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900 (AESCHINUS. DEMEA. SYRUS. GETA.)

AESCHINUS

Occidunt me quidem dum nimis sanctas nuptias
900

Student facere: in apparando consumunt diem.

DEMEA

Quid agitur, Aeschine?

AESCHINUS

Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras?

DEMEA

Tuus hercle vero et animo et natura pater,

Qui te amat plus quam hosce oculos: sed cur non domum

Uxorem arcessis?
905

AESCHINUS

Cupio: verum hoc mihi morae est;

Tibicina, et Hymenaeum qui cantent.

DEMEA

Eho,

Vin tu huic seni auscultare?

AESCHINUS

Quid?

DEMEA

Missa haec face,

Hymenaeum, turbas, lampadas, tibicinas;

Atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui,

Quantum potest; hac transfer; unam fac domum;
910

Traduce et matrem et familiam omnem ad nos.

AESCHINUS

Placet,

Pater lepidissime.

DEMEA

Euge! iam lepidus vocor.

Fratri aedes fient perviae: turbam domum

Adducet; sumtum admittet; multa. Quid mea?

Ego lepidus ineo gratiam. Iube nunc iam
915

Dinumeret illi Babylo viginti minas.

Syre, cessas ire ac facere?

SYRUS

Quid ago?

DEMEA

Dirue.

Tu illas abi et traduce.

GETA

Di tibi, Demea,

Bene faciant quum te video nostrae familiae

Tam ex animo factum velle.
920

DEMEA

Dignos arbitror.

Quid ais tu?

AESCHINUS

Sic opinor.

DEMEA

Multo rectius est

Quam illam puerperam nunc duci huc per viam

Aegrotam.

AESCHINUS

Nihil enim vidi melius, mi pater.

DEMEA

Sic soleo: sed eccum Micio egreditur foras.

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

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

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Adelphi; or, The Brothers Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 5.7 focus

900
(Enter AESCHINUS, from the house of MICIO.)

AESCHINUS

(to himself.)

They really are killing me while too intent on performing the nuptials with all ceremony; the whole day is being wasted in their preparations.
900

DEMEA

Aeschinus! how goes it?

AESCHINUS

Ha, my father! are you here ?

DEMEA

Your father, indeed, both by affection and by nature; as I love you more than my very eyes; but why don’t you

send for your wife?
905

AESCHINUS

So I wish to do; but I am waiting for the music-girl¹ and people to sing the nuptial song.

DEMEA

Come now, are you willing to listen to an old fellow like me?

AESCHINUS

What is it?

DEMEA

Let those things alone, the nuptial song, the crowds, the torches,² and the music-girls, and order the stone wall in the garden³ here to be pulled down

with all dispatch, and bring her over that way; make but one house of the two; bring the mother and all the domestics over to our house.
910

AESCHINUS

With all my heart, kindest father.

DEMEA

(aside.)

Well done! now I am called kind. My brother’s house will become a thoroughfare; he will be bringing home a multitude, incurring expense in many ways: what matters it to me?

I, as the kind Demea, shall get into favor. Now then, bid that Babylonian⁴ pay down his twenty minae. (To SYRUS.) Syrus, do you delay to go and do it ?
915

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AESCHINUS

Occidunt me quidem dum nimis sanctas nuptias
900

Student facere: in apparando consumunt diem.

DEMEA

Quid agitur, Aeschine?

AESCHINUS

Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras?

DEMEA

Tuus hercle vero et animo et natura pater,

Qui te amat plus quam hosce oculos: sed cur non domum

Uxorem arcessis?
905

AESCHINUS

Cupio: verum hoc mihi morae est;

Tibicina, et Hymenaeum qui cantent.

DEMEA

Eho,

Vin tu huic seni auscultare?

AESCHINUS

Quid?

DEMEA

Missa haec face,

Hymenaeum, turbas, lampadas, tibicinas;

Atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui,

Quantum potest; hac transfer; unam fac domum;
910

Traduce et matrem et familiam omnem ad nos.

AESCHINUS

Placet,

Pater lepidissime.

DEMEA

Euge! iam lepidus vocor.

Fratri aedes fient perviae: turbam domum

Adducet; sumtum admittet; multa. Quid mea?

Ego lepidus ineo gratiam. Iube nunc iam
915

Dinumeret illi Babylo viginti minas.

Syre, cessas ire ac facere?

SYRUS

Quid ago?

DEMEA

Dirue.

Tu illas abi et traduce.

GETA

Di tibi, Demea,

Bene faciant quum te video nostrae familiae

Tam ex animo factum velle.
920

DEMEA

Dignos arbitror.

Quid ais tu?

AESCHINUS

Sic opinor.

DEMEA

Multo rectius est

Quam illam puerperam nunc duci huc per viam

Aegrotam.

AESCHINUS

Nihil enim vidi melius, mi pater.

DEMEA

Sic soleo: sed eccum Micio egreditur foras.

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AESCHINUS

(to himself.)

They really are killing me while too intent on performing the nuptials with all ceremony; the whole day is being wasted in their preparations.
900

DEMEA

Aeschinus! how goes it?

AESCHINUS

Ha, my father! are you here ?

DEMEA

Your father, indeed, both by affection and by nature; as I love you more than my very eyes; but why don’t you

send for your wife?
905

AESCHINUS

So I wish to do; but I am waiting for the music-girl¹ and people to sing the nuptial song.

DEMEA

Come now, are you willing to listen to an old fellow like me?

AESCHINUS

What is it?

AESCHINUS

With all my heart, kindest father.

SYRUS

What am I to do?

DEMEA

Pull down the wall: and you, Geta, go and bring them across.

GETA

May the Gods bless you, Demea, as I see you so sincere a well-wisher to our family.

(GETA and SYRUS go into MICIO’S house.)

DEMEA

I think they deserve it. What say you, Aeschinus, as to this plan ?

AESCHINUS

I quite agree to it.

DEMEA

It is much more proper than that she, being sick and lying-in, should be brought hither through the street.

AESCHINUS

Why, my dear father, I never did see any thing better contrived.

DEMEA

It’s my way; but see, here’s Micio coming out.

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AESCHINUS Occidunt me quidem dum nimis sanctas nuptias 900 Student facere: in apparando consumunt diem.

DEMEA Quid agitur, Aeschine?

AESCHINUS Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras?

DEMEA Tuus hercle vero et animo et natura pater, Qui te amat plus quam hosce oculos: sed cur non domum Uxorem arcessis? 905

AESCHINUS Cupio: verum hoc mihi morae est; Tibicina, et Hymenaeum qui cantent.

DEMEA Eho, Vin tu huic seni auscultare?

AESCHINUS Quid?

DEMEA Missa haec face, Hymenaeum, turbas, lampadas, tibicinas; Atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui, Quantum potest; hac transfer; unam fac domum; 910 Traduce et matrem et familiam omnem ad nos.

AESCHINUS Placet, Pater lepidissime.

DEMEA Euge! iam lepidus vocor. Fratri aedes fient perviae: turbam domum Adducet; sumtum admittet; multa. Quid mea? Ego lepidus ineo gratiam. Iube nunc iam 915 Dinumeret illi Babylo viginti minas. Syre, cessas ire ac facere?

SYRUS Quid ago?

DEMEA Dirue. Tu illas abi et traduce.

GETA Di tibi, Demea, Bene faciant quum te video nostrae familiae Tam ex animo factum velle. 920

DEMEA Dignos arbitror. Quid ais tu?

AESCHINUS Sic opinor.

DEMEA Multo rectius est Quam illam puerperam nunc duci huc per viam Aegrotam.

AESCHINUS Nihil enim vidi melius, mi pater.

DEMEA Sic soleo: sed eccum Micio egreditur foras.

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AESCHINUS (to himself.) They really are killing me while too intent on performing the nuptials with all ceremony; the whole day is being wasted in their preparations. 900

DEMEA Aeschinus! how goes it?

AESCHINUS Ha, my father! are you here ?

DEMEA Your father, indeed, both by affection and by nature; as I love you more than my very eyes; but why don’t you send for your wife? 905

AESCHINUS So I wish to do; but I am waiting for the music-girl 1 and people to sing the nuptial song.

DEMEA Come now, are you willing to listen to an old fellow like me?

AESCHINUS What is it?

AESCHINUS With all my heart, kindest father.

SYRUS What am I to do?

DEMEA Pull down the wall: and you, Geta, go and bring them across.

GETA May the Gods bless you, Demea, as I see you so sincere a well-wisher to our family. (GETA and SYRUS go into MICIO’S house.)

DEMEA I think they deserve it. What say you, Aeschinus, as to this plan ?

AESCHINUS I quite agree to it.

DEMEA It is much more proper than that she, being sick and lying-in, should be brought hither through the street.

AESCHINUS Why, my dear father, I never did see any thing better contrived.

DEMEA It’s my way; but see, here’s Micio coming out.

Stable identifiers

AESCHINUS

Occidunt me quidem dum nimis sanctas nuptias
900

Student facere: in apparando consumunt diem.

DEMEA

Quid agitur, Aeschine?

AESCHINUS

Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras?

DEMEA

Tuus hercle vero et animo et natura pater,

Qui te amat plus quam hosce oculos: sed cur non domum

Uxorem arcessis?
905

AESCHINUS

Cupio: verum hoc mihi morae est;

Tibicina, et Hymenaeum qui cantent.

DEMEA

Eho,

Vin tu huic seni auscultare?

AESCHINUS

Quid?

DEMEA

Missa haec face,

Hymenaeum, turbas, lampadas, tibicinas;

Atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui,

Quantum potest; hac transfer; unam fac domum;
910

Traduce et matrem et familiam omnem ad nos.

AESCHINUS

Placet,

Pater lepidissime.

DEMEA

Euge! iam lepidus vocor.

Fratri aedes fient perviae: turbam domum

Adducet; sumtum admittet; multa. Quid mea?

Ego lepidus ineo gratiam. Iube nunc iam
915

Dinumeret illi Babylo viginti minas.

Syre, cessas ire ac facere?

SYRUS

Quid ago?

DEMEA

Dirue.

Tu illas abi et traduce.

GETA

Di tibi, Demea,

Bene faciant quum te video nostrae familiae

Tam ex animo factum velle.
920

DEMEA

Dignos arbitror.

Quid ais tu?

AESCHINUS

Sic opinor.

DEMEA

Multo rectius est

Quam illam puerperam nunc duci huc per viam

Aegrotam.

AESCHINUS

Nihil enim vidi melius, mi pater.

DEMEA

Sic soleo: sed eccum Micio egreditur foras.

AESCHINUS

(to himself.)

They really are killing me while too intent on performing the nuptials with all ceremony; the whole day is being wasted in their preparations.
900

DEMEA

Aeschinus! how goes it?

AESCHINUS

Ha, my father! are you here ?

DEMEA

Your father, indeed, both by affection and by nature; as I love you more than my very eyes; but why don’t you

send for your wife?
905

AESCHINUS

So I wish to do; but I am waiting for the music-girl¹ and people to sing the nuptial song.

DEMEA

Come now, are you willing to listen to an old fellow like me?

AESCHINUS

What is it?

AESCHINUS

With all my heart, kindest father.

SYRUS

What am I to do?

DEMEA

Pull down the wall: and you, Geta, go and bring them across.

GETA

May the Gods bless you, Demea, as I see you so sincere a well-wisher to our family.

(GETA and SYRUS go into MICIO’S house.)

DEMEA

I think they deserve it. What say you, Aeschinus, as to this plan ?

AESCHINUS

I quite agree to it.

DEMEA

It is much more proper than that she, being sick and lying-in, should be brought hither through the street.

AESCHINUS

Why, my dear father, I never did see any thing better contrived.

DEMEA

It’s my way; but see, here’s Micio coming out.