Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Adelphi, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 3.1

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288 (SOSTRATA. CANTHARA.)

SOSTRATA

Obsecro, mea nutrix, quid nunc fiet?

CANTHARA

Quid fiat rogas?

Recte edepol spero.

SOSTRATA

Modo dolores, mea tu, occipiunt primulum.

CANTHARA

Iam nunc times, quasi nunquam affueris, nunquam tute pepereris.
290

SOSTRATA

Miseram me, neminem habeo; solae sumus: Geta autem hic non adest;

Nec quem ad obstetricem mittam; nec qui arcessat Aeschinum.

CANTHARA

Pol is quidem iam hic aderit; nam nunquam unum intermittit diem

Quin semper veniat.

SOSTRATA

Solus mearum miseriarum est remedium.

CANTHARA

E re nata melius fieri haud potuit quam factum est hera;
295

Quando vitium oblatum est; quod ad illum attinet potissimum

Talem, tali genere atque animo, natum ex tanta familia.

SOSTRATA

Ita pol est ut dicis: salvus nobis Deos quaeso ut siet.

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.) — 3.1 focus

288
(Enter SOSTRATA and CANTHARA, from the house of the former.)

SOSTRATA

Prithee, my dear nurse, how is it like to end?

CANTHARA

Like to end, do you ask? I’ troth, right well, I trust.

SOSTRATA

Her pains are just beginning, my dear.

CANTHARA

You are in a flight, now, just as though you had never been present on such an occasion—never been in labor yourself.
290

SOSTRATA

Unfortunate woman that I am! I have not a person at home; we are quite alone; Geta too is absent. I have no one to go for the midwife, or to fetch Aeschinus.

CANTHARA

I’ faith, he’ll certainly be here just now, for he never lets a day pass without visiting us.

SOSTRATA

He is my sole comfort in my afflictions.

CANTHARA

Things could not have happened, mistress, more for the advantage of your daughter than they have, seeing that violence was offered her; so far as he is concerned, it is most lucky,—such a person, of such disposition and feelings, a member of so respectable a family.
295

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Adelphi 3.1

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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SOSTRATA

Obsecro, mea nutrix, quid nunc fiet?

CANTHARA

Quid fiat rogas?

Recte edepol spero.

SOSTRATA

Modo dolores, mea tu, occipiunt primulum.

CANTHARA

Iam nunc times, quasi nunquam affueris, nunquam tute pepereris.
290

SOSTRATA

Miseram me, neminem habeo; solae sumus: Geta autem hic non adest;

Nec quem ad obstetricem mittam; nec qui arcessat Aeschinum.

CANTHARA

Pol is quidem iam hic aderit; nam nunquam unum intermittit diem

Quin semper veniat.

SOSTRATA

Solus mearum miseriarum est remedium.

CANTHARA

E re nata melius fieri haud potuit quam factum est hera;
295

Quando vitium oblatum est; quod ad illum attinet potissimum

Talem, tali genere atque animo, natum ex tanta familia.

SOSTRATA

Ita pol est ut dicis: salvus nobis Deos quaeso ut siet.

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SOSTRATA

Prithee, my dear nurse, how is it like to end?

CANTHARA

Like to end, do you ask? I’ troth, right well, I trust.

SOSTRATA

Her pains are just beginning, my dear.

CANTHARA

You are in a flight, now, just as though you had never been present on such an occasion—never been in labor yourself.
290

SOSTRATA

Unfortunate woman that I am! I have not a person at home; we are quite alone; Geta too is absent. I have no one to go for the midwife, or to fetch Aeschinus.

CANTHARA

I’ faith, he’ll certainly be here just now, for he never lets a day pass without visiting us.

SOSTRATA

He is my sole comfort in my afflictions.

CANTHARA

Things could not have happened, mistress, more for the advantage of your daughter than they have, seeing that violence was offered her; so far as he is concerned, it is most lucky,—such a person, of such disposition and feelings, a member of so respectable a family.
295

SOSTRATA

It is indeed as you say; I entreat the Gods that he may be preserved to us.

(They stand apart, on seeing GETA.)

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SOSTRATA Obsecro, mea nutrix, quid nunc fiet?

CANTHARA Quid fiat rogas? Recte edepol spero.

SOSTRATA Modo dolores, mea tu, occipiunt primulum.

CANTHARA Iam nunc times, quasi nunquam affueris, nunquam tute pepereris. 290

SOSTRATA Miseram me, neminem habeo; solae sumus: Geta autem hic non adest; Nec quem ad obstetricem mittam; nec qui arcessat Aeschinum.

CANTHARA Pol is quidem iam hic aderit; nam nunquam unum intermittit diem Quin semper veniat.

SOSTRATA Solus mearum miseriarum est remedium.

CANTHARA E re nata melius fieri haud potuit quam factum est hera; 295 Quando vitium oblatum est; quod ad illum attinet potissimum Talem, tali genere atque animo, natum ex tanta familia.

SOSTRATA Ita pol est ut dicis: salvus nobis Deos quaeso ut siet.

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SOSTRATA Prithee, my dear nurse, how is it like to end?

CANTHARA Like to end, do you ask? I’ troth, right well, I trust.

SOSTRATA Her pains are just beginning, my dear.

CANTHARA You are in a flight, now, just as though you had never been present on such an occasion—never been in labor yourself. 290

SOSTRATA Unfortunate woman that I am! I have not a person at home; we are quite alone; Geta too is absent. I have no one to go for the midwife, or to fetch Aeschinus.

CANTHARA I’ faith, he’ll certainly be here just now, for he never lets a day pass without visiting us.

SOSTRATA He is my sole comfort in my afflictions.

CANTHARA Things could not have happened, mistress, more for the advantage of your daughter than they have, seeing that violence was offered her; so far as he is concerned, it is most lucky,—such a person, of such disposition and feelings, a member of so respectable a family. 295

SOSTRATA It is indeed as you say; I entreat the Gods that he may be preserved to us. (They stand apart, on seeing GETA.)

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SOSTRATA

Obsecro, mea nutrix, quid nunc fiet?

CANTHARA

Quid fiat rogas?

Recte edepol spero.

SOSTRATA

Modo dolores, mea tu, occipiunt primulum.

CANTHARA

Iam nunc times, quasi nunquam affueris, nunquam tute pepereris.
290

SOSTRATA

Miseram me, neminem habeo; solae sumus: Geta autem hic non adest;

Nec quem ad obstetricem mittam; nec qui arcessat Aeschinum.

CANTHARA

Pol is quidem iam hic aderit; nam nunquam unum intermittit diem

Quin semper veniat.

SOSTRATA

Solus mearum miseriarum est remedium.

CANTHARA

E re nata melius fieri haud potuit quam factum est hera;
295

Quando vitium oblatum est; quod ad illum attinet potissimum

Talem, tali genere atque animo, natum ex tanta familia.

SOSTRATA

Ita pol est ut dicis: salvus nobis Deos quaeso ut siet.

SOSTRATA

Prithee, my dear nurse, how is it like to end?

CANTHARA

Like to end, do you ask? I’ troth, right well, I trust.

SOSTRATA

Her pains are just beginning, my dear.

CANTHARA

You are in a flight, now, just as though you had never been present on such an occasion—never been in labor yourself.
290

SOSTRATA

Unfortunate woman that I am! I have not a person at home; we are quite alone; Geta too is absent. I have no one to go for the midwife, or to fetch Aeschinus.

CANTHARA

I’ faith, he’ll certainly be here just now, for he never lets a day pass without visiting us.

SOSTRATA

He is my sole comfort in my afflictions.

CANTHARA

Things could not have happened, mistress, more for the advantage of your daughter than they have, seeing that violence was offered her; so far as he is concerned, it is most lucky,—such a person, of such disposition and feelings, a member of so respectable a family.
295

SOSTRATA

It is indeed as you say; I entreat the Gods that he may be preserved to us.

(They stand apart, on seeing GETA.)