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592 (MICIO. HEGIO.)

MICIO

Ego in hac re nihil reperio quamobrem lauder tantopere, Hegio:

Meum officium facio; quod peccatum a nobis ortum est corrigo:

Nisi si me in illo credidisti esse hominum numero qui ita putant,

Sibi fieri iniuriam ultro si quam fecere ipsi expostules,
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Et ultro accusant: id quia non est a me factum agis gratias?

HEGIO

Ah, minime: nunquam te aliter atque es in animum induxi meum.

Sed quaeso ut una mecum ad matrem virginis eas, Micio,

Atque istaec eadem quae mihi dixti tute dicas mulieri;

Suspicionem hanc propter fratrem eius esse et illam psaltriam.
600

MICIO

Si ita aequum censes, aut si ita opus est facto, camus.

HEGIO

Bene facis;

Nam et illi animum iam relevabis, quae dolore ac miseria

Tabescit; et tuo officio fueris functus: sed si aliter putas,

Egomet narrabo quae mihi dixti.

MICIO

Immo ego ibo.

HEGIO

Bene facis.

Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt nescio quomodo
605

Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;

Propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt negligi;

Quapropter te ipsum purgare ipsis coram placabilius est.

MICIO

Et recte et verum dicis.

HEGIO

Sequere me ergo hac intro.

MICIO

Maxime.

Adelphi. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 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.) — 4.3 focus

592
(Enter MICIO and HEGIO.)

MICIO

I can see no reason here, Hegio, that I should be so greatly commended. I do my duty; the wrong that has originated with us I redress.

Unless, perhaps, you thought me one of that class of men who think that an injury is purposely done them if you expostulate about any thing they have done; and yet are themselves the first to accuse. Because I have not acted thus, do you return me thanks?

HEGIO

Oh, far from it; I never led myself to believe you to be otherwise than you are; but I beg, Micio, that you will go with me to the mother of the young woman, and repeat to her the same; what you have told me, do you yourself tell the woman,

that this suspicion of Aeschinus’s fidelity was incurred on his brother’s account, and that this Music-girl was for him.
600

MICIO

If you think I ought, or if there is a necessity for doing so, let us go.

HEGIO

You act with kindness; for you’ll then both have relieved her mind who is now languishing in sorrow and affliction, and have discharged your duty. But if you think otherwise, I will tell her myself what you have been saying to me.

MICIO

Nay, I’ll go as well.

HEGIO

You act with kindness;

all who are in distressed circumstances are suspicious,¹ to I know not what degree; they take every thing too readily as an affront; they fancy themselves trifled with on account of their helpless condition; therefore it will be more satisfactory for you to justify him to them yourself.
605
(They go into the house of SOSTRATA.)

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HEGIO

Ah, minime: nunquam te aliter atque es in animum induxi meum.

Sed quaeso ut una mecum ad matrem virginis eas, Micio,

Atque istaec eadem quae mihi dixti tute dicas mulieri;

Suspicionem hanc propter fratrem eius esse et illam psaltriam.
600

MICIO

Si ita aequum censes, aut si ita opus est facto, camus.

HEGIO

Bene facis;

Nam et illi animum iam relevabis, quae dolore ac miseria

Tabescit; et tuo officio fueris functus: sed si aliter putas,

Egomet narrabo quae mihi dixti.

MICIO

Immo ego ibo.

HEGIO

Bene facis.

Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt nescio quomodo
605

Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;

Propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt negligi;

Quapropter te ipsum purgare ipsis coram placabilius est.

MICIO

Et recte et verum dicis.

HEGIO

Sequere me ergo hac intro.

MICIO

Maxime.

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MICIO

If you think I ought, or if there is a necessity for doing so, let us go.

HEGIO

You act with kindness; for you’ll then both have relieved her mind who is now languishing in sorrow and affliction, and have discharged your duty. But if you think otherwise, I will tell her myself what you have been saying to me.

MICIO

Nay, I’ll go as well.

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HEGIO Ah, minime: nunquam te aliter atque es in animum induxi meum. Sed quaeso ut una mecum ad matrem virginis eas, Micio, Atque istaec eadem quae mihi dixti tute dicas mulieri; Suspicionem hanc propter fratrem eius esse et illam psaltriam. 600

MICIO Si ita aequum censes, aut si ita opus est facto, camus.

HEGIO Bene facis; Nam et illi animum iam relevabis, quae dolore ac miseria Tabescit; et tuo officio fueris functus: sed si aliter putas, Egomet narrabo quae mihi dixti.

MICIO Immo ego ibo.

HEGIO Bene facis. Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt nescio quomodo 605 Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis; Propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt negligi; Quapropter te ipsum purgare ipsis coram placabilius est.

MICIO Et recte et verum dicis.

HEGIO Sequere me ergo hac intro.

MICIO Maxime.

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MICIO If you think I ought, or if there is a necessity for doing so, let us go.

HEGIO You act with kindness; for you’ll then both have relieved her mind who is now languishing in sorrow and affliction, and have discharged your duty. But if you think otherwise, I will tell her myself what you have been saying to me.

MICIO Nay, I’ll go as well.

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HEGIO

Ah, minime: nunquam te aliter atque es in animum induxi meum.

Sed quaeso ut una mecum ad matrem virginis eas, Micio,

Atque istaec eadem quae mihi dixti tute dicas mulieri;

Suspicionem hanc propter fratrem eius esse et illam psaltriam.
600

MICIO

Si ita aequum censes, aut si ita opus est facto, camus.

HEGIO

Bene facis;

Nam et illi animum iam relevabis, quae dolore ac miseria

Tabescit; et tuo officio fueris functus: sed si aliter putas,

Egomet narrabo quae mihi dixti.

MICIO

Immo ego ibo.

HEGIO

Bene facis.

Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt nescio quomodo
605

Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;

Propter suam impotentiam se semper credunt negligi;

Quapropter te ipsum purgare ipsis coram placabilius est.

MICIO

Et recte et verum dicis.

HEGIO

Sequere me ergo hac intro.

MICIO

Maxime.

MICIO

If you think I ought, or if there is a necessity for doing so, let us go.

HEGIO

You act with kindness; for you’ll then both have relieved her mind who is now languishing in sorrow and affliction, and have discharged your duty. But if you think otherwise, I will tell her myself what you have been saying to me.

MICIO

Nay, I’ll go as well.