Law Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 3.4 focus

415 (Enter at a distance PARMENO and SOSIA, with people carrying baggage.)

PARMENO

(to SOSIA.)

Do you say that this voyage was disagreeable to you?
415

SOSIA

Upon my faith, Parmeno, it can not be so much as expressed in words, how disagreeable it is to go on a voyage.

PARMENO

Do you say so?

SOSIA

O lucky man! You don’t know what evils you have escaped, by never having been at sea.

For to say nothing of other hardships, mark this one only; thirty days or more¹ was I on board that ship, and every moment, to my horror, was in continual expectation of death: such unfavorable weather did we always meet with.
420

PARMENO

How annoying!

SOSIA

That’s not unknown to me: in fine, upon my faith, I would rather run away

than go back, if I knew that I should have to go back there.
425

PARMENO

Why really, but slight causes formerly made you, Sosia, do what now you are threatening to do. But I see Pamphilus himself standing before the door. (To the Attendants, who go into the house of LACHES.) Go in-doors; I’ll accost him, to see if he wants any thing with me.

(Accosts PAMPHILUS.) What, still standing here, master?
430

PAMPHILUS

Yes, and waiting for you.

PARMENO

What’s the matter?

PAMPHILUS

You must run across to the citadel.²

PARMENO

Who must?

PAMPHILUS

You.

PARMENO

To the citadel? Why thither?

PAMPHILUS

To meet Callidemides, my entertainer at Myconos, who came over in the same ship with me.

PARMENO

(aside.)

Confusion! I should say he has made a vow that if ever he should return home safe, he would rupture me³ with walking.

PAMPHILUS

Why are you lingering?

PARMENO

What do you wish me to say? Or am I to meet him only?

PAMPHILUS

No; say that I can not meet him to-day, as I appointed, so that he may not wait for me to no purpose. Fly!

PARMENO

But I don’t know the man’s appearance.

PAMPHILUS

Then I’ll tell you how to know it;

a huge fellow, ruddy, with curly hair, fat, with gray eyes and freckled countenance.
440

PARMENO

May the Gods confound him! What if he shouldn’t come? Am I to wait there, even till the evening?

PAMPHILUS

Yes, wait there. Run!

PARMENO

I can’t; I am so tired.

(Exit slowly.)

PAMPHILUS

He’s off. What shall I do in this distressed situation? Really, I don’t know

in what way I’m to conceal this, as Myrrhina entreated me, her daughter’s lying-in; but I do pity the woman. What I can, I’ll do; only so long, however, as I observe my duty; for it is proper that I should be regardful of a parent,⁴ rather than of my passion. But look—I see Phidippus and my father.
445

They are coming this way; what to say to them, I’m at a loss.
450
(Stands apart.)

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PARMENO Ain tu tibi hoc incommodum evenisse iter? 415

SOSIA Non hercle verbis, Parmeno, dici potest Tantum quam re ipsa navigare incommodum est.

PARMENO Itane est?

SOSIA O fortunate, nescis quid mali Praeterieris qui nunquam es ingressus mare. Nam alias ut omittam miserias, unam hanc vide: 420 Dies triginta aut plus eo in navi fui, Cum interea semper mortem exspectabam miser; Ita usque adversa tempestate usi sumus.

PARMENO Odiosum.

SOSIA Haud clam me est: denique hercle aufugerim Potius quam redeam, si eo mihi redeundum siet. 425

PARMENO Olim quidem te causae impellebant leves Quod nunc minitare facere ut faceres, Sosia. Sed Pamphilum ipsum video stare ante ostium. Ite intro: ego hunc adibo si quid me velit. Here, etiam tu hic stas? 430

PAMPHILUS Et quidem te exspecto.

PARMENO Quid est?

PAMPHILUS In arcem transcurso opus est.

PARMENO Cui homini?

PAMPHILUS Tibi.

PARMENO In arcem? quid eo?

PAMPHILUS Callidemidem hospitem Myconium, qui mecum una advectus est, conveni.

PARMENO Perii! vovisse hunc dicam, si salvus domum Redisset unquam, ut me ambulando rumperet. 435

PAMPHILUS Quid cessas?

PARMENO Quid vis dicam? an conveniam modo?

PAMPHILUS Immo, quod constitui me hodie conventurum eum Non posse; ne me frustra illic exspectet: vola.

PARMENO At non novi hominis faciem.

PAMPHILUS At faciam ut noveris. Magnus, rubicundus, crispus, crassus, caesius, 440 Cadaverosa facie.

PARMENO Di illum perduint. Quid si non veniet? maneamne usque ad vesperum?

PAMPHILUS Maneto: curre.

PARMENO Non queo; ita defessus sum.

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PARMENO (to SOSIA.) Do you say that this voyage was disagreeable to you? 415

SOSIA Upon my faith, Parmeno, it can not be so much as expressed in words, how disagreeable it is to go on a voyage.

PARMENO Do you say so?

PARMENO How annoying!

SOSIA That’s not unknown to me: in fine, upon my faith, I would rather run away than go back, if I knew that I should have to go back there. 425

PAMPHILUS Yes, and waiting for you.

PARMENO What’s the matter?

PAMPHILUS You must run across to the citadel. 2

PARMENO Who must?

PAMPHILUS You.

PARMENO To the citadel? Why thither?

PAMPHILUS To meet Callidemides, my entertainer at Myconos, who came over in the same ship with me.

PARMENO (aside.) Confusion! I should say he has made a vow that if ever he should return home safe, he would rupture me 3 with walking.

PAMPHILUS Why are you lingering?

PARMENO What do you wish me to say? Or am I to meet him only?

PAMPHILUS No; say that I can not meet him to-day, as I appointed, so that he may not wait for me to no purpose. Fly!

PARMENO But I don’t know the man’s appearance.

PAMPHILUS Then I’ll tell you how to know it; a huge fellow, ruddy, with curly hair, fat, with gray eyes and freckled countenance. 440

PARMENO May the Gods confound him! What if he shouldn’t come? Am I to wait there, even till the evening?

PAMPHILUS Yes, wait there. Run!

PARMENO I can’t; I am so tired. (Exit slowly.)

Stable identifiers

PARMENO

Ain tu tibi hoc incommodum evenisse iter?
415

SOSIA

Non hercle verbis, Parmeno, dici potest

Tantum quam re ipsa navigare incommodum est.

PARMENO

Itane est?

SOSIA

O fortunate, nescis quid mali

Praeterieris qui nunquam es ingressus mare.

Nam alias ut omittam miserias, unam hanc vide:
420

Dies triginta aut plus eo in navi fui,

Cum interea semper mortem exspectabam miser;

Ita usque adversa tempestate usi sumus.

PARMENO

Odiosum.

SOSIA

Haud clam me est: denique hercle aufugerim

Potius quam redeam, si eo mihi redeundum siet.
425

PARMENO

Olim quidem te causae impellebant leves

Quod nunc minitare facere ut faceres, Sosia.

Sed Pamphilum ipsum video stare ante ostium.

Ite intro: ego hunc adibo si quid me velit.

Here, etiam tu hic stas?
430

PAMPHILUS

Et quidem te exspecto.

PARMENO

Quid est?

PAMPHILUS

In arcem transcurso opus est.

PARMENO

Cui homini?

PAMPHILUS

Tibi.

PARMENO

In arcem? quid eo?

PAMPHILUS

Callidemidem hospitem

Myconium, qui mecum una advectus est, conveni.

PARMENO

Perii! vovisse hunc dicam, si salvus domum

Redisset unquam, ut me ambulando rumperet.
435

PAMPHILUS

Quid cessas?

PARMENO

Quid vis dicam? an conveniam modo?

PAMPHILUS

Immo, quod constitui me hodie conventurum eum

Non posse; ne me frustra illic exspectet: vola.

PARMENO

At non novi hominis faciem.

PAMPHILUS

At faciam ut noveris.

Magnus, rubicundus, crispus, crassus, caesius,
440

Cadaverosa facie.

PARMENO

Di illum perduint.

Quid si non veniet? maneamne usque ad vesperum?

PAMPHILUS

Maneto: curre.

PARMENO

Non queo; ita defessus sum.

PARMENO

(to SOSIA.)

Do you say that this voyage was disagreeable to you?
415

SOSIA

Upon my faith, Parmeno, it can not be so much as expressed in words, how disagreeable it is to go on a voyage.

PARMENO

Do you say so?

PARMENO

How annoying!

SOSIA

That’s not unknown to me: in fine, upon my faith, I would rather run away

than go back, if I knew that I should have to go back there.
425

PAMPHILUS

Yes, and waiting for you.

PARMENO

What’s the matter?

PAMPHILUS

You must run across to the citadel.²

PARMENO

Who must?

PAMPHILUS

You.

PARMENO

To the citadel? Why thither?

PAMPHILUS

To meet Callidemides, my entertainer at Myconos, who came over in the same ship with me.

PARMENO

(aside.)

Confusion! I should say he has made a vow that if ever he should return home safe, he would rupture me³ with walking.

PAMPHILUS

Why are you lingering?

PARMENO

What do you wish me to say? Or am I to meet him only?

PAMPHILUS

No; say that I can not meet him to-day, as I appointed, so that he may not wait for me to no purpose. Fly!

PARMENO

But I don’t know the man’s appearance.

PAMPHILUS

Then I’ll tell you how to know it;

a huge fellow, ruddy, with curly hair, fat, with gray eyes and freckled countenance.
440

PARMENO

May the Gods confound him! What if he shouldn’t come? Am I to wait there, even till the evening?

PAMPHILUS

Yes, wait there. Run!

PARMENO

I can’t; I am so tired.

(Exit slowly.)