Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ... — Comoediae. Latin and English. 1663

Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ... — Comoediae. Latin and English. 1663

Table of contents

Title page

The Tranſlator's Advertiſement to the READER.

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ANDRIA.

1. ANDRIA

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A Brief Argument of Caius Sulpitius Apollinaris, (who was Tutor to the Emperour Pertinax) on Terence's Andria.

C. Sulpitii Apollinaris Periocha in Terentii Andriam.

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The Speakers in this Comedy.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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The Firſt Scene of the Firſt Act.

Actûs Primi Scena Prima.

2

Act. 1. Scene 2.

Actus I. Scen. II.

3

Act I. Scen. III.

Act. I. Scen. III.

4

Act I. Scene IV.

Act. I. Scen. IV.

5

Act. I. Scene V.

Act. I. Scen. V.

2

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Act. II. Scene I.

Act. II. Scen. I.

2

Act II. Scen. II.

Actus II. Scen II.

3

Act II. Scen. III.

Actus II. Scen. III.

4

Act. II. Scene 4.

Act. II. Scen. 4.

5

Act. II. Scene 5.

Act. II. Scen. 5.

6

Act. II. Scene 6.

Act. II. Scene 6.

3

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Act III. Scen. 1.

Act. III. Scen. 1.

2

Act III. Scen. 2.

Actus 3. Scen. 2.

3

Act. III. Scene 3.

Actus III. Scen. 3.

4

Act. III. Scene 4.

Act. III. Scen. 4.

5

Act III. Scene 5.

Act. III. Scen. 5.

4

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Act IV. Scen. 1.

Actus IV. Scen. 1.

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Act IV. Scen. 2.

Act. IV. Scene 2.

3

Act IV. Scen. 3.

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

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Act. IV. Scen. 4.

Act. IV. Scena 4.

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Actus IV. Scen. 5.

Act. IV. Scena 5.

6

Act IV. Scene 6.

Actus IV. Scen. 6.

5

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Act. V. Scene 1.

Act. V. Scena 1.

2

Act. V. Scene 2.

Act. V. Scen. 2.

3

Act V. Scen. 3.

Actus V. Scen. 3.

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Act V. Scen. 4.

Actus V. Scen. 4.

5

Act V. Scene 5.

Act. V. Scen. V.

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Act V. Scen. 6.

Act. V. Scen. 6.

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EUNUCHUS A COMEDIE Of Publius Terentius An African of Carthage.

EUNUCHUS PUBLII TERENTII Carthaginienſis Afri.

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedy.

Fabulae interlocutores.

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The Argument, or Plot of Eunuchus, by C. Sulpitius Apollinaris.

Eunuchi Argumentum. C. Sulpitio Apollonari authore.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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1

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Act. I. Scene 1.

Act. I. Scen. 1.

2

Act. I. Scene 2.

Actus I. Scen. 2.

2

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Act II. Scene 1.

Act. II. Scene 1.

2

Act II. Scen. 2.

Actus II. Scen. 2.

3

Act II. Scen. 3.

Act. II. Scen. 3.

3

1

Act III. Scen. 1.

Actus III. Scen. 1.

2

Act III. Scen. 2.

Act. III. Scen. 2.

3

Act. III. Scene 3.

Actus III. Scen. 3.

4

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Act. IV. Scene 1.

Act. IV. Scen. 1.

2

Act IV. Scene 2.

Actus IV. Scen. 2.

3

Act IV. Scen. 3.

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

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Act IV. Scene 4.

Actus IV. Scen. 4.

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Act IV. Scene 5.

Act. IV. Scena 5.

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Act IV. Scen. 6.

Actus IV. Scen. 6.

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Act 4. Scene 7.

Act IV. Scen. 7.

5

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Act V. Scene 1.

Act. V. Scen. 1.

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Actus V. Scen. 2.

Act. V. Scen. 2.

3

Act V. Scene 3.

Act. V. Scene 3.

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Act V. Scene 4.

Actus V. Scen. 4.

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Act V. Scene 5.

Act. V. Scen. 5.

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Act V. Scen. 6.

Actus V. Scen. 6.

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Act V. Scene 7.

Actus V. Scen. 7.

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Act. V. Scene 8.

Act. V. Scena 8.

9

Act V. Scen. 9.

Act. V. Scena 9.

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HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS A COMEDIE, Of Publius Terentius, An African of Carthage:

HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS PUBLII TERENTII Carthaginenſis Afri.

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The Speakers, or Actors in this Comedy.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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The Argument or Plot of Heautontimorumenos, By Cajus Sulpitius Apollinaris.

Heautontimorumeni Argumentum, C. Sulpitio Apollinari Authore.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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1

1

Act. I. Scene 1.

Act. I. Scen. 1.

2

Act I. Scen. 2.

Actus I. Scen. 2.

2

1

Act II. Scene 1.

Actus II. Scen. 1.

2

Act II. Scene 2.

Actus II. Scen. 2.

3

Act II. Scene 3.

Act. II. Scen. 3.

4

Act II. Scene 4.

Act. II. Scen. 4.

3

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Act. III. Scen. 1.

Actus III. Scen. 1.

2

Act III. Scene 2.

Actus III. Scen. 2.

3

Act III. Scen. 3.

Act. III. Scen. 3.

4

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Act IV. Scene 1.

Act. IV. Scen. 1.

2

Act IV. Scene 2.

Actus IV. Scen. 2.

3

Act IV. Scene 3.

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

4

Act. IV. Scen. 4.

Act. IV. Scen. 4.

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ADELPHI

ADELPHI

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The Argument or Plot of Adelphi, by Caeius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

Adelphorum argumentum; C. Sulpicio Apollinari authore.

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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1

1

Act. I. Scen. I.

Act. I. Scen. I.

2

Act. I. Scen. II.

Act. I. Scen. II.

2

1

Act. II. Scen. I.

Act. 2. Scen. 1.

2

Act. II. Scen. II.

Act. II. Scen. II.

3

Act. II. Scen. III.

Act. II. Scen. III.

4

Act. II. Scen. IV.

Act. II. Scen. IV.

3

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Act. III. Scen. I.

Act. III. Scen. I.

2

Act. III. Scen. II.

Act. III. Scen. II.

3

Act. III. Scen. III.

Act. III. Scen. III.

4

Act. III. Scen. IV.

Act. III. Scen. IV.

5

Act. III. Scen. V.

Act. III. Scen. V.

4

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Act. IV. Scen. I.

Act. IV. Scen. I.

2

Act. IV. Scen. II.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

3

Act. IV. Scen. III.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

4

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

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Act. IV. Scen. V.

Act. IV. Scen. V.

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Act. IV. Scen. VI.

Act. IV. Scen. VI.

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Act. IV. Scen. VII.

Act. IV. Scen. VII.

5

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Act. V. Scen. I.

Act. V. Scen. I.

2

Act. V. Scen. II.

Act. V. Scen. II.

3

Act. V. Scen. III.

Act. V. Scen. III.

4

Act. V. Scen. III.

Act. V. Scen. III.

5

Act. V. Scen. V.

Act. V. Scen. V.

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Act. V. Scen. VI.

Act. V. Scen. VI.

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Act. V. Scen. VII.

Act. V. Scen. VII.

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Act. V. Scen. VIII.

Act. V. Scen. VIII.

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Act. V. Scen. IX.

Act. V. Scen. IX.

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HECYRA A Comedy of Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

HECYRA Publii Terentii Carthaginienſis A••i,

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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The Argument or Plot of Hecyra, by Caius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

Hecyrae Argumentum, Q. Sulpitio Appollinari Authore.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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1

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Act. I. Scen. I.

Act. I. Scen. I.

2

Act. I. S•en. II.

Act. I. Scen. II.

2

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Act. II. Scen. I.

Act. II. Scen. I.

2

Act II. Scen. II.

Act. II. Scen. II.

3

Act. II. Sc•n. III.

Act. II. Scen. III.

3

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Act. III. Scen. I.

Act. III. Scen. I.

2

Act. III. Scen. II.

Act. III. Scen. II.

3

Act. III. Scen. III.

Act. III. Scen. III.

4

Act. III. Scen. IV.

Act. III. Scen. IV.

5

Act. III. Scen. V.

Act. III. Scen. V.

4

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Act. IV. Scen. I.

Act. IV. Scen. I.

2

Act. IV. Scen. II.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

3

Act. IV. Scen. III.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

4

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

5

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Act. V. Scen. I.

Act. V. Scen. I.

2

Act. V. Scen. II.

Act. V. Scen. II.

3

Act. V. Scen. III.

Act. V. Scen. III.

4

Act. V. Scen. IIII.

Act. V. Scen. IIII.

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PHORMIO, A Comedie of Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

PHORMIO Publii Terentii Carthaginienſis Afri,

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Fabula Interlocutores.

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The Argument or Plot of Phormio, by Caius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

Phormionis Argumentum, C. Sulpitio Apollinari Authore.

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The Prologue.

Prologus.

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1

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Act. I. Scen. I.

Act. I. Scen. I.

2

Act. I. Scen. II.

Act. I. Scen. II.

3

Act. I. Scen. III.

Act. I. Scen. III.

4

Act. I. Scen. IV.

Act. I. Scen. IV.

2

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Act. II. Scen. I.

Act. II. Scen. I.

2

Act. II. Scen. II.

Act. II. Scen. II.

3

Act. II. Scen. III.

Act. II. Scen. III.

4

Act. II. Scen. IV.

Act. II. Scen. IV.

3

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Act. III. Scen. I.

Act. III. Scen. I.

2

Act. III. Scen. II.

Act. III. Scen. II.

3

Act. III. Scen. III.

Act. III. Scen. III.

4

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Act. IV. Scen. I.

Act. IV. Scen. I.

2

Act. IV. Scen. II.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

3

Act. IV. Scen. III.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

4

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

5

Act. IIII. Scen. V.

Act. IV. Scen. V.

5

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Act. V. Scen. I.

Act. V. Scen. I.

2

Act. V. Scen. II.

Act. V. Scen. II.

3

Act. V. Scen. III.

Act. V. Scen. III.

4

Act. V. Scen. IV.

Act. V. Scen. IV.

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Act. V. Scen. V.

Act. V. Scen. V.

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Act. V. Scen. VI.

Act. V. Scen. VI.

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Act. V. Scen. VII.

Act. V. Scen. VII.

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Act. V. Scen. VIII.

Act. V. Scen. VIII.

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PUBLII TERENTII CARTHAGINIENSIS AFRI Poëtae lepidiſſimi COMOEDIAE Sex Anglo-Latinae.

In uſum Ludi-diſcipulorum, quo feliciùs venuſtatem linguae Latinae ad ſermonem quotidianum exercendum aſſequantur.

A CAROLO HOOLE A. M. L. C. Oxon.

Et Scholae Grammaticae moderatore, non ita procul à Byrſâ Regali apud Londinates.

Six COMEDIES Of that excellent Poet PUBLIUS TERENTIUS an African of Carthage in English and Latine.

For the uſe of young Scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common diſcourſe.

By CHARLES HOOLE, near Lothbury-Garden, London.

The Tranſlator's Advertiſement to the READER.

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Good-Reader,

I Have at last (by God's bleſſing) effected, which I heretofore had promiſed that Worſhipfull Company of Stationers, the Translation of Terence. Touching the uſefulneſs of which Author for the gaining the Latine tongue, I need ſay no more, then that Cicero made it his Maſter; and the generality of Scholars are of Barlandus s opinion, that that Language will never be loſt whileſt Terence may be had. I will not inſist here upon the Benefit of Tranſlations, having ſaid enough concerning it in my Preface to Cato. Forthe Method I have uſed in Tranſlating this Book, I have Preſidents in French and High-Dutch. Wherein I differ from Mr. Bernard, and what I have omitted, may eaſily be ſeen, and the reaſons thereof gueſſed.

But the main of what I would have the Readers take notice, is this: the Latine Copie which is here publiſhed is that of Cardinal Bembus; which that famous Antiquary Sir Henry Wotton had bought at Venice, [Page] and beſtowed upon a young Gentleman, a friend or kinſman's ſon of his (as it ſeems) in or about London. The Manu-ſcript written in Vellum is dated A. D. 1491. which I prize the more, becauſe I finde it clears many the moſt difficult places, about which Criticks too miſtakingly contend, and many the moſt learned of them ever and anon make their appeal ad codicem Bembianum.

I freely offer what I have done eſpecially for the Benefit of young Scholars, (amongst whom, not withstanding my weightier charge elſewhere, I am again occaſionally converſant) to the kinde acceptation of any that ſhall pleaſe to uſe it; accounting it a Bleſſing from God, if by this or any other my labour I may forward Learning, which hath ever proved a moſt neceſſary Mean to the ſettlement and propagation of Religion and Virtue; eſpecially where Children are inſtituted in ſuch Principles as may correct the vitioſities of this and the like Heatheniſh authors.

C. H.

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ANDRIA TERENTII Anglo-Latina.

TERENCE'S ANDRIA ENGLISH AND LATINE.

ANDRIA.

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1. A Comedie touching one Chryſis, a Woman of Andro, (which is an Iſland in the Mediteranean Sea) made by Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

2. Acted at the Megaleſian Games (exhibited by the Romans in Honour of their [...], or great Gods, but eſpecially of the Goddeſs Cybele, which was called the Mother of the Gods) which began (as Goreanus obſerveth out of Tully) about the beginning of September, and laſted nine days, or (as ſome others write) on the fourth of April, and continued ſix days.

When M. Fulvius and M. Glabrio were Aediles, or Officers, whoſe charge being to overſee the Temples and private Houſes which belonged to the Citie of Rome, and to make proviſion for Stage-plays; they bought this Comedie, and took Order to have it publikely acted. They were called Curules, becauſe they were choſen out of the Senators, and permitted to ride in (ſellâ curuli) a Chair of State.

3. The chief Players, or Actors of it, were

1. L. Ambivius Turpio,

2. and L. Attilius Preneſtinus.

4. Flaccus the Son of Claudius was the Muſitian or Song-man, that ſet or appointed the tunes to be played on Shaumes or Hoboyes, or the like Pipes, which had an even number of holes in them; And firſt with them that made a baſe ſound, and were held on the right ſide of the mouth, when ſerious matters were acted; and then with ſuch as made a ſhriller noiſe, and were held on the left ſide of the mouth, when jeſling, and merry conceits were uſed.

5. And the Comedie is altogether a Greek one, tranſlated out of that excellent Poet Menander, and containeth in it nothing of any Romane buſineſs, but what was done at Athens; and therefore i [...]. was acted in Mantles or Cloaks after the Greek faſhion.

6. It was publiſhed when M. Marcellus, and Cajus Sulpitius were Conſuls of Rome.

7. In the Year

Since Rome was built, 587.

Before Chriſt was born, 162.

1. ANDRIA

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Publii Terentii

Carthaginienſis Afri.

2. Acta

Ludis Megalenſibus;

M. Fulvio &

M. Glabrione

aedilibus curulibus,

3. Egerunt

1. L. Ambivius Turpio &

2. L. Attilius Praeneſtinus.

4. Modos fecit

Flaccus Claudii filius,

tibiis paribus; dextris & ſiniſtris,

5. Et eſt tota Graeca.

6. Edita

M. Marcello &

C. Sulpitio

Coſſ.

7. Anno Ab urbe conditâ DLXXXVII.

Ante Chriſtum natum CLXII.

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A Brief Argument of Caius Sulpitius Apollinaris, (who was Tutor to the Emperour Pertinax) on Terence's Andria.

PAmphilus defloureth Glycerie, who was falſly thought to be

The ſiſter of a whore, that was an Andrian woman by birth;

And when ſhe was great with child, he plighted his faith to her,

That ſhe ſhould be his wife: alſo his father Simo had affianced to him

line 5 (Philumena) the daughter of Chremes; and as ſoon as he found for certain, that he was in love,

He makes as though there ſhould be a marriage; being deſirous to know,

What mind his ſon had towards it:

Pamphilus, through Davus's perſwaſion, is not againſt it.

But after Chremes ſaw that Glycerie had a young ſon,

line 10 He flyeth off from the match, and renounceth his ſon in Law.

Within a while after he beſtoweth this his daughter Glycerie (which was known unlooked for)

Upon Pamphilus, and his other daughter for a wife upon Charinus.

C. Sulpitii Apollinaris Periocha in Terentii Andriam.

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SOrorem falſò creditam meretriculae,

Genere Andriae, Glycerium vitiat Pamphilus.

Gravidâ (que) factâ, dat fidem, uxorem ſibi

Fore hanc: nam aliam pater ei deſponderat

line 5 Gnatam Chremetis, at (que) ut amorem comperit,

Simulat futuras nuptias; cupiens, ſuus

Quid haberet animi filius, cognoſcere.

Davi ſuaſu non, repugnat Pamphilus.

Sed ex Glycerio natum ut vidit puerulum

line 10 Chremes, recuſat nuptias, generum abdicat.

Mox filiam Glycerium, Inſperatò agnitam

Dat Pamphilo hanc, aliam Charino conjugem.

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The Speakers in this Comedy.

Simo, An Old Man.

Soſia, A Freed-man.

Davus, A Man-ſervant.

Myſis, A Servant maid.

Pamphilus, A Young-man.

Charinus, A Young-man.

Byrrhia, A man-ſervant.

Lesbia, A Midwife.

Glycerie, A Whore.

Chremes, An Old-man.

Crito, A Stranger.

Dromo, A Servant that whipt others.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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Simo, Senex

Soſia, Libertus.

Davus, Servus.

Myſis, Ancilla.

Pamphilus, Adoleſcens.

Charinus, Adoleſcens.

Byrrhia, Servus.

Lesbia, Obſtetrix.

Glycerium, Meretrix.

Chremes. Senex.

Crito, Hoſpes.

Dromo, Servus loratius.

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The Prologue.

WHen firſt the Poet (Terence) gave his mind to write (Comedies)

He thought it was the onely buſineſs he had to look after,

That what Comedies he made might pleaſe the people:

But he findeth it to fall out far otherwiſe;

line 5 For in writing. Prologues he beſtoweth his labour amiſs,

Not that he may tell one the Plot, but anſwer the railing termes

Of the cankered old Poet (Luſcus Lavinius.)

Now I pray you conſider what thing they account as a fault:

Menander made Andria and Perinthia:

line 10 He that knoweth either (Comedy) well, knoweth them both:

They differ not very much in the matter, yet

Are they much unlike in the compoſition, and manner of ſpeech;

He confeſſeth he took out of Perinthia, and put into Andria,

Thoſe things which were ſitting (for his purpoſe) and uſed them as his own.

line 15 Theſe fellows diſcommend that doing, and reaſon about it,

Saying, it is not fit that Comedies ſhould be ſpoyled:

Truly by making themſelves ſo wiſe, they diſcover their own [...]olly;

Who when they blame him, they find fault alſo

With Naevius, Plautus, and Ennius, whom this our Poet followeth as his Authours:

line 20 Whoſe negligence he choſeth rather to imitate,

Than the over-clouded diligence of thoſe fellows.

Now henceforth I adviſe them to be quiet hereafter, and forbear

To give ill language, leaſt they come to hear of their ill doings.

Keep ſilence, ſhew your ſelves impartial, and conſider the matter,

line 25 That ye may thorowly underſtand what hope remaineth; viz.

Whether what Comedies he ſhall make a new hereafter,

Be worthy to be beheld, or driven off the ſtage rather by them.

Prologus.

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POëta quùm primùm animum ad ſcribendum appulit,

Id ſibi negoti credidit ſolum dari,

Populo ut placerent, quas feciſſit fabulas.

Verùm aliter evenire multo intelligit;

line 5 Nam in Prologis ſcribundis operam abutitur

Non qui argumentum narrer, ſed qui malevoli

Veteris Poetae maledict is reſpondeat.

Nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeſo, animum advertite;

Menander fecit Andriam & Perinthiam;

line 10 Qui utramvis rectè nôrit, ambas noverit:

Non ita diſſimili ſunt argumento, ſed tamen

Diſſimili oratione ſunt factae, ac ſtylo,

Quae convenere, in Andriam ex Pirinthiā

Fatetur tranſtuliſſe; at (que) uſum pro ſuis:

line 15 Id iſti vituperant factum, at (que) in eo diſputant,

Contaminari non decere fabulas.

Faciunt nae intelligendo ut nihil intelligant:

Qui cùm hunc accuſant, Naevium, Plautum, Ennium

Accuſant; quos hic noſter authores habet:

line 20 Quorum aemulari exoptat negligentiam

Potiùs, quam iſtorum obſcuram diligentiam.

Dehinc ut quieſcant, porrò monco, & deſinant

Maledicere, malefacta ne noſcant ſua.

Favete, adeſte aequo animo, & rem cognoſcite,

line 25 Ut pernoſcatis quid ſpei ſit reliquum,

Poſthac quas faciet de integro comaedias,

Spectandae, an exigendae ſint vobis priùs.

§

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1

The Firſt Scene of the Firſt Act.

SIMO. SOSIA.

Si.

YOu (Sirs) take theſe things away in a doors; get you gone. Soſia,

Come hither: I will ſpeak a word or two with you.

So.

I know what you would ſay,

For ſooth, that theſe things ſhould be well lookt unto.

Si.

Nay, ſomething elſe.

So.

What is it?

That my skill can do for you more then this?

Si.

line 5 I have no need of that skill for this thing which I am about,

But theſe which I always obſerved to be in you,

Faithfulneſs and ſecrecie.

So.

I wait to know your pleaſure:

Si.

You know what a fair and eaſie ſervice you always had with me,

Ever ſince I bought you of a little boy:

line 10 I made you a Freeman of a Bond ſlave,

Becauſe you did ſerve me with a good will;

I have requited you with the beſt thing I had.

So.

I am mindfull of it.

Si.

I do not repent of what I have done.

So.

I am glad,

If I have done, or do do any thing that liketh you Simo; and

line 15 I thank you that it hath been contenting to you:

But this (ſpeech of yours) troubleth me, for this rehearſal of old things

Is as it were an upbraiding of one that is forgetful of a good turn:

But do you tell me in a word what it is you would have with me.

Si.

So I will do: But firſt and foremoſt, I tell you this concerning this matter,

line 20 This marriage which you think to be reall, is not ſo.

So.

Why do you pretend it then?

Si.

You ſhall hear all the matter from the beginning;

By that means you ſhall underſtand my ſons courſe of life, and my intent,

And what I would have you do in this matter.

For after he came towards mans eſtate, Soſia,

line 25 He had liberty to live more at random: For beſorerime

How could one know or diſcern his diſpoſition,

Whilſt want of years, fear and a Maſter held him in?

So.

It is true.

Si.

That which all yong men for the moſt part uſe to do,

Giving their minds to one imployment or other, either

line 30 [Page] To keep horſes or dogs for hunting, or to (hear) Philoſophers;

He minded none of theſe things extraordinarily more then others,

And yet he minded them all pretty well.

I was glad of it.

So.

Not without cauſe, for I hold it to be

A thing very requiſite in ones life, that he do nothing too much.

Si.

line 35 Thus was his manner of life: patiently to bear and ſuffer all men;

With whomſoever he kept company, to yield himſelf to them,

And to do as they did, being thwart to no body,

Nor at any time putting forth himſelf before them; ſo as one may eaſily

Get commendations without envy, and purchaſe friends.

So.

line 40 He took a wiſe courſe to live; for now a adyes

Soothing gaineth friends, and true-dealing hatred.

Si.

In the mean time a certain Woman about three years ago,

Removed from Andri into this neighbour-hood,

Being driven to it by poverty, and the neglect of her kindred;

line 45 A very handſome woman (ſhe was) and in the flower of her age.

So.

Alas, I am afraid leſt this Andrian Woman ſhould bring ſomething that is nought.

Si.

At the firſt ſhe lived chaſtly, ſparingly and hardly,

Seeking to get a livelihood by ſpinning and carding;

But after a lover came and offered her hire,

line 50 Now one and then another (as the diſpoſition of all

Men is prone to fall from labour and follow luſt)

Shee took their offer, and afterwards began to make a gain of it,

They who then loved her, by chance, as it fell out,

Brought my ſon thither with them, to bear them company.

line 55 I preſently concuded with my ſelf; certainly he is caught,

He hath his pay. I did watch their foot betimes in a morning,

As they came and went, I uſed to ask them; Doeſt thou hear, boy?

I pray thee tell me, who had Chryſis yeſterday? For that

Was the name of that Andrian woman.

So.

I underſtand you.

Si.

They ſaid

line 60 Phaedrus, or Clinia, or Niceratus; fon theſe three then

Loved all at once, Oh, but what did Pamphilus? what? he paid

His club, he ſupt with them; I was glad of it. Likewiſe another day

I made enquiry: I found nothing at all did touch Pamphilus,

In good earneſt I thought him to be a ſufficiently tried,

line 65 And moſt notable pattern of chaſtity.

For he that hath to ſtrive with men of ſuch like diſpoſitions,

And yet for all that his mind is not moved in that matter;

[Page] One may conclude he is a man able to have the guiding of his life.

That both pleaſed me well, and beſides all men with one conſent

line 70 Gave him all the commendations that might be, and extolled my happineſs,

That had a Son endued with ſo towardly a nature.

What needeth many words? Chremes being moved by this report,

Came to me of his own mind, that he might beſtow

His onely daughter on my ſon for a wife, with a huge great portion.

line 75 It liked me well. I promiſed him my Son. This day is appointed for the marriage.

So.

What hindereth, that a real marriage is not made?

Si.

You ſhall hear;

Within a few dayes, almoſt in which theſe things were a doing,

This our neighbour Chryſis died.

So.

O well done!

You have made me happy: I doubted ſome harm from Chryſis.

Si.

There then my ſon

line 80 Was very often in company with them that loved Chryſis;

He took order as well as they for the funeral; being ſad all the while;

Now and then he ſhed a tear with them. This alſo pleaſed me well.

I thought thus with my ſelf; he for a little acquaintance ſake,

Takes this womans death ſo heavily to be art:

line 85 What if he had loved her himſelf? what will he do for me his father?

I thought all theſe to be the properties of a kind nature,

Avd a gentle diſpoſition. Why do I hold you with many words?

I my ſelf alſo for his ſake go forth to the burial,

Suſpecting no harm at all.

So.

How now, what is the matter!

Si.

You ſhall know.

line 90 The corſe is brought forth, we go along. In the mean time among the women

That were there, I chanced to eſpy one young Damſel

Of a feature.

So.

That was good perhaps.

Si.

And Soſia, Of a countenance

So modeſt, and ſo comely, that more could not be (in a woman.)

Becauſe then ſhe ſeemed to me to take on more then the reſt,

line 95 And becauſe ſhe was of a more honeſt and Gentlewoman-like face then the reſt,

I went to the maids that waited on her,

And asked who ſhe might be; they ſaid ſhe was Chryſis ſiſter:

It preſently ſtruck me to the heart. Alas, this is it indeed;

[Page] Hence come all thoſe tears, this is the pitie that he taketh.

So.

line 100 How greatly do I fear, what that tale may tend to.

Si.

The funeral in the mean time,

Goeth on forward: we follow after, we come to the burial place;

Shee is put into the fire; they weep. In the mean while this Siſter

Whom I ſpake of, came to the flame ſomewhat raſhly,

With a deal of danger. Then Pamphilus being much affrighted,

line 105 Bewrayed the love which he handſomly cloaked and concealed.

He runneth to her: he takes the woman about the middle in his arms.

Ah my Glycerie, quoth he, what do you do? why go you about to caſt away your ſelf?

Then ſhee, ſo as one might eaſily perceive their wonted love,

Threw her ſelf back upon him weeping very heavily.

So.

line 110 What ſay you? Si. I return thence being angry, and taking it ill;

Neither had I cauſe ſufficient for to chide him; he might have ſaid

What have I done? what puniſhment have I deſerved, or wherein have I done amiſs?

I have hindred her that would have thrown her ſelf into the fire,

I have ſaved her life, this is an honeſt excuſe.

So.

You think rightly:

line 115 For if you ſhould chide him, that helped to ſave ones life,

What would you do to him that hath wrought one harm or miſchief?

Si.

Chremes came to me the next day, crying out,

That he had found out a ſhamefull act, that Pamphilus

Uſed this ſtrange woman as if ſhe were his wife. I ſtoutly

line 120 Denied it to be ſo; he maintained that it was ſo. In the end

I ſo parted from him, as from one that denied to match his daughter

To my ſon.

So.

Did not you chide your ſon then?

Si.

Neither was this indeed

A ſufficient cauſe to chide him. So. Why ſo? tell me.

Si.

He might have ſaid, Father, you your ſelf have appointed an end for theſe things,

line 125 The time is nigh at hand, when I muſt live after anothers pleaſure,

Let me now in the mean time, live as I will my ſelf.

So.

What occaſion then is there left to chide him?

Si.

If he will not marry a wife (which is promiſed) becauſe of his love to Glycerie,

He muſt firſt be puniſhed for that fault,

line 130 And now becauſe of that my endeavour is, that by means of this feigned match

[Page] I may have a juſt cauſe to chide him, if he quite deny it.

And withall that that roguiſh Davus, if he have ony knaviſh device,

May vent it now whilſt his tricks can do no harm:

Who I verily beleeve will do all he can with tooth and nail,

line 135 And that the rather to work me a diſpleaſure,

Then to follow my ſons humour.

So.

Why ſo?

Si.

Do you ask?

An evill minde, an evill meaning; whom truly, if I finde him

But need is there of words? But if it fall out as I deſire,

That there be no ſtop in Pamphilus; Chremes remain's

line 140 Whom I muſt ſtrive to prevail with, and I truſt it will come to paſs.

Now it is your part, that you handſomly fain this marriage,

That you fright Davus to purpoſe, and be ſure to watch my ſon,

What he doth, and what advice he taketh with him.

So.

It is enough,

I will have a care of it; let us go in now.

Si.

Go before, I will come after.

Actûs Primi Scena Prima.

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SIMO. SOSIA.

Si.

VOs iſthaec intrò auferte: abite. Soſia,

Adeſdum: paucis te volo.

So.

Dictum puta.

Nempe ut curentur rectè haec.

Si.

Imò aliud.

So.

Quid eſt

Quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc poſſit amplius?

Si.

line 5 Nihil iſthâc opus eſt arte ad hanc rem quam paro:

Sed his quas ſemper in te intellexi ſitas,

Fide & taciturnitate.

So.

Expecto quid velis.

Si.

Ego poſtquam te emi à parvulo, ut ſemper tibi

Apud me juſta & clemens fuerit ſervitus,

line 10 Scis; feci è ſervo ut eſſes libertus mihi,

Propterea quòd ſerviebas liberaliter.

Quod habui ſummum pretium, perſolvi tibi.

So.

In memoriâ habeo.

Si.

Haud muto factum.

So.

Gaudeo,

Si tibi quid feci, aut facio, quod placeat, Simo, &

line 15 Id gratum fuiſſe adverſum te, habeo gratiam.

Sed mî hoc moleſtum eſt: nam iſthaec commemoratio

Quaſi exprobratio eſt immemoris benefici.

Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid eſt quod me velis.

Si.

Ita faciam. Hoc primùm in haecre praedico tibi,

line 20 Quas credis eſſe has, non ſunt verae nuptiae.

So.

Cur ſimulas igitur?

Si.

Rem omnem à principio audies.

Eo pacto & gnati vitam, & conſilium meum

Cognoſces, & quid facere in hac re te velim.

Nam is poſtquam exceſſit ex ephaebis, Soſia,

line 25 Liberiùs vivendi fuit poteſtas. Nam antea

Qui ſcire poſſes aut ingenium noſcere,

Dum aetas, metus, magiſter prohibebant?

So.

Ita eſt.

Si.

Quod plerique omnes faciunt adoleſcentuli,

Ut animum ad aliquod ſtudium adjungant, aut equos

line 30 [Page] Alere, aut canes ad venandum, aut ad Philoſophes;

Horum ille nihil egregiè praeter caetera

Studebat, & tamen omnia haec mediocriter.

Gaudebam.

So.

Non injuriâ: nam id arbitror

Adprimè in vità eſſe utile, ut ne quid nimis.

Si.

line 35 Sic vita erat: facilè omneis perferre ac pati;

Cum quibus erat cun (que) unà, iis ſeſe dedere,

Eorum obſequi ſtudiis, adverſus nemini,

Nunquam praeponens ſe illis; ita facillimè

Sine invidiâ laudem invenias, & amicos pares.

So.

line 40 Sapienter vitam inſtituit; nam (que) hoc tempore

Obſequium amicos, veritas odium parit.

Si.

Interea mulier quaedam abhinc triennium

Ex Andro commigravit huic viciniae,

Inopiâ & cognatorum negligent â

line 45 Coacta, egregiâ formâ, at (que) aetate integrâ.

So.

Hei, vereor, ne quid Andria apporter mali.

Si.

Primùm haec pudicè vitam, parcè, ac duriter

Agebat, lanâ ac telâ victum quaeritans:

Sed poſtquam amans acceſſit, pretium pollicens,

line 50 Unus & item alter: (ita ut ingenium eſt omnium

Hominum à labore proclive ad libidinem)

Accepit conditionem, dein quaeſtum occipit.

Qui tum illam amabant, fortè, ita ut fit, filium

Perduxêre illuc ſecum, ut unà eſſet, meum:

line 55 Egomet continuò mecum; certè captus eſt,

Habet. Obſervabam manè illorum ſervulos

Venientes aut abeuntes, rog [...]t [...]bam; Heus puer,

Dic ſodes, quis heri Chryſidem habuit? nam Andriae

Illi id erat nomen.

So.

Tenco.

Si.

Phaedrum, aut Cliniam

line 60 Dicebant, aut Niceratum: nam hi tres tum ſimul

Amabant. Eho, quid Pamphilus? quid? ſymbolam

Dedit, caenavit: gaudebam. Item alio die

Quaerebam; comperiebam nihil ad Pamphilum

Quicquam attingere. Enimve. o ſpectatum ſatis

line 65 Putabam, & magnum exemplum continentiae.

Nam qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejuſmodi,

Ne (que) comm [...]etur animus in eâ re tamen;

[Page] Scias poſſe habere jam ipſum ſuae vitae modum.

Cùm id mihi placebat, tum uno ore omnes omnia

line 70 Bona dicere, & laudare fortunas meas,

Qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum.

Quid verbis opus eſt? hâc famà impulſus Chremes

Ultrò ad me venit, unicam gnatam ſuam

Cum dote ſummâ filio uxorem ut daret.

line 75 Placuit, deſpondi. Hic nupriis dictus eſt dies.

So.

Quid obſtat, cur non verae fiant?

Si.

Audies.

Ferè in diebus paucis, quibus haec acta ſunt,

Chryſis vicina haec moritur.

So.

O factum bene!

Beaſti; metui à Chryſide.

Si.

Ibi tum filius meus

line 80 Cum illis qui amabant Chryſidem, unà aderat frequens;

Curabat unâ funus, triſt is interim;

Nonnunquam conlachrymabat. Placuit tum id mihi.

Sic cogitabam: hic parvae conſuetudinis

Cauſâ, mortem hujus tam fert familiariter:

line 85 Quid ſi ipſe amâſſet? Quid mihi hic faciet patri?

Haec ego putabam eſſe omnia humani ingenii

Manſueti (que) animi officia. Quid multis moror?

Egomet quo (que) ejus cauſà in funus predeo,

Nihil ſuſpicans etiam mali:

So.

Hem, quid eſt?

Si.

Scies.

line 90 Effertur, imus. Interea inter mulieres,

Quae ibi aderant, fortè unam adſpicio adoleſcentulam,

Formâ.

So.

Bona fortaſſe.

Si.

Et vultu, Soſia,

Adeò modeſto, adeò venuſto, ut nihil ſuprá.

Quia tum mihi lamentari praeter caeteras

line 95 Viſa eſt, & quia erat, formâ praeter caeteras

Honeſtâ ac liberali, accedo ad paediſſequas,

Quae ſit rogo; ſororem eſſe aiunt Chryſidis.

Percuſſit illico animum. Atat, hoc illud eſt:

[Page] Hinc illae lachrymae; haec illa eſt miſericordia.

So.

line 100 Quàm timeo, quorſum evadas.

Si.

Funus interim

Procedit: ſequimur: ad ſepnlchrum venimus:

In ignem poſita eſt: Fletur. Interea haec ſoror,

Quam dixi, ad flammam acceſſit imprudentius

Satis cum periculo. Ibi tum exanimatus Pamphilus

line 105 Bene diſſimulatum amorem & [...]elatum indicat.

Adcurrit: mediam mulierem complectitur.

Mea Glycerium, inquit, quid agis? cur te is perditum?

Tum illa, ut conſuetum facilè morem cerneres,

Rejecit ſe in eum flens quám familiariter.

So.

line 110 Quid ais?

Si.

Redeo inde iratus, at (que) aegrè ferens:

Nec ſatis ad objurgandum cauſae; diceret,

Quid feci? quid commerui aut peccavi, pater?

Quae ſeſe voluit in ignem injicere, prohibui,

Servavi, Honeſta oratio eſt.

So.

Rectè putas:

line 115 Nam ſi illum objurges, vitae qui auxilium tulit;

Quid facias illi, qui dederit damnum, aut malum?

Si.

Venit Chremes poſtrid [...]e ad me, clamitans,

Indignum facinus comperiſſe; Pamphilum

Pro uxore habere hanc peregrinam. Ego illud ſedulò

line 120 Negare factum: ille inſtat factum. Denique,

Ita tum diſcedo ab illo, ut qui ſe filiam

Negat daturum.

So.

Non tu ibi gnatum?

Si.

Nè haec quidem

Satis vehemens cauſa ad objurgandum.

So.

Quî, cedo?

Si tute ipſe his rebus finem praeſcrîpſti, pater.

line 125 Propè adeſt, cum alieno more vivendum eſt mihi:

Sine nunc me meo vivere interea modo.

So.

Quis igitur relictus eſt objurgandi locus?

Si.

Si propter amorem uxorem nolit ducere,

Ea primùm ab illo animadvertenda injuria eſt.

line 130 Et nunc id operam do, ut per falſas nuptias

[Page] Vera objurgandi cauſa ſit, ſi deneget.

Simul, ſceleratus Davus ſi quid conſilii

Habet, ut conſumat nunc, cùm nihil obſint doli:

Quem ego credo manibus pedibuſ (que) obnixè omnia

line 135 Facturum, magis id adeò, mihi ut incommodet,

Quàm ut obſequatur gnato.

So.

Quapropter?

Si.

Rogas?

Mala mens, malus animus. Quem quidem ego ſi ſenſero—

Sed quid opus eſt verbis? ſin eveniat quod volo,

In Pamphilo ut nihil ſit morae; reſtat Chremes,

line 140 Qui mihi exorandus eſt, & ſpero confore.

Nunc tuum eſt officium, has bene ut adſimules nuptias;

Perterrefacias Davum, obſerves filium,

Quid agat, quid cum illo conſilii capte [...].

So.

Sat eſt,

Curabo, eamus jam nunc intro.

Si.

I prae, ſequar.

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Act. 1. Scene 2.

SIMO, DAVUS.

S.

THere is no doubt, but my ſon will have no wife:

I perceived Davus erewhile to fear ſo, as ſoon as he heard

That there was likely to be a marriage; but he hmſelf comes forth a doors.

D.

I wondred, if this matter ſhould go thus, and I feared

line 5 What my Maſters long forbearance would come to, who, after he heard,

That a wife would not be given to his ſon, did never

Speak a word to any one of us, nor did he take it impatiently.

S.

But now he will, and as I ſuppoſe, to thy great coſt.

D.

This was it that he aimed at, that we ſhould be brought unawares into a fools Paradiſe;

line 10 And when we were now in hope, and had caſt away fear, be taken napping;

So as we might have no time to think how to hiuder the marriage:

It is cunningly done.

S.

What ſaith the Rogue?

D.

Here is my maſter, and I was not aware of him.

[Page]S.

Davus!

D.

How now, what is the matter?

S.

Come hither to me.

D.

What would this fellow have?

S.

What ſay you?

D.

About what?

S.

Doeſt thou ask? It is reported that my Son is in love.

D.

line 15 For ſooth, folks care much for that.

S.

Doeſt thou mind what I ſay, or no.

D.

Truly I mind it.

S.

But, for me now to ſift out theſe things,

It is the property of a harſh Father; for what he did heretofore, belongeth not at all to me.

Whilſt time permitted that matter, I let him take his ſwinge.

Now it is time for him to take another courſe, and to change his manners;

line 20 And therefore I require, or i [...] it be fiting, I intreat thee, Davus, that he may now become a new man.

D.

What ſhould this mean?

S.

All that are in love take it ill that a wife ſhould be appointed them.

D.

So they ſay.

S.

Then If one have got a l [...]wd Tutor for that matter,

He commonly turns his crazy mind the wrong way.

D.

Truly I do not underſtand you.

S.

No! How now?

D.

No, I am plain Davus, not Oedipus, the expounder of Riddles.

S.

line 25 Would you then have me ſpeak plainly what is behind?

D.

Yes indeed.

S.

If I perceive thee go about any knavery to day concerning the marriage, that it may not be:

Or that thou haſt a mind to ſhew in the matter, how crafty thou art;

I will commit thee Davus into the houſe of Correction to be whipt to death,

On this condition and aboding, that if I take thee out thence, I wil grind for thee.

line 30 What? Doeſt thou underſtand this? or doeſt thou not underſtand this neither?

D.

Yes, very well:

Now you have ſpoke the thing plainly, you have not gone about the buſh.

S.

I can more willingly abide to be abuſed in any thing then in this.

D.

Good words I pray you.

S.

Doeſt thou mock me? I know thee well enough: But I tell thee,

That thou do it not too raſhly, and that thou mayeſt not ſay, but that [...]air warning was given thee.

Actus I. Scen. II.

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Simo. Davus.

S.

NOn dubium eſt, quin uxorem nolit filius:

Ita Davum modò timere ſenſi, ubi nuptias

Futuras eſſe audivit; ſed ipſe exit foràs.

D.

Mirabar, hoc ſi ſic abiret; & heri ſemper lenitas,

line 5 Verebar, quorſum evaderet; qui poſtquam audierat

Non datum iri filio uxorem ſuo, nunquam cuiquam

Noſtrûm verbum fecit, neque id aegrè tulit.

S.

At nunc faciet, neque ut opinor, ſine tuo magno malo.

D.

Id voluit, nos ſic nec opinantes duci falſo gaudio,

line 10 Sperantes jam amoto meru, interea oſcitantes opprimi,

Ut ne eſſet ſpatium cogitandi ad diſturbandas nuptias.

Aſtutè!

S.

Carnifex quae loquitur?

D.

Herus eſt, ne (que) praevideram,

[Page]S.

Dave!

D.

Hem, quid eſt?

S.

Ehodum ad me.

D.

Qui [...] hic volt?

S.

Quid ais?

D.

Quâ de re?

S.

Rogas? Meum gnatum rumor eſt

line 15 Amare.

D.

Id populus curat ſcilicet.

Sim.

Hoccinè agis

Annon?

D.

Ego verò iſtuc.

Si.

Sed nunc ea me exquirere,

Iniqui patris eſt; nam, quod antehac fecit, nihil ad me attinet.

Dum tempus ad [...]am rem tulit, ſivi animum ut expleret ſuum,

Nunc hic dies aliam vitam adfert, alios mores poſtulat.

line 20 Dehinc poſtulo, ſive aequum eſt, te oro, Dave, ut redeat jam in viam.

D.

Hoc quid ſit?

S.

Omnes qui amant, graviter ſibi uxorem dari ferunt.

D.

Ita a junt.

S.

Tum ſi quis magiſtrum cepit ad eam rem improbum, [...]pſum animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem plerun (que) applicat.

D.

Non hercle intelligo.

S.

Non? hem.

D.

Non: Davus ſum, non O [...]dipus.

S.

line 5 Nempe ergo apertè vis, quae reſtant, me loqui?

D.

Sane quidem.

Si ſenſero hodie quicquam in his te nuptiis fallaciâ conari quo fiant minus:

[...]ut velle in re oſtendi quàm ſis callidus,

[...]erberibus caeſum te in piſtrinum Dave, dedam, uſque ad necem,

[...]â lege atque omine, ut ſi te inde exemerim, ego pro te molam.

[...]. Quid? hoc intellextin? an nondum etiam ne hoc quidem?

D.

Imò callidè.

[...] apertè ipſam rem modò locutus, nihil circuitione uſus es.

Ubivis, faciliùs paſſus ſam, quàm in hac re, me deludier.

Bona verba, quaeſo.

S.

Irrides? nihil me fallis. Sed dico tibi,

[...] temerè facias, neque tu haud dicas, tibi non praedictum cave.

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Act I. Scen. III.

Davus.

IN good troth, Davus, it's no time (for thee) to be ſloathfull & ſluggiſh;

As far as I apprehended of late the old mans intent about the marriage,

Which if it be not cunningly prevented, it will overthrow me or my Maſter:

Nor am I reſolved certainly what to do; whether I ſhould help Pamphilus, or give ear to the old man:

line 5 If I for ſake Pamphilus, I am afraid of his life; but if I help him; I fear the old mans threats about the marriage,

Whom it is a hard matter to beguile: For firſt he hath already found the truth about this love matter,

And he watcheth me with a deadly-eye, leſt I ſhould play any knavery:

If he catch me, I am undone; or if he liſt, he will take an occaſion:

So be it right or wrong, he will ſend me headlong into the houſe of correction.

line 10 Over and beſides theſe miſchiefs, this alſo befalleth me; This Andrian woman,

Whether ſhe be his wife, or his ſweet-heart, is with child by Pamphilus.

And it is worth the labour to hear their bold preſumption: For they begin themſelves

Like madfolks, not like lovers: Whatever God ſhonld ſend her, they reſolved to bring it up.

And they feign a apiece of knavery now amongſt them,

line 15 That this (Glycerie) is a Citizen of Athens. There was (ſ [...] they) a good while ago an old man

A merchant; he ſuff [...]red ſhipwrack at the Iſle Andr [...]:

He deceaſed: there then Chryſis Father harboured

This girle being caſt aſhore, being ſuccourleſs, and ſmall. Theſe ar [...] but tales,

I do not think it likely to be true, and yet the conceit pleaſeth them.

line 20 But Myſis cometh ſorth from her, now I will go hence to th [...] market, that

I may ſpeak with Pamphilus, leſt his father come upon him at un [...] wares about this matter.

Act. I. Scen. III.

[Page]

Davus.

ENimverò, Dave, nihil loci eſt ſegnitiae, neque ſocordiae,

Quantum intellexi modô ſenis ſententiam de nuptiis:

Quae ſi non aſt [...]providentur, me aut herum peſſ [...]ndabunt.

Nec quid agam, certum eſt: Pamphilúmne adjutem, an auſcultem ſeni.

line 5 Si illum relinquo, ejus vitae timeo; ſin opitulor, hujus minas,

Cui verba dare difficile eſt. Primum jam de amore hoc comperit;

Me infenſus ſervat, ne quam faciam in nuptiis fallaciam.

Si ſenſerit, perii; aut ſi libitum fuerit, cauſam ceperit,

Quo jure, quâque injuriâ, praecipitem me in piſtrinum dabit.

line 10 Ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec Andria,

Sive iſta uxor, ſive amica eſt; gravida à Pamphilo eſt,

Audireque corum eſt operae pretium audaciam. Nam incaeptio eſt

Amentium, haud amantium. Quicquid peperiſſet, decreverunt tollere.

Et fingunt quandam inter ſe nunc fallaciam,

line 15 Civem Atticam eſſe hanc. Fuit olim quidam ſenex

Mercator: navem is fregit apud Andrum inſulam:

Is obiit mortem: ibi tum hanc ejectam Chryſidis

Patrem recepiſſe orbam, parvam. Fabulae.

Mihi quidem hercle non fit veriſimile, atqui ipſis commetum placet.

line 20 Sed Myſis ab eâ egreditur. At ego hinc me ad forum, ut

Conveniam Pamphilum, nè de hâc re pater imprudentem opprimat.

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Act I. Scene IV.

Myſis.

ARchillis, I heard you erewhile, you bid Lesbia ſhould be fetcht;

In very deed, ſhe is a drunken woman, and raſh-handed,

And ſcare fit with whom one ſhould adventure a woman of her firſt childe.

Yet I will go ſetch her; I pray you, minde the importuna [...]neſs of the old trot,

line 5 Becauſe ſhe is her fellow-Goſsip. God grant my miſireſs

A ſafe deliverance, and her to miſs in her office rather towards others.

But what's the matter I ſee Pamphilus ſo diſmayed? I fear what it ſhould be for.

I will tarry to know what heavy news this trouble of minde bringeth us.

Act. I. Scen. IV.

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Myſis.

AUdivi, Archillis, jamdudum: Lesbiam adduci jubes:

Sanè pol illa temuienta eſt mulier, & temeraria,

Nec ſatis digna, eui committas primo partu mulierem,

Tamen eam adducam. Importunitatem ſpectate aniculae;

line 5 Obſeero quia compotrix ejus eſt. Dii, date facultatem

Huic pariundi, at (que) illi in aliis potiùs peccandi locum.

Sed quidnam Pamphilum exanimatum video? vereor, quid ſi [...]t.

Opperiar, ut ſciam, num quidnam haec turba triſtitiae adferat.

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Act. I. Scene V.

Pamphilus. Myſis.

P.

IS this a friendly deed, or undertaking? Is this

The part of a father?

M.

What is that he ſaith?

P.

O the faith of gods and men!

What is, if this be not, a meer ſpite? He was reſolved

To beſtow a wife on me to day. Was it not meet I ſhould have know [...] of it before? was it not meet

line 5 I ſhould be made acquainted with it?

M.

Ah me poor woman, what words do I hear?

P.

What means Chremes? who had denied to give his daughter to wife,

He hath altered that reſolution, becauſe he ſeeth me ſo conſtant;

Is he ſo croſsly bent to part me poor man from Glycerie,

Which if it come to paſs, I am flat undone: That any man

line 10 Should be ſo unlucky, or unfortunate as I am?

O the faith of God and man! Can I by no means avoid

The alliance of Chremes? How many ways am I ſcorned and ſlighted;

All things were done and diſpatched: Lo, I that was caſt off am again ſent for.

Why ſo? except it be as I ſuſpect; they cloak ſome ſecret fault.

line 15 Becauſe ſhe cannot be thruſt upon any body, they come to me.

M.

This ſaying

[Page] Hath abaſhed me poor woman with fear.

P.

For what ſhould I ſay of my father? Alas,

That he ſhould do ſuch a great matter ſo careleſly! as he paſſed by me erewhile

At the market, he ſaid, Pamphilus, you muſt be married to day, get you ready;

Go your way home; me thought he ſaid, Go quickly and hang thy ſelf;

line 20 I was aſtoniſhed; doth one think I was able to bring out a word:

Or to make any excuſe, were it never ſo abſurd, falſe, or unjuſt? I was dumb:

But had I wiſt that before, if one ſhould ask me what I would have done?

I would have done ſomewhat, ſo as I might not do this. But now what ſhall I do firſt?

So many cares entangle me, which hale my minde too and fro.

line 25 The love and pity I bear to her, and the egging on of the marriage;

Beſides the ſhame of my father, who hath ſo gently ſuffered me hitherto,

To do whatſoever pleaſed my own humour: Should I croſs him,

Wo is me! I am uncertain what to do.

M.

I ſilly woman do fear,

What this uncertain thing may come to: But now it is requiſite either that he ſpeak with her;

line 30 Or that I ſhould ſay ſomthing to him concerning her; whilſt one's minde is in a doubt,

It is moved this way or that way with a ſmall weight.

P.

Who is this that talks here?

Myſis, God ſave you.

M.

God ſave you Pamphilus.

P.

How doth ſhe?

M.

Do you ask?

She is in hard labour, and the poor woman is troubled about this, this

Becauſe the marriage was appointed a good while ſince againſt day, and beſides ſhe is afraid of this,

line 35 Leſt you ſhould for ſake her.

P.

What? Can I finde in my heart to do that?

Should I ſuffer her poor woman to be deceived through me,

Who committed her minde and all her life to me;

Whom I moſt entirely loved, as if ſhe had been my wife,

Shall I ſuffer her good nature that was well and orderly brought up,

line 40 Being compelled for want of means, to be altered?

I will not do it.

M.

I do not fear it, if it were in your power onely.

But I fear you cannot be able to abide the blunt.

P.

Do you think me ſo baſe-minded,

And withal ſo ingrateful, or unmanly, or like a beaſt,

[Page] That neither acquaintance, nor love, nor ſhame

line 45 May work upon me and minde me, to keep my word.

M.

This one thing I know, that ſhe hath deſerved, that you ſhould be mindful of her.

P.

That I ſhould be mindful! O Myſis, Myſis, thoſe words of Chryſis

Concerning Glycerie are even at this time printed in my minde;

When ſhe was juſt ready to give up the ghoſt, ſhe called me,

line 50 I went to her; ye were put aſide, we were alone; ſhe began thus:

O my Pamphilus, you ſee this womans beauty and age,

Neither are you to be told, how inconvenient both things are to her,

Both to preſerve her honeſtie, and her eſtate.

And therefore I intreat you by this right hand of yours, and your good nature,

line 55 I beſeech you alſo by your troth, and by her ſolitary condition,

That you would not part her from you, nor for ſake her:

If I have loved you, as if you had been mine own brother,

Or ſhe hath valued you alone above all men in the world,

Or was in all things ready to obſerve your commands:

line 60 I he queath you to her as a husband, a friend, a guardian, a father,

I commit theſe our goods to you, and deliver them to your truſt.

Shee delivered her to me into my hand: death preſently ſeized upon her.

I took her, I will keep her now I have taken her.

M.

I hope no leſs.

P.

But why do you go away from her?

M.

I am going for the Midwife.

P.

line 65 Make haſte; And do you hear, take heed you ſay not one word

About the marriage; leſt this alſo ſhould increaſe her grief.

M.

I underſtand you.

Act. I. Scen. V.

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Pamphilus, Myſis.

P.

HOccine eſt humanum factum, aut incoeptum? hoccine eſt

Officium patris?

Myſ.

Quid illud eſt?

P.

Prô Deûm fidem atque hominum,

Quid eſt, ſi haec non contumelia eſt? Uxorem decreverat

Dare ſeſe mihi hodie. Nonne oportuit praeſcîſſe me ante? nonne priùs,

line 5 Communicatum oportuit?

M.

Miſeram me! quod verbum audio?

P.

Quid Chremes? qui denegârat ſe commiſſurum mihi

Gnatam ſuam uxorem, id mutavit, quoniam me immutatum vide:

Itáne obſtinatc operam dat, ut me à Glycerio miſerum

Abſtrahat. Quid ſi fit, pereo funditus. Adeon' hominem

line 10 Eſſe invenuſtum, aut inſoelicem quenquam ut ego ſum?

Prò Deûm at (que) hominum fidem! nullóne ego Chremetis pacto

Affinitatem effugere poteto? Quot modis contemptus, ſpretus?

Facta tranſacta omnia. Hem! repudiatus repetor.

Quamobrem? niſi id eſt quod ſuſpicor; Aliquid monſtri alunt.

line 15 Ea quoniam nemini obtrudi poteſt, itur ad me.

M.

Oratio haec

[Page] Me miſeram exanimavit metu.

P.

Nam quid ego dicam de patre? at

Tantámne rem tam negligenter agere [...] praeteriens modo mihi

Apud forum, Uxor tibi ducenda eſt Pamphile hodie, inquit, para,

Abi domum. Id mihi viſus eſt dicere, Abi citò, & ſuſpende te.

line 20 Obſtupui: cenſen' ullum me verbum potuiſſe proloqui,

Aut ullam cauſam, ineptam ſaltem, falſam, iniquam? obmutui.

Quòd ſi ego teſciſſem id priùs, quid facerem, ſi quis nunc me roger,

Aliquid facerem, ut hoc nè facerem. Sed nunc quid primum exequar?

Tot me impediunt curae, quae meum animum diversè trahunt.

line 25 Amor, miſericordia hujus, nuptiarum ſollicitatio,

Tum patris pudor, qui me tam leni paſſus eſt animo uſque adhuc

Quae meo cunque libitum eſt animo facere; eine ego ut adverſer,

Hei mihi! incertum eſt quid agam.

M.

Miſera timeo, incertum hoc

Quorſum accidat. Sed nunc peropus eſt, aut hunc cum ipſa, aut aliquid

line 30 De illa me adverſum hunc loqui. Dum in dubio eſt animus,

Paulo momento huc vel illuc impellitur.

P.

Quis hic loquitur?

Myſis, ſalve.

M.

O ſalve, Pamphile.

P,

Quid agit?

M.

Rogas?

Laborat è dolore, atque ex hoc miſera, ſollicita eſt, diem

Quia olim in hunc conſtitutae nuptiae; tum autem hoc timet,

line 35 Ne deſeras ſe.

P.

Hem! egóne iſtuc conari queam!

Egon' propter me illam decipi miſeram ſinam?

Quae mihi ſuum animum atque omnem vitam credidit;

Quam ego animo egregiè charam pro uxore habuerim,

Bene & pudicè ejus doctum atque eductum, ſinam

line 40 Coactum egeſtate ingenium, immutarier?

Non faciam.

M.

Haud vereor, ſi in te ſolo ſit ſitum;

Sed vim ut queas ferre.

P.

Adeon' me ignavum putas,

Adeon' porro ingratum, aut inhumanum, aut ferum,

[Page] Ut ne (que) conſuetudo, neque amor, neque pudor

line 45 Commoveat, neque commoneat, ut ſervem fidem?

M.

Unum hoc ſcio, hanc meritam eſſe, ut memor eſſes ſui.

P.

Memor eſſem! O Myſis, Myſis, etiam nunc mihi

Scripta illa dicta ſunt in animo Chryſidis,

De Glycerio. Jam ferme moriens, me vocat:

line 50 Acceſſi: vos ſemotae: nos ſoli; incipit:

Mi Pamphile, hujus formam atque aetatem vides;

Nec clam te eſt, quàm illi nunc utrae (que) res inutiles

Et ad pudicitiam & ad rem tutandam ſient.

Quod ego te per hanc dextram oro, & ingenium tuum,

line 55 Per tuam fidem, pérque hujus ſolitudinem

Te obteſtor, ne abs te hanc ſegreges, neu deſcras;

Si te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Sive haec te ſolum ſemper fecit maximi,

Seu tibi morigera fuit in rebus omnibus:

line 60 Te iſti virum do, amicum, tutorem, patrem,

Bona noſtra haec tibi committo, & tuae mando fidei.

Hanc mihi in manum dat: mors continuò ipſam occupat.

Accepi, acceptam ſervabo.

M.

Ita ſpero quidem.

P.

Sed cur tu abis ab illa?

M.

Obſtetricem accerſo.

P.

line 65 Propera. Atque audin'? verbum unum cave

De nuptiis; ne ad morbum hoc etiam.

M.

Teneo.

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Act. II. Scene I.

Charinus, Byrrhia, Pamphilus.

Ch.

VVHat ſay you Byrrhia? Is ſhe to be married to Pamphilus to day?

B.

Yes.

Ch.

How know you Byrrhia?

B.

I heard it of Daus now at the market.

Ch.

Wo is me poor man.

[Page] As my mind bath been alwayes held heretofore betwixt hope and fear, So, ſince hope is taken away, being wenry and ſpent with care, it is diſmayed.

B.

line 5 I pray your heartily Charinus, ſeeing that cannot be done which you deſire,

That you would deſire what may be done.

Ch.

I would have nothing but Philumena.

B.

Alas, how much better were it for you to ſtrive to remove this love

Out of your mind, than to utter that whereby your deſire is kindled

More in vain.

Ch.

We can all lightly when we are well,

line 10 Give good advice to ſuch as are ſick. If you were in my caſe, you would think otherwiſe.

B.

Go to, go to:

Do as you liſt.

Ch.

But I ſee Pamphilus. I am reſolved to try all means rather than periſh.

B.

What doth he do?

Ch.

I will intreat him, I will beſeech him, I will

Diſcover my love to him, I think I ſhall prevail that he would put off the marriage at leaſt a few dayes.

In the mean time, I hope ſomething will be done.

B.

That ſomething is nothing.

Ch.

Byrrhia,

line 15 What do you think of it? Had I beſt go to him?

B.

What elſe? if that you may get nothing,

Yet that he may think you are ready to cuckoldize him, if he marry her.

Ch.

Get you hence, you rogue, with a miſchief, with that ill thought of thine.

P.

I ſee Charinus. God ſave you.

Ch.

O, God ſave you Pamphilus.

I come to you requeſting hope, ſafety, help and advice.

P.

line 20 Truly I am not able to give you counſel, neither can I help you.

But what is that you deſire?

Ch.

Are you to be married to day?

P.

So they ſay.

Ch.

Pamphilus, if you do ſo, you ſhall never ſee my face after to day.

P.

Why ſo?

Ch.

Wo is me, I am loth to tell you; I pray thee Byrrhia, tell him:

B.

I will tell you.

P.

What is it?

B.

He is in love with your Bride.

P.

Truly he is not of

line 25 My mind. Come hither and tell me Charinus, had you any thing more to do with her.

Ch.

Alas, Pamphilus, nothing.

P.

I wiſh you had.

Ch.

Now

I intreat your for our friendſhip and loves ſake, firſt and foremoſt, that you would not marry her.

[Page]P.

Truly I will do my endeavour.

Ch.

But if you cannot avoid it, or that

This marriage be according to your heart.

P.

My heart?

Ch.

Put it off at leaſt for a few dayes, whilſt I go

line 30 Somewhither, that I may not ſee it.

P.

Do but hear now; Charinus, I in no wiſe hold it

To be the part of an honeſt man, to deſire thanks to be given him

When he deſerveth none. I am more more deſirous to be rid of this marriage, then you are to obtain it.

Ch.

You have revived my ſpirit.

P.

Now if you can do any thing your ſelf, or this Byrrhia,

Do it, faign it, find it out, bring it abe ut, how ſhe may be given you.

line 35 I will handle the matter, as ſhe may not be given to me.

Ch.

I have enough.

P.

I ſec Davus in very good time,

Whoſe advice I rely upon.

Ch.

But you forſooth can tell me nothing,

Except ſuch things as are not worth the knowing. Can you be gone?

B.

I will be gone truly, and with all my heart.

Act. II. Scen. I.

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Charinus, Byrrhia, Pamphilus.

Ch.

QUid ais, Byrrhia? Datúrne illa Pamphilo hodie nuptum?

B.

Sic eſt.

Ch.

Quî ſcis, Byrrhia?

B.

Apud forum modò de Davo audivi.

Ch.

Vae miſero mihi.

[Page] Ut animus in ſpe atque in timore uſque antehac attentus fuit,

Ita, poſtquam adempta ſpes eſt, laſſus, curâ confectus ſtupet.

B.

line 5 Quaeſo aedipol Charine, quoniam id fieri, quod vis non poteſt,

Id velis quod poſſit.

Ch.

Nihil volo aliud nifi Philumenam.

B.

Ah, quanto ſatius eſt, te id dare operam, qui iſtum amorem

Ex animo amoveas tuo, quàm id loqui, quo magis libido

Fruſtra incendatur tua.

Ch.

Facilè omnes cùm valemus, recta

line 10 Conſilia aegrotis damus. Tu ſi hic ſis, aliter ſentias.

B.

Age, age,

Ut lubet.

Ch.

Sed Pamphilum video. Omnia experiri certum eſt, priùs, quàm pereo.

B.

Quid hic agit?

Ch.

Ipſum hunc orabo, huic ſupplicabo, amorem

Huic narrabo meum. Credo impetrabo, ut aliquot ſaltem nuptiis protrahat dies.

Interea fiet aliquid, ſpero.

B.

Id aliquid nihil eſt.

Ch.

Byrrhia,

line 15 Quid tibi videtur? adeon'ad eum?

B.

Quid ni? ſi nihil ut impetres,

Ut te arbitretur ſibi paratum maechum, ſi illam duxerit.

Ch.

Abi hinc in malam rem cum ſuſpitione iſthâc, ſcelus.

P.

Charinum video. Salve.

Ch.

O ſalve, Pamphile.

Ad te venio, ſpem, ſalutem, auxilium, conſilium expetens.

P.

line 20 Neque pol conſilii locum habeo, neque auxilii copiam.

Sed iſtuc quidnam eſt?

Ch.

Hodie uxorem ducis?

P.

Ita aiunt.

Ch.

Pamphile, ſi id facis, hodie poſtremum me vides.

P.

Quid ita?

Ch.

Hei mihi, vereor dicere; huic dic quaeſo, Byrrhia.

B.

Ego dicam.

P.

Quid eſt?

B.

Sponſam hic tuam amat.

P.

Nae iſte haud mecum

line 25 Sentit. Ehodum, dic mihi, numquidnam amplius cum illâ fuit,

Charine?

Ch.

Aha, Pamphile, nihil.

P.

Quàm vellem.

Ch.

Nunc

Te per amicitiam, & per amorem obſecro, principio, ut ne ducas.

[Page]P.

Dabo equidem operam.

Ch.

Sed ſi id non potes, aut tibi nuptiae

Hae ſunt cordi.

P.

Cordi?

Ch.

Saltem aliquot dies profer, dum proficiſcor

line 30 Aliquò, ne videam.

P.

Audi nunc jam: Ego, Charine, neutiquam officium

Liberi eſſe hominis puto, cùm is nihil promereat, poſtulare id gratiae

Apponi fibi: nuptias effugere ego iſtas malo, quàm tu adipiſcier.

Ch.

Reddidiſti animum.

P.

Nunc ſi quid potes aut tu, aut hic Byrrhia,

Facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quî detur tibi:

line 35 Ego id agam mihi quî ne detur.

Ch.

Sat habeo.

P.

Davum optimè

Video, cujus conſilio fretus ſum.

Ch.

At tu hercle haud quicquam mihi,

Niſi ea quae nihil opus ſunt ſcire. Fugin' hinc?

B.

Ego verò ac lubens.

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Act II. Scen. II.

Davus, Charinus, Pamphilus.

D.

GOod God! what good news do I bring? but where ſhall I find Pamphilus,

That I may now rid him of the fear he is in, and fill his heart with joy?

Ch.

He is merry, I know not for what.

P.

There is no cauſe, he hath not yet underſtood theſe miſchiefs.

D.

Whom I verily believe, if he hath already heard that a match is provided for him.

Ch.

line 5 Do you hear him, or no?

D.

That like a man diſtracted, he is ſeeking me all the town over:

But where ſhall I ſeek him? whither ſhall I now go firſt?

Ch.

Do you forhear to ſpeak to him.

D.

I am gone.

P.

Davus, come hither; tarry.

D.

What man is that, that calls me? O Pamphilus,

You are the man I look for. O brave, O Charinus, both in good time! you are the men I deſire to ſpeak withall.

P.

Davus, I am undone.

D.

But hear me this.

P.

I am quite undone.

[Page]Ch.

line 10 Truly my life is in danger.

D.

And I know too what you fear.

P.

A marriage is provided me.

D.

Although I know it.

P.

To day.

D.

You weary me with your words, though I underſtand it,

You fear this, leſt you ſhould marry Philumena; and you, left you ſhould not marry her.

Ch.

You hit the nail on the head.

P.

That ſame is it.

D.

But that ſame, it hath no danger in it, I warrant you.

P.

I pray you rid me poor man out of this fear as ſo on as may be.

D.

Look you,

line 15 I do rid you: Chremes will not now beſtow a wiſe on you.

P.

How know you?

D.

I know.

Your Father caught hold of me erewhile; he ſaid he would help you to a wife

To day, And many other things, whi [...]h it is now no time to talk of.

I preſently haſted, and ran quite to the market place, to tell you theſe things:

When I could not find you, I got up there into an high place;

line 20 I look round about; you were nowhere to be ſeen. By chance I eſpied this mans ſervant Byrrhia:

I asked him for you; he ſaid he did not ſee you: This troubled me: I bethink me what to do.

In the mean time, as I came back, I began to miſtruſt from the very matter; ho,

A ſmall proviſion; he himſelf is ſad: a marriage all on a ſuddain!

Theſe things do not hang together.

P.

What of all this?

D.

I preſently went to Chremes houſe.

line 25 When I came thither, there was no body about the door, I was now glad of that.

Ch.

You ſay well.

P.

Go on.

D.

I tarry there; in the mean time I ſee no body

Go in, I ſee no body come forth; I ſee no elderly woman, in the houſe

There was no decking it up; no ruſhing at all: I went neerer, and peeped in.

P.

I know

This is a great ſign.

D.

Do theſe things ſeem to agree with a marriage?

line 30 I think no, Davus.

D.

Do you ſay, I think? You miſtake the matter:

It is ſure enough. Moreover as I was coming thence, I met Chreme's boy,

Carrying pot-herbs, and a half penny-worth of ſmall fiſh for the oldmans ſupper.

[Page]Ch.

Davus, I am acquitted by your means to day.

D.

But never a jot.

Ch.

Why ſo? Surely Chremes will not give her at all to him.

D.

You Cox-comb:

line 35 As though it muſt needs follow, if he give her not to him, that you muſt marry her.

Unleſs you look about you, unleſs you intreat the old mans friends, you go about the buſh.

Ch.

You adviſe me well;

I will go, though indeed this hope hath already failed me often; farewell.

Actus II. Scen II.

[Page]

Davus. Charinus, Pamphilus.

D.

DIi boni! boni quid porto? Sed ubi inveniam Pamphilum?

Ut metum in quo eſt nure, adimam, atque expleam animum gaudio?

Ch.

Laetus eſt, neſcio quid.

P.

Nihil eſt, nondum haec reſcivit mala.

D.

Quem ego nunc credo ſi jam audierit ſibi paratas nuptias.

Ch.

line 5 Audin' tu illum?

D.

Toto me oppido exanimatum quaerere.

Sed ubi quaeram? quò nunc primùm intendam?

Ch.

Ceffas loqui?

D.

Abeo.

P.

Dave, ades, reſiſte.

D.

Quis homo eſt qui me? O Pamphile,

Teipſum quaero. Euge, ô Charine, ambo opportunè. Vos volo.

P.

Dave, perii.

D.

Quin tu hoc audi.

P.

Interii. D. Quid timeas ſcio.

[Page]CH.

line 10 Mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita eſt.

D.

Et quid tu, ſcio.

P.

Nuptiae mihi.

D.

Etſi ſcio.

P.

Hodie.

D.

Obtundis, tametſi intelligo.

Id paves, ne ducas tu illam: tu autem, ut ducas.

Ch.

Rem tenes.

P.

Iſthuc ipſum.

D.

Atqui iſtuc ipſum nihil pericli eſt, me vide.

P.

Obſecro te, quamprimùm hoc me libera miſerum metu.

D.

Hem,

line 15 Libero. Uxorem tibi non dat jam Chremes.

P.

Quî ſcis?

D.

Scio.

Tuus pater modô me apprehendit; ait tibi uxorem dare ſeſe

Hodie. Item alia multa, quae nunc non eſt narrandi locus.

Continuò at te properans, procurro ad forum, ut dicam tibi haec.

Ubi te non invenio, ibi aſcendo in quendam excelſum locum,

line 20 Cicumſpicio: nuſquam. Forte ibi hujus video Byrrhiam:

Rogo: negat vidiſſe. Mihi moleſtum; quid agam, cogito.

Redeunti interea ex ipſâ re mihi incidit ſuſpicio, hem,

Paululum obſonii: ipſus triſtis: de improviſo nuptiae:

Non cohaerent.

P.

Quorſum nam iſtuc:

D.

Ego me continuò ad Chremem.

line 25 Cùm illuc advenio, ſolitudo ante oſtium, jam id gaudeo.

Ch.

Rectè dicis.

P.

Perge.

D.

Maneo: interea introire neminem

Video, exire neminem; matronam nullam, in aedibus

Nihil ornati; nihil tumulti: acceſſi, introſpexi.

P.

Scio,

Magnum ſignum.

D.

Num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?

Ch.

line 30 Non opinor, Dave.

D.

Opinor, narras? non rectè accipis:

Certa res eſt. Etiam puerum inde abiens conveni Chremis;

Olera & piſculos minutos ferr [...]obolo in coenam ſenis.

[Page]Ch.

Liberatus ſum, Dave, hodie tuâ operâ.

D.

At nullus quidem.

Ch.

Quid ita? nempe huic prorſus illam non dat.

D.

Ridiculum caput;

line 35 Quaſi neceſſe ſit, ſi huic non dat, te illam uxorem ducere.]

Niſi vides, niſi ſenis amicos oras, ambis.

Ch.

Bene mones.

Ibo, etſi hercle ſaepe jam me ſpes haec fruſtrata eſt. Vale.

3

[Page]

Act II. Scen. III.

Pamphilus, Davus.

P.

WHat meaneth my Father then? Why doth he diſſemble?

D.

I will tell you:

If he now be angry, becauſe Chremes doth not give you his daughter,

He may ſeem to himſelf to have done you wrong, and not without cauſe,

Before he underſtand how your mind is inclined towards marriage;

line 5 But if you deny to marry her, he will then lay all the blame upon you,

And then there will be an hurle-burle.

P.

What? would you have me to endure it?

D.

He is your Father, Pamphilus,

It is a hard caſe. Beſides, ſhe is an onely woman; he will quickly find

Some occaſion, why he may pack her out of the town.

P.

Pack her out?

D.

Out of hand.

P.

Tell me then Davus, what ſhould I do?

D.

Say you will marry.

P.

Ha.

D.

What is the matter?

P.

line 10 Shall I ſay ſo?

D.

Why not?

P.

I will never do it.

D.

Do not ſay nay.

P.

Do not offer to perſwade me.

D.

Conſider what will become of it.

P.

That I be

Shut out from Glycerie, and pent up with this woman.

D.

It is not ſo. Verily,

I ſuppoſe your Father will thus ſay to you; I would have you marry a wiſe to day:

You ſhall ſay, I will marry. Tell me what ſhall he chide with you for? By this means you ſhall make all

line 15 His devices which be hath now certainly reſolved [...], to become uncertain,

[Page] Without any danger at all. For this is out of queſtion, that Chremes

Will not give you his daughter; nor ſhould you for this reaſon forbear

Theſe things which you do, for fear he ſhould alter his minde.

Tell your father you are willing, that when he would rightly be angry with you, he may not be able.

line 20 For as for that which you hope, I will eaſily daſh it. No body (think you) will

Beſtow a wife upon a man of theſe conditions. He will finde a mean match for you (ſay I) rather then ſuffer you to be ſpoiled;

But if he perceive you take it contentedly, you may make him careleſs:

He will ſeek another for you at his leiſure; in the mean time ſome good may happen.

P.

Do you think ſo?

D.

There is no doubt of it.

P.

Have a care,

line 25 What you perſwade me to.

D.

But do you not ſay what you will do?

P.

I will tell him, but a care muſt be taken,

That he may know I have a childe by her, for I have promiſed,

That I would take it and bring it up.

D.

O bold prank!

P.

Shee intreated mee

To make her this promiſe, that ſhe might know I would nor forſake her.

D.

A care ſhall be taken; but your father is here. Beware he ſee you not ſad.

Actus II. Scen. III.

[Page]

Pamphilus. Davus.

P.

QUid igitur ſibi vult pater? cur ſimulat?

D.

Ego dicam tibi,

Si id ſuccenſeat nunc, quia non det tibi uxorem Chremes,

Ipſus ſibi videatur eſſe injurius, ne (que) id injuriâ,

Priùs quàm tuum animum ut ſeſe habeat ad nuptias perſpexerit.

line 5 Sed ſi tu negâris ducere, ibi culpam omnem in te transferet.

Tum illae turbae fient.

P.

Quid vis, patiar?

D.

Pater eſt, Pamphile;

Difficile eſt; tum haec ſola eſt mulier; dictum ac factum invenerit

Aliquam cauſam, quamobrem ejiciat oppido.

P.

Ejiciat?

D.

Citó.

P.

Cedò igitur quid faciam, Dave?

D.

Dic te ducturum.

P.

Hem!

D.

Quid eſt?

P.

line 10 Egóne dicam?

D.

Cur non?

P.

Nunquam faciam.

D.

Ne nega.

P.

Suadere noli.

D.

Ex eâ re quid fiat, vide.

P.

Ut ab illâ

Excludar, hâc concludar.

D.

Non ita eſt; nempe hoc

Sic eſſe opinor dicturum patrem: Ducas volo hodie uxorem.

Tu, ducam, inquies. Cedò quid jurgabit tecum? hîc redde [...] omnia

line 15 Quae nunc ſunt certa ei conſilia, ut ſient incerta,

[Page] Sine omni periculo. Nam hoc haud dubium eſt, quin Chremes

Tibi non det gnatam: nec tu eâ causâ minueris

Haec quae facis, ne is ſuam mutet ſententiam.

Patri dic velle te; ut cum velit tibi jure iraſci, non quear.

line 20 Nam quod tu ſperas propulſabo facilè. Uxorem his moribus

Dabit nemo. Inveniet inopem, potiùs quàm te corrumpi ſinat.

Sed ſi te aequo animo ferre accipiat, negligentem feceris;

Aliam otioſus quaeret; interea aliquid acciderit boni.

P.

Itáne credis?

D.

Haud dubium id quidem eſt.

P.

Vide,

line 25 Quò me inducas.

D.

Quin taces?

P.

Dicam, puerum autem

Ne reſciſcat mihi eſſe ex illâ, cautio eſt; nam pollicitus ſum

Suſceprurum.

D.

O facinus audax.

P.

Hanc fidem ſibi

Me obſecravit, quî ſe ſciret non deſerturum, ut darem.

D.

Curabitur; ſed pater adeſt. Cave ne te triſtem eſſe ſentiat.

4

[Page]

Act. II. Scene 4.

Simo. Davus. Pamphilus.

S.

I Come again to ſee what they do, or what they are conſulting.

D.

He now makes no doubt, but that you will refuſe to marry.

He hath been ſtudying ſomewhere by himſelf, and is come out of a bycorner;

He hopeth he hath got ſomething to ſay, whereby he may baffle you;

line 5 And therefore ſee you have your wits about you.

P.

I will do as well as I can, Davus.

D.

Pamphilus, beleeve me, I ſay, in this; that your father

Will not exchange one word with you to day

If you will but ſay you will marry.

Act. II. Scen. 4.

[Page]

Simo. Davus. Pamphilus.

S.

REviſo quid agant, aut quid captent conſilii.

D.

Hic nunc non dubitat, quin te ducturum neges;

Venit meditatus alicunde ex ſolo loco:

Orationem ſperat inveniſſe, quâ differat te;

line 5 Proin' tu fac apud te ut ſies.

P.

Modò ut poſſim, Dave.

D.

Crede inquam hoc mihi, Pamphile; nunquam hodie

Tecum commutaturum patrem

Unum eſſe verbum, ſi te dices d [...]cere.

5

[Page]

Act. II. Scene 5.

Byrrhia. Simo. Davus. Pamphilus.

B.

MY maſter commanded me, that ſetting all buſineſs aſide to day,

I ſhould watch Pamphilus, that I might know what he did about the marriage,

And therefore I follow him now as he cometh hither.

I ſee him juſt here at hand with Davus. I will mind this buſineſs.

S.

line 5 I ſee them both here.

D.

How, look about you.

S.

Pamphilus.

D.

Look at him, as if you were not aware of him.

P.

Oh Father.

D.

Well done.

S.

I would have you marry a wife to day, as I told you.

D.

Now I am afraid of our ſide, what anſwer this man may make.

P.

You ſhal find no let in me either in this or any thing elſe.

B.

How now!

D.

line 10 He hath not a word to anſwer.

B.

What ſaid he?

S.

You do as becometh you.

Foraſmuch as I obtain with a good will, that which I deſire of you.

D.

Am not I a true man?

B.

My maſter, as far as I hear, is fallen ſhort of his wife.

S.

Go thy way in now, leſt you make them tarry for you, when need is.

P.

I am going.

B.

That there ſhould be no truſt to be had in any man for any thing!

line 15 That is a true word which is commonly uſed to be ſpoken

Every man wiſheth better to himſelf, then to another.

I have ſeen that maid, and me thinks I ſee her yet,

How ſhe is of a lovely feature. Therefore I think the better of Pamphilus,

If he choſe rather to ſleep with her in his arms himſelf, then that Charinus ſhould do ſo.

line 20 I will carry him word back again, that for this ill news he may do me ſome ſhrewd turn.

Act. II. Scen. 5.

[Page]

Byrrhia. Simo. Davus. Pamphilus.

B.

HErus me, relictis rebus, juflit Pamphilum hodie

Obſervare ut quid ageret de nuptiis,

Scirem. Id propterea nunc huc venientem ſequor.

Ipſum adeò praeſto video cum Davo. Hoc agam.

S.

line 5 Utrunque adeſſe video.

D.

Hem, ſerva.

S.

Pamphile.

D.

Quaſi de improviſo reſpice ad cum.

P.

Ehem pater!

D.

Probè.

S.

Hodie uxorem ducas, ut dixi, volo.

D.

Nunc noſtrae timeo parti, quid hic reſpondeat.

P.

Neque iſtic neque alibi tibi erit uſquam in me mora.

B.

Hem!

D.

line 10 Obmutuit.

B.

Quid dixit?

S.

Facis ut te decet:

Cùm iſtuc quod poſtulo, impetro cum gratiâ.

D.

Sum verus?

B.

Herus, quantum audio, uxore decidit.

S.

I nunc jam intrò, ne in morâ, cum opus ſit, ſies.

P.

Eo.

B.

Nullane in re eſſe homini cuiquam fidem!

line 15 Verum illud verbum eſt vulgò quod dici ſolet,

Omnes ſibi malle melius eſſe, quàm alteri.

Ego illam vidi virginem: formâ bonâ

Memini videre, quo aequior ſum Pamphilo,

Si ſe illam in ſomnis, quàm illum amplecti maluit.

line 10 Renunciabo, ut pro hoc malo mihi det malum.

6

[Page]

Act. II. Scene 6.

DAVUS. SIMO.

D.

THis man now think's that I bring ſome tricks to deceive you,

And that I have tarried here for that purpoſe.

[Page]S.

What ſaith Davus?

D.

As much now as I did before.

S.

Nothing, ha.

D.

Nothing at all.

S.

But indeed I expected you would ſay ſomething.

D.

line 5 It is fallen out, I perceive, otherwiſe than he expected: and this netleth the man.

S.

Can you tell me the truth?

D.

Nothing more readily.

S.

Doth this marriage any whit at all trouble him,

In reſpect of his familiarity with this ſtrange woman?

D.

Not a jot indeed: or if it do ſo, this dumpiſhneſs will but be

line 10 For two or three dayes, you underſtand, and then it will be gone:

For he hath very well conſidered the matter with himſelf.

S.

I commend him.

D.

Whilſt it was lawfull for hin, and his age permitted,

He minded love matters, and that but privately; he had a care that that matter

Should never bring him any diſgrace, as it becometh a Gentleman to do.

line 15 Now it is fitting he ſhould have a wife; he hath ſetled his mind on marriage.

S.

He ſeemed to me to look ſomewhat heavily on it.

D.

Not a whit for this matter; but there is ſomething that he is not well pleaſed with you for.

S.

What is it?

D.

It is but a childiſh buſineſs.

S.

What is it?

D.

Nothing.

S.

But tell me what it is?

D.

He ſaith you are too ſparing in your coſt.

S.

What I!

D.

Yes you.

line 20 He hath ſcarce (ſaith he) laid out ten groats in proviſion; doth he ſeem to intend to marry his ſon?

Which of my Companions ſhall I invite to my ſupper?

Eſpecially now: and that which may be here ſpoken betwixt you and me,

You deal too too nigardly, I do not commend you.

S.

Hold your peace.

D.

I have vex't his patience.

S.

I will ſee that thoſe things be done as they ſhould be.

line 25 What is the meaning of this matter? What would this old crafty knave have?

For if there be any miſchief here, to be ſure, he is the author of it.

Act. II. Scene 6.

[Page]

Davus. Simo.

D.

HIc nunc me credit aliquam ſibi fallaciam

Portare, & eâ me hîc reſtitiſſe gra [...].

[Page]S.

Quid Davus narrat? D. Aequè quicquam nunc quidem.

S.

Nihi ne, hem?

D.

Nihil prorſus. S. Atqui expectabam quidem.

D.

line 5 Praeter ſpem evenit, ſentio hoc malè habet virum.

S.

Poréſne mihi verum dicere?

D.

Nihil facilius.

S.

Num illi moleſiae quippiam hae ſunt nuptiae,

Propter hujuſce hoſpitae conſuetudinem?

D.

Nihil hercle: aut ſi adeò, bidui aut tridui eſt

line 10 Haec ſollicitudo, noſti, deinde deſinet.

Etenim ſecum ipſe eam rem rectâ reputavit viâ,

S.

Laudo.

D.

Dum licitum eſt ei, dum (que) aetas tulit,

Amavit, tum id clam, cavit ne unquam infamiae

Ea res ſibi eſſet, ut virum fortem decer.

line 15 Nunc uxore opus eſt; animum ad uxorem appulit.

S.

Subtriſtis viſus eſt eſſe aliquantum mihi.

D.

Nihil propter hanc rem; ſed eſt quod ſuccenſeat tibi.

S.

Quidnam eſt?

D.

Puerile eſt.

S.

Quid eſt?

D.

Nihil.

S.

Quin dic quid eſt?

D.

Ait nimium parcè facere ſumptum.

S.

Méne?

D.

Te.

line 20 Vix, inquit, drachmis eſt obſonatus decem: num filio videtur uxorem dare?

Quem inquit, vocabo ad coenam meorum aequalium

Potiſſimùm nunc? & quod dicendum hîc ſiet,

Tu quo (que) perpercè nimiùm, non laudo.

S.

Tace.

D.

Commovi animum.

S.

Ego iſtaec rectè ut fiant videro.

line 25 Quidnam hoc eſt rei? Quidnam hic vult veterator ſibi?

Nam ſi hic mali eſt quicquam, hem illic eſt huic rei caput.

3

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1

Act III. Scen. 1.

Myſis, Simo, Davus, Lesbia, Glyceriuna.

M.

IN troth it is juſt as you ſaid, Lesbia:

One ſhall very hardly find a man that is true to a woman.

S.

This maid belongs to the Andrian woman. What ſay you?

D.

Yes.

M.

But this Pamphilus.

S.

What ſaith he?

M.

Hath made his word good.

S.

What?

D.

line 5 I wiſh either he were deaf, or ſhe ſtruck dumb.

M.

For he gave order it ſhould be put to Nurſe, what ever ſhe was delivered on.

S.

O Jupiter,

What's this I hear? the matter is paſt remedy, if ſhe ſpeak the truth.

L.

You ſhew him to be a good natured young man.

M.

Paſſing good;

But follow me, leſt you make her ſtay for you.

L.

I follow you.

D.

line 10 What remedy may I now find for this miſchief?

S.

What means this?

Is he ſo mad, as to have a child by a ſtrange woman? now I underſtand the matter: ah!

That much ado to find it out all this while, like a blockhead that I am:

D.

What doth he ſay he hath found out?

S.

This fellow firſt offers to put this [...]naviſh trick upon me.

They make as though this woman was brought abed, that may fright Chremes.

Gl.

line 15 Juno Lucina help me, ſave me, I beſeech thee.

S.

Whoo, ſo quickly? a fond device. After ſhe heard that I ſtood

Before the door, ſhe makes haſt; O Davus, theſe things

Were not well enough contrived by you according to their times.

D.

By me?

S.

You have not forgot your Schollar.

D.

I know not what you ſay.

S.

line 20 If this fellow had ſet upon me before I had provided for him

In a real marriage, what pranks would he have played me?

Now it is done upon his peril, I ſail in a ſafe harbour.

Act. III. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Myſis, Simo, Davus, Lesbia, Glycerium.

M.

IT a pol quidem res eſt ut dixti, Lesbia:

Fidelem haud ferme mulieri invenies virum.

S.

Ab Andriâ an illa eſt haec. Quid narras?

D.

Ita eſt.

M.

Sed hic Pamphilus.

S.

Quid dicit?

M.

Firmavit fidem.

S.

Hem?

D

line 5 Utinam aut hic ſurdus, aut haec muta facta ſiet.

M.

Nam quod peperiſſet, juſſit rolli.

S.

O Jupiter,

Quid ego audio! actum eſt, ſiquidem haec vera praed cat.

L.

Bonum ingenium narras adole ſcentis.

M.

Optimum.

Sed ſequere me intiò, ne in molâ illi ſis.

L.

Sequor.

D.

line 10 Quod remedium nunc huic malo inveniam?

S.

Quid hoc?

Adcon' eſt demens? experegrinâ? jam ſcio, ah!

Vix tandem ſenſi ſtolidus.

D.

Quid hic ſenſiſſe ait?

S.

Haec primùm affertur jam mihi ab hoc fallacia.

Hanc ſimulant parere, quo Chremetem abſterreant.

Gl.

line 15 Juno Lucina fer opem, ſerva me, obſecro.

S.

Hui, tam citò? Rid culum. Poſtquam ante oſtium

Me audivit ſtare, approperat; non ſat commodè

Diviſa ſunt temporibus tibi, Dave, haec.

D.

Mih [...]n'?

S.

Non immemor es diſcipuli.

D.

Ego quid narres, neſcio.

S.

line 20 Hiccine me ſi imparatum in veris nuptiis

Adortus eſſet, quos mihi ludos redderet?

Nunc hujus pericuolo fit, Ego navigo in portu.

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[Page]

Act III. Scen. 2.

Lesbia, Simo, Davus.

L.

ARchillis, I ſee hitherto ſhe hath all ſigns of health Which are uſual and ought to be to a woman in her caſe.

Now firſt and foremoſt ſee that ſhe waſh; and then afterwards

Give her that to drink which I appointed, and give her as much as I had you:

line 5 I will come hither again by and by. Now in good troth Pamphilus

Hath a jolly chopping boy born him. I pray God be may be long-lived, ſeing

He is ſuch a good natured man, and ſeeing he was loth

To offer any wrong to this very good young woman.

S.

Now who that knoweth thee, would not think this to be a trick of thy deviſing?

D.

line 10 What is the matter?

S.

She could not give order face to face, for what was fit

To be done to one in child-bed; but after ſhe is come forth, ſhe calls out

From the ſtrect-way to them that are within-doors. O Davus, am I ſo ſlighted by you?

Or do I ſeem at laſt to be ſo fit a man for you, as that you ſhould begin ſo openly

To put tricks upon me? You might at leaſt have carried it more handſomly,

line 15 That I might ſeem to be had in ſome awe. Certainly, had I but known.—

D.

Certainly forſooth

This man now coſens himſelf, not I.

S,

Did not I tell you?

I charged you, you ſhould not do it. Did you ſtand in awe of me? What good hath it done thee?

Do I now believe thee this, that this womon is brought in bed of a child by Pamphilus?

D.

I perceive wherein he is miſtaken, and I know what to do.

S.

Why do you not ſpeak?

D.

line 20 What ſhould you believe? as if theſe things were not told you that they would be ſo?

S.

Did any body tell me?

D,

What then, did you your ſelf find out that this was feigned?

[Page]S.

Am I made a fool on?

D.

Some body told you, for how could you come to ſuſpect it?

S.

How? becauſe I knew thee.

D.

As if he ſhould ſay that was done by my device.

S.

For I am ſure of it.

D.

Simo, You do not ſufficiently know me yet what a man I am.

S.

line 25 Do not I know you?

D.

But if I begin to tell you any thing, you preſently

Suppoſe I go about to coſen you.

S.

Unjuſtly.

D.

And therefore I dare not open my lips.

S.

This one thing I am ſure on, that no woman is brought abed here.

D.

Have you underſtood ſo much?

Yet nevertheleſs they will bring a childe hither before the door.

Maſter, I now tell you that it will come to paſs, that you may know it,

line 30 That you may not hereafter ſay to me, that this was done by Davus's counſel or craft,

I would have this ill opinion which you have of me to be quite taken away.

S.

How do you know it?

D.

I heard it, and I beleeve it. Many things withal concur, which cauſe me to gueſs thus. Shee now hath ſaid firſt that ſhe was with childe

By Pamphilus; it is a falſe thing invented; and now after that ſhe ſeeth

line 35 That preparation was for the wedding at home, preſently a maid

Was ſent to fetch a Midwife to her, and to bring a childe withall.

Ʋnleſs it come to paſs that you ſee the childe, the marriage is not hindred.

S.

What ſay you? when you perceived they plotted ſuch a thing, why did you not forthwith tell

Pamphilus?

D.

Why then who elſe withdrew him from her; but I?

line 40 For truly we all know how dearly he loved her.

Now he deſires he may have a wife; to conclude, let me alone with the matter, and do you nevertheleſs

Go on to make up this match as you do, and hope God will proſper you.

S.

Well then, go thou in a door, and there tarry for me, and provide what is fitting to be provided.

He hath not inforced me wholly to beleeve theſe things, & yet I know not

line 45 Whether all he told me be true or not, but I make no great matter of it; That is the main thing to me,

Which my ſon hath promiſed me. Now will I meet Chremes, and intreat

[Page] For a wife for my ſon; if I prevail; what ſhould I deſire elſe, but

That the marriage may be to day? for if my ſon will not do what

He hath promiſed, I make no queſtion but I can force him to it;

And look where Chremes himſelf comes toward me in the very nick of time.

Actus 3. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Lesbia, Simo, Davus.

L.

ADhuc, Archillis, quae adſolent, quae (que) oportent

Signa eſſe ad ſalutem, omnia huic eſſe video.

Nunc primùm fac iſtaec ut lavet: poſt deinde

Quod juſſi, ei date bibere, & quantum imperavi, date.

line 5 Mox ego huc revertar. Perecaſtor ſcitus puer natus eſt

Pamphilo. Deos quaeſo, ut ſit ſuperſtes, quandoquidem

Ipſe eſt ingenio bono, cùm (que) huic veritus eſt

Optumae adoleſcenti facere injuriam.

S.

Vel hoc quis non credat, quite nôrit, abs te eſſe ortum?

D.

line 10 Quidnam eſt id?

S.

Non imperabat coràm quid opus facto eſſet

Puerperae; ſed poſtquam egreſſa eſt, illis, quae ſunt intus clamat

De viâ. O Dave, itáne contemnor abs te, aut itáne

Tandem idoneus tibi videar eſſe, quem tu apertè

Fallere incipias dolis? Saltem accuratè, ut metui

line 15 Videar; certè ſi reſciverim—.

D.

Certè hercle

Nunc ipſus ſe fallit, haud ego.

S.

Dixin'tibi?

Interminatus ſum, ne faceres: num veritus? quid retulit?

Credon' tibi hoc nunc, peperiſſe hanc è Pamphilo?

D.

Teneo quid erret; & quid agam, habeo.

S.

Quid taces?

D.

line 20 Quid credas? quaſi non renunciata tibi ſint haec ſic fore?

S.

Mihin' quiſquam?

D.

Eho, an tute intellêxti hoc adſimularier?

[Page]S.

Irrideor?

D.

Renunciatum eſt; nam quî iſtaec incidit tibi ſuſpitio?

S.

Quî? quia te nôram.

D.

Quaſi tu dicas, factum id conſilio meo.

S.

Certè enim ſcio.

D.

Non ſatis me pernôſti etiam qualis ſim, Simo.

S.

line 25 Egóne te?

D.

Sed ſi quid tibi narrare cepi, continuò dari

Tibi verba cenſes.

S.

Falsò.

D.

Ira (que) hercle nihil mutire jam. audeo.

S.

Hoc ego ſcio unum, neminem peperiſſe hîc.

D.

Intellextin'?

Sed nihilo ſecius puerum deferent huc ante oſtium.

Id ego nunc tibi, here, renuncio futurum, ut ſis ſciens:

line 30 Ne tu hoc mihi poſterius dicas, Davi factum conſilio aut dolis.

Prorſus à me opinionem tuam eſſe ego amotam volo.

S.

Unde id ſcis?

D.

Audivi & credo. Multa concurrunt ſimul,

Qui conjecturam nunc hanc facio. Jam priùs haec ſe è Pamphilo

Gravidam dixit eſſe; inventum eſt falſum: nunc poſtquam videt

line 35 Nuptias domi apparari, miſſa eſt ancilla illico

Obſtetricem accerſitum ad eam, & puerum ut aſſerat ſimul:

Hoc niſi fit, puerum ut tu videas, nihil moventur nuptiae.

S.

Quid ais? cùm intellexeras id conſilii capere, cur non dixti extemplo

Pamphilo?

D.

Quis igitur eum ab illa abſtraxit niſi ego?

line 40 Nam omnes nos quidem ſcimus quâm miſerè hanc amârit, nunc ſibi

Uxorem expetit; poſtremò id mihi da negotii, tu tamen has

Nuptias perge facere, ita ut facis, & id ſpero adjuturos deos.

S.

Imò, abi intro; ibi me operire, & quod parato opus eſt, para.

Non impulit me haec omnino ut crederem, at (que) haud ſcio

line 45 An quae dixit ſint vera omnia, ſed parvi pendo. Illud mihi maximum eſt,

Quod mihi pollicitus eſt ipſe gnatus. Nunc Chremetem co [...]eniam, orabo

[Page] Gnato uxorem ſi impetro, quid aliâs malim, quàm hodie fiori

Has nuptias? nam gnatus quod pollicitus eſt, haud dubium id mihi;

Si nolit, quin eum meritò poſſim cogere;

line 50 Atque adeò ipſo tempore eccum ipſum obviam.

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Act. III. Scene 3.

Simo. Chremes.

S.

I Bid you good marrow Chremes.

C.

O you are the man I ſought for.

S.

And I for you.

C.

You come at a wiſh: There were ſome came to me

Who ſaid they heard it from you, that my daughter ſhould be married

To your ſon to day; I come to ſee whether you or they be out of your wits.

line 5 Hear me in a few words, and you ſhall know what I would have you do, and what you enquire after.

C.

I hear you. Speak what you have a minde to ſay.

S.

I intreat you for Gods ſake, and for our friendſhip, Chremes,

Which begun when we were little ones, and hath grown up together with our age;

And for your only daughters ſake, and my ſons ſake,

line 10 The ſaving of whom lieth chiefly in your power,

That you would help me in this matter, and like as

The marriage ſhould have been, ſo that it may be made.

C.

Ah, do not intreat me;

As though you muſt obtain this of me by intreating.

You take me to be another kind of man now, then heretofore, when I promiſed her.

line 15 If it be good for both parties that the marriage be made, bid her be fetcht,

But if there be more harm then good in this matter

To both, I intreat you to conſult for the good of all parties,

As if ſhe were your daughter, and I Pamphilus's father.

S▪

Yea Chremes ſo I mean, and deſire that it may be ſo effected.

line 20 Neither would I deſire it of you, if the matter it ſelf did not give occaſion.

C.

What is it?

S.

There is a falling out betwixt Glycerie and my ſon.

C.

I hear you.

[Page]S.

So great that I hope they may be parted.

C.

Theſe are but tales.

S.

Truly it is ſo.

C.

So indeed as I will tell you,

The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.

S.

line 25 Alas, I entreat you, that we may prevent it, whilſt time ſuffereth,

And whilſt his hot love is ſtopt by their bitter ſpeeches,

Before theſe womens rogueries and tears feigned through wiles

Work his weak minde again to compaſſion of them.

Let us give him a wife; I hope Chremes, that he being engaged by uſe of company and honeſt wedlock,

line 30 Will afterwards eaſily winde himſelf out of thoſe miſchiefs.

C.

It ſeemeth ſo to you; but I think it cannot be,

That either he ſhould continue with her, or that I ſhould abide it.

S.

How then do you know that, before you have made triall?

C.

line 35 But it is an hard caſe to make that trial in my daughter.

S.

Verily, all the worſt that can be cometh but to this at laſt,

If it ſhould come to paſs, which God forbid, a divorce;

But if he ſhall be reformed, ſee how many good things come of it;

Firſt and foremoſt, you ſhall reſtore his ſon to your friend,

line 40 You ſhall get a ſure ſon in law to your ſelf, and a husband to your daughter.

C.

What ſay you ſo? if you be perſwaded that this is ſo expedient,

I ſhould be loth to hinder you of any good turn I can do you.

S.

Chremes, I have for good reaſon always loved you more then any man

C.

But what ſay you?

S,

What?

C.

How know you that they are now fallen out

line 45 Amongſt themſelves?

S.

Davus himſelf who is very privie

To their counſels, told me, and he perſwadeth me

To haſten on the marriage as faſt as I can. Do you think

He would do it, except be knew my ſon deſire theſe ſame things?

Beſides you ſhall hear what he ſaith. Ho,

line 50 Call Davus forth hither. But l [...] I ſee him coming out of doors.

Actus III. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Simo, Chremes.

S.

IUbeo Chremetem.

C.

O, teipſum quaerebam.

S.

Et ego te.

C.

Optato advenis. Aliquot adierunt me

Exte auditum, qui aiebant hodie filiam meam

Nubere gnato tuo; id viſo, tun' an illi inſaniant.

S.

line 5 Auſculta paucis, & quid ego te velim, & tu quid quaeris

Scies.

C.

Auſculto, loquere quid velis.

S.

Per ego te Deos oro, & noſtram amicitiam, Chreme,

Quae incepta à parvis cum aetate accrevit ſimul,

Perque unicam gnatam tuam & gnatum meum,

line 10 Cujus tibi poteſtas ſumma ſervandi datur,

Ut me adjuves in hâc re, atque ita, ut nuptiae

Fuerant futurae, fiant.

C.

Ah, ne me obſecra,

Quaſi hoc te orando imperare à me oporteat.

Alium eſſe cenſes nunc me at (que) olim cùm dabam?

line 15 Si in rem eſt utri (que) ut fiant, accerſi jube.

Sed ſi ex eâ re plus mali eſt quàm commodi

Utri (que); id te oro in commune ut conſulas,

Quaſi illa tua ſit, Pamphili (que) ego ſim pater.

S.

Immò ita volo, itá (que) poſtulo ut fiat, Cheme,

line 20 Ne (que) poſtulem abs te, niſi ipſa resmoneat.

C.

Quid eſt?

S,

Irae ſunt inter Glycerium & gnatum.

C.

Audio,

[Page]S.

Ita magnae ut ſperem poſſe avelli.

C.

Fabulae.

S.

Profectò ſic eſt.

C.

Sic hercle ut dicam tibi,

Amantium itae amoris integratio eſt..

line 25 Hem, id te oro, ut antè eamus dum tempus datur,

Dum (que) ejus libido occluſa eſt contumeliis,

Priùs quàm harum ſcelera & lachrymae confictae dolis▪

Reducant animum aegrotum ad miſericordiam;

Uxorem demus; ſpero confuetudine &

line 30 Conjugio liberali devinctum, Chreme,

Dein facilè ex illis ſeſe emerſurum malis.

C.

Tibi ita hoc videtur; at ego non poſſe arbitror,

Neque illum hanc perpetuò habere, neque me perpeti.

S.

Quî ſcis ergò iſtuc, niſi periculum feceris?

C.

line 35 At iſtuc periculum in filiâ fieri grave eſt.

S.

Nempe incommoditas deni (que) huc omnis redit,

Si eveniat, quod dii prohibeant, diſceſſio.

At ſi corrigetur, quot commoditates vide.

Principio, amico filium reſtitueris,

line 40 Tibi generum firmum, & filiae invenies virum.

C.

Quid iſtuc? ſi ita iſtuc animum indûxti eſſe utile,

Nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier.

S.

Meritò te ſemper maxumi feci, Chreme.

C.

Sed quid ais?

S.

Quid?

C.

Qui ſcis eos nunc inter ſe

line 45 Diſcordare?

S.

Ipſus mihi Davus, qui intimus eſt

Eorum conſiliis, dixit, & is mihi perſuadet

Nuptias quantum queam ut maturem. Num cenſes

Faceret, filium niſi ſciret eadem haec velle?

Túte adeò jam ejus audies verba. Heus,

line 50 Evocate huc Davum. Atque eccum video foras exire.

4

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Act. III. Scene 4.

Davus, Simo, Chremes.

D.

I Was coming to you.

S.

What is the matter?

D.

Why is not the Bride ſent for?

[Page] It draweth towards night already.

S.

Do you hear him, Davus! I was erewhile

Something afraid of you, leſt you ſhould do as the common ſort of ſervants

Are wont, that you deceive me by knaviſh tricks, becauſe my ſon is in love.

D.

line 5 Should I do ſo?

S.

I thought ſo, and therefore fearing it

I concealed from you, that which I will now tell you.

D.

What is it?

S.

You ſhall know, for I dare now

Almoſt truſt you.

D.

Do you know at laſt what a man I am?

S.

This marriage was not to have been.

D.

What not?

S.

But I diſsembled for this reaſon, that I might try you.

D.

What ſay you?

S.

It is juſt ſo.

D.

line 10 See, I could never perceive ſo much. O not able piece of policies!

S.

Hear me this, As ſoon as I bade you go in hence, this man

Met me very fitly.

D.

What are we quite undone?

S.

I told him thoſe things

Which you told me erewhile.

D.

What do I hear?

S.

I intreat him

To beſtow his daughter, and with much ado I prevailed.

D.

I am undone.

S.

How now, what ſaid you?

D.

line 15 I ſay it is very well done.

S.

Now there is no ſtop in him.

C.

I will go home now, and bid things be got ready, and bring word hither again.

Now Davus, I intreat you, ſeeing thou alone haſt brought this marriage to paſs for me.

D.

I alone indeed.

S.

Endeavour a little further to reform my ſon.

D.

Truly I will do the beſt I can.

S.

You may do it now, whilſt he is netled.

D.

line 20 Set your heart at reſt.

S.

Do it then; where is be now?

D.

It is a marvel if he be not at home.

S.

I will go to him, and tell him theſe ſame things juſt as I told you.

D.

I am an undone man. What ſhall hinder me from going ſtraightway

Hence into the houſe of correction? No intreaty will ſerve. I have ſet all out order.

I have deceived my maſter, I have thrown my maſters ſon on a marriage,

line 25 I cauſed that the wedding ſhould be to day, this man not dreaming of it, and againſt Pamphilus's minde. Fie upon

Craft! But if I could have been quiet, no harm had happened; but

Lo I ſee him himſelf; I wiſh I had ſome place here, whence I might throw my ſelf headlong.

Act. III. Scen. 4.

[Page]

Davus, Simo, Chre [...]es.

D.

A Dre [...]ibam.

S.

Quidnam eſt?

D.

Cur non uxor accerſitur?

[Page] Jam ad veſperaſcit.

S.

Audin' tu illum? Ego dudum nonnihil

Veritus ſum, Dave, abste, ne faceres idem quod vulgus ſervorum

Solet, dolis ut me deluderes, propterea quod amat filius.

D.

line 5 Egon' iſtuc f [...]cerem?

Sim.

Credidi, id (que) adeo metuens

Vos celavi, quod nunc dicam.

D.

Quid?

S.

Scies, nam propemodum

Habeo tibi jam fidem.

D.

Tandem cognoviſti qui ſiem?

S.

Non fuerunt nuptiae futurae.

D.

Quid non?

S.

Sed eâ gratiâ

Simulavi, vos ut pertentarem.

D.

Quid ais?

S.

Sic res eſt.

D.

line 10 Vide, nunquam iſtuc quivi ego intelligēre. Vah conſilium

Callidum!

S.

Hoc audi. Ut hinc te introire juſſi, opportunè

Hic fit mihi obviam.

D.

Hem, numnam perimus?

S.

Narro huic quae tu

Dudum narrâſti mihi.

D.

Quidnam audio?

S.

Gnatam ut det,

Oro, vix (que) id exoro.

D.

Occidi.

S.

Hem, quid dixiſti?

D.

line 15 Optume inquam factum.

S.

Nunc per hunc nulla eſt mora.

C.

Domum modò ibo; ut apparentur dicam, at (que) huc renuncio

S.

Nunce te oro, Dave, quum ſolus mihi effeciſti has nuptias.

D.

Ego verò ſolus.

S.

Corrigere mihi gnatum pot [...]ò enitere.

D.

Faciam hercle ſeduló.

S.

Potes nune dum animus irritatus eſt.

D.

line 20 Quieſcas.

S.

Age igitur: ubi nunc eſt ipſus?

D.

Mirum, ni domi eſt.

S.

Ibo ad eum, atque eadem haec quae tibi dixi, dicam itidem illi.

D.

Nullus ſum. Quid cauſae eſt, quin hinc in piſtrinum rectâ

Proficiſcar viâ? Nihil preci loci relictum eſt. Jam perturbavi omnia.

Herum fefelli, in nuptias conjeci herilem filium, Feci hodiè

line 25 Ut fierent, inſperante hoc, at (que) invito Pamphilo. Hem

Aſtutias! quod ſi quieſſem, nihil eveniſſet mihi; ſed eccum ipſum

Video, video; utinam mihi eſſet aliquid hic, quo nunc me praecipitem darem.

5

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Act III. Scene 5.

Pamphilus, Davus.

P.

WHere is that Varlet, that hath undone me?

D.

I am undone.

P.

Yet I confeſs,

This hath juſtly befallen me, becauſe I am ſo ſottiſh, and ſo void

Of counſel: O that I ſhould commit my fortunes to a prating ſlave!

There am I rightly ſerved for my folly: but he ſhall never go ſcot-free with it.

D.

line 5 I am ſure I ſhall be ſafe hereafter; if I but now eſcape this ſcouring.

P.

For what ſhall I now ſay to my father? ſhall I ſay I will not marry her, who have but lately promiſed to do ſo?

With what confidence ſhould I dare to do it? Neither do I know

What I ſhould now do with my ſelf.

D.

Nor I with my ſelf, and yet I do what I can about it.

I will tell him I will finde out ſome remedy by and by, that I may make this puniſhment be delayed.

P.

line 10 Oh.

D.

I am ſeen.

P.

Come hither good Sir, what ſay you?

Do you not ſee how I poor man am intangled by your advice?

D.

But I will rid you by and by.

P.

Will you rid me?

D.

Yes indeed, Pamphilus.

P.

Forſooth as you did lately.

D.

Nay, better I hope.

P.

Oh, how ſhould I credit you, you rogue? will you recover a matter

Full of trouble, and paſt help? Alas, what a fellow have I relyed on,

line 15 Who haſt thrown me to day upon a match, when all was quiet with me?

Did not I tell you that this would come to paſs?

D.

You told me.

P.

What have you deſerved?

D.

The gallows.

But if I may but come to my ſelf a little, I will preſently find ſome remedy.

P.

Wo is me,

That I have no ſpace to puniſh thee as I deſire,

For this time permitteth me to look to my ſelf, not to be revenged on you.

Act. III. Scen. 5.

[Page]

Pamphilus, Davus.

P.

UBi illie eſt ſcelus, qui me perdidit?

D.

Perii.

P.

Atque hoc

Confiteor jure mihi obtigiſſe, quandoquidem tam iners, tam nullius

Conſilii ſum. Servon' fortunas meas me commiſiſſe futili:

Ergo pretium ob ſtultitiam fero; ſed in ultum id nunquam auferet.

D.

line 5 Poſthaec incolumem ſat ſcio fore me, nunc ſi devito hoc malum.

P.

N [...]m quid ego nunc dicam patri? negabon' velle me, modò qui ſum

Pollicitus ducere? Quâ fiduciâ facere id audeam? nec quid me

Nunc faciam ſcio.

D.

Nec quid de me, atque id ago ſedulò.

Dicam aliquid me jam inventurum, ut huic malo aliquam producam

line 10 Moram.

P.

Ohe.

D.

Viſus ſum.

P.

Ehodum bone vir, quid ais?

Viden' me tuis conſiliis miſerum impeditum eſſe.

D.

At jam expediam.

P.

Expedies?

D.

Certè, Pamphile.

P.

Nempe ut modo.

D.

Immò melius

Spero.

P.

Oh, tibi ego ut credam, furcifer? Tu rem impeditam

Et perditam reſtitues? hem, quo fretus ſim, qui me hodie

line 15 Ex tranquilliſſima re conjeciſti in nuptias? annon

Dixi eſſe hoc futurum?

D.

Dixti.

P.

Quid meritus es?

D.

[...]rucem.

Sed ſi paululùm ad me redeam, jam aliquid deſpiciam.

P.

Hei mihi,

Cùm non habeo ſpatium ut de te ſumam ſuppilcium ut volo:

Nam (que) hoc tempus praecavere mihi, haud te ulciſci ſinit.

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1

Act IV. Scen. 1.

Charinus, Pamphilus, Davus.

Ch.

IS this a thing to be believed or mentioned, that ſo mach peeviſhneſs

Should be bred in any man, as to delight in miſchief, and ſeek to get His own commodity by anothers diſcommodity? Alas, is it true? Yea, That is the worſt kind of men, who have a little ſhame now aad then in denying;

line 5 Afterwards when it is time that their promiſes ſhould be performed, then

Being forced they have no way but to lay open themſelves, and they are loth, yet the matter drives them to deny.

Then is their ſpeech moſt ſhameleleſs; Who are you? What are you to me?

Why ſhould you deſire to have my ſweetheart? Do you hear Sir, I am my own next neighbour: Yet for all this, if you ask,

Where is faith? they are aſhamed of nothing. Here where there is need, they are not afraid; there where is no

line 10 Need, they are afraid: But what ſhould I do? Should I go to him

And take him up for this injury? I ſhall give him many ſhrewd words, But may ſome body ſay,

You will do no good: I ſhall be ſure to trouble him ſufficiently

And eaſe my own minde.

P.

Charinus, I have undone you and my ſelf unawares,

Except God look upon us.

Ch.

Yes, forſooth, unawares.

line 15 You have got an excuſe now at laſt, you have broke your promiſe.

P.

What now at laſt?

Ch.

Yea you deſire to deceive me now with theſe words.

P.

What is the matter?

Ch.

After I told you that I was in love with Philumena, ſhe pleaſed you. Wo is me poor man,

Who eſteemed your minde by my own.

P.

You are miſtaken.

Ch.

Did not this

Joy ſeem to you ſolid enough, except you muſt call me on being in love, [...]. And draw me on with vain hope? You may take her.

P.

I take her? [...] as you know not in what troubles I am, and what cares this bangman [...]mine hath wrought me by his projects.

Ch.

What is that [...]ſuch ſtrange matter, he takes example by you?

P.

You would not [...] ſo,

[Page] If you either underſtood me, or my love.

Ch.

I know you chid with your father

line 25 Erewhile, and he is angry with you for it, neither could he force you to day

To marry her.

P.

Nay indeed, whereby you do not ſo well apprehend my grief,

This marriage was not intended for me, nor did any man deſire now

To give me a wife.

Ch.

I know you are compelled by your own will.

P.

Tarry,

You do not yet know.

Ch.

I know certainly, that you will marry her.

P.

Why do you kill me?

line 30 Hear me this; he never gave over to urge, to perſwade,

And intreat me to tell my father I would marry her, and ſo far untill he enforced me to it.

Ch.

What fellow did that?

P.

Davus.

Ch.

Davus?

P.

He ſets all on heaps.

Ch.

Why did he ſo?

P.

I know not, except I think God was offended with me;

Becauſe I gave ear to him.

Ch.

Did you do this, Davus?

D.

I did it.

Ch.

line 35 Ha, what do you ſay, you rogue? But God give thee an ill end anſwerable to thy doings.

Come on, tell me if all his enemies would have thrown upon a marriage,

What other advice then this, could they give him?

D.

I am deceived, but not diſcouraged.

Ch.

I know it.

D.

It hath no ſucceſs this way, we will try another way; unleſs you think this,

Becauſe it ſucceeded not well at the firſt, this miſchief cannot

line 40 Be remedied.

P.

Yes indeed, for I verily beleeve, if you ſet your ſelf to it,

You will make me two marriages of one.

D.

I, Pamphilus,

Ow you this, as I am your ſervant, to ſtrive with might and main, night

And day to adventure my life to do you good. It is your part

To pardon me if any thing have hapned beſides what we looked for. That which I did, had no good ſucceſs; yet I do

line 45 The beſt that I can. Or do you finde a better remedy, and let me alone.

P.

I am content. Set me again in what condition you found me:

D.

I will do it.

P.

But it muſt be done preſently.

D.

Ho, whiſt, ſtay a little, Glyceries door creaks.

[Page]P.

That is nothing to you.

D.

I am deviſing a way.

P.

What now at the laſt?

D.

But I will find a device for you by and by.

Actus IV. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Charinus, Pamphilus, Davus.

Ch.

HOccine eſt credibile aut memorabile, tanta vecordia cuiquam

Innata ut ſiet, ut malis gaudeat, atque ex incommodis

Alterius ſua ut comparet? Ah, idne eſt verum? Immó

Id eſt genus hominum peſſimum, in denegando modò quis pudor

line 5 Paululum adeſt: pòſt ubi tempus eſt promiſſa jam perfici, cum coacti

Neceſſariò ſe aperiunt, & timent: & tamen res premit eos denegare.

Ibi tum eorum impudentiſſima oratio eſt. Quis tu es? quis mihi es?

Cur meam tibi? Heus, Proximus ſum egomet mihi. Attamen ubi fidis

Si roges? nihil pudet. Hic ubi opus eſt non verentur: illîc ubi nihil

line 10 Opus eſt verentur. Sed quid agam? adeàmne ad eum, & cum eo

Injuriam hanc expoſtulem: ingeram multa mala, atque aliquis

Dicat, nihil promoveris. Multùm moleſtus certè ei fuero,

At (que) animo morem geſſero.

P.

Charine, & te & me imprudens

Perdidi, niſi quid dii reſpiciunt.

Ch.

Itáne imprudens?

line 15 Tandem inventa eſt cauſa, ſolviſti fidem.

P.

Quid tandem?

Ch.

Etiam nunc me ducere his dictis poſtulas.

P.

Quid iſtuc eſt?

Ch.

Poſtquam me amare dixi, complacita eſt tibi. H [...]u me miſerum,

Qui tuum animum ſpectavi ex animo meo.

P.

Falſus es.

Ch.

Nonne tibi

Satis eſſe hoc viſum ſolidum eſt gaudium, niſi me lact aſſes amantem,

line 20 Et falſâ ſpe produceres? Habeas.

P.

Habeam? ah neſcis quantis

In malis verſer miſer; quantá [...] (que) hic ſuis conſiliis mihi

Confecit ſoilic tudines meus carnifex.

Ch.

Quid iſtuc

Tam mitum eſt, de te ſi exemplum capit?

P.

Haud iſtuc dicas,

[Page] Si cognôris vel me, vel amorem meum.

Ch.

Scio cum patre altercâſti.

line 25 Dudum & is propterea tibi ſuccenſet, nec te quivit hodie cogere

Illam ut duceres.

P.

Immò etiam, quò tu minus ſcis aerumnas meas,

Hae nuptiae non apparabantur mihi, nec poſtulabat nunc quiſquam

Uxorem dare.

Ch.

Scio tu coactus tuâ voluntate es.

P.

Mane.

Nondum ſcis.

Ch.

Scio equidem illam ducturum eſſe te.

P.

Cur me enecas?

line 30 Hoc audi; nunquam deſtitit inſtare, ut dicerem me eſſe ducturum

Patri, ſuadere, orare; uſque adeò donec perpulit.

Ch.

Quis homo

Iſtuc?

P.

Davus.

Ch.

Davus?

P.

Interturbat omnia.

Ch.

Quamobrem?

P.

Neſcio niſi mihi D [...]s ſatis ſcio fuiſſe iratos

Quia auſcultaverim.

Ch.

Factum hoc eſt, Dave?

D.

Factum.

line 35 Hem, quid ais, ſcelus? At tibi dii dignum factis exitium duint,

Eho, dic mihi, ſi omnes hunc conjectum in nuptias inimici vellent,

Quod niſi hoc, conſilium darent?

D.

Deceptus ſum, at non defatigatus.

Ch.

Scio.

D.

Hâc non ſuccedit; aliâ aggrediemur viâ: niſi id putas.

Quia primò proceſſit parùm, non poſſe jam ad ſalutem converti

line 40 Hoc malum.

P.

Immò etiam: nam ſatis credo, fi advigilaveris,

Ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias.

D.

Ego, Pamphile,

Hoc tibi pro ſervitio debeo, conari pedibus & manibus, nocteſ (que) &

Dies, capitis periculum adire, dum proſim tibi. Tuum eſt ſiquid praeter

S [...]em evenit, mihi ignoſcere. Parùm ſuccedit quod ago: at facio

line 45 Sedulô; vel melius tute aliud reperi, me miſſum face.

P.

Cupio. Reſtitue quem à me accepiſti locum.

D.

Faciam.

P.

At jam hoc opus eſt.

D.

Hem, 'ſt, manc: concrepuit à Glycerio oſtium.

[Page]P.

Nihil ad te.

D.

Quaero.

P.

Nunccine demum?

D.

At jam hoc tibi inventum dabo.

2

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Act IV. Scen. 2.

Myſis, Pamphilus, Charinus, Davus.

M.

WHere ever he ſhall be, I will take care to find out your Pamphilus

For you, and bring him with me preſently; onely my dear, do not vex your ſelf.

P.

Myſis.

M.

What is the matter?

Ch.

Pamphilus, you meet me in very good time.

P.

What is the matter?

M.

My Miſtriſs

Bade me intreat you, to come to her, if you love her. She ſaith ſhe hath a deſire to ſee you.

P.

line 5 Alas, I am undone, this miſchief begins afreſh. That I, and ſhe poor ſouls

Should be thus diſquieted now by thy means? For I am therefore ſent for, becauſe ſhe perceiveth that I am abont to be married. Which indeed how eaſily might it have paſſed quietly,

If this fellow had been quiet?

D.

Go to, if he be not mad enough of himſelf, ſet him on.

M.

And truly that is the cauſe why the poor woman is in ſorrow.

P.

line 10 Myſis, I ſwear to you by all the Gods, that I will never forſake her, no not if I wiſt

I ſhould ma [...]e all men living my enemies. I have deſired to have her, ſee it is fallen to my lot.

Our diſpoſitions are alike; let them be jogging that would make diſcord betwixt us.

None but death ſhall part her from me.

Ch.

I begin to come to my ſelf.

P.

Apollo's anſwer is not

More true than this I ſay, if it may be ſo carried, that my Father may not

line 15 Think, that I was a means to hinder the marriage, I am content; but if that

Cannot be, I will go the readieſt way to work, though he think I was the cauſe to hinder it.

What a man do I ſeem to be?

Ch.

As a very a wretch as my ſelf.

D.

I am deviſing a Plot.

[Page]Ch.

In other mens matters.

P.

I know what you would fain do.

D.

Truly, I will be ſure to diſpatch this for you.

P.

This muſt now be done.

D.

But I have it now.

Ch.

What is it?

D.

I have it for this man, and not for thee:

line 20 Do not miſtake your ſelf.

Ch.

I have enough.

P.

What will you do? tell me.

D.

I am afraid this day will

Scarce be enough for me to do my buſineſs, Do not think I am now at leiſure to tell you.

And therefore get you away hence, for you do but hinder me.

P.

I will go ſee her.

D.

What do you? whither do you go, hence?

Ch.

Would you have me ſay the truth?

D,

Nay forſooth, he begins to tell me a tale of a tub.

Ch.

line 25 What will become of me?

D.

Why you ſhameleſs fellow: have you not enough that I gave you

A ſmall dayes reſpite, in that I prolong the marriage for him?

Ch.

Yet for all this, Davus.

D.

What then.

Ch.

That I may marry her.

D.

You coxcomb.

Ch.

See

You come hither to me, if you can do any thing.

D.

What ſhould I come for? I can do nothing.

Ch.

Nevertheleſs, if you can do any thing,

D.

Well, I will come.

Ch.

If you can do any thing I will be at home.

D.

line 30 Myſis, do you tarry here a little, whileſt I come forth again.

M.

Why ſo?

D.

You muſt needs do ſo.

M.

Make haſte.

D.

I will be here, I ſay, by and by.

Act. IV. Scene 2.

[Page]

Myſis, Pamphilus, Charinus, Davus.

M.

I Am ubi ubi erit, inventum tibi curabo, & mecum adductum

Tuum Pamphilum: tu modò, anime mi, noli te macerare.

P.

Myſis.

M.

Quid eſt? hem Pamphile, optumè mihi te offers.

P.

Quid eſt?

M.

Orare

Juſſit, ſi ſe ames, heta, ut ad ſeſe venias. Videre ait te cupere.

P.

line 5 Vah, perii, hoc malum integraſcit. Siccine me atque illam tuâ operâ

Nunc miſeros ſollicitariet? Nam idcirco accerſor, nuptias quia mihi

Apparari ſenſit.

Ch.

Quibus quidem quàm facilè poterat quieſci,

Si hic qui êſſet.

D.

Age, ſi hic non inſanit ſatis ſuâ ſponte, inſt [...]ga.

M.

Atque aedipol ea res eſt, propterea (que) miſera in maerore eſt.

P.

line 10 Myſis Per omnes tibi adjuro deos, nunquam eam me deſerturum; non ſi capiundos

Mihi ſciam eſſe inimicos omnes homines. Hanc mihi expetivi, contigit,

Conveniunt mores, valeant qui inter nos diſſidium volunt.

Hanc niſi mors mihi adimet nemo.

Ch.

Reſipiſco.

P.

Non Apollinis

Magis verum atque hoc reſponſum eſt. Si poterit fieri ut ne pater pro me

line 15 Stetiſſe credat, quò minùs hae fierent nuptiae, volo; ſed ſi id non

Poterit, id faciam in proclive quod eſt, per me ſtetiſſe ut credat.

P.

Quis videor!

Ch.

Miſeraequè atque ego.

D.

Conſilium quaero.

[Page]Ch.

Foras.

P.

Scio quid conere.

D.

Hoc ego tibi profectò effectum reddam.

P.

Jam hoc opus eſt.

D.

Quin jam habeo.

Ch.

Quid eſt?

D.

Huic, non tibi, habeo.

line 20 Ne erres.

Ch.

Sat habeo.

P.

Quid facies, cedó?

D.

Dies hic mihi

Ut ſatis ſit vereor ad agendum, ne vacuum eſſe nunc me ad narrandum,

Credas. Proinde, hinc vos amolimini. Nam impedimento eſtis.

P.

Ego hanc viſam.

D.

Quid tu? quò hinc te agis?

Ch.

Verum vis

Dicam?

D.

Immo etiam, narrationis incipit mihi initium,

Ch.

line 25 Qui me fiet?

D.

Eho tu impudens non ſatis habes quod tibi

Dieculam addo, quantum huic promoveo nuptias.

Ch.

Dave, attamen.

D.

Quid ergo?

Ch.

Ut ducam.

D.

Ridiculum.

Ch.

Hoc fac [...]

Ad me ut venias, ſi quid poteris.

D.

Quid veniam? nihil habeo.

Ch.

Attamen ſi quid.

D.

Age, ego veniam.

Ch.

Si quid, domi ere.

D.

line 30 Tu Myſis, dum exeo, parumper me operire hîc.

M.

Quapropter?

D.

Ita facto opus eſt.

M.

Matura.

D.

Jam, inquam, adero hîc.

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Act IV. Scen. 3.

Myſis.

M.

IS there nothing that one can be ſure on? O wonderful ſtrange!

I thought this Pamphilus was my Mistreſſes greateſt comfort,

As being her friend, ſweetheart, husband, and one ready to ſerve her

Ʋpon all occaſions: but what pain doth the poor woman endure becauſe of him!

line 5 Certainly there is more harm in this, then good in that:

But Davus cometh forth; my good friend, what is that I pray you?

Whither do you carry the childe?

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Myſis.

M.

NIhilne eſſe proprium cuiquam? Dii veſtram fidem!

Summum bonum eſſe herae putavi hunc Pamphilum,

Amicum, amatorem, virum in quovis loco

Paratum: verùm ex eo miſera quem capit

line 5 Laborem! facilè hic plus mali eſt, quàm illic boni.

Sed Davus exit; mi homo, quid iſtuc obſecro eſt?

Quò portas puerum?

4

[Page]

Act. IV. Scen. 4.

Davus, Myſis.

D.

MYſis, I have now need

Of your ready feat and cunning for this matter.

M.

What are you going to do?

D.

Take this child of me quickly,

And lay it before our gate.

M.

What I pray you,

line 5 On the ground?

D.

Take thee ſome ſtrewing-herbs hence from off this altar,

Amd ſtraw them under it.

M.

Why do you not do it your ſelf?

D.

Becauſe, if perhaps I be driven to ſwear to my Maſter,

Thal I laid it not there, that I may do it ſafely.

M.

I underſtand you:

But tell me, how came you to be ſo very ſcrupulous?

P.

line 10 Beſtir your ſelf quickly, that you may know further, what I would do.

O Jupiter!

M.

What now?

D.

The Brides farther preventeth me;

I leave off the purpoſe which I firſt entended.

M.

I know not what you ſay.

D.

I will make as though I came

Here hence on the right hand thee; do you ſee that you hold up

line 15 My diſcourſe, in all points as it ſhall be needfull.

I do not at all underſtand what you mean to do; but if there be any thing

Wherein you may ſtand in need of my help, or you ſee more then I,

I will tarry, that I may not hinder you in any thing that may do you good.

Act. IV. Scena 4.

[Page]

Davus, Myſis.

D.

—MYſis, nunc opus eſt tuâ

Mihi ad hanc rem expromptâ militiâ at (que) aſtutiâ.

M.

Quidnam incepturus es?

D.

Accipe à me hunc ocyus,

At (que) ante noſtram januam appone.

M.

Obſecro,

line 5 Humine?

D.

Ex arâ hinc ſume verbenas tibi,

At (que) eas ſubſterne.

M.

Quamobrem id tute non facis?

D.

Quia ſi fortè opus ſit ad herum jusjurandum mihi,

Non appoſuiſſe, ut liquidò poſſim.

M.

Intelligo.

Nova nunc religio in te iſtaec inceſſit, cedo.

D.

line 10 Move te ocyùs, ut, quid agam, porrò intelligas.

Pro Jupiter!

M.

Quid?

D.

Sponſae pater intervenit;

Repudio conſilium quod primùm intenderam.

M.

Neſcio quid narres.

D.

Ego quoque hinc ab dextra

Venire me adſimulabo; tu, ut ſubſervias

line 15 Orationi utcunque opus ſit verbis, vide;

Ego, quid agas, nihil intelligo: ſed ſi quid eſt

Quod meâ operâ opus ſit vobis, aut tu plus vides,

Manebo, ne quid veſtrum remorer commodum.

5

[Page]

Actus IV. Scen. 5.

Chremes, Myſis, Davus.

Ch.

NOw I come back again, after I have provided what was fitting

For my daughters wedding, that I may bid her be ſent for. But what is this? Verily it is a child.

Woman, did you lay this child here?

M.

Where is this fellow?

Ch.

Doeſt thou not

Anſwer me?

M.

Alas, he is nowhere to be ſeen: Wo is me, poor woman!

line 5 [Page] The man hath left me, and is gone away.

D.

O wondrous ſtrange!

What an hurly-burly there is in the market? what a ſort of men are brabling there?

Beſides proviſion is dear, I know not what I ſhould ſay.

M.

Why do you leave me here alone, I pray you?

D.

How now, what tale is this?

Ey but Myſis, whoſe is this childe? or who brought it hither?

M.

line 10 Art thou well in thy wits, to ask me that queſtion?

D.

Whom elſe ſhould I ask?

That ſee no body elſe here.

Ch.

I wonder whoſe it ſhould be!

D.

Will you tell me what I ask you, or not?

M.

Ah,

D.

Come hither on my right hand.

M.

You dote; did not you your ſelf lay it there? you had beſt take heed

You do not ſpeak one word beſides thoſe that I ask you.

M.

line 15 You rail.

D.

Whence iſt? ſpeak aloud.

M.

From us.

D.

Ha, ha, he.

It is a wonder indeed if a woman that is a whore deal ſhameleſly.

Ch.

This maid belongeth to the woman of Andros, as far as I can perceive.

D.

Do we ſeem to be ſo fit perſons for you to play upon?

Ch.

I came in time.

D.

Make haſte withal to take away the childe hence from the gate;

line 20 Tarry. Take heed you ſtir not any whither out of that place.

M.

A miſchief light on thee, thou doeſt ſo terrifie me poor woman.

D.

Do I ſpeak to you or no?

M.

What would you have?

D.

Do you yet ſtand to ask?

Deal plainly, whoſe childe have you laid here? tell me.

M.

Do not you know?

D.

Let what I know alone, and tell me what I ask.

M.

line 25 Yours.

D.

Whoſe yours?

M.

Pamphilus's.

D.

How now, what? Pamphilus's?

M.

Why, is it not?

Ch.

I did well always to avoid this marriage.

D.

O villain, that deſerves to be puniſhed!

M.

Why do you exclaim?

D.

Which childe? was not it brought to you yeſternight in the evening?

M.

O thou bold-faced fellow!

D.

But I ſaw Canthara

line 30 With her coats tuckt up about her.

M.

Truly, I thank God

That ſome free-women were at her delivery.

D.

Truly, ſhe doth not well know him, for whoſe cauſe ſhe begins theſe things.

If Chremes (thinks ſhe) ſhall ſee a childe laid before the door,

He will not give his daughter: but he will the rather give her.

[Page]Ch.

line 35 Truly he will not.

D.

Moreover, now that you may know my mind,

Unleſs you take away the child, I will tumble him into the middle of the way,

And I will tumble you there in the dirt.

M.

Truly thou art not a man in thy wits.

D.

One piece of knavery Diſcovereth another. I hear it whiſpered now amongſt them

line 40 That this Glycerie is a Citizen of Athens.

Ch.

What now?

D.

He ſhall

Be forced by the Law to marry her.

M.

Why I pray you, is ſhe not a Citizen?

Ch.

I was almoſt fallen upon a merry miſchief at unawares.

D.

Who talks here? O Chremes, you come in very good time;

Do you hearken?

Ch.

I have heard all.

D.

Have you heard all theſe things?

Ch.

line 45 I have heard all I ſay from the beginning.

D.

Have you heard I pray you?

O the rogueries! It is fit this woman ſhould be had hence to the houſe of correction.

This is he: do not think that you make a fool of Davus.

M.

Wo is me, poor woman! my old Maſter, I have ſpoken nothing untrue.

Ch.

I know the whole matter. But is Simo within?

D.

He is.

M.

line 50 You villain, do not meddle with me; If I do not tell Glycerie all theſe things—

D.

Away, you ſilly woman, you perceive not what is done.

M.

How ſhould I perceive?

D.

This is the Brides Father, it could not otherwiſe be brought about

That he ſhould know th [...]ſe things we would have him.

M.

You ſhould have told me before-hand.

D.

Do you think there is but ſmall difference whether you do all by hab nab,

line 55 As the nature of them requires, or meerly for the nonce?

Act. IV. Scena 5.

[Page]

Chremes, Myfis, Davus.

Ch.

REvertor jam ego poſtquam quae opus fuêre ad nuptias gnatae,

Paravi, ut jubeam accerſi. Sed quid hoc? Puer hercle eſt.

Mulier, tun' poſuiſti hunc?

M.

Ubi hic eſt?

Ch.

Non

Mihi reſpondes?

M.

Hem, nuſquam eſt: Vae miſerae mihi?

line 5 [Page] Reliquit me homo at (que) abiit.

D.

Dſi voſtram fidem!

Quid turbae eſt apud forum? Quid illic hominum litigant?

Tum annona chara eſt; quid dicam, aliud neſcio.

M.

Cur tu, obſecro, hîc me ſolam?

D.

Hem, quae eſt haec fabula?

Eho, Myſis, puer hic unde eſt? quiſve huc attulit?

M.

line 10 Satin' ſanus es, qui id rogites?

D.

Quem ego igitur rogem?

Qui hic neminem alium video.

Ch.

Miror unde ſit.

D.

Dicturan' es quod rogo?

M.

A [...].

D.

Concede ad dextram.

M.

Deliras; non tute ipſe?

D.

Verbum ſi mihi ullum

Praeterea quàm quod rogo, faxis cave.

M.

line 15 Maledicis.

D.

Unde eſt? dic clarè.

M.

à nobis.

D.

Ha, ha, he.

Mirum verò impudenter mulier ſi facit meretrix.

Ch.

Ab Andria eſt ancilla haec, quantum intelligo.

D.

Adeon'

Videmur vobis eſſe idonei, in quibus ſic illudatis?

Ch.

Veni in tempore.

D.

Propera adeò puerum tollere hinc ab janua.

line 20 Mane. Cave quoquam ex iſtoc excêſſis loco.

M.

Dii te te eradicent, ita me miſeram territas.

D.

Tibi ego dico, an non?

M.

Quid vis?

D.

At etiam rogas?

Cedo, cujum puerum hîc appoſuiſti? dic mihi.

M.

Tu neſcis?

D.

Mitte quod ſcio; dic quod rogo.

M.

line 25 Veſtri.

D.

Cujus veſtri?

M.

Pamphili.

D.

Hem, quid? Pamphili?

M.

Eho, Annon eſt?

Ch.

Rectè ego ſemper fugi has nuptias.

D.

O facinus animadvertendum!

M.

Quid clamitas?

D.

Quémne ego vidi heri ad vos deferri veſperi?

M.

O hominem audacem!

D.

Verùm vidi Cantharam

[...]0. Subfarcinatam.

M.

Diis pol habeo gratias,

Cùm in pariundo aliquae adfuerunt liberae.

D.

Nae illa illum haud novit, cujus cauſa hoc incipit.

Chremes ſi puerum poſitum ante aedes viderit,

Non dabit: tantò herele magis dabit.

[Page]Ch.

line 35 Non hercle faciet.

D.

Nunc adeò, ut tu ſis ſciens,

Niſi puerum tollis, jam ego hunc in mediam viam

Pervolvam, té (que) ibidem pervolvam in luto.

M.

Tu pol homo non es ſobrius.

D.

Fallacia

Alia aliam trudit. Jam ſuſurrari audio

line 40 Civem Atticam eſſe hanc.

Ch.

Hem!

D.

Coactus legibus

Eam uxorem ducet.

M.

Obſecro, eho, annon civis eſt?

Ch.

Jocularium in malum inſciens penè incidi.

D.

Quis hic loquitur? O Chremes, per tempus advenis.

Auſculta.

Ch.

Audivi omnia.

D.

An haec tu omnia?

Ch.

line 45 Audivi, inquam à principio.

D.

Audiſtin', obſecro? Hem

Scelera! hanc jam oportet in cruciatum hinc abripi.

Hic eſt ille: non te credas Davum ludere.

M.

Me miſ: ram, nihil pol falſi dixi, mi ſenex.

Ch.

Novi omnem rem. Sed eſt Simo intus?

D.

Eſt.

M.

line 50 Ne me attingas, ſceleſte; ſi pol Glycerio non omnia haec.

D.

Eho, inepta, neſcis quid ſit actum.

M.

Qui ſciam?

D.

Hic ſocer eſt, alio pacto haud poterat fi [...]ri,

Ut ſciret haec quae volumus.

M.

Praediceres.

D.

Paululum intereſſe cenſes, ex animo omn [...]

line 55 Ut fert natura, facias, an de induſtriâ?

6

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Act IV. Scene 6.

Crito, Myſis, Davus.

Ch.

I Was told, that Chryſis lived in this ſtreet,

Who choſe rather to get wealth here diſhoneſtly,

[Page] Then to live poor and honeſtly in her own country,

Her goods are fallen to me by her death.

line 5 But I ſee ſome of whom I may ask. God ſave you.

M.

I pray you,

Whom do I ſee? Is not this Crito, Chryſis her full coſin?

It is he.

Cr.

O Myſis, God ſave you.

M.

God ſave you, Crito.

Cr.

Is it ſo, is Chryſis dead? Ha!

M.

Shee hath undone us poor women.

Cr.

How do you? How do you live? Is all well with you?

M.

What we?

line 10 We do as we can, as they ſay, when we cannot do as we would.

Cr.

What doth Glycerie? hath ſhe yet found out her parents here?

M.

I would ſhe had.

Cr.

What not yet? I came hither unluckily;

For truly had I known that, I would never have ſet foot hither;

For ſhe was always reported and held to be her ſiſter,

line 15 Shee is in poſſeſſion of what was Chryſis's. Now for me that am but a ſtranger to follow ſuits here,

How eaſie and profitable it is likely to be, other mens examples forewarn me.

Beſides I ſuppoſe ſhe hath now ſome friend or guardian,

For ſhe was almoſt a grown woman when ſhe went thence, They may cry out on me,

That I like a petty-fogging knave do hunt after another bodies eſtate, that I am a beggerly raſcal and beſides

line 20 I may not bereave her of all.

M.

O moſt honeſt ſtranger Crito, indeed you keep your old wont.

Cr.

Bring me to her, and ſeeing I am come hither, let me ſee her.

M.

Yes.

D.

I will follow theſe folks; I am loth the old man ſhould ſee me at this time.

Actus IV. Scen. 6.

[Page]

Crito, Myſis, Davus.

Cr.

IN hac habitaſſe platea dictum eſt Chryſidem,

Quae ſeſe inhoneſtè optavit parare hîc divitias,

[Page] Potius quàm in patriâ honeſtè pauper vivere.

Ejus morte ad me lege redierunt bona.

line 5 Sed quos percuncter, video. Salvete.

M.

Obſecro,

Quem video? Eſtné hic ſobrinus Chryſidis?

Is eſt.

Cr.

O Myſis, ſalve.

M.

Salvus ſis, Crito.

Cr.

Itan' Chryſis? Hem.

M.

Nos quidem pol miſeras perdidit.

Cr.

Quî vos? quo pacto? ſatin' rectè?

M.

Nóſne?

line 10 Sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando ut volumus, non licet?

Cr.

Quid Glycerium? jam hîc ſuos parentes repperit?

M.

Utinam.

Cr.

An nondum etiam? haud auſpicatò huc me appuli:

Nam pol ſi id ſciſſem, nunquam huc tetuliſſem pedem.

Semper enim dicta eſt eſſe haec, atque habita eſt ſoror.

line 15 Quae illius fuêre poſſidet. Nunc me hoſpitem lites ſequi, quàm hîc mihi ſit

Facile atque utile, aliorum exempla commonent.

Simul arbitror jam aliquem eſſe amicum & defenſorem ei;

Nam ferè grandiuſcula jam profecta eſt illinc, clamitent me

Sycophantem haereditatem perſequi, mendicum: tum ipſam deſpoliare

line 20 Non licet.

M.

Optume hoſpes, pol, Crito, antiquum tenes.

Cr.

Duc me ad eam, & quando huc veni, ut videam.

M.

Maxumè.

D.

Sequar hos, nolo ut me tempore hoc videat ſenex.

5

[Page]

1

Act. V. Scene 1.

Chremes, Simo.

Ch.

NOw, Simo, my friendſhip towards you hath appeared ſufficiently,

I began to undergo danger enough. Now ceaſe your intreating;

Whilſt I ſtrive to humour you, I have almoſt befool'd away my daughters life.

S.

Nay rather Chremes, I moſt earneſtly requeſt and deſire you,

line 5 [Page] That you would really perform the kindneſs erewhile begun.

Ch.

See how unreaſonable you are through earneſtneſs; ſo you may effect what you have a minde to,

You neither conſider any mean in courteſies, nor what you intreat me.

For if you did conſider, you would forbear to burden me with your unreaſonableneſs.

S.

What, what?

Ch.

Alas, do you ask? You have forced me

line 10 To beſtow my daughter on a yong man intangled in loue with another,

Not enduring to hear of a wife, for diſcord, and uncertainty of wedlock;

That by her trouble and grief I may cure your ſon;

You obtained your deſire, I began to do it, whilſt the matter ſuffered; and now it doth not ſuffer, you muſt bear with me.

They ſay ſhe is a Citizen herehence, there a child born, let us alone.

Sim.

line 15 I intreat you for Gods ſake, that you would not give your mind to beleeve them,

For whom it is moſt advantagious that he be as bad as bad can be;

All theſe things are done and undertaken becauſe of the marriage;

When that cauſe why they do theſe things ſhall be taken away, they will be quiet.

Ch.

You are miſtaken, I my ſelf ſaw a maid chiding with Davus.

S.

I know it.

Ch.

line 20 But in good earneſt, when neither of them knew before-hand that I was there.

S.

I beleeve it, and Davus told me a while before that the women would do it.

I know not what I have forgot to ſay to you to day, as I had intended.

Act. V. Scena 1.

[Page]

Chremes, Simo.

Ch.

SAtis jam ſatis, Simo, ſpectata erga te amicitia eſt mea,

Satis periculi incepi adire; orandi jam finem face.

Dum ſtudeo obſequi tibi, pene illuſi vitam filiae.

S.

Immo enim quàm maximè abs te oro at (que) poſtulo, Chremes,

line 5 [Page] Ut beneficium initum dudum re comprobes.

Ch.

Vide quàm iniquus ſis prae ſtudio; dum id effici [...]s quod cupis,

Ne (que) modum benignitatis, ne (que) quid me ores, cogitas.

Nam ſi cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis.

S.

Quibus?

Ch.

Ah rogitas? perpuliſti me ut homini adoleſcentulo

line 10 In alio occupato amore, abhorrenti ab re uxoriâ

Filiam darem in ſeditionem; atque in incertas nuptias;

Ejus labore at (que) dolore gnato ut medicarer tuo.

Impetrâſti, incepi dum res tetulit, nunc non fert, feras.

Illam hinc civem eſſe aiunt, puer eſt gnatus, nos miſſos face.

Sim.

line 15 Per ego te Deos oro, ut ne illis animum inducas credere,

Quibus id maximè utile eſt, illum eſſe quàm deterrimum.

Nuptiarum gratiâ haec ſunt facta at (que) incepta omnia.

Ubi ea cauſa, quamobrem haec faciunt, erit adempta his, deſinent.

Ch.

Erras: cum Davo egomet vidi jurgantem ancillam.

S.

Scio.

Ch.

line 20 At vero vultu, cùm ibi me adeſſe neuter tum praeſenſerat:

S.

Credo, & id facturas Davus dudum praedixit mihi.

Et neſcio quid tibi ſum oblitus hodie ac volui dicere.

2

[Page]

Act. V. Scene 2.

Davus, Chremes, Simo, Dromo.

D.

I Charge you preſently to ſet your heart at reſt.

Ch.

See where Davus is for you.

S.

Whence cometh he forth?

D.

By my means and the ſtrangers.

S.

What miſchief is that?

D.

I never ſaw a fitter man,

[Page] A more ſeaſonable coming, nor a better time.

S.

Whom doth the rogue commend here?

D.

line 5 Now all is cock-ſure.

S.

Do I linger to ſpeak to him?

D.

Here is my Maſter, what ſhall I do?

S.

God ſave you, good Sir.

D.

What now? O our Chremes, all things are ready

Now within.

Ch.

You have looked to them very well.

D.

Send for the Bride when you will.

S.

Very well indeed:

That is the reaſon forſooth he is now abſent therehence. Withal, do you anſwer me this; What buſineſs

Have you there?

D.

Who, I?

S.

Yes, you.

D.

I?

S.

I ſpeak to you.

D.

line 10 I went but in juſt now.

S.

As though I asked you how long ago?

D.

With your ſon.

S.

What is Pamphilus within? I am tormented, poor man.

Why, you rogue, did not you tell me there was a falling out betwixt them?

D.

So there is.

S.

Why is he here then?

Ch.

What do you think he is doing? he is chiding with her.

D.

Nay, but indeed Chremes you ſhall hear me tell you a notable ſtrange matter;

line 15 I know not what old man is come even now; but to look on, he is a ſubſtantial, underſtanding man: if you ſaw his face,

You would deem him a very honeſt man; there is a ſetled gravity in his countenance,

And truth in what he ſaith.

S.

What news do you bring us?

D.

Nothing indeed

But what I have heard him ſay.

S.

What ſaith he then?

D.

That he is ſure

That Glycerie is a Citizen of Athens.

S.

Ho, Dromo, Dromo!

Dr.

What is the matter?

S.

line 20 Dromo?

D.

Do but hear me.

S.

If thou ſpeakeſt a word, Dromo.

D.

I pray you, hear me.

Dr.

What would you have?

S.

Take up this fellow

A good heighth in a doors, as faſt as you can.

Dr.

Whom?

S.

Davus.

Dr.

Why ſo?

S.

Becauſe I liſt. Take him up, I ſay.

D.

What have I done?

S.

Take him up.

D.

If you find I have told you any lie, kill me.

S.

I do not hear you.

line 25 [Page] I will now vex your patience.

D.

Although this be true.

S.

Yea for all that, do you take care to keep him fettered. And do you hear,

Tie the beaſt neck and heels together. Go to now, I will ſhew you if I live to day,

What danger it is for you to deceive your Maſter, and him his Father.

Ch.

Ah, be not in ſuch a paſſion.

S.

Chremes, do you not pity me, to ſee my ſons dutifulneſs towards me,

line 30 That I ſhould take ſo much pains for ſuch a ſon? Well, Pamphilus; come out here Pamphilus, are you no whit aſhamed?

Act. V. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Davus, Chremes, Simo, Dromo.

D.

ANimo nunc jam otioſo eſſe impero.

Ch.

Hem Davum tibi.

S.

Unde egred [...]tur?

D.

Meo praeſidio atque hoſpitis.

S,

Quid illud eſt mali?

D.

Ego commodiorem hominem,

[Page] Adventum, tempus non vidi.

S.

Scelus, quemnam hîc laudat?

D.

line 5 Omnis res eſt jam in vado.

S.

Ceſſo alloqui?

D.

Herus eſt, quid agam.

S.

Salve, bone vir.

D.

Ehem, O noſter Chremes, omnia apparata ſunt

Jam intus.

Ch.

Curaſti probè.

D.

Ubi voles, accerſe.

S.

Bene ſané.

Id enimverò hinc nunc abeſt. Etiam tu hoc reſponde, quid iſtic tibi

Negotii eſt?

D.

Mihin'?

S.

Ita.

D.

Mihine?

S.

Tibi ego.

D.

line 10 Modò introii.

S.

Quaſi ego quam dudum rogem?

D.

Cum tuo

Gnato uná.

S.

Anne eſt intus Pamphilus? crucior miſer.

Eho, num tu dixtin' eſſe inter eos inimicitias, carnifex?

D.

Sunt.

S.

Cur igitur hîc eſt?

Ch.

Quid illum cenſes? cum illâ litigat.

D.

Imò verò indignum, Chremes, jam facinus faxo ex me audies.

line 15 Neſcio qui ſenex modò venit; ellum! confidens, catus, cùm faciem videas,

Videtur eſſe quantivis pretii; triſtis ſeveritas ineſt in voltu,

Atque in verbis ſides.

S.

Quidnam adportas?

D.

Nihil equidem,

Niſi quod illum audivi dicere.

S.

Quid ait tandem?

D.

Glycerium

Se ſcire civem eſſe Atticam.

S.

Hem, Dromo, Dromo!

Dr.

Quid eſt?

S.

line 20 Dromo!

D.

Audi.

S.

Verbum ſi addideris, Dromo.

D.

Audi, obſecro.

Dr.

Quid vis?

S.

Sublimem int [...] ò hunc

Rape, quantum potes.

Dr.

Quem?

S.

Davum.

Dr.

Quamobrem?

S.

Quia lubet. Rape, inquam.

D.

Quid feci?

S.

Rape.

D.

Si quicquam invenies mentitum, occidito.

S.

Nihil audio.

line 25 [Page] Ege jam te commotum reddam.

D.

Tametſi hoc verum eſt.

S.

Tamen, tu cura adſervandum vinctum. At (que) audin quadrupedem

Conſtringito. Age nunc jam, ego pol hodie ſi vivo, tibi oſtendam

Herum quid ſit pericli fallere, & illi patrem.

Ch.

Ah ne ſaevi tantopere.

S.

Chremes, pietatem gnati! nonne te miſeret mei? Tantum

line 30 Laborem capere ob talem filium? Age Pamphile, exi Pamphile, ecquid te pudet?

3

[Page]

Act V. Scen. 3.

Pamphilus, Simo, Chremes.

P.

VVHo would ſpeak with me? I am undone, it is my Father.

S.

What ſayeſt thou of all knaves the worſt?

Ch.

Ah Speak rather to the matter, and forbear to give ill language.

S.

As though any thing can be ſpoken too ill againſt this fellow.

Do you ſay it forſooth, Is Glycerie a Citizen?

P.

So they report.

S.

line 5 So they report! O his huge confidence!

Doth he conſider what he ſaith? Is he ſorry for what he hath don [...].

See whether his colour doth ſhew any ſign of baſhfulneſs?

That he ſhould be ſo weak minded, as contrary to the cuſtom

Of Citizens, and the law, and the mind of his own Father,

line 10 He ſhould yet deſire to have her to his utter diſgrace?

P.

Wo is me, poor man!

S.

Oh Pamphilus, are you now ſenſible of it at laſt?

You ſhould have ſaid that long agoe, I ſay long agoe, when you ſo ſet your mind,

As you muſt by any means effect what you had a deſire to:

On that very day, that word was truly ſaid of you.

line 15 But what do I do? why do I diſquiet my ſelf? why do I chaſe my ſelf?

Why do I trouble my old age with his madneſs?

Is it that I ſhould undergo the puniſhment for his faults?

Nay, let him take her, and fare him well; let him live with her.

P.

My Father!

S.

Why my Father? as if you had need of this father.

line 20 [Page] You have got a houſe, a wife and children, whether your Father will or no.

There he thoſe brought that may ſay ſhe is a Citizen: you ſhall have the victory.

P.

Father, may I ſpeak a few words?

S.

What will you ſay to me?

Ch.

Yet, Simo, hear him.

S.

I hear him? What ſhould I hear him,

Chremes?

Ch.

Yet let him ſpeak.

S.

Well, let him ſpeak, I give him leave.

P.

line 25 I confeſs I love this woman, and if that be an offence, I confeſs it too;

Father, I ſubmit my ſelf to you, lay what charge you will upon me, command me.

Will you have me marry, and let this woman go? I will bear it as well as I can:

Onely this I beſeech you, that you would not think this old man was brought by me.

Give me leave to clear my ſelf, and bring him hither before you.

S.

You bring him?

P.

line 30 Suffer me, Father.

Ch.

He deſires but what is reaſon; give him leave.

P.

Let me over-treat you.

S.

I give you leave.

I could be content to yield to any thing, Chremes, ſo I may not find my ſelf to be coſened by this ſon of mine.

Ch.

A little puniſhment is ſatisfaction to a father for a great offence.

Actus V. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Pamphilus, Simo, Chremes.

P.

QUis me vult? perii, pater eſt.

S.

Quid ais, omnium?

Ch.

Ah,

Rem potius ipſam dic; ac mitte malè loqui.

S.

Quaſi quicquam in hunc gravius dici poſſit.

Ain' tandem, civis Glycerium eſt?

P.

Ita praedicant.

D.

line 5 Ita praedicant, ò ingentem confidentiam!

Num cogitat, quid dicat? num facti piget?

Vide num ejus color pudoris ſignum uſquam indicat?

Adeon' impotenti eſſe animo, ut praeter civium

Morem at (que) legem, & ſui voluntatem patris,

line 10 Tamen hanc habere cupiat cum ſummo probro?

P.

Me miſerum!

S.

Hem: modóne id demum ſenſiſtj, Pamphile?

Olim iſtuc olim cùm ita animum induxiſti tuum,

Quod cuperes aliquo pacto efficiundum tibi;

Eodem die iſtuc verbum vere in te accidit.

line 15 Sed quid ago? cur me excrucio? cur me macero?

Cur meam ſenectam hujus ſolicito amentiâ?

An ut pro hujus peccatis ego ſupplicium ſufferam?

Immò habeat; valeat; vivat cum illâ.

P.

Mi pater?

S.

Quid, mi pater? quaſi tu hujus indige as patris.

line 20 [Page] Demus, uxor, liberi inventi, invito patre.

Adducti qui illam civem hinc dicant: viceris.

P.

Pater, licétne pauca?

S.

Quid dices mihi?

Ch.

Tamèn, Simo, audi.

S.

Ego audiam? Quid ego audiam,

Chreme?

Ch.

Attamen, dicat, fine.

S.

Age, dicat, ſino.

P.

line 25 Ego me amare hanc fateor; ſi id peccare eſt, fateor id quoque;

Tibi, pater, me dedo; quidvis oneris impende, impera.

Viſne uxorem ducere, hanc vis amittere? ut potero, feram:

Hoc modò te obſecro, ut ne credas à me allegatum hunc ſenem.

Sine me expurgem, atque illum huc coràm adducam.

S.

Adducas?

P.

line 30 Sine, pater.

Ch.

Aequum poſtulat, da veniam.

P.

Sine te exorem.

S.

Sino.

Quidvis cupio, dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiam, Chreme.

Ch.

Pro peccato magno paululum ſupplicii ſatis eſt patri.

4

[Page]

Act V. Scen. 4.

Crito, Chremes, Simo, Pamphilus.

Cr.

FOrbear to intreat me; any one of theſe reaſons perſwade me to do it.

Either you, or becauſe it is true, or becauſe I wiſh well to Glycerie.

Ch.

Do I ſee Crito of Andria? truly it is he.

Cr.

God ſave you Chremes.

Ch.

what do you at Athens, that are here ſo ſeldom?

Cr.

It is ſo fallen out. But is this Simo?

Ch.

line 5 This is he.

S.

Do you ask for me? Why, do you ſay Glycerie is a Citizen of this place?

Cr.

Do you deny it?

S.

Do you come hither ſo well provided?

Cr.

Why ſo?

S.

Do you ask?

[Page] Do you think to do theſe things and go unpuniſhed? Do you trapan

Young men here, that are unexperienced in the world, and honeſtly brought up?

Do you feed their fancies by enticing them on, and giving them fair words?

Cr.

line 10 Are you well in your wits? and do you take them, and their whores together?

P.

I am undone. I am afraid the ſtranger cannot abide it.

Ch.

Simo, if you knew this man ſufficiently,

You would not judg ſo. He is an honeſt man.

S.

Can this be an honeſt man?

Comes he ſo very jump to day upon the very nick of the marriage,

That he could never come before now? Muſt we believe him, Chremes?

P.

line 15 B [...]t that I am afraid of my Father; I have ſomething I could tell him very well how to anſwer that matter.

S.

You petty-fogging knave.

Cr.

What now!

Ch.

He is as you ſee, Crito, forbear him.

Cr.

Let him conſider who he is.

If he proceed to ſay what be liſt to me, he ſhall hear what he liſt not.

Do I meddle with thoſe things, or care for them? Will not you bear your own grief patiently?

For as concerning what I ſaid, it may be quickly known, whether what you heard, be true, or falſe.

line 20 An Athenian a good while ago having ſuffered Shipwrack, was caſt a ſhore at Andros,

And that little girle with him; Then he being in want by chance,

Firſt betook himſelf to Chryſis Father.

S.

He begins to tell a tale of a tub.

Ch.

Let him go on.

Cr.

Doth he ſo interrupt me indeed?

Ch.

Go on.

Cr.

Beſide,

He that entertained him was my Couſin. There I heard it of the man himſelf,

line 25 That he was an Athenian. He died there.

Ch.

What was his name?

Cr.

Muſt I tell you his name ſo quickly? Phania.

Ch.

Ah, I am undone.

Cr.

But truly

I think it was Phania. This I am ſure of, he ſaid he was one of Rhamnus.

Ch.

O Jupiter!

Cr.

O Chremes, many others in Andros heard

Theſe ſame words then.

Ch.

I wiſh it were as I hope it is, Well tell me

line 30 [Page] What did he ſay ſhe was? Did he ſay ſhe was his daughter?

Cr.

N [...].

Ch.

Whoſe then?

Cr.

His brothers daughter:

Ch.

Surely ſhe is mine.

Cr.

What ſay you?

S.

What

Is that you ſay?

P.

Liſten, Pamphilus.

S.

How, do you beleeve it?

Ch.

That Phania was my brother.

S.

I knew the man, and know it was ſo.

Ch.

He flying hen [...]e to avoid the war, and thinking to follow me into Aſia,

line 35 Made a journey after me, he was then afraid to leave her here.

After thoſe things, this is the firſt time I [...]ear what was become of him.

P.

I am ſcarce my own man, my minde is ſo toſſed with fear,

And joy, and hope, and wondring at this ſo great and ſo ſ [...]dden a good hap.

S.

Truly I am glad that ſhe is ſo many ways found to be your daughter,

P.

line 40 I bele [...]ve it, Father.

Ch.

But one ſcruple yet remains with me.

Which doth very much trouble me.

P.

You deſerve to be ſhent with your [...],

You ſeek a knot in a bull-ruſh.

Cr.

What is that?

Ch.

Her name

Doth not accord.

Cr.

Sh [...]e had another name truly when ſhe was a little girl.

Ch.

What, Crito? Do you remember it.

Cr.

I am calling it to minde.

P.

line 45 Should I ſuffer this mans memory to hinder my pleaſure,

Seeing I can eaſily help my ſelf in this matter?

I will not ſuffer it. O Chremes, the name is Paſibula which you enquire after.

Cr.

That is ſhe.

Ch.

That is juſt ſhe.

P.

I heard it of her a thouſand times.

S.

Chremes, I think you beleeve that we are all glad at this.

Ch.

line 50 In g [...] earneſt; I beleve it.

P.

Father, what remains more to be done?

S.

The matter it ſelf hath reconciled me towards you a good while ago.

P.

O fine father! Chremes altereth nothing about my wife,

But that I may have her ſo as I have had.

Ch.

Very good reaſon, except your father

Say otherwiſe.

P.

As for the portion forſooth.

S.

That indeed is to be looked after.

Ch.

Her portion.

line 55 Pamphilus, is five hundred pounds.

P.

I accept it.

Ch.

I haſte to my daughter.

[...] Crito, go along with me, for I beleeve ſhe ſcarce knoweth me.

[Page]S.

Why do you not give order ſhe ſhould be brought over hither?

P.

You do well to put us in mind, I will now Commit that buſineſs to Davus.

S.

He cannot do it.

P.

Why can he not?

S.

Becauſe he hath another thing which more concerns him, and a greater matter then that.

P.

What is it?

S.

line 60 He is faſt in Priſon.

P.

Father, he is wrongfully impriſoned.

S.

Not ſo, I commanded it.

P.

I pray you bid him be ſet at liberty.

S.

Well, be it ſo.

P.

But make h [...]ſte.

S.

I am going in.

P.

O what a joyfull and happy day is this!

Actus V. Scen. 4.

Crito, Chremes, Simo, Pamphilus.

Cr.

MI [...]te orare▪ una harum quaevis cauſa me, ut faciam, monet.

Vel tu, vel quod verum eſt, vel quod ipſi cup [...]o Glycerio.

Ch.

Andrium ego Critonem video? certè is eſt.

Cr.

Salvus ſis, Chreme.

Ch.

Quid tu Athenas inſolens?

Cr.

Even it. Sed hiccine eſt Simo?

Ch.

line 5 Hic eſt.

S.

Men' quaeris? Eho, tu Glycerium hinc civem ais eſſe?

Cr.

Tu negas?

S.

Itáne huc paratus advenis?

Cr.

Quare?

S.

Rogas?

[Page] Túne impune haec facias? túne hîc homines adoleſcentulos

Imperitos rerum, eductos liberè, in fraudem illicis?

Sollicitando & pollicitando eorum animos lactas?

Cr.

line 10 Sanun' es?

S.

Ac meretricios amores nuptiis conglutinas?

P.

Perii; metuo, ut ſubſtet hoſpes.

Ch.

Si, Simo, hunc nôris ſatis,

Non ita arbitrere. Bonus eſt hic vir.

S.

Hic vi [...] ſit bonus?

Itáne adtemperatè evenit hodie in ipſis nuptiis,

Ut veniret antehac nunquam? eſt verò huic credendum, Chremes?

P.

line 15 Ni metuam patrem, habeo pro illâ re quod illum moneam probé.

S.

Sycophan [...]a.

Cr.

Hem!

Ch.

Sic Crito eſt hic; mitte.

Cr.

Videat

Qui ſiet. Si mihi pergat quae vult dicere, ea quae non vult audiet.

Ego iſtaec moveo aut curo? non tu tuum malum aequo animo feres?

Nam ego quae dixi, vera an fal [...]â audieris, jam ſciri poteſt.

line 20 Atticus quidam olim nave fractâ apud Andrum ejectus eſt,

Et iſtaec unà parva virgo; tum ille egens fortè applicat

Primùm ad Chryſidis patrem ſe.

Si.

Fabulam inceptar.

Ch.

Sine.

Cr.

Itáne veró obturbat?

Ch.

Perge.

Cr.

Tum is mihi

Cognatus fuit, qui eum recepit. Ibi ego audivi ex illo ſeſe

line 25 Atticum eſſe. Is ibi mortuus eſt.

Ch.

Ejus nomen?

Cr.

Nomen.

Tam citò tibi? Phania.

Ch.

Hem, perii.

Cr.

Verùm hercle

Opinor fuiſſe Phaniam. Hoc certò ſcio, Ramnuſium ſe aiebat eſſe.

Ch.

O Jupiter!

Cr.

Eadem haec, O Chreme, multi alii in Andro

Tum audivere.

Ch.

Utinam id ſit quod ſpero. Eho, dic mihi

line 30 [Page] Quid eam tum? Suámne eſſe aiebat.

Cr.

Non.

Ch.

Cujam igitur?

Cr.

Fratris filiam.

Ch.

Certè mea eſt.

Cr.

Quid ais?

S.

Quid

T [...]s?

P.

Arrige aures▪ Pam [...]hile.

S.

Quî credis?

Ch.

Phania ille frater meus fait.

S.

Nòram & ſcio.

Ch.

Is hinc bellum fugiens, méque in Aſiam pe [...]ſequens

line 35 Proficiſcitur; tum illam relinquere hie eſt veritus.

Poſt illa, nunc primum audio quid illo fit factum.

P.

V x ſum ap [...], ita animus commotus eſt metu,

Spe, gaudio, mirando hoc tanto, tam repentino bono.

Si.

Sanè iſtam multis modis, tuam inveniri gaudeo.

P.

line 40 Credo pater.

Ch.

At mihi unus ſcrupulus etiam reſtar

Qui me malè habet.

P.

Dignus es cum tuâ religione odio;

Nodum in ſc [...]rpo quaeris.

Cr.

Quid iſtuc eſt.

Ch.

Nomen

Non convenit.

Cr.

Fuit hercle huic aliud parvae.

Ch.

Quid, Crito? Nunquid meminiſti?

Cr.

Id quaero.

P.

line 45 Egó ehujus memor [...]am patiar meae voluptati obſtare,

Cum ego poſſim in h [...]c re medicari mihi?

Non patia▪ Heus Chreme, quod quaeris Paſibula eſt.

Cr.

Ipſa eſt.

Ch.

E [...] eſt.

P.

Ex ipsâ millies aud [...]vi.

S.

Onnes nos ga [...]dere hoc, Chreme, te credo credere.

Ch.

line 50 Ita me D [...] bene ament, credo.

P.

Quid reſtat, parer?

Si.

[...] [...] res reduxit me ipſa in gratiam.

P.

O [...] de ux [...]re, [...] p [...]ſſedi, nihil

Mutat Chremes.

C [...].

Cauſa o [...] tima eſt, niſi quid pater

Aliud ait.

P.

Nempe.

S.

Id ſcilicet.

Ch.

Do [...]

line 55 Pamphile, eſt decem talenta

P.

Acc [...]p [...]o.

Ch.

Propero ad filiam.

Eho, Crito mecum, nam illam me credo haud noſſe.

S.

Cur non

[Page] Illam huc transferri jubes?

P.

Rectè admones, Davo ego

Iſtuc dedam jam negotii.

S.

Non poteſt.

P.

Qui non poteſt?

S.

Quia habet aliud magis ex ſeſe, & majus.

P.

Quidnam?

S.

line 60 Vinctus eſt.

P.

Peter, non rectè vinctus eſt.

S.

Haud ita, juſſi.

P.

Jube ſolvi, obſecro.

S.

Agè, fiat.

P.

At matura.

S.

Eo intrò.

P.

O fauſtum & felicem hunc diem!

5

[Page]

Act V. Scene 5.

Charinus, Pamphilus.

Ch.

I Am going to ſee what Pamphilus doth, and lo where he is.

P.

Some body perhaps

May-think I do not believe this to be true; but I have a good mind that it be thus true.

I ſuppoſe the life of the Gods is therefore everlaſting,

Becauſe pleaſures do properly belong to them, for I am immortal

line 5 Already, if no grief at all intermingle with this joy.

What, whom ſhould I chiefly deſire now to be offered me, to whom I may tell theſe things?

Ch.

What joy is that?

P.

I ſee Davus: There is no man that I had rather have

Of all men living. For I know that he alone will be hearti'y glad of any thing that rejoyceth me.

Act. V. Scen. V.

[Page]

Charinus, Pamphilus.

Ch

PRoviſo quid agat Pamphilus, at (que) eccum!

P.

Aliquis forſitan

Me putet non putare hoc verum: at mihi nunc ſic eſſe hoc verum lubet.

Ego vitam Deorum propterea ſempiternam eſſe arbitror,

Quod voluptates eorum propriae ſunt; nam mihi immortalitas

line 5 Parta eſt, ſi nulla aegritudo interceſſerit huic gaudio.

Sed quem ego potiſſimum mihi exoptem nunc, cui haec narrem, dari?

Ch.

Quid illud gaudii eſt?

P.

Davum video: nemo eſt, quem mallem

Omnium. Nam hunc ſcio mea ſolidè ſolum gaviſurum gaudia.

6

[Page]

Act V. Scen. 6.

Davus, Pamphilus, Charinus.

D.

WHere is this Pamphilus?

P.

Davus!

D.

What man is that, that calls me?

P.

It is 1.

D.

O Pamphilus!

P.

You do not know what hath befallen me.

[Page]D.

True indeed: But I know what hath befallen my ſelf.

P.

And ſo do I too.

D.

The faſhion of the world goeth, that you ſhould firſt know what harm I have got,

line 5 5. Then I know what good hath befallen you.

P.

My Glycerie hath found

Her Father and Mother.

D.

That is well.

Ch.

What now?

P.

Her Father is

An eſpecial friend of ours.

D.

Who is that?

P.

Chremes.

D.

You ſay well.

P.

and there is no delay, but I muſt marry her.

Ch.

Doth he dream

On thoſe things which his mind ran upon when he was awake?

P.

And as for the child, Dâvus.

D.

Tuſh, ſay no more.

line 10 He is the onely child whom the Gods love.

Ch.

I am well, if theſe things be true;

I will go to him, and ſpeak with him.

P.

What man is this? O Charinus, you come

In the very nick of time.

Ch.

It is well done.

P.

What, have you heard the matter?

Ch.

I have heard all; well, think of me in your proſperity. Now Chremes is yours,

I know he will do all things that you would have him do.

P.

I know it:

line 15 But it would be too long for us to tarry for him till he come forth; follow me this way.

He is within with Glycerie. Do you Davus go quickly home,

Fetch ſome body to lead her away hence: why do you ſtand ſtill? why do you loyter?

D.

I am going.

Do not ye tarry till they come out hither; ſhe will be married within:

It will be diſpatched within doors, if there be any thing remaining to be done. Clap your hands.

Act. V. Scen. 6.

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Davus, Pamphilus, Charinus.

D.

Pamphilus ubinam hic eſt?

P.

Dave.

D.

Quis homo eſt qui me?

P.

Ego ſum.

D.

O Pamphile.

P.

Neſcis quid mihi obtigerit.

[Page]D.

Certè, ſed quid mihi obtigerit, ſcio.

P.

Et quidem ego.

D.

More

Hominum evenit, ut quid ſim nactus mali, priùs reſciſceres tu,

line 5 Qúàm ego illud quod tibi evenit boni.

P.

Mea Glycerium ſuos

Parentes repperit.

D.

O factum bene.

Ch.

Hem!

P.

Pater amicus

Summus nobis.

D.

Quis?

P.

Chremes.

D.

Narras probè.

P.

Nec

Mora ulla eſt, quin eam uxorem ducam.

Ch.

Num ille ſomniat ea quae

Vigilans voluit?

P.

Tum de puero, Dave.

D.

Ah, deſine,

line 10 Solus eſt quem diligant Dii.

Ch.

Salvus ſum, ſi haec vera ſunt.

Adibo & colloquar.

P.

Quis homo eſt? O Charine, in tempore

Ipſo mihi advenis.

Ch.

Bene factum.

P.

Hem, audiſtin?

Ch.

Omnia: age, me in tuis ſecundis rebus reſpice: Tuus eſt nunc Chremes:

Facturum quae voles ſcio eſſe omnia.

P.

Memini, at (que) adeo

line 15 Longum eſt nos illum expectare dum exeat. Sequere hâc me.

Intus apud Glycerium eſt. Tu, Dave, abi domum properè,

Accerſe, hinc qui auferant eam: quid ſtas? quid ceſſas?

D.

Eo,

Nè expectetis, dum exeant huc; intus deſpondebitur;

Intns tranſigetur, ſi quid eſt quod reſtat. Plaudite.

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TERENCE'S EUNUCHUS ENGLISH AND LATINE.

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EUNUCHUS A COMEDIE Of Publius Terentius An African of Carthage.

Acted At the Megaleſian games, When Lucius Poſthumius Albinus And Lucius Cornelius Merula were Aediles Curules. Lucius Ambivius Turpio and Lucius Attilius Preneſtinus acted it.

Flaccus the Son of Claudius tuned it with two Pipes held on the right ſide of the mouth. It is a Greek Comedie of Menanders, Acted the ſecond time.

Publiſhed when Marcus Valerius Meſſala, and Cneius Fannius Strabo were Conſuls.

In the Year Since the City Rome was built, DLXXXXIII. Before Chriſt was born, CLIIII.

EUNUCHUS PUBLII TERENTII Carthaginienſis Afri.

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Acta Ludis Megalenſibus, L. Poſthumio Albino & L. Cornelio Merula Aed libus Curulibus. Egerunt L. Ambivius Turpio & L. Attilius Praeneſtinus.

Mod [...]s fecit Flaccus Claudii Filius, tibiis duabus dextris.

Graeca eſt Menandri. Acta II.

Edita M. Valerio Meſſala & Cn. Fann [...]o Strabone Conſulibus.

Anno Ab Urbe conditâ, DLXXXXIII. Ante Chriſtum natum, CLIIII.

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedy.

Antipho, A Young-man.

Chaerea, A Young-man.

Chremes, A Country Young-man.

Dorias. A Maid ſervant.

Dorus, An Eunuch.

Gnatho, A Paraſite.

Laches, An Old-man.

Parmeno, A Servant.

Phaedria, A Young-man.

Pythias, A Maid-ſervant.

Sanga, A Scullion.

Sophrona, A Nnrſe.

Thais, A Whore.

Thraſo, A Soldier.

Fabulae interlocutores.

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Antipho, adoleſcens.

Chaerea, adoleſcens.

Chremes, adoleſcens ruſticus.

Dorias, ancilla.

Dorus, Eunuchus.

Gnatho, Paraſitus.

Laches, ſenex.

Parmeno, ſervus.

Phaedria, adoleſcens.

Pythias, ancilla.

Sanga, lixa.

Sophrona, nutrix.

Thais, meretrix.

Thraſo, miles.

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The Argument, or Plot of Eunuchus, by C. Sulpitius Apollinaris.

THe Souldier Thraſo, not knowing ſo much, brought

With him a Maid which was falſly reported to be Thais's Siſter,

And beſtowed her on her. This Maid was a Citizen of Athens.

Phaedria a ſweet-heart of Thais, gives command, that an Eunuch

Which he had bought, ſhould be delivered to her; and goeth himſelf into the Countrey,

Being intreated to give place to Thraſo for two days.

A young ſtripling Phaedrias's brother (foraſmuch as he dearly loved

The little girle which was ſent for a preſent to Thais)

Is clad in the Eunuchs habit. Parmeno perſwadeth him to it.

He went in, he defloureth the Maid. But his brother

Being found to be a Citizen of Athens, beſtoweth her

When ſhe was deſtoured on the ſtripling. Thraſo over-intreateth Phaedria.

Eunuchi Argumentum. C. Sulpitio Apollonari authore.

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SOrorem falſò dictitatam Thaidis,

Id ipſum ignorans miles advext Thraſo,

Ipſi (que) donat. Erat haec civis Attica.

Eidem Eunuchum, quem emerat, tradi jubet

Thaidis amator Phaedria, acirus ipſe abit,

Thraſoni oratus biduum concederet.

Ephebus frater Phaedriae (puellulam

Cùm deperiret dono miſſam Thaidi,)

Ornatu Eunuchi induitur, ſuadet Parmeno.

Introiit, vitiat virginem. Sed Atticus

Civis repertus frater ejus, conlocat

Vitiatam ephebo: Phaedriam exorat Thraſo.

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The Prologue.

IF there be any that ſetteth himſelf to pleaſe

All good men and to be offenſive to few:

This Poet profeſſeth himſelf to be one of them.

Again if there be any that thinketh he is too ſharply

Spoken againſt, let him thus think,

That an Apologie, and not an Invection is made, becauſe he did the firſt wrong,

Who by tranſlating well, but ordering them badly.

Hath made bad Latine Comedies of good Greek ones.

The ſame man hath now lately ſet out Menanders Phaſma,

And in his Theſaurus he hath ſet down that the defendant pleaded,

Of whom it was demanded why the gold ſhould be his,

Before the Plaintiff who demandeth it, declared how the treaſure came to be his,

And how it came into his fathers monument.

From henceforth let him not deceive himſelf, or think thus,

I have now given over, he hath nothing to ſay to me.

I adviſe him not to miſtake himſelf, and to leave off provoking me.

I have many other things, which ſhall now be forgiven,

Which ſhall be produced afterwards, if he go on to offend me,

So as he hath begun to do. As for this Menanders Eunuchus

Which we are now to act, he obtained, after the Aediles

Had bought it, that he might have liberty to ſee it;

It began to be acted when the Magiſtrate was there.

He cry [...]th out that a thief, not a Poet had ſet out a Comedie,

And yet bad added no words of his own to it;

That Colax was an old Comedie of Naevius and Plautus,

That the Paraſites and Souldiers part were taken thence.

If that be an off nee, it is an offence committed through the Poets ignorance

Who did not purpoſe to play the thief:

That it is ſo you may now judge:

Colax is a Comedie of Menanders, in it is Colax the Paraſite;

And the braggadocian Souldier he doth not deny

That he hath tranſlated thoſe parts into his Eunuchus,

[Page] Out of the Greek Comedy; but that he knew that thoſe Comedies

Were tranſlated before into Latine, he utterly denieth it.

But if it be not lawfull for diverſe men to uſe the ſame parts,

How is it more lawfull to introduce running ſervants

To feign grave matrons, naughty drabs,

A greedy paraſite, a b [...]aggadocian ſoldier,

A child to be ſuborned, an old man to be couſened by his ſervant,

And that folks love, hate, or ſuſpect? To conclude,

There is nothing now ſaid, which hath not been ſaid heretofore.

Wherefore it is fitting that you ſhould underſtand, and paſs it by,

If new Comedians do, what the old have uſed to do.

Do you endeavour, and give ſilent attention,

That you may fully know what Eunuchus meaneth.

Prologus.

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SI quiſquam eſt qui placere ſe ſtudeat bonis

Quamplurimis, & minimè multos laedere,

In his Poeta hic nomen profitetur ſuum.

Tum ſi quis eſt qui dictum in ſe inclementiùs

Exiſtimavit eſſe, ſic exiſtimet,

Reſponſum, non dictum eſſe, quia laeſit priùs,

Qui bene vertendo, & eas deſcribendo malè

Ex Graecis bonis, Latinas fecit non bonas.

Idem Menandri Phaſma nunc nuper dedit,

At (que) in Theſauris ſcripſit cauſam dicere,

Priùs unde petitur aurum quare ſit ſuum,

Quàm illum qui petit, unde is Theſaurus ſit ſibi;

Aut unde in patrium monimentum pervenerit.

Dehinc ne fraudetur ipſe ſe, aut ſic cogitet,

Defunctus jam ſum, nihil eſt quod dicat mihi,

Is ne erret moneo, & deſinat laceſſere.

Habeo alia multa nunc quae condonabuntur;

Quae proferentur pòſt, ſi pergat laedere,

Ita ut facere inſtituit. Quam nunc ſumus acturi

Menandri Eunuchum, poſtquam aediles emerunt,

Perfecit, ſibi ut inſpiciund [...] eſſet cop [...]a.

Magiſtratus cùm ibi adeſſet, occoepta eſt agi.

Exclamat furem, non Poetam, fabulam

Dediſſe, & nihil dediſſe verborum tamen;

Colacem eſſe Naevi, & Plauti veterem fabulam,

Paraſiti perſonam inde ablatam & militis.

Si id peccatum eſt, peccatum imprudentiâ eſt

Poetae, qui non furtum facere ſtuduerit.

Id ita eſſe vos jam judicare poteritis.

Colax Menandri eſt, in ea eſt paraſitus colax,

Et miles glorioſus, eas ſe non negat

Perſonas tranſtuliſſe in Eunuchum ſuam

[Page] Ex Graecâ: ſed eas fabulas factas priùs

Latinas ſciſſe ſe, id verò pernegat.

Quod ſi perſonis iiſdem uti aliis non licet,

Quî magis licet currentes ſervos ſcribere,

Bonas matronas facere, meretrices malas,

Paraſitum edacem, glorioſum militem,

Puerum ſupponi, falli per ſervum ſenem,

Amare, odiſſe, ſuſpicari? Denique

Nullum eſt jam dictum, quod non dictum ſit priús,

Quare aequum eſt vos cognoſcere, atque ignoſcere,

Quae veteres factitârunt, ſi faciunt novi.

Date operam, & cum ſilentio animadvertite,

Ut pernoſcatis quid ſibi Eunuchus velit.

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1

1

Act. I. Scene 1.

Phaedria, Parmeno.

Ph.

WHat then ſhall I do? Should I not go? no, not now

When I am ſent for by her of her own accord? or ſhould I rather ſo behave my ſelf,

As to let her ſee I cannot put up the abuſes of Whores?

Shee hath ſhut me out of: door, ſhe calls me back again, ſhould I go back again? no, though ſhe ſhould intreat me.

P.

line 5 If you can do ſo indeed, there is no better or braver part,

But if you once begin, and not perform it gallantly,

And when you cannot endure, when no body ſhall deſire you,

Before you have made peace, you ſhall come to her, and tell her

That you love her, and cannot abide without her, all is daſht, you may go fiddle,

line 10 You are utterly loſt; ſhe will make an Aſs of you, when ſhe ſeeth you vanquiſhed.

Ph.

Therefore do you conſider well of it, while time ſerveth.

Par.

Maſter, you cannot rule that thing by advice,

Which is neither capable of any advice, nor obſerves any mean.

All theſe vices are in love; Injuries,

line 15 Suſpitions, fallings out, truce,

War, and peace again. If you deſire to make theſe uncertain things

Certain by reaſon, you ſhould do no more good,

Then if you ſhould endeavour to be mad with reaſon.

And that which you now in your angry mood think with your ſelf,

line 20 Should not I be even with her, which hath entertained him, which excluded me, which would not admit me? let me but alone,

I would die rather: ſhe ſhall know what a fellow I am.

Verily, one counterfeit tear, which ſhe hath with much ado wrung from her eyes

By rubbing them pittifully, will cool theſe words,

And you will accuſe your ſelf of your own accord, and ſuffer her

line 25 Of your own accord to puniſh you.

Ph.

O abominable act!

I now perceive her to be an errant quean, and that I am a wretched man.

It irketh me that I had any thing to do with her, and I burn in love, and wittingly and willingly,

Being ſenſible and ſeeing it, I am undone, neither do I know what to do.

[Page]Par.

What ſhould you do? but ranſome your ſelf being a Priſoner, for as little

line 30 As you can; if you cannot for a little, yet for ſo much as you can;

And do not torment your ſelf.

Ph.

Do you perſwade me ſo?

Par.

If you be wiſe:

And beſides thoſe troubles which love it ſelf hath

Do not you add more, and bear thoſe patiently which it hath,

But look where ſhe is, the very deſtruction of our eſtate,

line 35 For what we ought to have, ſhe getteth it before us.

Act. I. Scen. 1.

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Phaedria, Parmeno.

Ph.

QUid igitur faciam? non eam? ne nunc quidem

Cum accerſor ultrò? an potiùs ita me comparem,

Non perpeti meretricum contumelias?

Excluſit, revocat, redeam? non ſi me obſecr [...]t.

Par.

line 5 Siquidem hercle poſſis, nil prius, ne (que) fortius;

Verùm ſi incipies, neque perficies gnaviter,

Atque ubi pati non poteris, cùm nemo expetet,

Infectâ pace, ultro ad eam venies; indicans

Te amare, & ferre non poſſe, actum eſt, illicet,

line 10 Perîſti: eludet, ubi re victum! ſenſerit.

Ph.

Proin tu, dum eſt tempus, etiam atque etiam cogita.

Par.

Here, quae res in ſe neque conſilium neque modum

Habet ullum, eam conſilio regere non potes.

In amore haec omnia inſunt vitia; injuriae,

line 15 Suſpitiones, inimicitiae, induciae,

Bellum, pax rurſum. Incera haec ſi poſtules

Ratione cercâ facere, nihilo plus agas,

Quàm ſi des operam ut cum ratione inſanias.

Et quod nunc tute tecum iratus cogitas,

line 20 Egóne illam? quae illum, quae me, quae non? ſine modò,

Mori me malim; ſentiet qui vir ſiem.

Haec verba una mehercule falſa lachrymula,

Quam oculos terendo miſerè vix vi expreſſerit,

Reſtinguet, & te ultro accuſabis, & dabis

line 25 Ei ultro ſupplicium.

Ph.

O indignum facinus! nunc ego

Et illam ſceleſtam eſſe, & me miſerum ſentio.

Et taedet & amore ardeo, & prudens ſciens,

Vivus vidénſ (que) pereo, nec quid agam, ſcio.

[Page]Par.

Quid agas? niſi ut te redimas captum quàm queas

line 30 Minimo; ſi nequeas paululo, at quantiqueas,

Et ne te afflictes.

Ph.

Itáne ſuades?

Par.

Si ſapis,

Neque praeterquam quas ipſe amor moleſtias habet,

Addas, & illas quas habet rectè feras.

Sed ecca, ipſa egreditur noſtri fundi calamitas;

line 35 Nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit.

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Act. I. Scene 2.

Thais, Phaedria, Parmeno.

Th.

AH me poor woman, I am afraid leſt Phaedria

Should take that more heavily, or otherwiſe then I did it,

Becauſe he was not admitted yeſterday.

Ph.

Parmeno,

I tremble every joynt of me, I am in a fright ſince I ſaw her.

Par.

Have a good heart,

line 5 Come neer to this fire; you will be hot enough by and by.

Th.

Who talks here? Alas, was it you here, my Phaedria?

Why ſtood you here? Why did you not come in ſtraight?

Par.

But

Here is not a word of ſhutting out.

Th.

Why do you not ſpeak?

Th.

Forſooth, becauſe indeed theſe doors ſtand always open for me,

line 10 Or becauſe I am in the greateſt favour with you.

Th.

Let theſe complements paſs.

Ph.

What let them paſs? O Thais, Thais, I wiſh I had

A like ſhare of your love as you have of mine, and that it might come to paſs in like manner,

That this might either grieve you, juſt as it doth me;

Or that I could value that doing of yours as nothing.

Th.

line 15 I pray you do not vex your ſelf, my dear heart, my Phaedria,

I did not do it truly therefore becauſe I loved or affected any man more then you,

But ſo the caſe ſtood, it muſt needs be done.

Par

I beleeve, as it fell out, the poor woman ſhut him out of doors for love.

Th.

Say you ſo Parmeno? Well go to: But hear for what cauſe

line 20 I bade you to be fetcht hither.

Ph.

Be it ſo.

Th.

Firſt [...]elt me

[Page] This, can this man hold his peace?

Par.

What, I? very well:

But do you hear, I aſsure you faithfully on this condition;

What I hear that is true, I conceal, and keep in very well;

But if any thing be falſe, or forged, it is all abroad preſently.

line 25 I am full of riſters; I leak out this way and that way;

And therefore if you would have it concealed, ſpeak what is true.

Th.

My mother was born at Samos, ſhe dwelt at Rhodes.

Par.

This may be concealed.

Th.

Moreover a Merchant there

Gave my mother a little gire for a preſent,

line 30 Stoln hence out of Athens.

Ph.

A Citizen, or no?

Th.

I think ſhe was one,

I am not ſure; ſhe told us the name of her Mother and Father,

But her Country, and other marks ſhe neither knew,

Nor indeed could ſhe by reaſon of her age.

The Merchant told us this moreover, that he had heard

line 35 Of the Pyrates of whom he had bought her, that ſhe was ſtoln from Sunium.

My mother as ſoon as ſhe had her, began to teach her

All things carefully, and to bring her up ſo, as if ſhe had been her daughter;

Moſt folks thought that ſhe was my ſiſter:

I went thence hither with that ſtranger, with whom alone I had to do,

line 40 Who left me all theſe goods which I have.

Par.

Both theſe are falſe, out it goeeth.

Th.

How know you that?

Par.

Do you ask?

Becauſe you was neither content with one, neither did alone give them:

For this man hath alſo brought you a good, and a great ſhare.

Th.

It is ſo; but let me come to my tales end, as I deſire.

line 45 In the mean time, a ſoldier that began to be a ſuiter to me,

Went a journey into Caria; in the mean ſpace

I became acquainted with you; you your ſelf know after theſe things, how tenderly

I loved you, and how I made you privy to all my counſels.

Ph.

Parmeno will not conceal this.

Par.

Oh, is there any doubt of that?

Th.

line 50 Mind me this, I pray you: My Mother died there;

But a while ago, her brother was ſomewhat covetous;

He, when he ſaw this maid to be of a lovely beauty,

And skilled on an inſtrument, hoping to get a ſumme of money,

Brought her out preſently, and ſold her; By meer fortune this friend of mine

line 55 [Page] Was there preſent; he bought her for a preſent for me,

Unwitting and ignorant of all theſe matters:

I came hither, and after he perceived that I had dealing with you too,

He made all the excuſes he could, that he might not give me her.

He ſaid, if he might be ſure that he ſhould be preferred with you

line 60 Before me, and might not fear, leſt when I had got her,

I ſhould forſake him, he could find in heart to beſtow her on me,

But he was afraid of that. But as far as I can gather,

He hath a mind to the maid.

Ph.

Was there any more betwixt them?

Th.

Nothing; for I enquired: Now my Phaedria,

line 65 There are many reaſons, why I ſhould deſire to get her from him:

Firſt, Becauſe ſhe is reported to be my ſiſter: and beſides, that I may

Reſtore and deliver her to her friends. I am a lone woman, I have no body here,

Neither friend, nor kindſman. Wherefore; my Phaedria,

I deſirt to get me ſome friends by my good office;

line 70 I pray you help me about it, that it may be done more eaſily.

Give him leave to have the greater reſpect from me

For theſe few day [...]s. Do you make me no anſwer?

Ph.

Thou naughty queane,

Should I anſwer you any thing with your ſuch doings?

Par.

O brave Maſter of ours, I commend you. She is very ſorry at laſt, you play the man.

Ph.

line 75 But I did not know what your ſpeech tended to: There was a little girle

Stoln away hence, my mother brought her up for her own:

She is reported to be my ſiſter: I deſire to get her from him, that I may reſtore her to her friends.

Forſooth all theſe words come to this; in ſhort,

I am ſhut out, he is entertained. For what cauſe?

line 80 But that you love him better than me; i and you now fear that wench

Which is brought hither, leſt ſhe ſhould get him ſuch a man as he is from you.

Th.

Am I afraid of that?

Ph.

What elſe then troubles you?

Tell me, doth he alone give you gifts? did you ever find

My bounty to be reſtrained towards you?

line 85 Did not I, when you told me that you deſired to have a little maid

From Aethiopia, leaving all my buſineſs,

Get you one? Beſides you ſaid, you deſired to have an Eunuch,

Becauſe none but great Ladyes uſe ſuch▪ I got you one▪

[Page] I gave twenty pounds yeſterday for them both.

line 90 For all this I am ſlighted by you. I have not forgot theſe things.

For theſe good turns I am ſcorned by you.

Th.

What is this you ſay, Phaedria?

Although I deſire to get her away from him, and I ſuppoſe by this means

It may beſt of all be done, yet nevertheleſs

Rather then I ſhould have your diſ-favour, I will do as you would have me.

Ph.

line 95 I would to God you ſpake that word from your heart and really,

Rather then I ſhould have your diſ-favour, if I thought

It was ſincerely ſpoken, I could away with any thing.

Par.

How ſoon doth he begin to falter, being overcome with one word?

Th.

Do not I poor woman ſpeak from my heart? what thing

line 100 Did you deſire of me in jeſt, but you obtained at laſt▪

Can not I obtain this of you, that you would but go aſide

Two days onely?

Ph.

If it be but two dayes;

But let them not be made twenty days.

Th.

Truly not above two days, or—

Ph.

O [...] I matter not.

Th.

line 105 It ſhall not be, onely let me intreat you this.

Ph.

Yes forſooth,

I muſt do, what will you have me do.

Th.

I love you becauſe you deſerve it.

Ph.

You do well.

I will go into the countrey, there will I pine my ſelf this two dayes,

I am reſolved to do it, I muſt ſatisfie Thais minde.

Do you, Parmeno, ſee they be brought hither.

Par.

Yes.

Ph.

line 110 Thais, farewel for theſe two days.

Th.

My Phaedria,

Fare you well too; would you have any thing elſe?

Ph.

Would I have any thing elſe?

I deſire that you may be abſent from the ſouldier, when you are preſent with him,

That you would love me night and day, and long for me,

That you would dream on me, look for me, think on me,

line 115 Hope for me, delight your ſelf with me, and be wholly with me.

Laſtly, ſee that you be my ſweet-heart, for aſmuch as

I am yours.

Th.

Wo is me poor woman, this man perhaps

Gives little credit to me, and now judges me by other womens diſpoſitions,

But I indeed, who am privie to my ſelf, am ſure of this,

line 120 That I have not forged any lie, neither is any man

More dear to my heart then this Phaedria is.

And whatever I have done in this matter, I did it

[Page] For the maids ſake; for I hope I have now in a manner

Found out her brother, a very noble yong gentleman;

line 125 And he hath appointed to come to me to day in my houſe;

I will go in hence, and tarry looking for him till he come.

Actus I. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Thaas, Phaedria, Parmen [...].

Th.

MIſeram me! vereor ne illud graviùs Phaedria

Tulerit, neve aliorſum, atquc ego feci, acceperit,

Quòd heri intromiſſus non eſt.

Ph.

Totus tremo

Parmeno, horr [...], poſtquàm aſpexi hanc.

Par.

Bono animo es.

line 5 Accede ad hunc ignem; jam caleſces plus ſatis.

Th.

Quis hic loquitur? Ehem, tun' hîc eras, mi Phaedria!

Quid ſtabas hic? Cur non rectè introibas?

Par.

Caeterum De excluſione verbum nullum.

Th.

Quid taces?

Ph.

Sanè quia verô hae mihi patent ſemper fores,

line 10 Aut quia ſum apud te primus.

Th.

Miſſa iſtaec face.

Ph.

Quid miſſa? O Thais, Thais, utinam eſſet mihi

Pars aequa amoris tecum: ac pariter fieret

Ut aut hoc tibi doleret, itidem ut mihi dolet;

Aut ego iſtuc abs te factnm nihili penderem.

Th.

line 15 Ne crucia te obſecro, anime mi, mi Phaedria.

Non pol quò quenquam plùs amem, aut plùs diligam

Eò feci: ſed ita erat res; faciundum fuit.

Par,

Credo, ut fit, miſera prae amore excluſit hunc foras.

Th.

Siccine ais, Parmeno? age; Sed, huc quâ gratiâ

line 20 Te accerſi juſſi, auſculta.

Ph.

Fiat.

Th.

Dic mihi

[Page] Hoc primùm, potin' eſt hic tacere?

Par.

Egóne? optúme,

Verùm heus tu, lege hâc tibi meam aſtringo fidem:

Quae vera audiv, taceo, & contineo optimè;

Sin falſum, aut vanum, aut fictum eſt, cont [...]nuò palàm eſt.

line 25 Plénus timarum ſum: hâc atque illâc perfluo.

Proin tu taceri ſi vis, vera dicito.

Th.

Samia mihi mater fuit, ear habitabat Rhodi.

Par.

Poteſt taceri hoc.

Th.

Tum ibi matri parvulam

Puellam dono quidam mercator dedit,

line 30 Ex Atticâ hinc abreptam.

Ph.

Civémne?

Th.

Arbitror.

Certum non ſcimus: matris nomen & patris

Dic [...]bat ipſa: patriam & ſigna caecera

N [...] (que) ſciebat, ne (que) per aetatem etiam potuerat.

Mercator hoc addebat, è praedonibus

line 35 Unde emerat ſe and viſſe, arreptam è Sunio,

Mater ubi accepit, cepit ſtudioſè omnia

Docere, educare, ita ut ſi eſſet filia.

Sororem plerique eſſe credebant meam.

Ego cum illo, quocum tum uno rem habebam, hoſpite,

line 40 Abii huc: qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia.

Par.

U [...]rumque hoc falſum eſt: efluit.

Th.

Quî iſtuc?

Par.

Rogas?

Quia neque uno eras content [...], ne (que) ſolus dedit:

Nam hic quoq bonam magnám (que) partem ad te attulit.

Th.

Ita ſt: ſed ſine me pervenire quò volo.

line 45 Inte ea miles qui me amare occeperat,

In Cariam profectus eſt: te interea loci

Cognovi tute ſcis poſt illa quàm intimum

Te habeam, & mea conſilia ut tibi credam omnia.

Ph.

Ne hoc quidem [...]ebit Parmeno.

Par.

Oh, dubiúmne id eſt?

Th.

line 50 Hoc agite amabò. Mater mea illic mortua eſt.

Nuper, ejus frater aliquantùm ad rem eſt avidior;

Is ubi hanc formâ videt honeſtâ virginem,

Et fid [...]bus ſcire, pretium ſperans, ill [...]co

Producit, vendit. Fortè fortuna affuit

line 55 [Page] Hic meus amicus; emit eam dono mihi,

Imprudens harum rerum ignaruſque omnium:

Is venit, poſtquam ſenſie me tecum quoque

Rem habere, fingit cauſas, ne det, ſedulò.

Ait, ſi fidem habeat ſe iri praepoſitum tibi

line 60 Apud me, ac non id metuat, ne ubi acceperim,

Seſe relinquam, velle ſeſe mihi dare,

Verùm id vereri; ſed, ego quantum ſuſpicor,

Ad virginem animum adjecit.

Ph.

Etiamne amplius?

Th.

Nihil: nam quoeſivi; Nunc ego eam, mi Phaedria,

line 65 Multae ſunt cauſae quamobrem cupiam abducere;

Primùm quod ſoror dicta eſt; praeterea ut ſuis

Reſtituam ac reddam. Sola ſum, habeo hîc neminem

Neque amicum neque cognatum: Quemobrem, mi Phaedria.

Cupio aliquos praeparare amicos beneficio meo.

line 70 Id amabò adjuta me, quo id fiat facilius.

Sine illum priores partes hoſce aliquot dies

Apud me habere; nihil reſpondes?

Ph.

Peſſuma,

Egon' quicquam cum iſtis factis reſpondeam?

Par.

Heu noſter, laudo. Tandem perdoluit: vir es.

Ph.

line 75 At ego neſciebam, quorſum tu ires; parvola

Hinc eſt abrepta; eduxit mater pro ſuâ:

Soror dicta eſt; cupio abducere ut reddam ſuis.

Nempe omnia haec verba huc redeunt denique,

Excludor ego, ille recipitur: quâ gratiâ?

line 80 Niſi illum plus amas quàm me, & iſtam nunc times,

Quae advecta eſt, ne illum talem praeripiat tibi?

Th.

Egon' id timeo?

Ph.

Quid ergo aliud ſollicitat?

Cedò, num ille ſolus dona dat? nunc ubi meam

Benignitatem ſenſiſti in te claudier?

line 85 Nonne-ubi mihi dîxſti cupere te ex Aethiopiâ

Ancillulam, relictis rebus omnibus

Quaeſivi? porrò Eunuchum dîxti velle te,

Quia ſolae utuntur his reginae; repperi.

[Page] Heri minas viginti pro ambobus dedi,

line 90 Tamen contemptus abs te: haec habui in memoriâ.

Ob haec facta abs te ſpernor.

Th.

Quid iſtuc, Phaedria?

Quanquam illam cupio abducere, atque hac re arbitror

Id fieri poſſe maximè, veruntamen

Potiùs quàm te inimicum habeam, faciam ut juſſeris.

Ph.

line 95 Utinam iſtuc verbum ex animo ac verè diceres,

POTIUS quàm te inimicum habeam; ſi iſtuc crederem

Sincerè dici, quidvis poſſem perpeti.

Par.

Labaſcit, victus uno verbo, quàm citó?

Th.

Ego non ex animo miſera dico? quam joco

line 100 Rem voluiſti à me, tandem quin perfeceris?

Ego impetrare nequeo hoc abs te, biduum,

Saltem ut concedas ſolúm.

Ph.

Siquidem biduum

Verùm nè fiant iſti viginti dies.

Th.

Profectò non plus biduum, aut.

Ph.

Aut? nihil moror.

Th.

line 105 Non fiet; hoc modò ſine te exorem.

Ph.

Scilicet,

Faciundum eſt quod vis.

Th.

Meritò te amo.

Ph.

Bene facis.

Rus ibo, ibi hoc me macerabo biduum,

Ita facere certum eſt, mos gerundus eſt Thaidi.

Tu, Parmeno, huc fac illi adducantur.

Par.

Maxumé.

Ph.

line 110 In hoc biduum, Thais, Vale.

Th.

Mi Phadria,

Et tu, nunquid vis aliud?

Ph.

Egóne quid velim?

Cum milite iſto praeſens, abſens ut ſies,

Dies noctéſ (que) ames me, me deſideres,

Me ſomnies: me expectes, de me cogites:

line 115 Me ſperes: me te oblectes: mecum tota ſis.

Meus fac ſis poſtren ò animus, quandoquidem

Ego ſum tuus.

Th.

Me miſeram, forſitan mihi hic

Parvam habeat fidem, at (que) ex aliarum ingeniis me nunc judicet.

Ego pol, quae mihi ſum conſcia, hoc certò ſcio,

line 120 Ne (que) me finxiſſe quicquam falſi, ne (que) meo

Cordi eſſe quenquam chariorem hoc Phaedriâ,

Et quicquid hujus feci, causâ virginis

[Page] Feci; nam me ejus fratrem ſpero propemodum

Jam repperiſſe, adoleſcentem adeò nobilem:

line 125 Et is hodie venturum ad me conſtituit domum;

Concedam hinc intro: expectabo dum venit.

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1

Act II. Scene 1.

Phaedria, Parmeno.

Ph.

Do as I bade you, let thoſe be brought away.

Par.

I will.

Ph.

But diligently.

Par.

It ſhall be done.

Ph.

But quickly.

Par.

It ſhall be done.

Ph.

Have I not

Given you ſufficient commands?

Par.

Do you go on to ask, as though i [...] were ſuch a hard matter?

Phaedria, I wiſh you could as eaſily get any thing,

line 5 As this is ſure to be loſt.

Ph.

I am like to be loſt my ſelf too, which is a thing more precious to me;

Do not you take that ſo impatiently.

Par.

No.

But would you have any thing elſe, and I will diſpatch it for you?

Ph.

Set out my preſent with words as well as you can, and thruſt away

T [...] copeſ-mate from her as far as you can.

Par.

I remember it, though

line 10 You ſhould ſay nothing of it.

Ph.

I will go into the country, and tarry there.

Par.

I think ſo.

Ph.

But do you bear?

Par.

What would you have?

Ph.

Do you think that I can

Settle my ſelf, and abide, ſo as not to come back again in the mean time?

Par.

What you?

Truly I think not; for either you will return by and by, or your dreams after a while,

Will drive you hitherway.

Ph.

I will do ſome work, until I be weary,

line 15 That I may ſleep whether I will or no.

P.

You will lie waking, when you are weary,

And then you will do this the rather.

Ph.

Alas, Parmeno, you talk to no purpoſe truly;

This niceneſs of minde muſt be caſt away. I pamper my ſelf too much.

Can I not be without her, if need be, for three days together?

Par.

Whoo, whole three days? beware what you do.

Ph.

I am reſolved upon it.

Par.

line 20 O wonderful what diſeaſe is this? that men ſhould be ſo altered

[Page] By love, that you cannot know one to be the ſame he was? There was no man alive

Leſs given to folly, nor any one more ſtayed, or that could better bridle his affections, than this man.

But who is this that comes on hither? Ah, Ah, this indeed is Gnatho

The Soldiers Parafite; he brings with him a Virgin for a preſent to her. O ſtrange!

line 25 Of a beautifull countenance. It is a wonder, but I ſhall come baſely off

With this decrepit Eunuch of mine▪ She ſurpaſſeth Thai [...] [...] ſelf.

Act. II. Scene 1.

[Page]

Phaedria, Parmeno.

Ph.

FAc ita ut juſſi; deducantur iſti.

P.

Faciam.

Ph.

At diligenter.

Par.

Fiet

Ph.

Maturé.

Par.

Fiet.

Ph.

Satin' hoc

Mandatum eſt tibi?

Par.

Ah, rogitare? quaſi difficile ſit,

Utinam tam aliquid invenire facile poſſis Phaedria

line 5 Quàm hoc peribit.

Ph.

Ego quo (que) unà pereo, quod mihi eſt charius.

Ne iſtoc tam iniquo patiare animo.

Par.

Minimé▪

Sed nunquid aliud vis? quin effectum dabo.

Ph.

Munus noſtrum ornato verbis quoad poteris, & iſtum [...]

Quoad poteris ab eâ pellito.

Par.

Memini, tametſi

line 10 Nullus moneas.

Ph.

Ego rus ibo, atque ibi manebo.

Par.

Cenſeo. Sed heus tu.

Par.

Quid vis?

Ph.

Cenſen' poſſe [...]

Obfirmare & perpeti, ne redeam interea?

Par.

Téne? non hercle

Arbitror; nam aut jam revertê [...], aut mox noctu te

Adigent horſum inſomnia.

Ph.

Opus faciam, ut defatiger uſe▪

line 15 Ingratiis ut dormiam.

Par.

Vigilabis laſſus, hoc plùs

Facies.

Ph.

Ah, nihil dicis, Parmeno, ejiciunda hercle

Haec eſt mollities animi: Nimis me indulgeo.

Tandem ego non illâ caream, ſi ſit opus, vel totum▪ triduum?

Par.

Hui univerſum triduum? vide quid agis.

Ph.

Stat ſe [...]

Par.

line 20 Dii boni, quid hoc morbi eſt? adeon' ho [...] immu [...]arier

[Page] Ex amore, ut non cognoſcas eundem eſſe? hoc nemo fuit.

Minùs ineptus, magis ſeverus quiſquam, nec magis continens.

Sed quis hic eſt, qui huc pergit? Atat, hic quidem paraſitus Gnatho

Militis, ducit ſecum unà virginem dono huic. Pape!

line 25 Facie honeſtâ. Mirum ni ego me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

Cum meo decrepito hoc Eunucho: haec ſuperat ipſam Thaidem.

2

[Page]

Act II. Scen. 2.

Gnatho, Parmeno.

G.

O Wonderful! how much is one man more excellent to an another?

What oddes there is

Betwixt a wiſe man and a fool? This came into my mind thus upon th [...] occaſ [...]n;

As I was coming hither to day, I met with one of my own rank

And condition, a man that was no niggard, who had conſumed as [...] had done

line 5 The goods which his father had left him: I ſee him all naſty, ſlovenly,

Sickly, full of tatters and years: What apparel is this? quoth I,

Becauſe▪ I poor man, have idlely ſpent what I had; Alas, to what eſtate

Am I brought? All my acquaintance and friends forſake me.

Hereupon I ſcorned him in compariſon of my ſelf. what you, Idle fellow, quoth I,

line 10 Have you ſo behaved your ſelf, as that you have no hope left in you?

Have you loſt your wit with your eſtate? Do you not ſee me

Come from the ſame eſtate, what my colour, neatneſs, cloathing, and plight of body is?

I have all things, and yet have nothing: and though I have nothing, yet

I want nothing. But I poor man, can neither endure to be made a fool on,

line 15 Nor can I away with blows. What, do you think it is done by theſe things?

You are far deceived. This ſort of men made again of it in times paſt,

[Page] In the dayes of old: This is a new kind of bird-catching.

Beſides, I firſt was he that invented this way: There is a ſort of men

That would have themſelves reputed the braveſt in the world. I follow theſe.

line 20 I do not apply my ſelf to theſe, that they may laugh at me, but I laugh at them for the nonc [...]:

And withal, I wonder at their wits: what ſoever they ſay, I commend it; and again

If they unſay it, I commend that too; if any one deny this or that, I deny it; if he ſay it, I ſay it.

Laſtly, I have ſuch a command over my ſelf, as to flatter them in every thing;

This is the greateſt gain in the world now.

P.

A pretty fellow inindeed!

line 25 He makes theſe men ſtark mad that were but fools before.

G.

Whilſt he and I talkt thus, in the mean time, as we came into the ſhambles,

There came running, and glad to meet me, all the Comfit-makers, Fiſhmongers, Butchers,

Cooks, Pudding-wrights, Fiſher-men, Fowlers, whom I had been beneficial to,

When I had my eſtate, and ſince I loſt it, and yet do many good turns too; they ſalute me, they invite me [...] ſupper,

line 30 They bid me welcome. When that poor hunger-ſtarved fellow ſaw me

To be in ſo great repute, and that I got my living ſo eaſily, then

The man began to intreat me, that be might have leave to learn it of me:

I bade him follow me, if be could learn; that as the Sects of Philoſophers

Have their names from them, ſo Paraſites in like manner might be called Gnathonicks.

P.

line 35 Do you not ſee what idleneſs and other mens meat can do?

G.

But I make ſmall baſte

To bring this maid to Tha is, and to intreat her to come to ſupper.

But I ſee Parmeno, the rivals ſervant, ſad before Thais's door:

All is well enough yet I forſooth men may ſtand and ſtarve here.

I am reſolved to play upon this knave.

Par.

Theſe ſuppoſe Thais is theirs,

line 40 By this preſent.

G.

Gnatho greeteth Parmeno his eſpecial friend With many ſalutations, what are you doing?

[Page]Par.

I am ſtanding.

G.

I ſee that. But do you ſee any thing here which thou wouldeſt not ſee?

Par.

I ſee you.

G.

So I think. But ſee you nothing elſe?

Par.

Why ſo?

G.

Becauſe

You are ſad.

Par.

Never a whit indeed.

G.

Be not ſo. But do you think of

line 45 This ſlave?

Par

She is no ill-favoured one indeed.

G.

I nettle the fellow.

Par.

How, you are quite deceived!

G.

How weldome will this preſent be to Thais

Thinkeſt thou?

Par.

This is as much as if you ſhould ſay, that we are packt out hence;

But do you hear, There is an alteration of all things.

G.

Parmeno,

I will ſet you at eaſe for theſe whole ſix months;

line 50 That you may not run to and fro, nor ſit up till light day:

Do not I make you a happy man?

Par.

What me! whoo.

G.

Thus I uſe to pleaſure my friends.

Par.

I commend you.

G.

I detain you, perhaps you had gone ſomwhither elſe

If I had not detained you,

Par.

No whither.

G.

Then

Afford me a little of your help; cauſe that I may be admitted in to her.

Par.

line 55 Well, go on, theſe doors ſtand open for you, becauſe you bring that maid.

G.

Would you have any body called out hither?

Par.

Let but theſe two dayes

Be paſſed, and I will be ſure to make you that are happy, to open me the doors now with one little finger,

That you ſhall often kick againſt with your heels to no purpoſe.

G.

Do you ſtand here yet, Parmeno? what are you left to be a Watchman,

line 60 Leſt any Meſsenger ſhould hap now to ſtep privily from the Soldier to Thais?

Par.

Wittily ſpoken; Marvellous things they muſt be, that ſhould pleaſe the ſoldier.

But do not I ſee my Maſters younger ſon coming hither?

I wonder why he went from Piraeum, for he is now to keep publick watch there.

There is ſomething in the matter, and comes haſtily; he looks about him I know not at what.

Actus II. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Gnatho, Parmeno.

G.

D [...] immortales, ho [...] ini homo quid praeſtat? ſtulto intelligens.

Quid intereſt? H [...]c adeo ex h [...]re venit in mentem mihi:

Conveni hod [...]e adv [...] quendom mei loci hinc,

Atque ordinis, hom nem haud impurum, itidem patria

line 5 Qui abligurierat b [...]na; [...]deo ſentum, ſqualidum,

Aegrum, pa [...] ann [...]ſque obſi [...] Quid iſtuc, inquam,

Ornat [...] eſt? quoniam miſer, quod hab [...], perd [...]di. Hem, quò▪

Redactus ſum? omnes not [...]me a [...] deſerunt.

Hic ego illum contempſi prae [...]: Quid, homo, inquam, ignaviſſime,

line 10 Itáne parâſtite, ut ſpes nulla reliqua in te [...]ciet tibi?

Simul conſilium cum re am [...]ſt [...]? viden' me [...]x eodem

Ortum loco, qui color, nitor, veſtis, quae habitudo eſt corporis?

Omnia habeo, neque quidquam habeo▪ nihil cum eſt, nihil

Defi [...]tamen. At ego infelix, neque ridiculus eſſe,

line 15 Neque plagas pati poſſum. Quid? tu his rebus credis fieri?

Tota erras viâ. Olim iſti fuit generi quondam

[Page] Queſtus apud ſeclum prius. Hoc novum eſt aucupium:

Ego adeò hanc primus inveni viam: Eſt gonus hominum

Qui eſſe primos ſe omnium rerum volunt: hos confector;

line 20 Hiſce ego non paro me ut rideant, ſed his ultro arrideo, & corum

Ingenia admiror ſimul: quicquid dicunt, laudo: id rurſum

Si negant, laudo id quoque; negat quis, nego; ait, aio:

Poſtremò imperavi egomet mihi omnia aſſentati.

Is queſtus nunc eſt multò uberrimus.

Par.

Scitum hercle

line 25 Hominem: hic homines prorſum è ſtultis inſanos facit.

G.

Dum haec loquimur, interea loci ad macellum ubi convenimus▪

Concurrunt laeti mihi obviam, cupedinarii omnes, cetarii, lanii,

Coqui, fartores, piſcatores, aucupes, quibus & re ſalvâ

Et perditâ profueram, & pr [...]um ſaepe: ſalutant: ad coenam vocant:

line 30 Adventum gratulantur. Ille ubi miſer famelicus videt

Me eſſe tanto honore, & tam facilè victum quaerere; ibi

Homo cepit me obſecrare, ut ſibi liceret dicere id de me.

Sectari juſſi, ſi potis eſt, tanquam Philoſophorum habent diſciplinae

Ex ipſis vocabula, paraſiti itidem ut Gnathonici vocentur.

Par.

line 35 Viden' otium, & cibus quid facit alienus?

G.

Sed ego ceſſo

Ad Thaidem hanc deducere, & rogare ad coenam ut veniat;

Sed Parmenonem ante oſtium Thaidis triſtem video,

Rivalis ſervum: ſalva res: nimirum hic homines frigent.

Nebulonem hunc certum eſt eludere.

Par.

Hioe hoc munere

line 40 Arbitrantur ſuam Thaidem eſſe.

G.

Plurimâ ſalute

P [...]menonem ſummum ſuum impertit Gnatho. Quid agitur [...]

[Page]Par.

Statur.

Gn.

Video. Numquidnam hic quod nolis vides?

Par.

Te.

G.

Credo. At nunquid aliud?

Par.

Qui dum?

G.

Quia

Triſtis es.

Par.

Nihil quidem.

G.

Ne ſis. Sed quid videtur

line 45 Hoc tibi mancipium?

Par.

Non malum hercle.

G.

Uro hominem.

Par.

Ut falſus animo es!

G.

Quàm hoc munus gratum Thaidi

Arbirrare eſſe?

Par.

Hoc nunc dices, ejectos hinc nos.

Omnium rerum, heus tu, viciſſitudo eſt

G.

Sex ego te

Totos, Parmeno, hos menſes quietum reddam:

line 50 Ne ſurſum deorſum curſites: neve ad lucem uſque vigiles▪

Ecquid bee te?

Par.

Mene? pape.

G.

[...]Sic ſoleo amicos.

Par.

Laudo.

G.

Detineo te fortaſſe; tu profectus aliò fueras,

Si te non detinuiſſem.

Par.

Nuſquam.

G.

Tun' igitur

Paululum da mihi operae, fac ut admittar ad illam:

Par.

line 55 Agè modò, nunc tibi patent fores hae, quia iſtam ducis.

G.

Num quem evocari huc vis foras?

Par.

Sine biduum hoc

Pretereat, qui mihi nunc uno digitulo aperis fores fortunatus,

Ne tu iſtas faxo calcibus ſaepe inſultabis fruſtra.

G.

Etiam nunc hic ſtas, Parmeno? Eho, inumnam relictus cuſtos,

line 60 Ne quis fortè nunc internuncius clàm à milite ad iſtam curſitet?

Par.

Facetè dictum. Mira verò militi quae placeant.

Sed videon' herilem filium minorem huc advenire?

Mir [...] quid ex Piraeo abierit; nam ibi cuſtos publicè eſt nunc.

Non temerè eſt, & properans venit: neſcio quid circumſpectat.

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Act II. Scen. 3.

Chaerea, Parmeno.

Ch.

I Am undone, the maid is nowhere to be found; and I am loſt too, that loſt her

Out of my ſight. Where ſhould I ſeek her? where ſhould I look after her? whom ſhould I ask for her?

What way ſhould I tak? I am uncertain: yet this is my onely hope,

Whereever ſhe is, ſhe cannot be long concealed. O beautifull face! I will

line 5 From henceforward blot out all other women out of my mind; I am weary of

Theſe common ordinary beauties.

Par.

But look you where the other brother is,

He talks ſomething of love.

Ch.

O this unfortunate old man!

Par.

This is he indeed,

Who if he begin to love, you will ſay his other brother was but a ſport and a ieſt,

In compariſon of theſe things which his mad fit will afford.

Ch.

I wiſh

line 10 Some miſchief had befallen thot old man that ſtayed me to day;

And me too, becauſe I ſtood ſtill, and did not ſet him light. But look where Parmeno is, God ſave you.

Par.

Why are you ſo ſad? why are you not merry? whence come you?

Ch.

Truly I do not know either whence I come, nor whither I go, I have ſo utterly

line 15 Forgotten my ſelf.

Par.

How, I pray you?

Ch.

I am in love.

Par.

How now?

Ch.

Now, Parmeno,

Shew your ſelf what an honeſt man you are; you know you often promiſed me, ſaying, Chaerea,

Do but find out one that you can love, and I will let you know how far

I am able to pleaſure you in that matter; when I give thee all my Fathers proviſion

Into thy cock-loft privately.

Par.

Go on, you fool.

Ch.

Truly this was done:

line 20 See that you perform your promiſe.

Par.

If ſo be the thing

Be worthy that one ſhould beſtow pains about it.

Ch.

The maid is not like

[Page] Our ordinary Laſſes, whom the mothers ſtrive that they may have their ſhoulders

Down, and have their bodies laced, that they may be ſlender. If ſo be

One be a little groſſer, they ſay ſhe is a Champion, they abridge them of their diet;

line 25 Although their nature be good, yet by their looking to they make them as ſmall as bulruſhes, and therefore they are loved.

Par.

What a one was thine?

Ch.

Such a feature of a face is ſeldome ſeen.

P.

Wh [...]o.

Ch.

Her

Colour is natural, her bodie is ſound, and full of good blood.

P.

Of what yeers is ſhe?

Ch.

Sixteen▪

P.

The very prime of her age.

Ch.

See thou procure me her, either by force, or by privie ſtealth, or by love for a while.

It makes no matter to me, ſo I may but have her.

P.

What whoſe maid is ſhe?

Ch.

line 30 Truly, I cannot tell.

Par.

Whence is ſhe?

Ch.

I can tell you juſt as much.

Par.

Where dwelleth ſhe?

Ch.

I cannot tell that neither. Where loſt you her?

Ch.

In the way.

Par.

How

Came you to loſe her?

Ch.

Truly as I came I was now angry at my ſelf for that,

Neither do I think there is any man to whom all good fortunes.

Fall out more▪ croſs.

Par.

What villany is this?

Ch.

I am undone.

Par.

What is done?

Ch.

line 35 Do you ask? Do you not know Archimedes a kinſman of my faand of his age?

Why ſhould I not?

Ch.

He, as I was following the maid, met me. Truly it was inconveniently.

Ch.

Nay indeed unluckily, for other things may be accounted inconveniences.

I may ſafely ſwear I had not ſeen him at all theſe ſix or ſeven months

Laſt poſt, but juſt now, when I had leaſt mind to ſee him, and when I h [...] no need.

line 40 Why, is not this a very ſtrange thing? What ſay you?

P.

Yes.

Ch.

He preſently came running to me, a great way off, being crooked,

[...]rembling, with his lips hanging down, groaning; Ho, h [...], I ſpeak to you?

Chaerea, ſaith he, I ſtood ſtill. Wot you what I would have with you? Tell me; To morrow

[Page] I muſt have a trial. What then? I would have you be ſure to tell your father, that be may

Remember to be of my counſel betimes in the morning. He was an hour telling this,

line 45 I asked him if he would have any thing elſe? He ſaid, nothing at all, I go my way;

When I looked this way towards the maid, ſhe fairly had turned in the mean while

Into this ſtreet of ours.

P.

It is a wonder if he do not ſpeak of this maid which

Was given erewhile for a preſent to Thais.

Ch.

When I came hither, here was no maid;

P.

Did any company follow the maid?

Ch.

Yes, a Paraſite

line 50 With a ſervant maid.

P.

It is even ſhe. Say no more; the matter is now at a point.

Ch.

You minde other things.

P.

Truly I minde this.

Ch.

Do you know who ſhe is? tell me,

Or have you ſeen her?

P.

I have ſeen her, and know her.

Ch.

And wot you where ſhe is?

P.

Shee is brought hither to Thais the whore, and is given her for a preſent.

Ch.

Who

line 55 Is he that is ſuch an able man with ſo great a preſent?

P.

Thraſo the ſouldier,

Phaedria's corrival.

Ch.

You tell me my brother hath a hard game to play.

P.

Yes,

Indeed if you knew but what a gift he hath provided on the other ſide to match with this,

Then you would ſay ſo the rather.

Ch.

What I pray you, in good ſooth?

P.

An Eunuch.

Ch.

That

Ill-favoured fellow I pray you, whom he bought yeſterday, that old man,

line 60 That is more like a woman then a man?

P.

That very ſame.

Ch.

Certainly the man will be

Thruſt out of doors with his gift. But I did not know that that Thais was our neighbour.

P.

She hath not been long ſo.

Ch.

I am undone. That I ſhould never have ſeen her yet.

Come tell me, is ſhe as handſome as ſhe is reported to be?

P.

Yes.

Ch.

But

Shee is not to be compared to this of mine.

P.

That is another matter.

Ch.

I pray thee in earneſt

line 65 [Page] Parmeno, ſee to it, that may obtain her.

Par.

I will do the beſt I can, and will do my endeavour,

I will help you; would you have me do more?

Ch.

Why do you go home now?

Par.

That I may bring theſe ſlaves to Thais, ſo as your brother bade me.

Ch.

O that happy Eunuch, that is to be beſtowed into this houſe!

Par.

Why ſo?

Ch.

Do you ask? He ſhall alwayet behold his fellowſervant at home

line 70 Of a perfect beauty: he ſhall diſcourſe with her; he ſhall be with her

In one houſe; he ſhall ſometimes take his victuals with her; he ſhall ſometimes

Sleep by her ſide.

Par.

What if you your ſelf now ſhould be made the happy man?

Ch.

How,

Parmeno? anſwer me.

Par.

You moy take his clothes.

Ch.

His clothes?

What then muſt I do afterwards?

Par.

I will bring you in his ſtead.

Ch.

I hear you.

Par.

line 75 I will ſay that you are he.

Ch.

I underſtand you.

Par.

You may enjoy thoſe commodities

Which you ſaid erewhile he was like to enjoy. You may diet with her, you may by her touch her,

Dally with her, and ſleep by her ſide: foraſmuch as none of them

Knoweth you, nor can they tell who you are. Beſides your countenance and age is ſuch,

As you may eaſily prove your ſelf to be the Eunuch.

Ch.

You have ſaid well, I never knew

line 80 Better counſel to be given. Come on, let us go in, dreſs me juſt now, bring me to her

As faſt as you can.

Par.

What do you mean? truly I did but jeſt.

Ch.

You prate.

Par.

I am undone: what have I done poor wretch? whether do you thruſt me? you will throw me over by and by.

Truly I read you, tarry.

Ch.

Let us go.

Par.

Do you go on.

Ch.

I am reſolved.

Par.

Have a care this be not too raſh a reſolution now.

Ch.

Truly it is not: Let me do it.

Par.

line 85 But the puniſhment will light upon me. Alas! we commit a villanous act.

Ch.

Is it

[Page] A villanous act, i [...] I be brought into a bawdy-houſe, and now come even with

Thoſe whores, which contemn our young years, and continually torment us every way,

And beguile them ſo as they have beguiled us;

Or rather, is it fit I ſhould put up theſe things? It is but juſt that I ſhould

line 90 Play them a trick; which will they that know it [...]nd fault withal?

Every body will think it was well done.

Par.

What is that; if you be reſolved to do it, do it.

But do not lay the blame on me afterwards.

Ch.

I will not▪

Par.

Do you bid me do it?

Ch.

I bid you; noy, I charge and command you.

Par.

I will never reſiſt

Your authority. Follow me.

Ch.

God ſpeed us well.

Act. II. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Chaerea, Parmen [...].

Ch.

OCcidi. Neque vergo eſt uſquam, neque ego, qui illam è conſpectu

Amiſi meo: ubi quaeram? ubi inveſtigem? quem perconter?

Quam inſiſtam viam? incertus ſum. Una haec ſpes eſt,

Ubi ubi eſt, diu celari non poteſt. O faciem pulchram! dele [...]

line 5 Omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres. Taedet quotidianarum

Harum formarum.

Par.

Ecce autem alterum, neſcio quid

De amore loquitur.

Ch.

O infortunatum ſenem!

Par.

Hic verò eſt,

Qui ſi occeperit amare, ludum jocúmque dices fuiſſe illum

Alterum, praeut hujus rabies quae dabit.

Ch.

Ut illum

line 10 D [...]i, Deaeque ſenem omnes perdant, qui me hodie remoratus eſt;

Méque adeò, qui reſt▪ terim; tum autem qui illum non

Flocci fecerim. Sed eccum Parmenonem, Salve.

Par.

Quid tu es triſtis? quid ve es alacris? unde is?

Ch.

Ego neſcio hercle, neque unde eam, neque quorſum eam, ita prorſus

line 15 Sum oblitus mei.

Par.

Qui quaeſo?

Ch.

Amo.

Par.

Hem.

Ch.

Nunc, Parmeno,

Te oſtendes qui vir ſies; ſcis te mihi ſaepe pollicitum eſſe: Chaere [...],

Al [...]quid inveni modò quod ames; in ea re utilitatem ego faciam

Ut cognoſcas meam; cùm in cellulam ad te patris penum omnem

Congerebam clanculùm.

Par.

Agè, inepte:

Ch.

Hoc hercle

line 20 Factum eſt; faxis ut promiſſa appareant.

Par.

Adeò eſt

Digna res ubi nervos intendas tuos.

Ch.

Haud ſimilis

[Page] Virgo eſt virginum noſtrarum; quas matres ſtudent devinctis

Humeris eſſe, vincto corpore, ut graciles ſient. Siquidem

Habitior paulò, pugilem eſſe a [...]unt, deducunt cibum; tametſi

line 25 Bona eſt natura, reddunt curaturâ junceas. Ita (que) ergo amantur.

Par.

Quid tua iſtaec?

Ch.

Nova figura oris.

Par.

Pape.

Ch.

Color.

Verus. Corpus ſolidum, & ſucci plenum.

Par.

Anni.

Ch.

Sedecim.

Par.

Flos

Ipſe.

Ch.

Hanc tu mihi vel vi, vel clàm, vel precariò fac tradas,

Mihi nihil refert, dum potiar modó.

Par.

Quid, virga cuja eſt?

Ch.

line 30 Neſcio hercle.

Par.

Unde eſt?

Ch.

Tantundem.

Par.

Ubi habitat?

Ch.

Ne id quidem.

Par.

Ubi amiſiſti?

Ch.

In viâ.

Par.

Qua ratione

Amiſiſti?

Ch.

Id quidem adveniens mecum [...]tomachabar modo;

Ne (que) quenquam hominem eſſe arbitror, cui magis bonae faelicitates

Adverſae ſient.

Par.

Quid hoc eſt ſceleris?

Ch

Perii.

Par.

Quid factum eſt?

Ch.

line 35 Rogas? patris cognatum, at (que) aequalem Archimedem noſtin'?

Par.

Quidni?

Ch.

Is dum ſequar, fit mihi obviam▪

P.

Incommodè herele.

Ch.

Immò enimvero infoeliciter. Nam incommoda alia ſunt dicenda

Illum, liquet mihi dejerare, his menſibus ſex vel ſeptem prorſum non

Vidiſſe proximis, niſi nunc, cùm minimè vellem minimé (que) opus fuit.

line 40 Eho, Nonne hoc monſtri ſimile eſt? Quid ais.

P.

Maxumé.

Ch.

Continuò accurrit ad me, quàm longè quidem incurvus,

Tremulus, labi [...]s demiſſis, gemens; Heus, heus, tibi dico,

Chaerea, inquit; reſtiti: ſcin' quid ego te volebam? Dic cras;

[Page] Eſt mihi judicium; quid tum? ut diligenter nuncies patri, advocatus

line 45 Manè mihi eſſe ut meminerit. Dum haec loquitur, abiit hora.

Rogo numquid velit. Rectè, inquit, abeo. Cùm huc reſpicio

Ad virginem, illa ſeſe interea commodùm huc verterat

In hanc noſtram plateam.

Par.

Mirum ni hanc dicit, modò huic

Quae data eſt dono.

Ch.

Huc cum advenio, nulla erat.

Par.

line 50 Comites ſequuti ſunt ſcilicet virginem?

Ch.

Verum paraſitus

Cum ancillâ.

Par.

Ipſa eſt. Deſine, jam conclamatum eſt.

Ch.

Alias

Res agis.

Par.

Iſtuc equidem ago.

Ch.

Noſtin' quae ſit? dic mihi

Aut vidiſt in'?

Par.

Vidi, novi.

Ch.

Et ſcis ubi ſict?

Par.

Huc

Deducta eſt ad Thaidem meretricem, ei dono datur.

Ch.

Quis

line 55 Is eſt tam potens cum tanto munere hoc?

P.

Miles Thraſo,

Phaedriae rivalis.

Ch.

Duras partes fratris praedicas.

P.

Immò

Enim ſi ſcias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, tum magis

Id dicas.

Ch.

Quidnam, quaeſo, hercle.

P.

Eunuchum.

Par.

Illúmne?

Obſecro inhoneſtum hominem, quem mercatus eſt heri, ſenem,

line 60 Mulierem?

Par.

Iſtunc ipſum.

Ch.

Homo quatietur certè

Cum dono foras. Sed iſtam Thaidem non ſcivi nobis vicinam:

Par.

Haud diu eſt.

Ch.

Perii. Nunquámne etiam me illam vidiſſe.

Ehodum dic mihi, eſtné ut fertur, formâ?

P.

Sane.

Ch.

At

Nihil ad noſtram hanc.

P.

Alia res eſt.

Ch.

Obſecro hercle.

line 65 [Page] Parmeno, Fac ut potiar.

Par.

Faciam ſedulò, ac dabo operam,

Adjuvabo, nunquid me aliud vis?

Ch.

Quid nunc is domum?

Par.

Ut mancipia haec, ita ut juſſit frater, ducam ad Thaidem.

Ch.

O Fortunatum iſtum Eunuchum, qui quidem in hanc detur

Domum!

Par.

Quid ita?

Ch.

Rogitas? Summâ formâ ſemper

line 70 Conſervam domi videbit: colloquetur; aderit unâ

In unis aedibus: cibum nonnunquam capiet cum eâ; interdum

Proptèr dormiet.

Par.

Quid ſi nunc tute fortunatus fias?

Ch.

Quâ re

Parmeno? reſponde.

Par.

Capias tu veſtem illius.

Ch.

Veſtem?

Quid tum poſtea?

Par.

Pro illo te deducam

Ch.

Audio.

Par.

Te illum

line 75 Eſſe dicam.

Ch.

Intelligo.

Par.

Tu illis fruare commodis, quibus

Tu illum dicebas modò. Cibum una capias, adſis, tangas, ludas,

Proptèr dormias: quandoquidam ne (que) illarum te quiſquam

Novit, ne (que) ſcit qui ſies; praeterea forma & aetas ipſa eſt, facilè

Ut pro Eunucho probes.

Ch.

Dixti pulchrè, nunquam vidi melius

line 80 Conſilium dari. Agè, eamus intro, nunc jam orna me, adduc,

Quantum potes.

Par.

Quid agis? Jocabar equidem.

Ch.

Garris.

Par.

Perii, quid ego egi miſer? quò trudis? perculeris jam tu me?

Tibi equidem dico, mane.

Ch.

Eamus.

Par.

Pergin'?

Ch.

Certum eſt.

Par.

Vide ne nimium callidum hoc ſit modò.

Ch.

Non eſt profectò. Sine.

Par.

line 85 At enim iſtaec in me cudetur faba: [...]ium facimus.

Ch.

An id

[Page] Flagitium eſt, ſi in domum meretriciam deducar, & illis crucibus,

Quae nos noſtrámque adoleſcentiam habent deſpicatam, & quae nos

Semper omnibus cruciant modis, nunc referam gratiam at (que) [...]tidem fallam,

Ut ab illis fallimur? an potiùs haec pati? aequum eſt fieri ut à me

line 90 Ludantur dolis; quod qui reſciverint, culpent? ill [...]d meritò

Factum omnes putent.

Par.

Quid iſtuc? ſi certum eſt facere, facias.

Verùm ne pòſt conferas culpam in me.

Ch.

Nonfaciam.

Par.

Jubéſne?

Ch.

Jubeo; immo cogo atque impero.

Par,

Nunquam defugiam

Authoritatem. Sequere.

Ch.

Dii vortant bene.

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1

Act III. Scen. 1.

Thraſo, Gnatho, Parmeno.

Th.

ANd did Thais give me great thanks?

G.

Huge ones.

Th.

Say you ſo!

Is ſhe glad?

G.

Not ſo much indeed for the gift it ſelf, as for that you beſtowed it:

Indeed ſhe heartily rejoyceth at that.

P.

I come hither to ſee, that when time ſerveth

I may bring my preſent; But ſee where the Soldier is.

Th.

Truly I have that gift,

line 5 That every thing which I do, is well taken from me.

G.

Indeed I have obſerved ſo much.

Th.

Even the King gave me alwayes great thanks for what I did; but he did not ſo to others.

G.

He often times by words trasfers the great honour upon himſelf, which was got

By other mens pains; who hath the wit that you have?

Th.

You have it right.

G.

Therefore the King had you in repute.

Th.

Yes indeed.

G.

To delight himſelf with you.

Th.

Yes;

line 10 [Page] And to commit all his armie and his counſels to me.

G.

This is a wonder.

Th.

And beſides,

If at any time he grew weary of mens company, or was tired with buſineſs,

When he would take his eaſe, as though: do you not know my meaning?

G.

I know it.

As though when he would eaſe his mind of that trouble.

Th.

You hit it.

Then had he to be his gueſt.

G.

[...]hoo, you tell me of a fine king indeed.

Th.

line 15 Yea, he is ſuch a man as there are but few men like him.

P.

Nay,

I think there are none like him, if he keep you company.

Th.

They all envied me,

And ſpake ill of me behind my back: I cared not a button; they ſpited me pittifully;

But one of them very greatly, whom he had made maſter of his Indian Elephants,

When he began to be more trouble ſome then others; I pray you, you Yeoman of the ſtirrup, (quoth I) are you ſo [...]ickiſh,

line 20 Becauſe you have the charge over the beaſts?

G.

Truly, it was well and wiſely

Spoken: Whoo! You ſtifled the fellow. What ſaid he?

Th.

He was preſently

Mute.

G.

What ſhould he but be ſo?

P.

O ſtrange▪ That vile raſcall,

And wretch, and that errand thief.

Th.

What Gnatho, did I never tell you that,

How I handled the yong man of Rhodes at a feaſt.

G.

Never. But

line 25 I pray you tell it me. I have heard it a thouſand times already.

Th.

This ſame

Yong man of Rhodes, which I ſpeak of, was with me at a feaſt: By chan [...],

I had a whore, he began to jeer at that, and to ſcoff me. What ſay you,

You ſhameleſs fellow ſaid I? You are a Hare your ſelf, and look for a dain [...]y bit.

G.

Ha, ha, he.

Th.

What is the matter?

G.

Wittily, dai [...]tily, finely ſaid, nothing ſurpaſseth it.

line 30 Was this a ſaying of your own forſooth? I thought it had been an old one.

Th.

Had you heard it?

[Page]G.

Many times; and it is reported for a choyce one.

Th.

It is mine own.

G.

I am ſorry that it was

Spoken to an undiſcreet young man, and one that is a Gentleman.

Par.

But a miſchief light on thee.

G.

What ſaid he, I pray you?

Th.

He was quaſht: All that were by, were ready to die with laughing. To be ſhort, they were all afraid of me.

G.

Not without cauſe.

Th.

But do you hear, had I not beſt clear my ſelf to Thais concerning the maid,

line 35 Becauſe ſhe ſuſpected that I love her?

G.

By no means: Nay rather

Increaſe her ſuſpition.

Th.

Why?

G.

Do you ask? Do you not know, if ſhe at any time

Make mention of Phaedria, or if ſhe commend him, that ſhe may nettle you ſoundly?

Th.

I think ſo.

G.

To prevent that, there is no remedy but this; when ſhe

Shall name Phaedria, do you preſently name Pamphilus: If ſhe ſhall at any time

line 40 Say, let [...] admit Phaedria to feaſt it with us; do you ſay, let us encourage

Pamphila to ſing; if ſhe ſhall commend his beauty,

Do you on the contrary commend hers. To be ſhort, give her quid for quo,

Which may vex her at the heart.

Th.

If ſhe loved me, Gnatho, then that might do ſome good.

G.

Foraſmuch as ſhe deſireth and loveth what you give, ſhe ere this

line 45 Loveth you; now any thing may be eaſily done to vex her; ſhe will alwayes fear,

Leſt you in your angry fit ſhould beſtow elſewhere the commodity which ſhe

Now getteth by you.

Th.

You ſay well; but that never entered into my thoughts.

G.

It is fondly done; for you did not conſider of it: But, Thraſo, how much better

Might you have found out this ſame thing your ſelf?

Actus III. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Thraſo, Gnatho, Parmeno.

Th.

MAgnas verò agere gratias Thais mihi?

G.

Ingentes.

Th.

Ain' tu?

Laetatur?

G.

Non tam ipſo quidem dono, quàm abs te datum eſſe:

Id verò ſeriò triumphat.

Par.

Huc proviſo, ut ibi tempus ſiet,

Deducam; ſed eccum [...]l [...]tem.

Th.

Eſt iſtuc datum profectò,

line 5 Ut grata mihi ſint q [...]ae fac [...]o omnia.

G.

Advorti hercle animum.

Th.

Vel rex ſemper maxumas mihi agebat, quicquid feceram, aliis non item.

G.

Labore alieno magnam partam gloriam verbis ſaepe in ſe

Tranſmovet, qui habet ſalem qui in te eſt.

Th.

Habes.

G.

Rex te ergo inoculis.

Th.

Scilicet.

G.

Geſtire.

Th.

Verùm

line 10 [Page] Credere omnem exercitum ſuum & conſilia.

G.

Mirum.

Th.

Tum

Sicubi eum ſatietas hominum, aut negotii fiquando odium

Ceperat, requieſcere ubi volebat, quaſi: noſtin'?

G.

Scio.

Quaſi ubi illam expueret miſeriam ex animo.

Th.

Tenes.

Tum me convivam adducebat ſibi.

G.

Hui, regem elegantem.

line 15 Narras.

Th.

Imò. ſic homo eſt perpaucorum hominum.

P.

Imò,

Nullorum arbitror, ſi tecum vivit.

Th.

Invidêre omnes mihi,

Mordere clanculum: ego flocci pendere: illi invid êre miſerè.

Verùm unus tamen impensè, elephantis quem Indicis praefecerat,

Is ubi moleſtus magis eſt; quaeſo, ▪inquam, Strato, cóne es ferox,

line 20 Quia habes imperium in belluas?

G.

Pulchiè mehercule dictum,

Et ſapienter. Pape, jugulâras hominem. Quid ille?

Th.

Mutus

Illico.

G.

Quid ni eſſet?

P.

Dii voſtram fidem! Hominem perditum,

Miſerum & illum ſacrilegum.

Th.

Quid illud, Gnatho, quo pacto

Rhodium tetigerim in convivio, nunquam dixi tibi?

G.

Nunquam. Sed

line 25 Narra obſecro. Plus millies jam audivi.

Th.

Unà in

Convivio erat hic, quem dico, Rhodius adoleſcentulus. Fortè

Habui ſcortum, cepit ad id ludere, & me irridere. Quid ais,

Homo, inquam impudens? Lepus tute es, & pulpamentum quaeris.

G.

Ha, ha, he.

Th.

Quid eſt?

G.

Facetè, lautè, lepidè, nihil ſupra.

line 30 Tuúmne hercle hoc dictum erat? Vetus credidi.

Th.

Audieras?

[Page]G.

Saepe & fertur in primis.

Th.

Meum eſt.

G.

Doler dictum imprudenti

Adoleſcenti & libero.

Par.

At te dii perdant.

G.

Quid ille quaeſo?

Th.

Perditus. Riſu omnes, qui aderant, emori. Denique, omnes metuebant.

G.

Non injuriâ.

Th.

Sed heus tu, pergon' ego me de iſtac Thaidi,

line 35 Quòd eam me amare ſuſpicata eſt.

G.

Nihil minùs. Imò, auge

Magis ſuſpicionem.

Th.

Cur?

G.

Rogas? ſin'? ſiquando illa

Mentionem Phaedriae facit, aut ſi laudat, te ut malè urat.

Th.

Sentio.

G.

Id ne fiat, haec res ſola eſt remedio, ubi

Nominabit Phaedriam, tu Pamphilam continuó. Siquando

line 40 Illa dicet, Phaedriam intromittamus commeſſatum: tu, Pamlam

Cantatum provocemus. Si laudabit haec illius formam,

Tu hujus contrá. Denique par pro pari referto, quod eam

Mordeat.

Th.

Siquidem me amaret, tum iſtuc prodeſſet Gnatho.

G.

Quando illud, quod tu das, expectat atque amat, jamdudum

line 45 Te amat; jamdudum illi facile fit quod doleat; metuet ſemper,

Quem ipſa nunc capit fructum, ne quando iratus tu alio

Conferas.

Th.

Bene dixiſti: at mihi iſtuc non in mentem venerat.

G.

Ridiculum! non enim cogitaras▪ caeterùm idem tute meliùs

Q [...]antò inveniſſes, Thraſo!

2

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Act III. Scen. 2.

Thais, Thraſo, Parmeno, Gnatho, Pythias.

Th.

ME thought, I heard the Soldiers voyce

Even now: and look where he is! God ſave you, my Thraſo.

Thr.

O my Thais,

Mine own ſweet-heart, how is it with you? Do you love me ere a whit

For that ſinging wench?

Par.

How handſomly doth he complement! what a beginning hath he made at his coming!

Th.

line 5 Very much according to your demerits.

G.

Let us go then to ſupper, Why ſtay you?

Par.

Behold the other! he would ſay he was ſpit out of that mans mouth.

Th.

When you will;

I will make no ſtay.

Par.

I will go to them, and make as though I came but now forth.

Thais, Are you going any whither?

Th.

O Parmeno, It is well done

Truly of you: I am going to day.

Par.

Whither?

Th.

What? Do you not ſee this man?

Par.

line 10 I ſee him, and it irk's me ſo to do. When you pleaſe, the Preſents are ready for you from Phaedria.

Thr.

Why ſtand we ſtill? Why go we not hence?

Par.

I pray you forſooth, that we may

By your good leave, give this Gentlewoman what we deſire; and that we may

Have liberty to come and ſpeak to her.

Thr.

I think, they are very goodly gifts, not like mine.

Par.

The deed will make mention. Do you hear; bid thoſe come forth adores quickly, whom I commanded to be brought out.

line 15 Come you hither: This wench came as far as from Aethiopia.

Thr.

Here are three pounds.

G.

Scarce.

Par.

Where are you Dorus? come hither: Look you where an Eunuch is,

Of what a lovely countenance, of what a perfect age!

Thr.

I ſwear

He is a comely perſon.

Par.

What ſay you, Gnatho? Do you find any thing, that you can diſlike in him?

And what ſay you Thraſo? they hold their tongues: they commend him ſufficiently. Make trial of him

line 20 At his book, make trial of him in wraſtling, or in muſick, I will uphold him

[Page] To be skilfull in thoſe things, which it is fitting for a young Gentleman to know. And he that ſent theſe things, doth not deſire you

To live with him alone, and that others ſhon [...] ſhut out for his ſake; nor doth he tell of

His fights, nor brag of his marks of honour: nor doth he hinder you, which

Some body doth; but he thinks it ſufficient, if he be then entertained,

line 25 When it will be no trouble to you, when you pleaſe, and when time ſhall ſerve.

Thr.

It ſeems

This fellow is a ſervant to ſome poor and beggerly Maſter.

G.

For indeed I am ſure,

No body could abide to have this fellow, that hath wherewithal to get another.

Par.

Hold you your tongue,

Whom I think to be the baſeſt raſcal in the world: for thou that canſt find in thy heart

To flatter this fellow, wilt not ſtick, I ſuppoſe, to do any thing

line 30 For a morſel of bread.

Thr.

Shall we now go?

Th.

I will firſt bring theſe in,

And withal give order what things I would have done; afterwards I will come forth preſently.

Thr.

I will be gone hence. Do you tarry for her.

Par.

It is not fit for a Commander

To go with his ſweet-heart along the way.

Thr.

What ſhould I uſe many words to thee?

You are like your Maſter.

G.

Ha, ha, he.

Thr.

What do you laugh at?

G.

That which you ſaid

line 35 Even now, and that ſaying concerning the Rhodian comes into my mind. But Thais comes forth.

Thr.

Go thy way, ſtep before, that things may be got ready at home.

G.

It ſhall be done.

Th.

Pythias, ſee you look diligently to it; that if Chremes chance to come hither,

You intreat him firſt to tarry; if that cannot conveniently be done, to come again;

If he cannot do that, bring him to me.

Py.

I will do ſo.

Th.

line 40 What? what elſe would I ſay? hoe, look well to that maid;

See that you keep home.

Thr.

Let us go.

Th.

Do you come after me (maids.)

Act. III. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Thais, Thraſo, Parmeno, Gnatho, Pythias.

Th.

AUdire vocem modò militis

Viſa ſum: atque eccum. Salve mi Thraſo.

Thr.

O Thais mea,

Meum ſuavium, quid agitur? Ecquid nos amas de fidicinâ

Iſtâc?

Par.

Quàm venuſtè! quod dedit principium adveniens!

Th.

line 5 plurimùm merito tuo.

G.

Eamus ergo ad caenam. Quid ſtas?

Par.

Hem alterum: ex homine hunc natum dicas.

Th.

Ubi vis,

Non moror.

Par.

Adibo at (que) adſimulabo, quaſi nunc exeam.

Ituran' Thais quopiam es?

Th.

Hem Parmeno, Bene pol

Feciſti: hodie itura.

Par.

Quò?

Th.

Quid? hunc non vides?

Par.

line 10 Video & me taedet. Ubi vis, dona adſunt tibi à Phaedria.

Thr.

Quid ſtamus? Cur non imus hinc?

Par.

Quaeſo hercle ut liceat,

Pace quod fiat tuâ, dare huic quae volumus: Convenire

Et colloqui.

Thr.

Perpulcra credo dona, haud noſtris ſimilia.

Par.

Res indicabit. Heus, jubete iſto, foras quos juſſi ocyus.

line 15 Procede tu huc. Ex Aethiopiâ eſt uſque haec.

Thr.

Hîc ſunc tres

Minae.

G.

Vix.

Par.

Ubi tu es, Dore: accede huc. Hem Eunuchum,

Quàm liberali facie, quàm aetate integrâ!

Thr.

Ita me dii ament,

Honeſtus.

Par.

Quid tu ais, Gnatho? nunquid habes quod contemnas?

Quid tu autem Thraſo? Tacent: Satis laudabant: fac periculum

line 20 In literis, fac in palaeſtrâ, in muſicis; quae liberum ſcire

[Page] Aequum eſt adoleſcentem, ſolertem dabo. Atque haec qui miſit non ſibi ſoli poſtulat

Te vivere, & ſuâ cauſâ excludi caeteros, ne (que) pugnas

Narrat, neque cicatrices ſuas oſtentat: ne (que) tibi obſtat, quod

Quidam facit: verùm ubi moleſtum non erit, ubi tu voles, ubi

line 25 Tempus erit, ſat habet, ſi tum recipitur.

Thr.

Apparet ſervum hunc

Eſſe domini pauperis, miſerique.

G.

Non hercle nemo poſſet, ſat

Scio, qui habet, quî pararet alium, hunc perpeti.

Par.

Tace tu

Quem ego eſſe infra infimos omnes puto homines; nam qui

Huic animum aſſentari duxeris, è flammâ te cibum

line 30 Petere poſſe arbitror.

Thr.

Jámne imus?

Th.

Hos prius introducam,

Et quae volo ſimul imperabo: poſtea, continuò exeo.

Thr.

Ego hinc abeo. Tu iſtam opperire.

Par.

Non convenit unà ire

Cum amica imperatorem in viâ.

Thr.

Quid tibi egò dicam multa?

Domini ſimilis es.

G.

Ha, ha, he.

Thr.

Quid rides?

G.

Iſtuc quod dixti

line 35 Modò, & illud de Rhodio dictum, in mentem venit. Sed Tha is exit.

Thr.

Abi, praecurre, ut ſint domi parata.

G.

Fiet.

Th.

Diligenter,

Pythias, fac ut cures, ſi Chremes huc fortè advenerit,

Ut ores, primùm ut maneat: ſi id non commodum eſt, ut redeat:

Si id non poterit, ad me adducito.

Py.

Ita faciam.

Th.

line 40 Quid? quid aliud volui dicere? Hem, curate iſtam diligenter

Virginem; domi adſitis, facite.

Thr.

Eamus.

Th.

Vos me ſequemini.

3

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Act. III. Scene 3.

Chremes, Pythias.

Ch.

TRuly the more and more I conſider it, without doubt this Thais will do me

Some great miſchief, I ſee I am ſo cunningly deſtroyed by her.

Even then when ſhe firſt bade I ſhould be ſent for to her houſe, (one may ask,

What had you to do with her? Truly I do not know) when I came, ſhe found

line 5 An occaſion to make me tarry there. Shee ſaid ſhe had offered a ſacrifice, and would ſpeak

With me about ſome ſerious buſineſs. I had then a ſuſpition that all theſe things

Were done in knavery: Shee ſate down by me, ſhee offered her ſelf to to me;

Shee ſought occaſion of diſcourſe: When ſhee had little to ſay, ſhe came to this, as to enquire of me how long ago

It was ſince my father and mother died; I told her it was a long while agoe.

line 10 Shee asked me whether I had any land at Sunium, and how far it lay from the ſea? I think,

This likes her well; ſhe hopes ſhe can get it from me. Laſtly, ſhe asked me, whether I had

Ever a little ſiſter loſt from thence? whether any body was loſt with her? and what ſhe had

When ſhe was loſt? and whether any body could know her? why ſhould ſhe ask theſe things,

Unleſs perhaps ſhe feigneth that ſhe is that little ſiſter of mine which was loſt long ago?

line 15 Such is her boldneſs: But ſhe, if ſhe be living, is ſixteen year old,

And no more. Thais is a gooddeal [...]lder then I am;

Beſides ſhe ſent to intreat me, that I would come to her. Let her tell me in good earneſt

What ſhe would with me, or let her not trouble me. I will not come the third time, Ho, ho.

Py.

Who is there?

Ch.

Its I Chremes.

Py.

O moſt pretty,

line 20 Dear heart!

Ch.

I ſay, I am like to be trepand.

Py.

Thais

[Page] Did moſt earneſtly intreat you, that you would come again to morrow.

Ch.

I am going into the countrey.

Py.

I beſeech you do it.

Ch.

I ſay, I cannot.

Py.

But do you tarry then

Here at our houſe, till ſhe come again.

Ch.

By no means.

Py.

Why, my Chremes?

Ch.

Get thee hence with a miſchief.

Py.

If you be ſo

line 25 Reſolved upon it, I pray you ſtep over thither where ſhe is,

Ch.

I go then.

Py.

Go your way Dorias, bring this man quickly to the ſouldiers.

Actus III. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Chremes, Pythias.

Ch.

PRofectò quanto magis, magiſ (que) cogito, nimirum dabit Thais

Mihi magnum malum: Ita me ab eâ aſtutè video labefactarier.

Jam tum cùm primù n juſſit me ad ſeſe accerſier domum: (roget

Quis, Quid tibi cum eâ? ne nôram quidem) ubiveni, cauſam,

line 5 Ut ibi manerem, repperit; Ait, rem divinam feciſſe ſe, & rem ſeriam,

Velle agere mecum. Jam tum erat ſuſpicio dolo malo haec

Fieri omnia. Ipſa accumbere mecum, mihi ſeſe dare,

Sermonem quaerere. Ubi friget, huc evaſit; Quàm pridem

Pater mihi & mater mortui eſſent: dico, jam diu. Rus Sunii

line 10 Ecquod habeam, & quam longè à mari? Credo ei placere

Hoc: ſperat ſe à me avellere. Poſt [...]emò, ecqua inde parva

Periſſet ſoror? ecquis cum eâ unâ; & quid habuiſſet,

Cù n periit? ecquis eam poſſet noſcere? haec cur quaereret

Niſi ſi illa fortè, quae olim periit parvula ſoror, hanc ſe

line 15 Intendit eſſe? ut eſt audacia. Verùm ea ſi vivit, annos

Nata eſt ſedecim, non major. Thais, ego quam ſum, majuſcula eſt.

Miſit porrò orare, ut venirem. Seriò aut dicat quid vult,

Aut moleſta ne ſiet. Non hercle veniam tert ó. Heus, heus,

Py.

Ecquis hîc eſt?

Ch.

Ego ſum Chremes.

Py.

O capitulum

line 20 Lepidiſſi num.

Ch.

Dico ego mihi inſidias fieri.

Py.

Thais

[Page] Maxumo te orabat operc, ut cras redires.

Ch.

Rus eo.

Py.

Fac amabó.

Ch.

Non poſſum inquam.

Py.

At tu apud

Nos hîc mane, dum redeat ipſa.

Ch.

Nihil minus.

Py.

Cur mi Chremes?

Ch.

Malam rem! hinc abi.

Py.

Si iſtuc

line 25 Ita certum eſt tibi, amabò ut illuc tranſeas ubi illa eſt.

Ch.

Eo.

Py.

Abi, ô Dorias, citò hunc deduc ad militem.

4

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1

Act. IV. Scene 1.

Dorias.

D.

I Swear, as far forth as I ſee by the ſouldier, I poor woman

Do ſomewhat fear, leſt that mad fellow ſhould make any buſtle to day,

Or offer violence to Thais. For after Chremes the yong man

The maids brother came, ſhe intreated the ſouldier to give order

line 5 That he might be let in; he was preſently angry, and yet durſt not ſay nay:

Moreover Thais was urgent upon him to invite the man; that ſhe did

To ſtay Chremes there, becauſe ſhe had had no time for that matter

Which ſhe deſired to tell him concerning his ſiſter. He inviteth him with a heavie heart,

He tarried there, ſhe begins to talk with him. Now the Souldier thought

line 10 That a copeſmate was brought him before his eyes; and therefore

He endeavoured to do what he could to croſs her. Ho boy, ſaith he, call me Pamphila,

That ſhe may make us m [...]rry here. Shee cryeth out, By no means

Admit her to the banquet: The ſouldier fell from that to chiding.

In the mean time the woman ſtrips her ſelf of her gold, and gives it me to carry away.

line 15 This is a ſign, I know, ſhe will get her ſelf away thense, as ſoon as ſhe can.

Act. IV. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Dorias.

D.

ITa me Dii bene ament, quantum ego illum vidi, non

Nihil timeo miſera, ne quam ille hcdie inſanus turbam

Faciat aut vim Thaidi. Nam poſtquam advenit Chremes

Adoleſcens frater virginis, militem rogat ut eum admitti

line 5 Jubeat; ille continuò iraſci, ne (que) audere negare.

Thais porrò inſtare ut hominem invitet; id faciebat

Retinendi illius causâ, quia, illa quae cupiebat de ſorore

Ejus indicare, ad eam rem tempus non erat. Invitat triſtis;

Manſit ibi; illa cum illo ſermonem incipit; miles verò ſibi

line 10 Putare adductum ante eculos aemulum; voluit facere

Huic contrà aegrè! Heus, inquit, puer, Pamphilam accerſe,

Ut delectet hîc nos: illa exclamnt; minimè gentium

In convivium illam: miles tendere inde ad jurgium;

Interea au [...]um ſibi clàm mul [...]er demit; dat mihi ut auferam:

line 15 Hoc eſt ſignum, ubi primùm poterit, ſubducet ſe illirc, ſcio.

2

[Page]

Act IV. Scene 2.

Phaedria.

P.

AS I was going into the country, I began (as it falls out when

Any trouble is in ones minde) to conſider one thing after another,

And to conſtrue them all to the worſt ſenſe: What needs many words?

Whilſt I muſed upon theſe things, I went unawares beyond my houſe. I was gone

line 5 Already a good way from it. As ſoon as I perceived it, I came back again, being indeed not very well.

When I came to the turn, I ſtood ſtill, and began to think with my ſelf;

What now, muſt I tarry here alone two days without her?

What then will be next? It is nothing. What? nothing? If I may not have leave

To touch her, why, ſhall I not have leave ſo much as to ſee her? If I may not do that,

line 10 I may do this at leaſt. Surely it is ſomething to enjoy the ſight of ones ſweet-heart,

I willingly paſs by my country-houſe. But what is the matter,

That Pythias goeth out of doors ſo fearful on a ſudden?

Actus IV. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Phaedria.

P.

DUm rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias, (ita ut fit ubi

Quid in animo eſt moleſtiae) aliam rem ex aliâ cogitare,

Et ea omnia in pejorem partem. Quid opus eſt verbis?

Dum haec reputo, praeterii imprudens villam. Longè jam

line 5 Abieram. Cùm ſenſi, redeo rurſum, malè verò me habens.

Ubi ad ipſum veni d [...] verticulum, conſtiti; occepi mecum

Cogitare, hem, biduum hic manendum eſt ſoli ſine illâ?

Quid tum poſtea? nihil eſt; quid? nihil? ſi non tangendi

Copia eſt, eho, ne videndi quidem erit? ſi illud non licet,

line 10 Saltem hoc licebit. Certè extremâ linea amare, haud

Nihil eſt. Villam praetereo ſciens. Sed quid hoc eſt,

Quòd timida ſubitò egreditur Pythias?

3

[Page]

Act IV. Scen. 3.

Pythias, Phaedria, Dorias.

Py.

WHere ſhall I poor woman finde that wicked and ungracious fellow?

Or where ſhall I ſeek for him? That he ſhould dare to commit

This ſo bold a prank!

Ph.

I am afraid what this ſhould be.

Py.

Moreover

And beſides the rogue, after he had befooled the maid, he pittifully tare

line 5 All her clothes.

Ph.

What now?

Py.

Who if he were but now offered

Me, how willingly could I claw out the eyes of that wizard!

Ph.

I know not indeed what a ſtir hath been made at home, whilſt I was away, I will go to her.

What is the matter? why do you make ſuch haſte, or whom do you look for, Pythias?

[Page]Py.

Ah Phaedria! whom do I look for? get you hence whither you deſerve to go with

line 10 Such unpleaſant gifts of yours.

Ph.

What is the matter?

Py.

Do you ask

Me? what a ſtir that Eunuch which you gave us hath made? He hath defloured

The maid which the Souldier gave my Miſtreſs for a preſen [...].

Ph.

What ſay you?

Py.

I am undone.

Ph.

You are drunk.

Py.

I wiſh they were ſo, that

Wiſh me ill.

D.

Alas! I pray you, my Pythias, What ſtrange thing

line 15 Was that?

Ph.

You are mad, how could an Eunuch do that?

Py.

I know him not, who he was, but the thing it ſelf evidenceth

This that he hath done: The maid her ſelf weepeth, neither dare ſhe

Tell you, when you ask her, what the matter is: and that honeſt man is not to be ſeen.

Beſides, I poor woman ſuſpect this, that he ſtole away ſomething out of the houſe

line 20 When he went away.

Ph.

I cannot ſufficiently marvail, whether that idle fellow

Could go far off, unleſs perhaps he be gone home again to [...]ur houſe.

Py.

I pray you, go ſee, whether he be, or not.

Ph.

I will let you know preſently.

D.

I am undone!

I pray you, my dear-heart, I never ſo much as heard of ſuch an a [...]ominable trick.

Py.

But indeed I had heard that they are the greateſt lovers of women in the world,

line 25 But that they can do nothing: but it never came into my mind, poor woman:

For I ſhould have ſhut him up ſomewhere, and not have committed the maid to him.

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Pythias, Phaedria, Dorias.

Py.

UBi ego illum ſceleroſum miſera at (que) impium inveniam?

Aut ubi quaeram? Hoccine tam audax facinus facere

Eſſe auſum?

Ph.

Hoc quid ſit, vereor.

Py.

Quin

Etiam inſuper ſcelus, poſt quam ludificatus eſt virginem, veſtem

line 5 Omnem miſerè conſcidit.

Ph.

Hem?

Py.

Qui ſi nunc ſi detur

Mihi, ut ego unguibus facilè illi in oculos involem venefico!

Ph.

Neſcio quid profectò abſente nobis turbatum eſt domi: adibo

Quid iſtuc? quid feſtinas? aut quem quaeris, Pythias?

[Page]Py.

Hem Phaedria, egon' quem quaeram, abi hinc quò dignus cum

line 10 Donis tuis tam inlepidis.

Ph.

Quid iſtuc eſt rei?

Py.

Rogas

Me? Eunuchum quem dediſti nobis, quas turbas dedit? Virginem

Quam herae dono dederat miles, vitiavit.

Ph.

Quid ais?

Py.

Perii.

Ph.

Temulenta es.

Py.

Utinam ſic ſient, qui mihi

Malè volunt.

D.

Au, obſecro mea Pythias, quid iſtucnam

line 15 Monſtri fuit?

Ph.

Inſanis, qui i [...]tuc facere Eunuchus

Potuit?

Py.

Ego illum neſcio qui fuerit; hoc quod fecit

Res ipſa indicat. Virgo ipſa lachrumat, ne (que) cùm rogites,

Quid ſit, audet dicere. Illa autem bonus vir nuſquam apparet.

Etiam hoc miſera ſuſpicor, aliquid domo abeuntem

line 20 Abſtuliſſe.

Ph.

Nequeo mi [...]ari ſatis, quò ille abire

Ignavus poſſet long ùs: niſi domum fortè ad nos rediit.

Py.

Viſe, amabò, num ſit.

Ph.

Jam faxo ſcies.

D.

Perii,

Obſecro, tam infandum facinus, mea tu, ne audivi quidem.

Py.

At pol ego amatores audieram mulierum eſſe eas maxumos,

line 25 Sed nihil poteſſe. Verùm miſerae non in mentem venerat:

Nam illum aliquò concluſiſſem, ne (que) illi commiſiſſem virginem.

4

[Page]

Act IV. Scene 4.

Phaedria, Dorus, Pythias, Dorias.

Ph.

COme out of doors, you rogue; but do you ſneak back indeed? you runnagate-rogue, come out.

Yau that are ill bought.

Dor.

I beſeech you.

Ph.

Oh, ſee what a wry mouth

[Page] The hang-man makes! Why came you back hither again?

Why are your clothes changed? what ſay you? If I had ta [...]ried never ſo litle [...]onger,

line 5 I ſhould not have found him at home, he had made himſelf ſo ready to run away.

Py.

Have you the ſellow, I pray you?

Ph.

What elſe ſhould I but have him?

Py.

O well done!

Dori.

This is very well done indeed.

Py.

Where is he?

Ph.

Do you ask? do you not ſee him?

Py.

Whom I pray you, ſhould I ſee?

Ph.

This fellow

Forſooth.

Py.

What fellow is this?

Ph.

He that was brought

line 10 To you to day.

Py.

None of us ever ſaw this fellow

With our eyes, Phaedria.

Ph.

Did none of you ſee him?

Py.

I pray, did you believe

That this was the fellow that was brought to us?

Ph.

For whom elſe ſhould I believe

To be he? I had no body elſe.

Py.

Fi [...], this fellow is not ta be compared

To him; he had an handſome face, and well-favoured.

Ph.

line 15 So he ſeemed to you er [...]-while, becauſe he was [...]lad in a changeable ſuit;

Now you think him to be ugly, becauſe he hath not that on.

Py.

I pray you hold your peace; as if indeed there was but a very little difference betwixt them.

There was brought to our houſe to day a young youth, whom you, Phaedria,

Would indeed be glad to ſee: but this is a wizz [...]nd, old, d [...]ouſie, aged fellow,

line 20 As tawnie as a wee ſil.

Ph.

How now, what a tale is this? you bring me to this print,

That I know not what I have done. Ho you ſirrah, did not I buy you?

Dorus.

You bought me.

Py.

Bid him anſwer me again.

Ph.

Ask him.

Py.

Did you come to our houſe to day? be ſaith no: But that other came

Being about ſixteen years old, whom Parmeno brought with him.

Ph.

Come on,

line 25 Now tell me this firſt, whence had you that ſull which you have?

You ugly fellow, will you tell me, or no?

Dorus.

Chaerea came.

Ph.

My brother?

Dorus.

Yes.

Ph.

When?

[Page]Dor.

To day.

Ph.

How long ago?

Dor.

Juſt now.

Ph.

With whom?

Dor.

With Parmeno.

Ph.

Did you know him before?

Dor.

No.

line 30 Neither did I ever hear any man ſay who he was.

Ph.

How then?

Did you know that he was my brother?

Dor.

Parmeno ſaid

That it was he, he gave me this ſuit.

Ph.

I am undone.

Dorus.

He put on mine himſelf, afterwards they went both together out of doors.

Py.

Do you now ſufficiently beleeve that I am not drunk, and that I have told no lie?

line 35 Now it is ſure enough that the maid is defloured.

Ph.

Go to now

You great beaſt, do you beleeve this fellow what he ſaith?

Py.

What ſhould I beleeve him for?

The deed heareth mention.

Ph.

Go aſide thither a little.

Do you hear? ay but a very little, that is enough: Tell me now this again:

Did Chaerea pull off thy cloaths from thee?

Dor.

He did ſo.

Ph.

line 40 And did he put them on?

Dor.

He did ſo.

Ph.

And was he brought hither in ſtead of you?

Dor.

Yes.

Ph.

O wonderful! O the roguiſh and audacious fellow!

Py.

Wo is me! what do you not yet beleeve that we have been mocked moſt baſely?

Ph.

Its a marvel but you beleeve what this fellow ſaith. I know not what to do.

Do you hear, ſirrah? Deny it again, can I not get the truth out of you to day?

line 45 Did you ſee my brother Chaerea?

Dor.

No.

Ph.

I ſee, he cannot confeſs

Without he be puniſhed. Follow me this way. One while he ſaith it, another while he denieth it. Intreat me.

Dor.

I beſeech you Phaedria.

Ph.

Go in a doors.

Dor.

Ah welladay!

Ph.

I know not,

How by any other means I can come honeſtly off hence; there is no help, if theſe things be true;

Shall you, you knave, make a laughing ſtock on me here?

Py.

I am as ſure

line 50 That this is a trick of Parmeno's, as that I live.

Dor.

So it is.

Py.

I will finde

How I may be even with him to day. But now Dorias, what do you perſwade

To be done?

Dor.

Do you ask concerning that maid?

Py.

Yes,

[Page] Whether ſhould I hold my tongue, or tell it abroad?

Dor.

Do you, truly if you be wiſe, not know what you do know;

Neither concerning the Eunuch, nor the deflouring of the maid. By this means you ſhall both

line 55 Winde your ſelf out of all trouble, and do him a pleaſure. Only ſay, that Dorus is gone.

Py.

So I will.

Dor.

But do not I ſee Chremes? Thais will be here by and by.

Py.

Why ſo?

Dor.

Becauſe when I came away thence, juſt then began a buſtle

Betwixt them.

Py.

Do you have away the gold: I will know of him what the matter is.

Actus IV. Scen. 4.

[Page]

Phaedria, Dorus, Pythias, Dorias.

Ph.

EXiforàs, ſceleſte: at etiam reſtitas? fugitive, prodi:

Malè conciliate.

Doïus.

Obſecro.

Ph.

Oh, illud vide os

[Page]Ut ſibi diſtorſit carnifex. Quid huc reditio eſt?

Quid veſt is mutatio? quid narras? paululum ſi ceſſâſſem,

line 5 Domi non offendifſem; ita jam ornabat fugam,

Py.

Habéſne hominem amabó?

Ph.

Quid ni habeam?

Py.

O factum benè [...]

Dori.

Iſtuc pol verò bene.

Py.

Ubi eſt?

Ph.

Rogitas? non vides?

Py.

Videam, obſecro, quem?

Ph.

Hunc

Scilicet.

Py.

Quis homo hic eſt?

Ph.

Qui ad vos

line 10 Deductus hodie eſt.

Py.

Hunc oculis ſuis noſtrarum nunquam

Quiſquam vidit, Phaedria.

Ph.

Non vidit?

Py.

An tu hunc

Credidiſti eſſe, obſecro, ad nos deductum?

Ph.

Nam quem

Alium? habui neminem.

Py.

Au, ne comparandus hic

Quidem eſt ad illum. Ille erat honeſtâ facie & liberali.

Ph.

line 15 Ita viſus eſt d [...]dum, quia variâ veſte exornatus fuit;

Nunc [...]ò tibi videtur faedus, quia illam n [...]n habet.

Py.

Tace obſecro; quaſi verò paululum inter [...]iet. Ad nos

Deductus hodie eſt adoleſcentulus, quem tu videre ve [...]ò

Velles, Phaedria: Hic eſt vietus, vetus, veternoſus, fenex, colore

line 20 Muſtelino.

Ph.

Hem, quae eſt fabula? cò redigis me,

Ut quid egerim ego neſciam. E [...]o ru, emin' ego te?

Dorus.

E [...]iſti.

Py.

Jube mihi denuo reſpondeat.

Ph.

Roga.

Py.

Veniſtin' hodie ad nos? nega [...]. At ille alter venit natus

Annos ſedecim, quem ſecum adduxit Parmeno.

Ph.

Agedum,

line 25 Hoc nunc mihi expedi primùm; iſt [...]m quam habes, unde habes

Veſtem? monſtrum hominis, num dicturuses?

Dorus.

Venit Chaerea.

Ph.

Frat [...]ne?

Dorus.

Ita.

Ph.

Quando?

[Page]Dor.

Hodie.

Ph.

Quàm dudum?

Dor.

Modó.

Ph.

Quîcum?

Dor.

Cum Parmenone.

Ph.

Narráſne eum priús?

Dor.

Non

line 30 Nec quis eſſet unquam audi [...]ram dicier.

Ph.

Unde igitur

Fratrem meum eſſe ſciebas?

Dor.

Parmeno dicebat

Eum eſſe: is dedit mihi hanc veſtem.

Ph.

Occidi.

Dorus.

Meam ipſe induit, pòſt ambo unà abierunt forás.

Py.

Jam ſatis credis ſobriam eſſe me, & nihil mentitam?

line 35 Jam ſatis certum eſt virginem vitiatam eſſe?

Ph.

Age nunc

Bellua, credis huic quod dicat?

Py.

Quid iſti credam?

Res ipſa indicat.

Ph.

Concede iſtue paululum.

Audin etiam nunc paululúm; ſat eſt; dic dum hoc rurſum,

Chaerea tuam veſtem detraxit tibi?

Dor.

Factum eſt.

Ph.

line 40 Et eam eſt indutus?

Dor.

Factum.

Ph.

Et pro te huc deductus eſt?

Dor.

Ita.

Ph.

Jupiter magne! O ſceleſtum at (que) audacem hominem!

Py.

Vae mihi; etiam nunc non credis indignis nos eſſe irriſas modis?

Ph.

Mirum, ni tu credas, quid iſte dicat; quid agam, neſcio. Heus tu,

Negato rurſum. Poſſúmne ego hodie ex te exculpere verum?

line 45 Vidiſtin fratrem Chaeream?

Dor.

Non.

Ph.

Video, non poteſt fateri

Sinc malo. Sequere hâc; modò ait, modò negat. Ora me.

Dor.

Obſecro te verò Phaedria.

Ph.

I intró.

Dor.

Hei, hoi.

Ph.

Al [...]o

Pacto honeſtè quomodo hinc abeam, neſcio. Actum eſt, ſiquidem; tu me

Hîc etiam nebulò ludificabere?

Py.

Parmenonis tam ſcio

line 50 Eſſe hanc technam, quàm me vivere.

Dor.

Sic eſt.

Py.

Inveniam

Pol hodie parem ubi referam gratiam. Sed nunc quid faciundum

Suades, Dorias?

Dori.

De iſtâc virgine rogas?

Py.

Ita.

[Page] Utrum taceam, an praedicem?

Dor.

Tu pol ſi ſapis, quod ſ [...]ias, neſcis,

Ne (que) de Eunucho, ne (que) de vitio virginis. Hac re & te omni

line 55 Turbâ evolves, & illi gratum feceris. Id modò dic, abiiſſe Dorum.

Py.

Ita faciam.

Dor.

Sed videon' Chremem? Thais jam aderit.

Py.

Quid ita?

Dor.

Quia tùm inde abeo, jam tum inceperat turba

Inter eos.

Py.

Tu aufer aurum: ſcibo ex hoc quid ſiet.

5

[Page]

Act IV. Scene 5.

Chremes, Pythias.

Ch.

ALas, in good truth, I am beguiled. The wine that I have drunk hath over-maſtered me.

And while I ſate at the table, how fine and ſober I did think my ſelf to be?

Since I have riſen, neither my feet, nor my wit, do as they ſhould do.

Py.

Chremes.

Ch.

Oh, Pythias. O how much fairer now

line 5 Do you ſeem to me to be, then you did er [...]while?

P.

Truly, you are far more cheerful.

Ch.

Certoinly this is a true ſaying, Without meat and drink luſt groweth cold. But Thais came long before.

Py.

Is ſhe Gone from the ſouldiers already?

Ch.

Long ago, an age ſince, there was

A great contention betwixt them.

Py.

Did ſhe ſay nothing then that you ſhould follow her?

Ch.

line 10 Nothing, but as ſhe went away ſhe beckned to me.

Py.

Why, was not that enough?

Ch.

But I did not know that ſhe meant that, but the ſouldier righted me, which

I did not well underſtand, for he thruſt me out of doors;

But [...] I ſee her: I wonder where I got before her.

Act. IV. Scena 5.

[Page]

Chremes, Pythias.

Ch.

AT at, data hercle verba mihi ſunt. Vicit me vinum quod bibi;

Ac dum accubabam, quam videbar mihi eſſe pulchrè ſobrius?

Poſtquam ſurrexi, ne (que) pes ne (que) mens ſatis ſuum officium facit.

Py.

Chreme.

Ch.

Ehem Pythia, vah quanto nunc formoſior

line 5 Videre mihi, quam dudum?

P.

Certè quidem tu pol multò alacrior.

Ch.

Verbum hercle hoc verum eſt, Sine Cerere

Et Libero friget Venus. Sed Thais multò antè venit.

Py.

Anne

Abiit jam a milite?

Ch.

Jamdudum, aetatem. Lites factae ſunt

Inter eos maxumae.

Py.

Nihil dixit tum ut ſequerêre ſeſe?

Ch.

line 10 Nihil niſi abiens mihi innuit.

Py.

Eho, nonne id ſat erat?

Ch.

At neſciebam id dicere illam, niſi quia correxit miles; quod

Intellexi minus: nam me extruſit forás.

Sed eccam ipſam video: miror ubi ego huic antevorterim.

6

[Page]

Act IV. Scen. 6.

Thais, Chremes, Pythias.

Th.

I Believe indeed he will be here by and by, that he may take her

From me; Let him come. But if he touch her with one

Finger, I will preſently ſcratch out his eyes; I can ſo long abide

His fooleries, and his big words, whilſt they are but words; but

line 5 If they be turned to deeds, he ſhall he beaten.

Ch.

Thais, I have been

Here a good while.

Th.

O my Crhemes! I look for you. Do you know that this buſtle

Was made becauſe of you, and that ſo all the matter concerneth you?

Ch.

Me, how? as though I made it.

Th.

Becauſe whiſt I laboured

To give and reſtore you your ſiſter again, I have endured theſe and many the like things.

Ch.

line 10 Where is ſhe?

Th.

At home at my houſe.

Ch.

Ha.

Th.

What is the matter?

She hath been brought up ſo as it befitteth you and her.

Ch.

What ſay you?

Th.

As

The matter is, I beſtow her on you, and do not demand any thing of you for her.

Ch.

Thais, I both thank you, and will alſo ſtudy to requite you, ſo as you have deſerved.

Th.

But take heed Chremes, that you do not loſe her, before you receive her of me;

line 15 For this is ſhe, whom the ſouldier cometh to take from me by force. Pythias, go you

And fetch the little cabinet out of the houſe with the tokens.

Ch.

Thais, Do you not ſee him?

Py.

Where is it laid?

Th.

In the trunk, thru ſpitefull queane, doeſt thou make no baſte?

Ch.

Do you not ſee the ſouldier, and what forces he bringeth with him? Alas, alas.

Th.

What man, I pray you, are you faint-hearted? Away, away.

Ch.

Am I faint-hearted?

line 20 There is no man living leſs fearfull.

Th.

And ſo you have need.

Ch.

Alas,

I fear what kind of man you think me to be.

Th.

Nay conſider this,

[...]im whom you have to do; he is a ſtranger, leſs powerfull

[Page] Then you, not ſo well acquainted, having fewer friends here.

Ch.

I know that;

But it is a folly to ſuffer that to be done, which you may avoid. I had rather

line 25 We ſhould provide before-hand, then be revenged on him after a wrong is received:

Go you and lock the door on the in-ſide, whilſt I make a ſtep hence to the market;

I deſire we may have ſome Mediators here in this combuſtion.

Th.

Tarry, tarry.

Ch.

It is better.

Th.

Tarry.

Ch.

Let me go,

I will be here again by and by.

Th.

Chremes, we have no need of them. Do but ſay this,

line 30 That ſhe is your ſiſter, and that you loſt her when ſhe was a little girle,

That you have now come to the knowledg of her. Let him ſee the tokens.

Py.

They are here.

Th.

Lay hold of him: If he ſhall offer any violence, bring an action againſt him. Do you underſtand me?

Ch.

Very well.

Th.

See you ſpeak this with a good courage.

Ch.

I will.

Th.

Take up you cloak about you. Alas, he himſelf hath need of a Counſellor,

line 35 Whom I have got to defend me.

Actus IV. Scen. 6.

[Page]

Thais, Chremes, Pythias.

Th.

CRedo equidem illum jam jam adfuturum eſſe, ut illam à me

Eripiat. Sine veniat. Atqui ſi illam digito attigerit

Uno, oculi illico effodientur. Uſque adeò ego illius ferre poſſum

Ineptias & magnifica verba, verba dum ſint; verùm enim

line 5 Si ad rem conferentur, vapulabit.

Ch.

Thais, ego jamdudum

Hic adſum.

Th.

O mi Chremes, teipſum expecto. Scin' tu turbam

Hanc propter te eſſe factam, & adeo ad te attinere hanc omnem rem?

Ch.

Ad me, qui? quaſi iſtuc.

Th.

Quia dum tibi ſororem ſtudeo

Reddere ac reſtituere, haec atque hujuſmodi ſum multa paſſa.

Ch.

line 10 Ubi ea eſt?

Th.

Domi apud me.

Ch.

Hem.

Th.

Quid eſt?

Educta eſt ita ut téque illáque dignum eſt.

Ch.

Quid ais?

Th.

Quod

Res eſt. Hanc tibi dono do, ne (que) repeto pro illâ quicquam abs te pretii.

Ch.

Et habetur & referetur, Thaeis, à me ita uti merita es, gratia.

Th.

At enim cave, ne priuſquàm hanc à me accipias, amittas, Chreme,

line 15 Nam haec ea eſt quam miles à me nunc ereptum venit. Abi tu; ciſtellam,

Pythias, domo effer cum monumentis.

Ch.

Viden' tu illum, Thais?

Py.

Ubi ſita eſt.

Th.

In riſco; odioſa ceſſas?

Ch.

Militem fecum

Atque quantas copias adducere? At, at.

Th.

Num formidoloſus

Obſecro es, mi homo? apageſis.

Ch.

Egon' formidoloſus?

line 20 Nemo eſt hominum, qui vivat, minus.

Th.

A (que) ita opus eſt.

Ch.

Au,

Metuo qualem tu me hominem eſſe exiſtumes.

Th.

Immo hoc

Cogitato, quicum res tibi eſt, peregrinus eſt, minùs potens

[Page] Quàm tu minùs notus, minùs amicorum hîc habens.

Ch.

Scio

Iſthuc, ſed tu quod cavere poſſis ſtultum eſt admittere. Malo ego

line 25 Nos proſpicere, quàm hunc ulciſci acceptâ injuriâ; abi tu,

Atque obſera oſtium intus, dum ego hinc tranſcurro ad forum.

Volo hîc ego addeſſe advocatos nobis in turbâ hâc.

Th.

Mane, mane.

Ch.

Melius eſt.

Th.

Mane.

Ch.

Omitte,

Jam adero.

Th.

Nihil opus eſt iſtis, Chreme. Hoc modò die

line 30 Sororem eſſe illam tuam, & te parvam virginem amiſiſſe,

Nunc cognôſſe; ſigna oſtende.

Py.

Adſunt.

Th.

Cape,

Si vim faciet, in jus ducito hominem. Intellextin'?

Ch.

Probè.

Th.

Fac animo haec praeſenti dicas.

Ch.

Faciam.

Th.

Attolle pallium. Phy, huic ipſi opus patrono eſt, quem

line 35 Defenſorem paro.

7

[Page]

Act 4. Scene 7.

Thraſo, Gnatho, Sanga, Chremes, Thais.

Thr.

GNatho, Is it fit that, I ſhould put up this ſo notable abuſe offered me?

It is better for me to die. Simalio, Dorax, Syriſcus,

M [...]rch after me. Firſt of all I will pull down the houſe.

G.

Very well.

Th.

I will take the maid away by force.

G.

Exceeding well.

Thr.

I will puniſh her ſharply.

G.

line 5 Bravely ſpoken!

Thr.

Dorax, come hither, into the middle of the army with the door-bar.

Do you Simalio, march into the left wing; and you, Syriſcus, into the right. Give me the reſt.

Where is Captain Sanga, and his company of ſlaves?

S.

Look at him,

[Page] Here he is.

Thr.

What, you coward, do you think to fight with a di [...] clout,

That you bring it hither?

Sang.

What I? I know the vatour of my General,

line 10 And the manlineſs of his ſouldiers, that this could not be ended

Without blood ſhed, and therefore I brought to wipe their wounds.

Thr.

Where are the others?

Sang.

What others with a miſchief? None but Sannio

Keepeth the houſe.

Thr.

Do, ſet theſe in array here. And I being behinde

The Vaunt-guard will thence give the Word to all.

Gn.

That is a wiſe part:

line 15 After he had ſet theſe in array, he provided for himſelf in a ſure place.

Th.

This ſame thing.

Now Pyrrhus was wont to do.

Ch.

Do you not ſee Thais,

What thing he doth? Certainly that was very good counſel which I gave you

About ſhutting up the door.

Th.

That which ſeemeth to you now a a gallant fellow,

Is but this great boobie? do not fear him.

Thr.

What do you think?

Gn.

line 20 I could now heartily wiſh you had a ſling given, that you might hit them aloof hence

Out of this cloſe place; they would run away.

Thr.

But look where I ſee

Thais her ſelf.

Gn.

How quickly do we fall in upon them?

Thr.

Tarry: It becometh

A wiſe man to try all things by words rather then arms. How know you, whether

She will do what I command her without compulſion or not?

Gn.

O ſtrange!

line 25 What a great matter it is to be wiſe? I never come to you, but I learn ſomething of you.

Thr.

Firſt and foremoſt, anſwer me this, when I gave you that maid,

Did not you ſay, you would keep me onely company theſe days?

Th.

And what then?

Thr.

Do you ask? who have brought me your lover here preſent before your eyes.

Th.

What can you do to him?

Thr.

And conveyed your ſelf-with him privily from me.

Th.

line 30 It was my minde to do ſo.

Thr.

Therefore give me Pamphila again hither.

[Page] Except you had rather her taken from you by force.

Th.

Should ſhe give her you, or ought you to meddle with her you errant raſcal?

Gn.

Ah, what do you do? hold your tongue. What mean you?

Thr.

Ought not I meddle

With my own?

Ch.

What yours you rogue!

Gn.

Have a care, you know not

What a man you now give ill words to.

Ch.

Do you get you gone hence? Do you know

line 35 How the matter goeth with you? If you make any ſtir here to day,

I will make you alway remember this place, and day, and me too.

Gn.

I am ſorry for you, that you make ſuch a worthy man as this your enemy.

Ch.

I will break your pate by and by, unleſs you be gone.

Gn.

Say you ſo indeed you cur; do you do ſo?

Thr.

What fellow are you?

line 40 What would you have? what have you to do with her?

Ch.

You ſhall know.

Firſt I ſay ſhe is a free woman.

Thr.

Ha.

Ch.

A Citizen of Athens.

Thr.

Whoo.

Ch.

My own ſiſter.

Thr.

You impudent fellow!

Ch.

Souldier,

Moreover I charge you, that you offer no violence towards her. I am going

To Sophrona the nurſe, to fetch her, and ſhew her theſe tokens.

Thr.

line 45 Can you hinder me from touching my own?

Ch.

I forbid you,

I ſay.

Gn.

Do you hear? This man accuſeth himſelf of felony,

Is not this ſufficient for you?

Thr.

Do you ſay ſo too, Thais?

Th.

Go look ſome body

That may anſwer you.

Thr.

What do we now?

Gn.

Marry let us go back again,

She will come to you by and by, beſeeching you on her own accord.

Thr.

Think you ſo?

Gn.

Yes,

line 58 Aſſuredly, I know the nature of women: They will not, when you will; when you will not,

They fain will with all their heart.

Thr.

You think rightly.

Gn.

I will now disband the armie.

Thr.

When you will.

Gn.

Sanga, as becometh valiant ſouldiers, ſee

You remember to do at home, and by the fire-ſide.

Sang.

My minde is in the pottage pot

Long ago.

Gn.

You are an honeſt fellow.

Sang.

March after me this way.

Act IV. Scen. 7.

[Page]

Thraſo, Gnatho, Sanga, Chremes, Thais.

Thr.

HAnccine ego ut contumeliam tam inſignem in me accipiam,

Gnatho? Mori me ſatius eſt. Simalio, Dorax, Syriſce,

Sequimini. Primùm aedes expugnabo.

G.

Rectè.

Thr.

Virginem eripiam.

G.

Probè.

Thr.

Malè mulctabo ipſam.

G.

line 5 Pulchrè!

Thr.

In medium huc agmen cum vecti Dorax;

Tu, Simalio, in ſiniſtrum cornu; tu, Syriſce, in dexterum. Cedo alios.

Ubi centurio eſt Sanga, & manipulus furum?

S.

Eccum

[Page] Adeſt.

Thr.

Quid, ignave, peniculon' pugnare, qui

Iſtum huc portas, cogitas?

Sang.

Egóne? imperatoris

line 10 Virtutem noveram, & vim militum, fine ſanguine

Hoc non poſſe fieri, qui abſtergerem vulnera.

Thr.

Ubi alii?

Sang.

Qui malum alii? ſolus Sanniò ſervat

Domum.

Thr.

Tu hoſce inſtrue hîc. Ego verò poſt

Principia, inde omnibus ſignum dabo.

Gn.

Illuc eſt ſapere:

line 15 Ut hoſce inſtruxit, ipſi ſibi cavit loco.

Thr.

Idem hoc

Jam Pyrrhus factitavit.

Ch.

Viden' tu, Thais,

Quam hic remagit? nimirum concilium illud rectum eſt

De occludendis aedibus.

Th.

Sanè, quod tibi nunc vir videatur

Eſſe, hic nebulo magnus eſt, ne metuas.

Thr.

Quid videtur?

Gn.

line 20 Fundam tibi nunc nimis vellem dari, ut tu illos procul hinc

Ex occulto caederes; facerent fugam.

Thr.

Sed eccam Thaidem

Ipſam video.

Gn.

Quàm mox irruimus?

Thr.

Mane. Omnia

Prius experi [...]i verbis quàm armis ſapientem decet. Quî ſcis, an

Quae jubeam ſine vi faciat?

Gn.

Dii veſtram fidem! quanti eſt

line 25 Sapere! nunquam accedo, quin abs te fiam doctior.

Thr.

Thais, primùm hoc mihi reſponde, cùm tibi do iſtam virginem,

Dixtin', hos dies mihi ſoli dare te?

Th.

Quid tum poſtea?

Thr.

Rogitas? quae mihi ante oculos tuos coràm amatorem adduxiſti tuum?

Th.

Quid cum illo agas?

Thr.

Et cum eo clà n te ſubduxiſti mihi.

Th.

line 30 Libuit.

Thr.

Pamphilam ergo huc redde, niſi vi mavis

[Page] Eripi.

Ch.

Tibi illam reddat, aut tu eam tangas, omnium?

Gn.

Ah, quid agis? tace. Quid tu tibi vis?

Thr.

Ego non tangam

Meam?

Ch.

Tuam autem, furcifer?

Gn.

Cave ſis, Neſcis cui

Maledicas nunc viro.

Ch.

Num tu hinc abis? Scin' tu ut

line 35 Tibi res ſe habeat? Si quicquam hodie hîc turbae feceris,

Faciam ut hujus loci, dieique, mei (que) ſemper memineris.

Gn.

Miſeret tui me, qui hunc tantum hominem facias inimicum

Tibi.

Ch.

Diminuam ego caput tuum hodie, niſi abis.

Gn.

Ain' vero canis? ſiccine agis?

Thr.

Quis tu homo es?

line 40 Quid tibi vis? quid cum illâ rei tibi eſt?

Ch.

Scibis.

Principiò, eam eſſe dico liberam.

Thr.

Hem!

Ch.

Civem Atticam.

Thr.

Hui!

Ch.

Meam ſororem.

Thr.

Os durum.

Ch.

Miles,

Nunc adeò edico tibi, ne vim facias ullam in illam. Ego co

Ad Sophronam nutricem, ut eam adducam, & ſigna oſtendam

line 45 Haec.

Thr.

Tun' me prohibeas meam ne tangam?

Ch.

Prohibe [...],

Inquam.

Gn.

Audin' tu? hic furti ſe alligat,

Satin' hoc tibi eſt?

Thr.

Idem tu hoc ais, Thais?

Th.

Quaere,

Qui reſpondeat.

Thr.

Quid nunc agimus?

Gn.

Quin redeamus? jam haec

Tibi aderit ſupplcans ultro.

Thr.

Credin'?

Gn.

Immo

line 50 Certè, novi ingenium mulierum. Nolunt ubi velis; ubi nolis,

Cupiunt ultro.

Thr.

Bene putas.

Gn.

Jam dimitto exercitum.

Thr.

Ubi vis.

Gn.

Sanga, ut fortes decet milites, domi foci (que)

Fac viciſſim ut memineris.

Sang.

Jamdudum animus eſt

In patinis,

Gn.

Frugi es.

Sang.

Vos me hac ſequimini.

5

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1

Act V. Scene 1.

Thais, Pythias,

Th.

DO you go on to talk doubtfully, you errant quean?

I know, I know not: I heard it: I was not there.

Will not you tell it me plainly, whatſoever it is?

The maid with her clothes rent, is weeping, and ſaith not a word.

line 5 The Eunuch is gone: why ſo? what is done, doeſt thou not ſpeak?

Py.

What ſhould I poor woman ſay to you? they ſay it was not An Eunuch.

Th.

Who was it then?

Py.

That ſame Chaerea.

Th.

What, Chaerea?

Py.

That young ſtripling Phaedria's brother.

Th.

What ſay you, you witch!

Py.

But I have found it to be true.

Th.

line 10 How, I pray you, came he to our houſe, or wherefore was he brought?

Py.

I know not, but I that think he loved Pamphila.

Th.

Alas, I am undone, poor woman!

I am unfortunate, if thoſe things be true which you ſay.

Why doth the maid weep?

Py.

For that I ſuppoſe.

Th.

What ſay you,

You wicked quean? Did not I give you charge about that, when I went away hence?

15r

Py.

What ſhould I do? ſhe was committed to him alone, as you gave order.

Th.

You quean, you committed a ſheep to a wolf; I am aſhamed

That I ſhould be thus deceived: What fellow is it?

Py.

Miſtreſs, hold your tongue, I pray you, we are well enough.

We have the man himſelf.

Th.

Where is he?

Py.

Look you, on your left-hand.

line 20 Do you not ſee him?

Th.

I do ſee him.

Py.

Cauſe him to be laid hold on, as ſoon as you can.

Th.

You fool, what ſhall we do to him?

Py.

What ſhould I do, do you ask?

See, I pray you, if when you look on him, he ſeem not to be a ſhameleſs perſon,

Th.

He is not; beſides, how very confident is he?

Act. V. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Thais, Pythias.

Th.

PErgin' ſceleſta mecum perplexè loqui?

Scio, neſcio: abiit: audivi: ego non aſſui.

Non tu iſtuc mihi dictura a perrè es, quicquid eſt?

Virgo, conſciſſâ veſte, lachrymans obticet.

line 5 Eunuchus abiit? quamobrem? quid eſt factum? taces?

Py.

Quid tibi ego dicam miſera? illum Eunuchum negant Fuiſſe.

Th.

Quis fuit igitur?

Py.

Iſte Chaerea.

Th.

Qui Chaerea.

Py.

Iſte ephebus frater Phaedriae.

Th.

Quid ais, venefica?

Py.

Atqui certè-repperi.

Th.

line 10 Quid is obſecro ad nos, aut quamobrem adductus eſt

Py.

Neſcio; niſi amâſſe credo Pamphilam.

Th.

Hem, miſera, occidi.

Infoelix, ſiquidem tu iſtaec vera praedicas.

Quid lacrymat virgo?

Py.

Id opinor.

Th.

Quid ais,

Sacrilega? Iſtuccine interminat [...] ſum hinc abiens tibi?

Py.

line 15 Quid facerem? ita ut juſiſti, ſoli credita eſt.

Th.

Sceleſta, ovem lupo commiſiſti; diſpudet,

Sic mihi data eſſe verba; quid illic hominis eſt?

Py.

Hera mea, tace obſecro, ſalvae ſumus.

Habemus hominem ipſum.

Th.

Ubi is eſt?

Py.

He [...], ad fini [...].

line 20 Viden'?

Th.

Video.

Py.

Comprehendi jube, quantum potes.

Th.

Quid illi faciemus, stulta?

Py.

Quid faciam, rogas?

Vide amabò, ſi non, cùm aſpicias, os impudens

Videtur.

Th.

Non eſt, tum quae ejus confidentia eſt?

2

[Page]

Actus V. Scen. 2.

Chaerea, Thais, Pythias.

Ch.

AT Antipho's houſe, both his mother and father

Were at home, as if it had been for the nonce, ſo as I could

By no means go in, but they muſt ſee me. In the mean time

Whilſt I was ſtanding at the door, an acquaintance of mine

line 5 Came and met me; when he ſaw me, I betook me to my heels as faſt as I could,

Into a back corner where no body dwelt, and from that

Into another, and thence into another; ſo I became moſt wretched

In running away, for fear any body ſhould know me.

But is this Thais, which I ſee? it is ſhe. I am at a ſtand.

line 10 What ſhall I do? what is it to me? what will ſhe do to me?

Th.

Let us go to him. Good man Dorus, God ſave you: tell me, did you run away?

Ch.

Miſtreſs, I did ſo.

Th.

Do you like that very well?

Ch.

No.

Th.

Did you think you ſhould go ſcot-free?

Ch.

Forgive me this one fault,

And if ever I do any more, I will give you leave to kill me.

Th.

line 15 Was you afraid of my cruelty?

Ch.

No.

Th.

What then?

Ch.

I was afraid of this woman, leſt ſhe ſhould accuſe me unto you.

Th.

What had you done?

Ch.

A very ſmall matter.

Th.

Ah you ſhameleſs fellow, a ſmall matter? Do you think it

A ſmall matter to defile a maid that is a Citizen?

Ch.

line 20 I took her to be my fellow-ſervant.

Py.

Your fellow-ſervant? I can ſcarce refrain my ſelf

But I muſt flie about his ears; the ugly knave beſides

Cometh voluntarily to mock us.

Th.

Can you be gone you mad girle?

Py.

Why forſooth

Should I go hence? ſhould I believe that rogue in any thing? eſpecially

When he confeſseth himſelf to be your ſervant?

Th.

line 25 Let us ſee theſe things paſs: Chaerea, you have not done

As it became you; For though I very well deſerve to have

This abuſe, yet you was an unmeet perſon to do it.

Neither indeed do I know what courſe to take

About this maid; you have put me to ſuch a non-plus,

line 30 That I cannot reſtore her to her friends,

[Page] So as it was fitting; and as I endeavoured,

That I might gain my ſelf thanks for a compleat benefit, Chaerea.

Ch.

But I hope there will be henceforward a continual amity

Betwixt us, Thais; for oft times from ſome ſuch thing as this is,

line 35 And from a bad beginning, great acquaintance

Hath grown. What if ſome God would have it thus?

Th.

Truly I conſtrue it in that ſenſe, and wiſh it may be ſo.

Ch.

Nay, I pray you, underſtand this one thing, that I did not do it

To abuſe you, but out of love.

Th.

I know it.

line 40 And therefore indeed I the rather pardon you.

I am not of ſo unkind a nature, Chaerea,

Nor ſo unexperienced, that I ſhould not be able to know, what love can do.

Ch.

Thais, I ſwear, I love you too.

Py.

Then, Miſtreſs, I perceive you had need to take heed of this fellow.

Ch.

line 45 I dare not be ſo bold.

Py.

I do not truſt you any whit at all.

Th.

Give over.

Ch.

Thais, I commit and commend my ſelf to your fidelity.

Now I beſeech you be my helper in this matter.

I deſire you to be my patroneſs, and I beſeech you:

I wiſh I were dead, if I do not marry her hereafter.

Th.

line 50 Yet if you father.

Ch.

What! I am ſure be will be willing,

If ſo be ſhe be but a Citizen.

Th.

Tarry here a little

If you will; the maids brother will be here by and by:

He went to fetch the nurſe, which nurſed her when ſhe was a little one.

Chaerea, you your ſelf ſhall be by at the owning of her.

Ch.

line 55 I will indeed tarry.

Th.

Will you, in the mean time whilſt he come,

That we tarry at home rather, than here before the door?

Ch.

Yes, I am heartily willing to it.

Py.

I pray you, what are you going to do?

Th.

For why?

Py.

Do you ask? Do you think to entertain this fellow Into the houſe hereafter?

Th.

Why not?

Py.

Take this on my word, 60. He will make ſome buſtle again.

Th.

Tuſh, I pray thee, hold thy tongue.

Py.

You ſeem not to have obſerved his boldneſs.

Ch.

Pythias, I will no do ſo.

Py.

Truly, Chaetea, I do not truſt you; Ʋnleſs it be in a thing not committed to you.

Ch.

But, Pythias,

Do you look to me.

Py.

Truly I dare neither commit any thing to you

line 65 To keep, nor take charge of you. Away with you.

[Page]Th.

Her brother is here in good time.

Ch.

Truly I am undone, I pray you

Let us go hence in adoors, Thais. I am loth he ſhould ſee mee

In the ſtreet with theſe clothes.

Th.

Why ſo, for ſooth; is it becauſe you are aſhamed?

Ch.

That is the matter.

Py.

That is the matter? a maid I warrant you?

Th.

Go before, I will come after:

line 70 Pythias, do you ſtay there, that you may bring in Chremes.

Act. V. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Charea, Thais, Pythias.

Ch.

APud Antiphonem uter (que) mater & pater,

Quaſi deditâ operâ domi erant, ut nullo modo

Introne poſſem, quin viderent me. Interim

Dum ante oſtium ſto, notus mihi quidam obviam

line 5 Venit: ubi videt, egomet in pedes quantum queo,

In angiportum quoddam deſertum, inde item

In aliud, inde in aliud, ita miſerrimus

Fui fugitando, ne quis me cognoſceret.

Sed eſtne Thais, quam video? ipſa eſt. Haereo,

line 10 Quid faciam? Quid meâ autem? quid faciet mihi?

Th.

Adeamus. Bone vir, Dore, ſalve. dic mihi, aufugiſtin'?

Ch.

Hera, factum.

Th.

Satin' id tibi placet?

Ch.

Non.

Ch.

Credin' te impunè abiturum?

Ch.

Unam hanc noxam

Amitte, ſi aliam admiſero unquam, eccidito.

Th.

line 15 Num meam ſaevitiam veritus es?

Ch.

Non.

Th.

Quid igitur?

Ch.

Hanc metui, ne me criminaretur tibi.

Th.

Quid fecera [...]?

Ch.

Paululum quiddam.

Th.

Eho impudens, paululum? An paululum eſſe

Hoc tibi videtur, virginem vitiare civem?

Ch.

line 20 Conſervam credidi.

Py.

Conſervam? vix me contineo,

Quùm involem in capillum; monſtrum eriam ultro

Deriſum advenit.

Th.

Abin' hinc inſana?

Py.

Quid ita verò

Abeam? Credon' iſti quicquam furcifero, praeſertim

Cùm ſe ſervum fateatur tuum?

Th.

line 25 Miſſa iſtaec faciamus. Non te d [...] num, Chaerea,

Feciſti. Nam ſi ego digna hâc contumeliâ

Sum maxumè, at tu indignus qui faceres tamen.

Neque aedipol quid nunc consilii capiam, ſcio,

De virgine iſtâc: ita conturba ſtimihi

line 30 Rationes omnes, ut eam non poſſim ſuis

[Page] Ita ut aequum fuerat, at (que) ut ſtudui tradere,

Ut ſolidum pararem hoc mihi beneficium, Chaerea.

Ch.

At dehinc ſpero aeternam inter nos gratiam

Fore, Thais: ſaepe ex hujuſmodi re quapiam,

line 35 Et ex malo principio magna familiaritas

Conflata eſt. Quid ſi hoc quiſpiam voluit Deus?

Th.

Equidem pol in eam partem accipió (que) & volo.

Ch.

Immo ita quaeſo, unum hoc ſcito, contumeliae

Non me feciſſe cauſâ, ſed amoris.

Th.

Scio,

line 40 Et pol propterea nunc magis ignoſco tibi.

Non adcò inhumano ſum ingenio, Chaerea,

Ne (que) imperita, ut quid amor valeat, neſciam.

Ch.

Te quo (que) Thais, ita me dii bene ament, amo.

Py.

Tum pol tibi ab iſtoc, hera, cavendum intelligo.

Ch.

line 45 Non auſim.

Py.

Nihil tibi quicquam credo.

Th.

Deſinas.

Ch.

Ego me tuae committo & commendo fidei.

Nunc ego te in hac re mihi oro ut adjutrix ſies.

Te mihi patronam cupio, Thais, te obſecro;

Emoriar, ſi non hanc uxorem duxero.

Th.

line 50 Tamen ſi pater.

Ch.

Quid? ah volet, cortò ſcio,

Civis modò haec ſit.

Th.

Paululum operirier

Si vis. Jam frater ipſe hic aderit, virginis.

Nutricem accerſitum iit, quae illam aluit parvulam.

In cognoſcendo tute ipſe hîc aderis, Chaerea.

Ch.

line 55 Ego vero maneo.

Th.

Viſne interea dum venit,

Domi oppe [...]iamur potiùs, quàm hîc ante oſtium.

Ch.

Imo percupio.

Py.

Quam tu rem actura, obſecro, es?

Th.

Nam quid ita?

Py.

Rogitas? Hunc tu in aedes cogitas

Recipere poſthac?

Th.

Cur non?

Py.

Crede hoc meae fidei,

line 60 Dabit hic aliquam pugnam denuo.

Th.

Au, tace, obſecro.

Py.

Parùm proſpexiſſe ejus videre audaciam.

Ch.

Non faciam, Pythias.

Py.

Non pol credo, Chaerea,

Niſi ſi commiſſum non erit.

Ch.

Quin, Pythias,

Tu me ſervato.

Py.

Neque pol ſervandum tibi

line 65 Quicquam dare auſim, ne (que) te ſervare. Apage te.

[Page]Th.

Adeſt optimè ipſe frater.

Ch.

Perii hercle, obſecro,

Abeamus intrò, Thais: Nolo me in viâ

Cum hac veſte videat.

Th.

Quamobrem tandem? an quia pudet?

Ch.

Id ipſum.

Py.

Id ipſum? virgo verò?

Th.

I prae, ſequar.

line 70 Tu iſtic mane, ut Chremetem introducas, Pythias.

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Act V. Scene 3.

Pythias, Chremes, Sophrona.

Py.

VVHat? what can I now deviſe in my mind?

What? how ſhall I requite that wicked fellow,

That put him upon us?

Ch.

Stir you ſelf apace,

Nurſe.

S.

I ſtir.

Ch.

I ſee that, but you make no riddance.

Py.

line 5 Have you ſhewed the tokens already to the nurſe?

Ch.

All.

Py.

I pray you, what ſaith ſhe? doth ſhe know them?

Ch.

Yes, and remembreth them too.

Py.

Truly you tell me good news, for I wiſh the maid well.

Go ye in, my Myſtreſs hath looked for you at home a good while ago.

But look, I ſee that honeſt man Parmeno go along.

line 10 Do you ſee how leiſurely he goeth, forſooth.

I hope I have got a trick, how to vex him after my own faſhion.

I will go in, that I may know the certainty about the owning of her:

Afterwards I will come forth, and terrifie this wicked varlet.

Act. V. Scene 3.

Pythias, Chremes, Sophrona.

Py.

QUid? quid venire in mentem nunc poſſit mihi?

Quidnam? quî referam illi ſacrilego gratiam,

Qui hunc ſuppoſuit nobis?

Ch.

Move verò ocyus

Te nutrix.

S.

Moveo.

Ch.

Video, ſed nihil promoves.

Py.

line 5 Jámne oſtendiſti ſigna nutrici?

Ch.

Omnia.

Py.

Amabò, quid ait, cognoſcitne?

Ch.

Ac memoriter.

Py.

Bene aedipol narras: nam illi faveo virgini.

Ite intrò, jamdudum hera vos expectat domi.

Virum bonum eccum Parmenonem incedere

line 10 Video. Viden', ut otioſus it, ſi diis placet.

Spero me habere quî hunc mco excruciem modo.

Ibo intrò, de cognitione ut certum ſciam:

Poſt exibo, atque hunc perteribo ſacrilegum.

4

Act V. Scene 4.

Parmeno, Pythias.

Par.

I Come again to ſee what Chaerea doth here;

For if he have cunningly carried the matter, O ſtrange!

What and how real commendations ſhall Parmeno get?

For to let that paſs, that I have gotten him his love, which was very hard, and

line 5 Dear to purchaſe of a covetous whore, that maid which he loved, [Page]Without any trouble, without any charge, without any loſs: That other thing;

That indeed is it which I think I deſerve the garland for,

That I have found, how a young man may know

The diſpoſitions and behaviour of whores;

line 10 That when one knoweth them betimes, he may hate them for ever;

Who whilſt they are ahroad, nothing in the world is more cleanly,

Nor any thing more demure, nor more neat;

Who when they ſup with their lover, feed nicely; but

How naſty they are at home, by themſelves, and greedy of neat;

line 15 After what faſhion they ſoſſe brown-bread out of cock-crown pottage:

To know all theſe things is a making to young-men.

Py.

You rogue, I will indeed be revenged on you for thoſe your ſayings,

And doings; that you may not play upon us ſcot-free.

Actus V. Scen. 4.

Parmeno, Pythias.

Par.

REviſo, quidnam Chaerea hîc rerum gerat,

Quòd ſi aſtu rem tractavit, Dii voſtram fidem!

Quantam & quàm veram laudem capiet Parmeno?

Nam ut mittam, quòd & amorem difficillimum, &

line 5 Ca [...]ſimum ab meretrice avarâ, virginem

[Page] Quam amabat, cam confeci ſine moleſtiâ,

Sine ſumptu, ſine diſpendio: Tum hoc alterum,

Id verò eſt quod ego mihi puto palmarium,

Me reperiſſe, quomodo adoleſcentulus

Meretricum ingenia & mores poſſet noſcere:

line 10 Matur [...] ut cùm cognôris, perpetuò oderis?

Quae dum for is ſunt, nihil videtur mundius,

Nee magis compoſitum quidquam, nec magis elegans:

Quae cum amatore cùm coenant, liguriunt:

Harum videre ingluviem, ſordes, inopiam,

Quàm inhoneſtae ſolae ſint domi, a [...] (que) avidae cibi,

line 15 Quo pacto jure heſterno panem atrum vorent;

Noſſe omnia haec, ſalus eſt adoleſcentulis.

Py.

Ego pol te pro iſt is dictis & factis, ſcelus,

Ulciſcar, ut ne impunè in nos illuſeris.

5

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Act V. Scene 5.

Pythias, Parmeno.

Py.

O Wonderful ſtrange, an ugly prank! that unhappy young-man! O roguiſh Parmeno, who brought him hither?

Par.

What is the matter?

Py.

It pitieth me to ſee it, and therefore I poor woman can hither out of doors, that I might not ſee it.

What examples do they think ſhall be made of him, which are not ſor him?

Par.

O Jupiter,

line 5 What ado is there? am not I undone? I will go to her: What is the matter, Pythias!

What ſay you? on whom ſhall examples be made?

Py.

Do you ask, you bold fellow?

You have undone that young-man whom you brought inſtead of the Eunuch,

Whilſt you ſtrive to begule us.

Par.

Why ſo, or what is done, tell me?

Py.

I will tell you: That maid which was given for a preſent to Tha is to day;

line 10 Do you know that ſhe is a Citizen here hence, and that her brother is a great Gentleman?

[Page]Par.

I know it not.

Py.

But ſhe is found ſo to be, the poor youth hath defloured her,

When her brother being a very paſsionate man knew theſe things.

Par.

What did he?

Py.

Firſt, he bound him after a pitiful manner.

Par.

Bound him, what now?

Py.

And indeed when Thais intreated him that he would not do it.

Par.

line 15 What ſay you?

Py.

Now he threatneth moreover that he will do, as is uſed to be done to whoremaſters;

A thing which I never ſaw to be done, nor deſire to ſee.

Par.

With what confidence

Dareth he to attempt ſo great a villany?

Py.

Why ſo great?

Par.

Do not you think it a very great one?

What man ever ſaw one taken for a whoremaſter

In a baudie houſe?

Py.

I know not.

Par.

But Pythias, that ye may not but know this,

line 20 I tell you, and tell you plainly, that he is our maſters ſon.

Py.

Alas,

I pray you is it he?

Par.

Let not Thais ſuffer any wrong to be done to him,

And withal, why do not I my ſelf go in?

Py.

Have a care Parmeno,

What you do, leſt you do him no good, but undoe your ſelf; for they think this,

What ever it is that is done, to be long of you.

Par.

What then ſhall I do poor man,

line 25 Or what ſhall I begin? but lo I ſee the old man coming out of the country again,

Should I tell him, or not? Truly I will tell him though I know ſome great harm

Attendeth me. But it is neceſſary that he ſhould help him.

Py.

You are wiſe,

I am going in. Do you tell him all the matter in order: how it was done.

Act. V. Scen. 5.

[Page]

Pythias, Parmeno.

Py.

PRo Deûm fidem, facinus foedumio infoelicem adoleſcentulum! O ſccleſtum Parmenonem, qui iſtum huc adduxit?

Par.

Quid eſt?

Py.

Miſcret me: ita (que) ut ne viderem, miſera huc effugi foras.

Quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna?

Par.

O Jupiter,

line 5 Quae illaec turba eſt? numnam ego perii? ad [...]be. Quid iſtue, Pythias?

Quid ais, in quem exempla ſient?

Py.

Rogitas audaciſſime?

Perdidiſti iſtum, quem adduxti pro Eunucho, adoleſcentulum,

Dum ſtudes dare verba nobis.

Par.

Quid ita? aut quid factum eſt, cedô.

Py.

Dicam; virginem iſtam, Thaidi hodie quae dono data eſt,

line 10 Scin' cam hinc civem eſſe? & ejus fratrem adprime nobilem?

[Page]Par.

Neſcio.

Py.

Atqui ſic inventa eſt, cam iſte vitiavit miſer,

Ille ubi haec reſcivit frater violentiſſimus.

Par.

Quidnam fecit?

Py.

Pri [...]ùm cum miſeris modis.

Par.

Colligavit? Hem!

Py.

At (que) equidem orante, ut ne id faceret, Thaide.

Par.

line 15 Quid ais?

Py.

Nunc minitatur porrò ſeſe id facturum, quod maechis ſolet,

Quod ego nunquam vidi fieri, ne (que) velim.

Par.

Quâ audaciâ tantum

Facinus audet?

Py.

Quid ita tantum?

Par.

Annon tibi hoc maxumum?

Quis homo pro maecho unquam vidit in domo meretriciâ

Deprehendi quenquam?

Py.

Neſcio.

Par.

At ne hoc neſciatis, Pythias,

line 20 Dico & edico vobis noſtrum eſſe illum herilem filium.

Py.

Hem!

Obſecro an is eſt?

Par.

Ne quam in illum Thais vim fieri ſinat.

Atque adeò autem, cur non egomet int [...]ò eo?

Py.

Vide, Parmeno,

Quid agas, ne ne (que) illi proſis, & tu pereas; nam hoc putant,

Quicquid factum eſt, à te eſſe ortum.

Par.

Quid igitur faciam miſer?

line 25 Quidve incipiam? ecce autem de rure video redeuntem ſenem,

Dicam huic, an non? Dicam hercle, etſi mihi magnum malum

Scio paratum. S [...]d neceſſe eſt ut huic ſubveniat.

Py.

Sapis,

Ego abeo intrò. Tu iſti narrato omnem rem ordine, ut factum eſt.

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Act V. Scen. 6.

Lathes, Parmeno.

La.

I Get this benefit by my conntrey farm which lieth neer the city, I never [...]feel [...] any weariſomneſs either of the [...] country or

[Page] When I begin to be weary, I change my place.

But is not this Parmeno? Certainly, it is even be:

line 5 Whom do you tarry for Parmeno, here before the door?

Par.

What man is that? Ho maſter, you are welcome hither.

La.

Whom do you tarry for Parmeno? I am undone. I am not able

To ſpeak for fear.

La.

Ha, what is the matter, why do you tremble?

Are they all well? tell me.

Par.

Maſter, I would firſt have you to think

line 10 The ſame as the matter is; whatſoever is done in this kinde,

Is not done through my fault.

La.

What is it?

Par.

You have done well to ask.

I ſhould have told you the matter before hand. Phaedria bought an Eunuch,

Which he beſtowed on this woman.

La.

On whom?

Par.

On Thais.

La.

Hath he bought one?

Without doubt I am undone; for how much?

Par.

For twenty pounds.

La.

There is no remedie.

Par.

line 15 Beſides Chaerea is in love here with a minſtrelleſs.

La.

How now, what?

Is he in love, doth he know already what a whore meaneth? is he come to the town?

One miſchief cometh on the neck of another.

Par.

Maſter, do not look on me,

He doth not theſe things at my ſetting on.

La.

Speak no more of your ſelf, you rogue,

If I live, I will; but firſt tell me this whatſoever it is.

Par.

He was brought

line 20 To this Thais inſtead of that Eunuch.

La.

Inſtead of the Eunuch.

Par.

Yes, Afterwards they apprehended him within, in ſtead of the Eunuch, and bound him.

La.

I am undone.

Par.

See the boldneſs of theſe whores.

La.

Is there any more

Miſchief or harm beſides, which you have not told me?

Par.

This is all.

La.

Do I forbear to break in hither within upon them?

Par.

There is no doubt, but ſome

line 25 Great miſchief will redound to me from this matter, but it was neceſſary to do it.

I am glad that any miſchief is like to befall theſe by my means.

For the old man now a long time hath fought ſome occaſion,

How he might play them ſome not able trick: and now he hath found one.

Actus V. Scen. 6.

[Page]

Laches, Parmeno.

La

EX meo propinquo rure, hoc capio commodi, Neque agri n [...]que urbis odium me unquam percipit.

[Page] Ubi ſatias coepit fieri, commuto locum.

Sed eſtné ille Parmeno? & certè ipſus eſt.

line 5 Quem praeſtolare, Parmeno, hîc ante oſtium?

Par.

Quis homo eſt? Ehem, ſalvum te adveniſſe, here, gaudeo.

La.

Quem praeſtolare, Parmeno?

Par.

Perii. Metu

Lingua haeret.

La.

Ehem, quid eſt? quid tu trepidas?

Satin' ſalvae? dic mihi.

Par.

Here, primùm te arbitrari

line 10 Id quod resleſt, velim. Quicquid hujus factum eſt,

Culpâ non factum eſt meâ.

La.

Quid?

Par.

Rectè ſanè interrogâſti.

Oportuit rem praenarrâſſe me. Emit quendam Phaedria Eunuchum,

Quem dono huic daret.

La.

Cui?

Par.

Thaidi.

La.

Emit? Perii

Hercle; quanti▪

Par.

Viginti minis.

La.

Actum eſt.

Par.

Tum

line 15 Quandam fidicinam amat hic Chaerea.

La.

Ehem, quid?

Amat? an ſcit jam ille quod meretrix ſiet; an in aſtu venit?

Aliud ex alio malum.

Par.

Here, ne me ſpectes, me impulſore

Haec non facit.

La.

Omitte de te dicere; ego te, furcifer,

Si vivo; ſed iſtud quicquid eſt primùm expedi.

Par.

Is pro illo

line 20 Eunucho ad Thaidem hanc deductus eſt.

L.

Pro Eunuchon'?

Par.

Sic eſt. Hunc pro Eunucho poſtea comprehendêre intus & conſtrinxêre.

La.

Occidi.

Par.

Audaciam meretricum ſpecta.

La.

Numquid eſt

Aliud mali damnive, quod non dixeris, reliquum?

Par.

Tantum eſt.

La.

Ceſſo huc intrò irrumpere?

Far.

Non dubium eſt quin mihi magnum

line 25 Ex hac re ſit malum, niſi quia neceſſe ſuit hoc facere.

Id gaudeo propter me hiſce aliquid eſſe eventurum mali:

Nam jam diu aliquam cauſam quaerebat ſenex,

Quamobrem inſigne aliquid faceret iis: nunc repperit.

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Act V. Scene 7.

Pythias, Parmeno.

Py.

TRuly never any thing happened to me this many a day,

Which I more deſired might happen, then that the old man came juſt now in into our houſe being miſtaken.

He was a laughing-ſtock to me onely, who knew what he feared.

Par.

But what is the matter?

Py.

Now I come forth, that I may ſpeak with Parmeno.

line 5 But I pray you, where is he?

Par.

Doth ſhe ſeek for me?

Py.

And lo I ſee him.

I will go to him.

Par.

What is the matter you fooliſh girl? what would you have? what do you laugh at? Do you go on?

Py.

I am undone,

I am weary already poor woman with laughing at you.

Par.

Why ſo?

Py.

Do you ask?

I never ſaw, nor never ſhall ſee a fooliſher fellow then you are; ah

It cannot be ſufficiently told what ſport you have made within:

line 10 But at firſt I took you to be a diſcreet and wiſe man.

Par.

What is the matter?

Py.

Muſt you needs preſently beleeve thoſe things which I told you?

Did it not repent you of the wicked act, which the yong man had done,

By your advice, unleſſe you muſt further bewray the poor man to his father?

For what heart do you think he had then, when his father ſaw him

line 15 To have thoſe clothes on? what? do you now know, that you are in a poor caſe?

Par.

Ha, what ſay you, you errant quean? did you tell me a lye? what do you laugh?

Do you think it ſuch a fine trick to mock us, you drab!

Py.

A very fine one.

Par.

If you can eſcape ſcot-free with that.

Py.

But what can you do?

Par.

I will requite you.

Py.

I think ſo. But Parmeno, that which you threaten me perhaps is for a long time to come;

line 20 You ſhall be now puniſhed, who doeſt ennoble a fooliſh yong man

By ſuch villanous deeds, and bewray him too: They will both of them make you an example.

[Page]Par.

I am quite undone.

Py.

This is the honour you are like to have for that ſervice. I am gone.

Par.

I poor man am undone to day, like a rat, by my own ſqueaking.

Actus V. Scen. 7.

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Pythias, Parmen [...] ▪

Py.

NUnquā aedipol quidquam jam diu, quod magis vellem evenire,

Mihi evenit, quàm quod modò ſenex intrò ad nos venit errans.

Mihi ſoli ridiculo fuit, quae quid timeret ſciebam.

Par.

Quid hoc autem eſt?

Py.

Nunc id prodeo, ut conveniam Parmenonem.

line 5 Sed ubi obſecro eſt?

Par.

Me quaerit haec?

Py.

At (que) eccum video.

Adibo.

Par.

Quid eſt, inepta? quid tibi vis? quid rides? Pergin'?

Py.

Perii,

Defeſſa jam ſum miſera te ridendo.

Par.

Quid ita?

Py.

Rogitas?

Nunquam pol hominem ſtultiorem vidi, nec videbo; ah,

Non ſatis poteſt narrari quos ludos praebueris intus:

line 10 At etiam primò callidum ac diſertum credidi hominem.

Par.

Quid?

Py.

Illi [...]óne credere ea, quae dixi, oportuit te?

An poenitebat flagitii, te authore, quod feciſſet

Adoleſcens, ni miſerum inſuper etiam patri indicares?

Nam quid illi credis animi tum fuiſſe, ubi veſtem vidit

line 15 Illam eſſe eum indutum pater? quid? jam ſcis te periiſſe?

Par.

Ehem, quid dixti, peſſuma? an mentita es? etiam rides?

Itán' lepidum tibi viſum eſt ſcelus, nos irridere?

Py.

Nimium.

Par.

Siquidem iſtuc impunè habueris.

Py.

Verúm.

Par.

Reddam hercle.

Py.

Credo, ſed in diem iſtuc Parmeno eſt fortaſſe, quod minitare:

line 20 Tu jam pendebis qui ſtultum adoleſcentem

Nobilitas flagiriis, & cundem indicas: uter (que) exempla in te edent.

[Page]Par.

Nullus ſum.

Py.

Hic pro illo tibi munere honos eſt habitus. Abco.

Par.

Egomet meo indicio miſer, quaſi forex, hodie perii.

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Act. V. Scene 8.

Gnatho, Thraſo.

Gn.

WHat now, with what hope, or to what intent go we hither? what do you attempt Thraſo?

Thr.

What I? that I may yeeld my ſelf to Thais, and do as ſhe biddeth me.

Gn.

What is that?

Thr.

May I not as well ſerve her, as Hercules ſerved Omphale:

Gn.

I like the example: I wiſh I may ſee your head broken with her ſlipper.

line 5 But her doors creak.

Thr.

But what miſchief is this?

I never ſaw this fellow yet; why doth he skip forth ſo haſtily?

Act. V. Scena 8.

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Gnatho, Thraſo.

Gn.

QUid nunc! quâ ſpe, aut quo conſilio huc îmus? quid incoeptas Thraſo?

Thr.

Egóne? ut Thaidi me dedam, & faciam quod jubeat.

Gn.

Quid eſt?

Thr.

Quî minus huic, quàm Hercules ſervivit Omphalae?

Gn.

Exemplum placet. Utinam tibi commitigari videam ſandalio caput.

line 5 Sed fores crepuêre ab eâ.

Thr.

Quid autem hoc eſt mali?

Hunc ego nunquā videram etiam; quidnam hic properans proſilit?

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Act V. Scen. 9.

Chaerea, Parmeno, Phaedria, Gnatho, Thraſo.

Ch

O Country men, is any man living more happy then I?

Truly no man at all, for the gods have plainly ſhewed all their power

On me, to whom ſo many good things have come together on ſuch a ſuddain.

Par.

Why is he ſo merry?

Ch.

O my Parmeno, O thou that art the inventer,

line 5 And the beginner, and perfecter of all my pleaſures; do you know in what joyes I am?

Do you know that my Pamphila is found to be a citizen?

Ph.

I have heard ſo.

Ch.

And

Do you know that ſhe is my bride?

Par.

It is well done, I ſwear.

Gn.

Do you not hear what he ſaith?

Ch.

Beſides I am glad for my brother Phaedria,

That all his love is ſecure: there is but one houſe;

line 10 Thais commended her ſelf into my fathers protection and fidelity.

She hath yeelded her ſelf to us.

Par.

Then Thais is wholly your brothers.

Ch.

Yes.

[Page] Now this is another thing whereof we may be glad; the Soldier is driven out of doors:

Then do you ſee, that my brother whereever he is, may hear of theſe things as ſoon as may be.

Par.

I will go ſee for him at home.

Thr.

Do you make any doubt now Gnatho, but that I am undone for ever?

Gn.

line 15 Without doubt, I ſuppoſe.

Ch.

What, ſhall I mention the firſt, or whom ſhould I moſt

Commend? Him that gave me advice to do it, or my ſelf that durſt adventure

To begin? or ſhould I extol fortune, which was my conductreſs?

Which hath brought to paſs ſo many things, ſo great, ſo fitly, all in one day?

Or ſhall I commend my fathers pleaſantneſs, and courteous behaviour?

line 20 O Jupiter, I beſeech thee, continue this proſperity to us.

Ph.

O ſtrange! what incredible things did Parmeno tell me even now?

But where is my brother?

Ch.

He is at hand.

Ph.

I am glad of it.

Ch.

I verily believe ſo.

Brother, there is nothing in the world deſerves more to be loved, than this your Thais,

She is ſuch a fautrix to all our family.

Ph.

Whoo, do you commend her to me?

Thr.

I am undone.

line 25 The leſs hope there is, the more I am in love. I pray you, Gnatho help me,

My hope hangeth on thee.

Gn.

What would you have me do?

Thr.

Bring this to paſs

By intreaty or for money, that I may have ſome ſhare in Thais's favour now at laſt.

G.

It is a hard matter?

Thr.

If you have any liſt, I knew you what you can do:

If you will but do it, ask what gift or reward you will, and you ſhall have it at a wiſh.

G.

line 30 What ſo?

Thr.

It ſhall be ſo.

G.

If I bring it to paſs, I deſire this, that your houſe

May be open to me, whether you be preſent, or abſent, that I may alwayes have a place, though I be uninvited.

Thr.

I give you my word it ſhall be ſo.

G.

I will go about it.

Ph.

Whom do I hear here?

O Thraſo!

Thr.

God ſave you.

Ph.

Perhaps you do not know what things are done here.

[Page]Thr.

I do know.

Ph.

Why then do I ſee you in theſe quarters?

Thr.

line 35 I rely upon you.

Ph.

Do you know how you rely? Souldier, I tell you plainly,

If I find you in this ſtreet ever hereafter, it ſhall not avail you to ſay to me I was ſeeking another man,

I was paſſing this way; you are but a dead man.

Gn.

Soft, it doth not become you to do ſo.

Ph.

I have ſaid it.

Gn.

I am not acquainted with your proud behaviour.

Ph.

I ſhall be ſo.

Gn.

Firſt, hear me a few words, which when I ſhall have ſaid, do as you pleaſe.

Ph.

line 40 Let us hear you.

Gn.

Do you Thraſo, go aſide thither a little. Firſt, I would fain have you

Both beleeve me this, that whatſoever I do in this matter,

I do it chiefly for my own ſake; but if it be alſo beneficial to you, it is a folly

For you not to do it.

Ph.

What is that?

Gn.

I think the royal ſouldier ought to be entertained.

Ph.

What, to be entertained?

Gn.

Do but conſider of it; Phaedria, you indeed

line 45 Live merrily with her, for you love well to fare daintily:

You have but little to give, and Thais muſt of neceſſity receive much,

That ſhe may be able to maintain your love without your coſt.

For all theſe purpoſes, there is no man more fit, or more for your uſe.

Firſt, he both hath what to give, and no body giveth more freely then he.

line 50 He is a fool, a dunce, a dull fellow, he ſnorteth whole nights and dayes.

And you need not fear leſt the woman ſhould love him, you may eaſily drive him away, when you will.

Ph.

What do we do?

Gn.

Beſides, this alſo which I think to be a very main matter,

There is no body entertaineth a man better, nor more laviſhly at all.

Ph.

It is a wonder if we ſhall not have need of that man one way or other.

Ch.

I think ſo to.

Gn.

line 55 Ye do well; this one thing alſo I intreat you, that you would entertain me

Into your company; I have laboured about this long enough.

Ph.

We entertain you.

Ch.

And with all our hearts.

Gn.

But I Phaedria, you Chaerea for this favour

[Page] Will deliver him up to you to be devoured, and made a fool on.

Ch.

Content.

Ph.

He deſerveth it.

G.

Thraſo, come hither when you will.

Thr.

I pray you what do we?

G.

line 60 What? they did not know you, till I told them your behaviour,

And commended you according to your deeds, and vertuous qualities:

I have obtained my requeſt.

Thr.

It is well done of you, I thank you heartily:

I was never yet in any place, but every body loved me very well.

G.

Did not I tell you, that this man did roll in Rherorick?

Ph.

line 65 There is nothing praetermitted: Go this way. Fare ye well, and clap your hands.

Act. V. Scena 9.

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Chaerea, Parmeno, Phadria, Gnatho, Thraſo.

Ch.

O Populares, ecquis me hodie vivit fortunatior?

Nemo hercle quiſquam. Nam in me planè dii poteſtatem ſuam

Omnem oſtendêre, cui tam ſubitò tot congruerint commoda.

Par.

Quid hic laetus eſt?

Ch.

O Parmeno mi, O mearum voluptatum omnium

line 5 Inventor, incoeptor, perfector, ſcin' me in quibus ſim gaudiis

Scis Pamphilam meam inventam civem?

Par.

Audivi.

Ch.

Seis

Sponſam mihi?

Par.

Bene, ita me Dii bene ament, factum.

Gn.

Audin' tu, hic quid ait?

Ch.

Tum autem Phaedriae

Meo fratri gaudeo, eſſe amorem omnem in tranquillo: una eſt domus:

line 10 Thais ſe patri commendavit in clientelam & fidem:

Nobis dedit [...].

Par.

Fratris igitur Thais tota eſt.

Ch.

Scilicet.

[Page]Jam hoc aliud eſt quod gaud [...]amus, miles pellitur forás.

Tum tu, frater ub [...] ubi eſt, fac quam primùm haec audiat.

Pa.

Viſam domi.

Thr.

Nunquid, Gnatho▪ [...]c dubitas, quin ego nunc perpetuò perierim?

line 15 Sine dubio, opinor.

Ch.

Quid commemorem primùm, aut quem laudem

Maxumè? Illúmne qui mihi dedit conſilium ut facerem, an me qui auſus [...]

Incipere? an fortunam collaudem quae gubernatris fuit?

Quae tot res tantas, tam opportunè in unum concluſit diem?

An mei patris feſtivit [...] & fac [...]em?

line 20 O Jupiter, ſe [...], [...], [...]c bona nobis.

Ph.

D [...] voſtram fi [...]meno modò quae narravit?

Sed ubi eſt frater?

Ch.

[...]ò eſt.

Ph.

Gaudeo.

Ch.

Satis credo.

Nihil eſt Thaide [...]â dignius quod ametui; ita neſtrae omni eſt

Fautrix familiae.

Ph.

H [...]i, [...]h [...]illam laudas?

Thr.

Perii.

line 25 Quanto minus ſpei mihi eſt, tanto magis amo. Obſecro, Gnatho,

In te ſpes eſt.

Gn.

Quid vis. faciam?

Thr.

Perfice hoc precibus,

Pretio, ut haeream in parte aliquâ tandem apud Thaidem.

Gn.

Difficile eſt.

Thr.

Si quid collibuit, novi te. Si effeceris,

Quidvis donum & praemium à me optato, id optatum feres.

Gn.

line 30 Itáne?

Thr.

Sic erit.

Gn.

Si effecero, hoc poſtulo, ut tua mihi domus,

Te praeſente, abſente, pateat: invocato ut ſit locus ſemper.

Thr.

Do fidem, futurum.

Gn.

Acc [...]ngar.

Ph.

Quem ego hîc audio?

O Th [...]ſo!

Thr.

Salvete.

Ph.

Tu fortaſſe quae facta hîc ſcient, neſcis.

[Page]Thr.

Scio.

Ph.

Cur te ergo in his ego conſpicio regionibus?

Thr.

line 35 Vobis fretus.

Ph.

Scin' quàm fretus? miles, edico tibi, ſi te in plate [...]

Offendero hâc pòſt unquàm, nihil eſt quod dicas mihi, Alium quaerebam,

Iter hâc habui: periiſti.

G.

Eja, haud ſic decet.

Ph.

Dictum eſt.

G.

Non cognoſco veſtrum tam ſuperbum.

Ph.

Sic erit.

G.

Prius audite paucis, quod cùm dixero, facitote.

Ph.

line 40 Audiamus.

G.

Tu concede paululum iſtuc, Th [...]aſo. Principiò ego vos.

Ambos credere hoc mihi vehementer volo, me hujus quicquid faciam,

Id facere maxumè cauſâ meâ: verùm ſi idem vobis prodeſt, vos non

Facere inſcitia eſt.

Ph.

Quid eſt?

G.

Militem ego rivalem recipiendum

Cenſeo.

Ph.

Hem, recipiendum?

G.

Cogita modò; tu hercle cum illâ

line 45 Phaedria, & libenter vivis, etenim bene libenter victitas.

Quod des paulum eſt, & neceſſe eſt multum accipere Thaidem,

Ut tuo amori ſuppeditare poſſit ſine ſumptu tuo.

Ad omnia haec, magis opportunus, nec magis ex uſu tuo

Nemo eſt; principiò & habet quod det, & dat nemo largius.

line 50 Fatuus eſt, inſulſus, tardus, ſtertit noctes & dies,

Neque iſtum metuas, ne amet mulier: facilè pellas ubi velis.

Ph.

Quid agimus?

G.

praeterea, hoc etiam quod ego vel plurimum puto,

Accipit hominem nemo melius prorſum, ne (que) prolixiús.

Ph.

Mirum ni illoc homine quoquo pacto opus eſt.

Ch.

Idem ego arbitror.

G.

line 55 Rectè facitis; unum etiam vos [...]ro, ut me in veſtrum gregem

Recipiatis, ſatis diu jam hoc ſaxum volvo.

Ph.

Recipimus.

Ch.

Ac lubenter.

G.

At ego pro iſtoc ô Phaedria, & tu Chaerea,

[Page] Hunc comedendum & deridendum vobis praebebo.

Ch.

Placet.

Ph.

Dignus eſt.

G.

Thraſo, ubi vis, accede.

Thr.

Obeſecro te, quid agimus?

G.

line 60 Quid? iſti te ignorabant, priùs quàm eis mores oſtendi tuos,

Et collaudavi ſecundum facta & virtutes tuas:

Impetravi.

Thr.

Bene feciſti, gratiam habeo maxumam,

Nunquam etiam fui uſquam, quin me omnes amârint plurimum.

G.

Dixtin' ego vobis in hoc eſſe Atticam eloquentiam?

Ph.

line 65 Nihil praetermiſſum eſt. Ite hâc. Vos valete, & plaudite.

§

§

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TERENCE'S HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS ENGLISH AND LATINE.

§

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HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS A COMEDIE, Of Publius Terentius, An African of Carthage:

Acted At the Megaleſian Games when Lucius Cornelius Lentulus And Lucius Valerius Flaccus were Aediles Curules.

Lucius Ambivius Turpio and Lucius Attilius Praeneſtinus acted it.

Flaccus the Son of Claudius ſet the Tune.

It is a Greek Comedie of Menanders; It was acted firſt with Pipes that had an odd number of holes, and afterwards with two that were held on the right ſide of the mouth.

It was acted three times;

Publiſhed when Marcus Juventius and Marcus Sempronius were Conſuls.

In the Year, Since the City Rome was built, 591. Before the birth of Chriſt, 161.

HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS PUBLII TERENTII Carthaginenſis Afri.

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Acta Ludis Megalenſibus, L. Cornelio Lentulo & L. Valerio Flacco Aedilibus Curulibus.

Egerunt L. Ambivius Turpio & L. Attilius Praeneſtinus.

Modos fecit Flaccus Claudii.

Graeca eſt Menandri.

Acta primùm tibiis imparibus, deinde duabus dextris.

Acta III. Edita M. Juventio & M. Sempronio conſulibus.

Anno Ab urbe condita, DXCI. Ante Chriſtum natum, CLXI.

§

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The Speakers, or Actors in this Comedy.

Antiphila, A Whore.

Bacchis, A Whore.

Chremes, An Old-man.

Clinia, A Young man.

Clitipho, A Young-man.

Dromo, A Servant.

Menedemus, An Old-man.

Nutrix, A Nurſe.

Phrygia, A Maid-ſervant.

Soſtrata, A Matron.

Syrus, A Servant.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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Antiphila, Meretrix.

Bacchis, Meretrix.

Chremes, Senex.

Clinia, Adoleſcens.

Clitipho, Adoleſcens.

Dromo, Servus.

Menedemus, Senex.

Nutrix.

Phrygia, Ancilla.

Soſtrata, Matrona.

Syrus, Servus.

§

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The Argument or Plot of Heautontimorumenos, By Cajus Sulpitius Apollinaris.

A Harſh Father enforced his Son Clinia, that was in love

With Antiphila, to go to be a Soldier;

And being ſorry for what he had done, he vexed himſelf.

After he returned, within a while, he went to lodg with Clitipho,

Ʋnwitting to his Father: this Clitipho loved the whore Bacchis.

When Clinia ſent for his deſired Antiphila,

Bacchis came as his ſweat-heart, and Antiphila apparelled

Like a waiting-maid. This was done that Clitipho

Might conceal the matter from his Father. He by Syrus's ſubtle tricks,

Gets ten Pounds from the old-man, to beſtow on the Whore.

Antiphila is found to be Clitipho's ſiſter,

Clinia takes her to wiſe, and Clitipho another woman.

Heautontimorumeni Argumentum, C. Sulpitio Apollinari Authore.

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IN militiam proficiſci gnatum Cliniam,

Amantem Antiphilam, compulit durus pater:

Animique ſeſe angebat, facti poenitens.

Mox ut reverſus eſt, clam patrem divertitur

Ad Clitiphonem: is amabat ſcortum Bacchidem.

Cùm accerſeret cupitam Antiphilam Clinia,

Ut ejus Bacchis venit amica, ac ſervolae

Habitum gerens Antiphila. Factum id, quò patren

Suum celaret Clitiphilo. Hic technis Syri

Decem minas meretriculae aufert à ſene.

Antiphila Clitiphonis reperitur ſoror;

Hanc Clinia, aliam Clitipho uxorem accipit.

§

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The Prologue.

THat none of you may wonder, why the Poet hath allotted

Theſe parts to an old-man, which belong unto young-men,

I will firſt tell you that, and afterwards I will ſhew you why I came.

This day I am to act a whole Comedy called Heautontimorumenos,

Tranſlated out of a whole Greek one;

Which is become double of a ſingle Subject.

I have ſhowed it to be a new one, and what it is: now, who writ it,

And whoſe it was in Greek, but that I think the greateſt part of you

To know already, I would tell it you.

I will tell you now in few words, wherefore I have learned to act this part;

The Poet was deſirous to have me to be an Orator, not a Pro [...]ogue:

He hath appealed to your judgment, he hath made me an Actor.

But I wiſh this Actor could be able to do as much by his eloquence,

As he is able to invent wittily,

Who writ this ſpeech, which I am about to utter.

For whereas ill-willed perſons have ſpread reports abroad,

That he hath ſpoiled many Greek Comedies, whilſt he maketh

A few Latine ones: He doth not deny that he did it,

Neither is he ſorry for it, and ſuppoſeth he may do ſo again.

He hath the example of good men to follow; by which example

He thinketh it may be lawfull for him to do that which they have done.

Beſides, whereas the old ill-willed Poet uſeth to ſay,

That he ſet his mind to Poetry on a ſudden,

Preſuming on the wit of his friends, not his own inclination:

Your ownjudgment, your own opinion

Shall prevail in the buſineſs. Wherefore I would deſire you all,

That the ſpeech of partial men may not prevail more with you, then of them that are impartial:

See you prove indifferent. Give them liberty to make more new Comedies,

That grant you liberty to look at them, being

Without miſtakes. Let not him think that this is ſpoken on his behalf,

Who lately made the people to give way to a ſervant

Running in the ſtreet; why ſhould they yield to a mad fellow?

[Page] He will tell more concerning his faults, when he ſhall ſet out

Other new Comedies, except he give over his railing.

Shew your ſelves indifferent: give me liberty

That I may act a quiet Comedy without noiſe;

That alwayes a running ſervant, a teſty old-man,

A greedy Paraſite, and a ſhameleſs ſycophant,

A covetous bawde, may not be daily acted by an old-man

With a very loud ſpeaking, and a great deal of pains.

For my ſake, perſwade your ſelves that this is a lawfull excuſe,

That ſome of my pains may be eaſed.

For now adayes, they that write new comedies, make no ſpare of an old-man;

If any Comedie be toylſome, they run to me with it;

But if it be eaſie, it is preſently carried to another company.

In this Comedy is a pure ſtile; Try

What my wit can do for one as well as the other:

If I never in a covetous manner ſet a price of my skill,

And alwayes thought in my mind that that was my greateſt gain,

To attend upon your profiting as much as might be poſſible,

Let me be an example, that young-men

May ſtrive rather to pleaſe you, than themſelves.

Prologus.

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NE cui ſit veſtrum mirum, cur partes ſeni

Poeta dederit, quae ſunt adoleſcentium,

Id primùm dicam: deinde quòd veni, cloquar.

Ex integrâ Graecâ integram Comaediam

Hodie ſum actuius Heautotimorumenon,

Duplex quae ex argumento facta eſt ſimplici.

Novam eſſe oſtendi, & quae eſſet: nunc, qui ſcripſerit,

Et cuja Graeca ſit, ni partem maxumam

Exiſtimarem ſcire veſtrûm, id dicerem.

Nunc, quamobrem has partes didicerim, paucls dabo:

Oratorem voluit eſſe me, non Prologum:

Veſtrum judicium fecit; me actorem dedit.

Sed hic actor tantum poterit à facundiâ,

Quantum ille poterit cogitare commodè,

Qui orationem hanc ſcripſit, quam dicturus ſum.

Nam quòd rumores diſtulerunt malevoli,

Multas contaminaſſe Graecas, dum facit

Paucas Latinas; id eſſe factum hic non negat,

Ne (que) ſe id pigere, & deinde facturum autumat.

Habet bonorum exemplum, quo exemplo ſibi

Licere id facere, quod illi fecerunt, putat.

Tum quòd malevolus vetus Poeta dictitat,

Repentè ad ſtudium hunc ſe applicâſſe muſicum,

Amicum ingenio fretum, ha [...]d naturâ ſuâ:

Arbitrium veſtrum, veſtra ex [...]ſtimatio

Valebit. Quare omnes vos oratos volo,

Ne plus iniquûm poſſit, quàm aeqrûm oratio.

Facite, aequi ſitis. Date creſcendi copiam

Novarum, qui ſpectandi faciunt copiam

Sine vitiis. Ne ille pro ſe dictum exiſtumet,

Qui nuper fecit ſervo current is in viâ

Deceſſe populum, cur inſano ſerviat?

[Page] De illius peccatis plura dicet, cùm dabit

Alias novas, niſi finem maledictis facit.

Adeſte aequ [...] animo: date poteſtatem mihi,

Statariam agere ut liceat per ſilentium;

Ne ſemper ſervus currens, iratus ſenex,

Edax paraſitus, ſycophanta autem impudens,

Avarus leno, aſſiduè agendl ſint ſeni

Clamore ſummo, cum labore maxumo.

Meâ cauſâ cauſam hanc juſtam eſſe animum inducite,

Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi:

Nam nunc novas qui ſcribunt, nil parcunt ſeni:

Si qua laborioſa eſt, ad me curritur:

Sin levis eſt, ad alium mox defertur gregem.

In hac eſt pura oratio; experimini,

In utramque partem ingenium quid poſſit meum.

Si nunqnam avarè pretium ſtatur arti meae,

Et cum eſſe quaeſtum in animum induxi maxumum,

Quàm maxumè ſervire veſtris commodis,

Exemplum ſtatuite in me, ut adoleſcentuli

Vobis placere ſtudeant potiùs quàm ſibi.

§

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1

1

Act. I. Scene 1.

Chremes, Menedemus.

Ch.

ALthough this acquaintance betwixt us is of very late time,

And hereupon in that you have bought a piece of ground here hard by,

Neither was there indeed almoſt any matter of occaſion, beſides;

Yet either your honeſtie, or your neighbour-hood,

line 5 Which thing I account to be as a main part of friendſhip,

Cauſeth me boldly and familiarly to adviſe you,

Becauſe you ſeem to do otherwiſe then becometh one of your age,

And otherwiſe then your eſtate doth adviſe you to;

For, O wonderful ſtrange! what mean you to do with your ſelf,

line 10 What do you look after? you are threefcore years old,

Or more then ſo, as I ſuppoſe; no man hoth a better piece of ground

In theſe parts, nor more worth;

You have a great many ſervants; and yet as though you had no body,

You your ſelf ſo diligently ſupply their office.

line 15 I never go forth ſo early in a morning, nor return home

So late in an evening, but I eſpie you in your ground,

Either digging or plowing, or carrying ſomething. To be ſhort,

You ſlack no time, nor do you conſider your ſelf.

I know very well, that theſe things are no pleaſure to you.

line 20 But you will ſay, It grieves me to ſee what work is done here.

What pains of your own you beſtow in working,

If you would ſpend it in imploying them, you would do more good.

Men.

Chremes, have you ſo much leiſure ſrom your own buſineſs,

That you can minde other mens, thoſe which do not belong to you?

Ch.

line 25 I am a man; I think nothing that belongs to a man ſtrange to me.

Imagine I do but admoniſh you, or ask you a queſtion:

It is lawfull that I ſhould do it; it is not to diſcourage you.

M.

I have need to do thus: Do you do as is needfull for you to do.

Ch.

Is it needful for any man to torment himſelf?

M.

For me it is.

Ch.

line 30 If there were any toil in it, I would not do it; but what is the miſchief,

I pray you? what have you deſerved ſo much of your ſelf?

M.

Alas.

Ch.

Do not weep, but let me know the matter what ever it is.

[Page] Do not keep it in, be not afraid; beleeve me, I ſay,

I will help you either by comforting you, or adviſing, or in the thing it ſelf.

M.

line 35 Would you know this?

Ch.

For this reaſon indeed that I told you.

M.

I will tell you.

Ch.

But in the mean time lay down

Thoſe boughs, do not work.

M.

By no means.

Ch.

What do you do?

M.

Let me alone; that I may not afford my ſelf any time

Free from labour.

Ch.

I ſay, I will not let you alone.

M.

Ah, you do not do fairly.

Ch.

line 40 Whoo, ſuch heavie ones as theſe?

M.

Such is my deſert.

Ch.

Now ſpeak.

M.

I have one onely ſon, a young youth;

But what ſaid I, that I have one? Nay, Chremes I had one,

But whether I have one now or not, I am uncertain.

Ch.

Why ſo?

M.

You ſhall know.

There is here a poor old woman a ſtranger from Corinth,

line 45 He began to fall in love with her daughter a maid,

So as he was juſt neer upon having her to wife. All theſe things were done unknown to me.

When I came to know it, I began to deal with him

Not in a gentle way, nor as it became the weak minde of a youth,

But by force, and after the common faſhion of fathers:

line 50 I every day chid him: Ha, do you hope that you may do theſe things

Any longer, whilſt I your father am alive,

So as to have a ſweet-heart now as though ſhe were your wife?

You are miſtaken, if you think ſo, and you do not know me, Clinia.

I am contented you ſhould be called my ſon ſo long

line 55 As you ſhall do what is befitting you; but if you do not that,

I ſhall finde what may be fitting for me to do to you.

That cometh of nothing elſe but too much idleneſs;

When I was at that age I did not ſet my minde on wooing

But I went hence into Aſia, by reaſon of poverty, and there

line 60 I got both means and renown by feats of arms.

At laſt the matter came juſt to this paſs; the yong youth

Was overcome with hearing the ſame things often over, and with grieſ.

He thought that I by reaſon of my age and good will towards him

Knew more, and would provide better for him, then he could do for himſelf;

line 65 He is gone, Chremes, into Aſia to the King to be a ſouldier

[Page]Ch.

What ſoy you?

M.

He went unknown to me, and hath been away this three months.

Ch.

Ye are both too blame; though that enterpriſe for all this

Is a ſign of a baſhful minde, and of one that is no coward.

M.

When I underſtood it by thoſe that were privie to it,

line 70 I returned home very ſad, and almoſt diſtracted in my minde,

I not knowing what to do for grief, I ſate me down:

My ſervants come running to me, they pull off my ſhooes;

I ſee others haſten to lay the table,

And to get ready my ſupper: every one for his own part did the beſt he could,

line 75 To eaſe me of my grieſ.

When I ſaw theſe things, I began to muſe with my ſelf; Alas, are ſo many

So much trou [...]led ſor my ſake onely, that they may give me content?

Should ſo many maids cloath me? Should I alone

Be at ſo great charges in my houſe? but my onely ſon

line 80 Whom it is fitting to uſe theſe things as well as I, or rather more,

Becauſe that age is more meet to make uſe of theſe things,

I have abandoned him hence poor man by my unjuſt dealing.

Truly I may judge my ſelf worthy of any miſery,

If I ſhould do it; for ſo long as he ſhall live that poor kinde of life,

line 85 Being deprived of his country by reaſon of my wrong dealings,

I will puniſh my ſelf all the while for his ſake,

Working, pinching, ſeeking ſor more, and making my ſelf a ſlave to him,

And ſo I do: I leave nothing at all in my houſe.

Neither veſſel, nor ſuit, I ſcraped all together.

line 90 I brought out and ſold my maid-ſervants, and men-ſervants,

All except thoſe who by doing husbandry-work

Could eaſily gain their charges; I ſet a b [...]ll preſently

Upon my houſe to be ſold; I got together about two thouſand pounds.

I bought this parcel of ground, and here I [...]mpl [...]y my ſelf.

line 95 I am perſwaded, Chremes, that I do leſs wrong to my ſon,

So long as I undergo miſ [...]rie my ſelf;

And that it is not lawful for me to enjoy any pleaſure here,

Till he that ſhould ſhare with me return ſafe.

Ch.

I think that you are tender-hearted towards your children;

line 100 And that he is tractable enough if any body would uſe him

Well or orderly. But you neither knew him well enough,

[Page] Nor he you, this falls out there, where men do not live as they ought.

You never let him ſee how much you valued him,

Neither durſt he commit ſuch things to you, as it is fit for a father to know;

line 105 Which if it had been done, theſe things had never befallen you.

M.

It is ſo, I confeſs; I am in the greateſt fault of the two.

Ch.

But Menedemus, I hope it will be well for all this, and I truſt, that he

Is well, and will be here ſhortly with you.

M.

God grant it may be ſo.

Ch.

He will grant it; and now if it may be convenient,

line 110 Here is a feaſt to Bacchus to day, I would have you be at my houſe.

M.

I cannot.

Ch.

Why not? I pray you, ſpare your ſelf

A little; your ſon that is away would have you do ſo.

M.

There is no reaſon that I who have forced him to pain,

Should now avoid it my ſelf.

Ch.

Is that your reſolution?

M.

line 115 It is ſo.

Ch.

Fare you well.

M.

And you too.

Ch.

He hath made me to weep,

And I pitie him. But as the time of the day is,

I muſt put this Phania in minde to come to ſupper:

I will go ſee if he be at home. He needed no body

To put him in minde; They ſay he hath been ready a good while

line 120 At home at my houſe. I make my gueſts to tarry of me;

I will go hence in a doors: But why did the door creak?

Who come's hence out ot my houſe? I will ſtep aſide hither.

Act. I. Scen. 1.

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Chremes, Menedemus.

Ch.

QUanquam haec inter nos nupera notitia admodum eſt,

Indè adeò quod agrum in proximo hîc mercatus es,

Nec rei ferè ſanè ampliùs quicquam fuit:

Tamen vel virtus tua me, vel vicinitas,

line 5 Quod ego in propinquâ parte amicitiae puto,

Facit ut te audacter moneam, & familariter,

Quòd videre praeter aetatem tuam

Facere, & praeterquam res te adhortatur tua [...]

Nam proh Deum at (que) hominum fidem! qui [...] is tibi?

line 10 Quid quaeris? annos ſexaginta natus [...]

Aut plus eo, ut conjicio; agrum in his regionibus

Mellorem, ne (que) pretii majoris nemo habet;

Servos quam plures: P [...]oinde quaſi nemo ſiet,

Ita tute attentè illorum officia fungere.

line 15 Nunquam tam manè egredior, ne (que) tam veſperi

Domum revertor, quin te in fundo conſpicer

Fodere, aut arare, aut aliquid ferre. Denique,

Nullum remittis tempus, neque te reſpicis.

Haec non voluptati tibi eſſe, ſatis certè ſcio.

line 20 At dices enim, me quantum hic operis fiat, poeniter.

Quod in opere faciundo operae conſumis tuae,

Si ſumas in illis exercendis, plus agas.

Men.

Chreme, tantúmne eſt ab re tuâ otii tibi,

Aliena ut cures, ea quae nihil ad te attinent?

Ch.

line 25 Homo ſum: humani à me nihil alienum puto.

Vel me monere hoc, vel percunctari puta;

Rectum eſt ut ego faciam; non eſt ut deterream.

Men.

Mihi ſic eſt uſus. Tibi ut opus eſt facto, face.

Ch.

An cuiquam homini eſt uſus, ut ſe cruciet?

M.

Mihi.

Ch.

line 30 Si quid laboris eſt, nollem: ſed quid iſtuc mali eſt,

Quaeſo? quid de te tantum meruiſti?

M.

Eheu.

Ch.

Ne lachryma, at (que) iſtuc quicquid eſt, fac me ut ſciam.

[Page] Ne retice; ne verere: crede, inquam, mihi,

Aut conſolando, aut conſilio, aut re juvero.

line 35 35.

Scire hoc vis?

Ch.

Hâc quidem cauſâ quâ dixi tibi.

M.

Dicetur.

Ch.

At iſtos raſtros interea tamen

Depone, ne labora.

M,

Minimé.

Ch.

Quam rem agis?

M.

Sine; vacuum tempus ne quid dem mihi

Laboris.

Ch.

Non ſinam, inquam.

M.

Ah, non aequum facis.

Ch.

line 40 Hui, tam graves hos!

M.

Sic meritum eſt meum.

Ch.

Nunc loquere.

M.

Filium unicum adoleſcentulum

Habeo; at, quid dixi, habere me? imò habui, Chreme,

Nunc habeam necne incertum eſt.

Ch.

Quid ita iſtuc?

M.

Scies.

Eſt è Corintho hîc advena anus paupercula,

line 45 Ejus filiam ille amare coepit virginem,

Propè jam ut pro uxore haberet. Haec clam me omnia.

Ubi id reſcivi, coepi non humanitùs,

Ne (que) ut animum decuit aegrotum adoleſcentuli

Tractare; ſed vi & viâ provulgatâ patrum;

line 50 Quotidie accuſabam: Hem, tibine haec diutiùs

Licere ſperas facere, me vivo patre

Amicam ut habeas propè jam in uxorisloco?

Erras, ſi id credis, & me ignoras, Clinia.

Ego te meum eſſe dici tantiſper volo,

line 55 Dum quod te dignum eſt facies; ſed ſi id non facis,

Ego, quod me in te ſit facere dignum, invenero.

Nullâ ad ò ex re iſt [...]c fit, niſi ex nimio otio.

Ego iſtuc aetatis non amori operam dabam,

Sed in Aſiam hinc abii propter pauperiem, at (que) ibi

line 60 Simul rem & gloriam armis belli repperi.

Poſtremò adeò res rediit; adoleſcentulus

Saepe eadem & graviter audiendo victus eſt.

Putavit me & aetate & benevolent a

Plus ſcire, & providere quàm ſeipſum ſibi.

line 65 In Aſiam ad regem militatum abiit, Chreme.

[Page]Ch.

Quid ais?

M.

Clam me profectus menſes [...]res abeſt.

Ch.

Ambo accuſandi: etſi illud incoeptum tamen,

Animi eſt pudentis ſignum & non inſtrenui.

M.

Ubi comperi ex his qui fuê [...]e ei conſcii,

line 70 Domum revertor moeſtus, at (que) animo ferè

Conturbato at (que) incerto prae a gritud ne, aſſedi:

Accurrunt ſervi; ſoccos detrahunt:

Video alios feſtinare, lectos ſternere,

Coenam apparare; pro ſe quiſque ſedulò

line 75 Faciebant, quò illam mihi lenirent miſeriam.

Ubi video, haec coepi cogitare; Hem, tot meâ

Solius ſolliciti ſunt cauſâ, ut me unum expleant?

Ancillae tot me veſtiant? ſumptus domi

Tantos ego ſolus faciam? ſed gnatum unicum

line 80 Quem pariter his uti decuit, aut etiam an pliús;

Quòd illa aetas magis ad haec utenda idonea eſt,

Eum ego hinc ejeci miſcrum injuſt tiâ meâ.

Malo equidem me dignum quovis deputem,

Si id fa [...]iam; nam uſ (que) dum ille vitam illam incolet

line 85 Inopem, carens patriâ ob meas injurias,

Interea uſ (que) illi de me ſupplicium dabo,

Laborans, parcens, quaerens, illi ſerviens.

Ita facio: prorſus nihil relinquo in aed bus,

Nec vas, nec veſti mentum: contaſi omnia.

line 90 Ancillas, ſervos, niſi eos qui opere ruſtico

Faciundo facilè ſumptum exercerert ſuum,

Omnes perduxi ac vendidi: inſcripſi illico

Aedes mercede; quaſi ad talenta quindecim

Coëgi: agrum hunc mercatus ſum, hic me exerceo.

line 95 Decrevi tantiſper me minus injuriae

Chreme meo gnato facere, dum fiam miſer.

Nefas eſſe ullâ me voluptate hîc f [...]ui,

Niſi ubi ille huc ſalvus redierit meus particeps.

Ch.

Ingenio te eſſe in liberos leni puto.

line 100 Et illum obſequentem ſi quis rectè aut commodé

Tractaret. Verùm neque tu illum ſatis noveras,

[Page] Nec te ille: hoc ibi fit, ubi verè non vivitur.

Tu illum, nunquam oſtendiſtl, quanti penderes;

Nec tibi ille credere eſt auſus, quae eſt aequum patri;

line 105 Quod ſi eſſet factum, haec nunquam eveniſſent tibi.

M.

Ita res eſt fateor; peccatum à me maxumum eſt.

Ch.

Menedeme, at porrò rectè ſpero, & illum tibi

Salvum, & futurum eſſe hîc confido propediem.

M.

Utinam ita Dii faxint.

Ch.

Facient; nunc ſi eſt commodum,

line 110 Dionyſia hîc ſunt, hodie—-apud me ſis volo.

M.

Non poſſum.

Ch.

Cur non? quaeſo tandem aliqnantulum Tibi parce: Idem abſens facere te hoc vult filius.

M.

Non convenit, qui illum ad laborem impulerim,

Nunc me ipſum fugere.

Ch.

Siccine eſt ſententia?

M.

line 115 Sic.

Ch.

Bene vale.

M.

Et tu.

Ch.

Lachrymas excuſſit mihi.

Miſerétque me ejus. Sed ut diei tempus eſt,

Monere oportet me hunc ad coenam Phaniam

Ut veniat; ibo ut viſam ſi domi eſt. Nihil opus

Fuit monitore, praeſto jamdudum domi

line 120 Apud me eſſe aiunt; egomet convivas moror;

Ibo hinc intró. Sed quid crepuerunt fores?

Hinc à me quiſnam egreditur? huc conceſſero.

2

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Act I. Scen. 2.

Clitopho, Chremes.

Cl.

THere is no cauſe yet, Clinia, why you ſhould be afraid; verily they do not linger.

And I know that ſhe will be here for you to day, together with the meſſenger.

And therefore let go that falſe thought ſomneſs, which ſo tormenteth you.

Ch.

Who is my ſon talking withal?

Cl.

My father is here, whom I wiſhed for. Father, you come in good time.

Ch.

line 5 What is the matter?

Cl.

Do you know Menedemus [...]his neighbour of ours?

Ch.

Very well.

[Page]Cl.

Do you know that he hath a ſon?

Ch.

I heard he is in Aſia.

Cl.

He is not father; he is at our houſe.

Ch.

What ſay you?

Cl.

I brought him to ſupper, as ſoon as he came, juſt as he came from the ſhip;

For he and I had been acquainted over ſince we were little children.

Ch.

You tell me good news. How I could wiſh that our neighbour Menedemus

line 10 Were more at our houſe, that I might firſt preſent him with this good news before he be aware,

At my houſe; and now it is full time.

Cl.

Father, take heed how you do it; there is no need.

Ch.

Why ſo?

Cl.

Becauſe as yet he is uncertain what to do with himſelf: He is but newly come.

He is afraid of every thing; his fathers diſpleaſure, and how his ſweetheart is affected to him.

He l [...]v th her dearly; this ado, and this going away is all long of her.

Ch.

I know that.

Cl.

line 15 He hath now ſent his boy to her into the citie, and I have ſent our Sy us with him.

Ch.

What ſaith he?

Cl.

What? he ſaith that he is in a miſerable caſe.

Ch

M [...]ſerable! whom

Should one think to be leſſe miſerable? What wants he, but he hath thoſe things

Which are rcckoned for good in a man, parents, a ſafe country, friends, ſtock, kindred,

Riches; and theſe are indeed juſt as his minde is that enjoyeth them.

line 20 They are good to him that knoweth how to uſe them; they are naught to him that doth not uſe them well.

Ch.

Nay, but

That old man hath been always very unreaſonable, and now I fear nothing more, but

That his father b [...]ing angry will do more then is fitting againſt him.

Ch.

What he? But

I will refrain my ſelf; for it is good for this my ſon, that he ſtand in fear.

Cl.

What ſay you with your ſelf?

Ch.

I will tell you.

How ever the caſe ſtood, yet he ſhould have tarried; perhaps his father was a little more harſh

line 25 Then he would have had him; he ſhould have born with him. For whom will he abide,

If he will not abide his own father? was it fitting that the father ſhould live as the ſon would have him,

[Page] Or the Son as the Father would have him? and whereas he pretends he is harſh; it is not ſo:

For Parents injuries are for the moſt part of one ſort; he that is a man but pretty tolerable,

They are loth they ſhould often play the whore-maſter, they are loth they ſhould often feaſt it;

line 30 They allow them but little money to ſpend; and all theſe things yet are for their good.

But when once the mind hath entangled it ſelf with a naughty appetite,

It muſt needs be, Clitipho, that like reſolutions do follow. This is

A known truth, to make trial by others, what may be uſefull for your ſelf.

Clit.

I think ſo.

Ch.

I will go hence in adoors, that I may ſee what ſupper we have.

line 35 Do you look to it, as the time of the day requireth, that you goe not any whither far hence.

Actus I. Scen. 2.

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Clitipho, Chremes.

Cl.

NIhil eſt adhuc quod vereare, Clinia; haudquaquam etiam ceſſant:

Et illam ſimul cum nuncio tibi hîc ego ad futuram hodie, ſcio.

Proin tu ſollicitudinem iſtam falſam, quae te excruciat, mittas.

Ch.

Quîcum loquitur filius?

Cl.

Pater adeſt, quem volui. Pater, opportunè advenis.

Ch.

line 5 Quid id eſt?

Cl.

Hunc Menedemum noſtin' vicinum noſtrum?

Ch.

Probé.

[Page]Cl.

Huic filium ſcis eſſe?

Chr.

Audivi eſſe in Aſiâ.

Ch.

Non eſt, pater a pud nos eſt.

Ch.

Quid ais?

Cl.

Advenientem, è navi egre-dientem illico abduxi

Ad coenam, nam mihi cum eo jam inde uſ (que) à pueritiâ ſemper fuit familiaritas.

Ch.

Voluptatem magnam nuntias. Quàm vellem Menedemum vicinum

line 10 Ut nobiſcum eſſet ampliùs, ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus

Objicerem [...]ei, domi! at (que) etiam nunc tempus eſt.

Cl.

Cave faxis, non eſt opus, pater.

Ch.

Qua propter?

Cl.

Quia enim incertum eſt etiam quid ſe faciat: modò venit.

Timet omnia, pat: is iram, at (que) animum amicae ſe erga ut ſit ſuae.

Eam miſerè amat, propter eam haec turba at (que) abitio evenit.

Ch.

Scio.

Cl.

line 15 Nunc ſervulum ad eam in u bem miſit, & ego noſtrum unà Syrum.

Ch.

Quid narrat?

Cl.

Quid? ille miſerum ſe eſſe.

Ch.

Miſerum! quem minùs

Credere eſt? Quid reliqui eſt, quin habeat, quae quidem eſſe in homine d [...]cuntur

Bona, parentes, patriam incolumem, amicos, genus, cognatos,

D [...]vitias? At (que) haec perinde ſunt ut illius anî qui ea poſſider: 20. Qui uti ſcit, ei bona; illi qui non utitur rectè, mala.

Cl.

Immò ille fuit

Senex import [...]nus ſemper: & nunc nihil magis. Vereor quam ne quid

In illum iratus plus ſatis faxit pater.

Ch.

Illene? Sed reprimam me,

Nam in metu eſſe hunc, illi eſt utile.

Cl.

Quid tute to cum?

Ch.

Dicam.

U [...] ut erat, manſum tamen oportu [...]t: fortaſſe aliquanto iniquior

line 25 Erat praeter ejus libidinem; pateretur. Nam quem ferret, ſi parentem

Non ferret ſuum? hunccine erat aequum ex illius more, an illum

[Page] Ex hujus vivere? Et quod illum inſimulat durum, id non eſt: nam parentum

Injuriae uniuſmodi ſunt fermè, paulò qui eſt homo tolerabilis,

Scortari crebrô nolunt, crebrô convivarier nolunt,

line 30 Praebent exiguè ſumptum, at (que) hae [...] ſunt tamen ad virturem omnia.

Verùm ubi animus ſemel ſe cupiditate ſe devinxit malâ,

Neceſſe eſt, Clitipho, conſilia copſequi ſimilia. Hoc

Scitum eſt, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex uſu ſiet.

Cl.

Ita credo.

Ch.

Ego ibo hinc intrò, ut videam nobis quid coenae ſiet.

line 35 Tu, ut tempus eſt diei, videſis, ne quò hinc abeas longius.

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1

Act II. Scene 1.

Clitipho.

Cl.

WHat unequal judges are fathers towards all young-men?

Who think it meet that we ſhould preſently of children become old-men,

And not be partakers of thoſe things which youth affordeth?

They meaſure us according to their deſire which they have now, and not which they had in times paſt.

line 5 If ever I have a ſon, truly he ſhall find me a gentle father,

For a time ſhall be allowed both to know, and pardon his faults.

I will not do as my Father, who ſhews me his mind by another perſon;

I am undone: When he hath drunk a little too much, what pranks of his doth he tell!

Now he ſaith, Make trial by others, what may be good for your ſelf.

line 10 A craſty fox! truly, truly, he doth not know how he tells me a tale in my deaf ear,

My ſweet-hearts ſayings do now more move me, Give me, and fetch me;

To whom I have nothing that I can anſwer, nor is any one in a worſe condition:

For this Clinia, although he have work enough of his own to do, yet

[Page] He hath one that is will and modeſtly brought up, and that knoweth not how to play the whore.

line 15 Mine is a ſtately, crav [...]ag, gallant, coſtly, notorious whore;

Moreover, all that I have to give her, is to ſay well; for I dare not ſay I have nothing.

I found this miſchief not long ago, and my father doth not yet know it.

Actus II. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Clitipho.

Cl.

Quàm iniqui ſunt patres in omnes adoleſcentes judices?

Qui aequum eſſe cenſent jam nos à pueris illico naſci ſenes,

Neque illarum affines eſſe rerum quas fert adoleſcenti [...]:

Ex ſuâ libidine moderantur nunc quae eſt, non quae olim fuit.

line 5 Mihi ſi unquam filius erit, nae ille facili me utetur patre,

Nam & cognoſcendi & ignoſcendi dabitur peccatis locus:

Non ut meus, qui mihi per alium oſtendit ſuam ſententiam:

Perii: is ubi adbibit plus paulò, ſua quae narrat facinora!

Nunc ait, Periculum ex aliis facito tibi quod ex uſu ſiet.

line 10 Aſtutus! nae, ille haud fcit quàm mihi nunc ſurdo narret fabulam.

Magis nunc me amicae dicta ſtimulant, Da mihi at (que) affer mihi:

Cui quid reſpondeam nihil habeo, ne (que) quiſquam eſt miſerior.

Nam hic Clinia etſi is quo (que) ſuarum rerum ſatagit, attamen

[Page] Habet bene & pudicè eductam, ignaram artis meretrie [...]ae.

line 15 Mea eſt potens, procax, magn fica, ſum [...]tuoſa, nobilis;

Tum quod dem ei rectè eſt: nam nihil eſſe mihi religi [...] eſt d [...]cere.

Hoc ego mali non pr [...]dem inven [...], ne (que) etiam dum ſcit pater.

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Act II. Scene 2.

Clinia, Clitipho.

Cl.

IF all things went well with me concerning my love, I know

They would have come long ago; but I fear leaſt the woman be corrupted here, whilſt I was away;

Many thoughts come in my head, which may encreaſe my ſuſpition:

The occaſion, the place, her age, her bad Mother under whoſe command ſhe is, to whom

line 5 Nothing is ſweet but money.

Clit.

Clinia.

Clin.

Wo is me poor man.

Clit.

Yet take heed that no body coming from your fathers chance to eſpy you here.

Clin.

I will. But I do not know what evil my mind for gives me.

Clit.

Do you go on to judg of that, before you know what truth there is in it?

Clin.

If there were no harm, they would have been here already.

Clit.

They will be here by and by.

Clin.

When will that be?

Clit.

line 10 You do not conſider that it is a good way hence, and you know womens faſhions;

Whilſt they are getting up, and getting ready, it is a years time.

Clin.

O Clitipho,

I am afraid.

Clit.

Take heart again; ſee where Dromo is and Syrus; they are both here together for you.

Actus II. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Clinia, Clitipho.

Clin.

SIm hi ſecundae res eſſent de amore meo, jan dudum ſcio

Veniſſent: ſed vercor, ne mulier, me abſcntc, hîc corrupta ſit:

Concu [...]runt multae opiniones, quae mihi animum exaugeant.

Occaſio, lo [...]s, aetas, mater cujus ſub imperio eſt mala, cui nihil

line 5 Jam p [...]aeter pretium dulce eſt.

Clit.

Clinia.

Clin.

Hei miſe [...]o mihi,

Clit.

Etiam cave, ne videat fortè hic te à patre aliquis ex [...]ens.

Clin.

Faciam, ſed neſcio quid prof [...]cto animus praeſagit mali.

Clit.

Pergin' [...]ſtuc prius d [...]judicare, quàm ſcias quad veri ſiet.

Clin.

Si nihil mali eſſet, jam hic adeſſent.

Clit.

Jam aderunt

Clin.

Quando iſt c [...]erit?

Clit.

line 10 Non cogitas hinc longius abeſſe, & nôſti mores mullerum;

Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus eſt.

Clin.

O Clitipho,

Timeo.

Clit.

Reſpira, eccum Dromonem cum Syro! unà adſun tibi.

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Act II. Scene 3.

Syrus, Dromo, Clitipho, Clinia.

S.

SAy you ſo?

D.

It is ſo.

S.

But in the mean time whilſt we hold diſcourſe,

[Page] They are left behind.

Clit.

Your woman is here for you; do you hear, Clinia?

Clin.

I hear indeed now at length, and ſee her, and am very well, Clitipho.

S.

It is no wonder they are ſo hindred; they bring a company

line 5 Of maids with them.

Clin.

I am undone: whence had ſhe thoſe maids?

Clit.

Do you ask me?

S.

They ſhould not have been left, they bring ſome things with them.

Clin.

We is me.

S.

Gold, and clothes; and it groweeh towards night, and they know not the way.

We have done fooliſhly. Do you, Dromo, ſtep and meet them.

Make haſte, why do you loyter?

Clin.

We is me poor man, how am I fallen ſhort of my hope?

Clit.

line 10 What is that? what thing troubleth you now?

Clin.

Do you ask what it is?

Do not you ſee her maids, her gold, her clothes, whom I left here but with one maid!

Whence do you think they are?

Clit.

Ah, now at length I underſtand you.

S.

O ſtrange, what a hurry is here! I know our houſe will ſcarce he be able to hold them.

What ſhall they eat? what ſhall they drink? what will be more miſerable then our old man?

line 15 But lo, I ſee thoſe that I deſired!

Clin.

O. Jupiter! where is there any truth to be found?

While I wandring up and down like a mad-man, want my Countrey ſor your ſake, you in the mean time

Have enriched your ſelf, Antiphila, and for ſaken me in theſe miſfortunes,

Becauſe of whom I undergo very great diſgrace, and am not ſo dutitifull to my father as I ought to be:

For whoſe ſake I am aſhamed, and I pity him, that often told me the conditions of theſe whores.

line 20 I am ſorry that he counſelled me to no purpoſe, and that he could not be able to drive me from her:

Which thing I will now do; I would not do it then when it might have been for my good.

There is no man in a worſe caſe than I.

S.

He is miſtaken ſurely upon our words,

[Page] Wh [...]en we ſhake here. Clinia, you take your ſweet-heart to be otherwiſe then ſhe is,

For her courſe of life is the ſame, and her mind is the ſame as it was towards you,

line 25 As far as we could gueſs upon the matter.

Clin.

What is the matter, I beſeech you? f [...]r there is nothing that I would now be more glad of,

Than that I make a falſe ſurmiz [...] about this matter.

S.

Firſt and fore [...]oſt, that you may not be ignorant oſ any thing touching this matter,

The old-woman which was heretofore ſaid to be her mother, was not ſo.

line 30 She died. I chanced to hear this as ſhe told it to the other woman upon the way.

Clit.

Who is that other woman?

S.

Tarry, Clitipho, I will firſt tell out my tale which I have begun,

And afterwards I will come to that.

Clit.

Make haſte.

S.

Now firſt of all,

As ſoon as ever we came at the houſe. D [...] knockt at the door;

line 35 An old-woman came forth: after ſhe had opened the door,

She preſently got her ſelf here in again; I followed hard after her:

The old-woman bolted the door, and fell to her ſpinning again.

Hereupon, or no way elſe, Clinia, it may be known,

In what imployment ſhe ſpent her time, when you was away,

line 40 Seeing we came upon the woman on a ſuddain.

For that thing then gave us an occaſion to judge

Of the daily courſe of her life,

Which doth moſt of all declare every ones diſpoſition how it is.

We found her buſily weaving a web,

line 45 M [...]anly c [...]ad in a mourning ſuit;

For that old womans ſake, I ſuppoſe, which was dead;

Dreſſed then without any gold, juſt as they that are dreſſed for themſelves:

We found her not painted with any ugly matter,

He hair was looſe, hanging down, and thrown back

line 50 Careleſly about her head. All is well.

Clin.

I pray thee, good Syrus,

Do not bring me into a fools Paradiſe.

S.

The old-woman

Spun the woof, and a little maid beſides,

She weaved with her, being all ragged,

Not regarded, naſty with ſl [...]ttiſh leſs.

Clit.

If theſe things be true Clinia,

line 55 [Page] As I beleeve they are, who is more fortunate then you?

Do you know this fluttiſh and naſtie girl that he ſpeaketh of?

This alſo is a great ſign that the miſtreſs is faultleſs,

When they that go her errands to and fro are ſo much neglected.

For the order is, that they that deſire way to the miſtreſſes,

line 60 Muſt firſt ſee the maids with the like gifts.

Clin.

Go on I pray you, and beware you do not labour

To get thanks of me undeſerved. What ſaid ſhe, when you named me?

Syr.

As ſoon as we told her that you were returned, and intreated her

To come to you, the woman left her web preſently,

line 65 And all to be-blubbered her face with tears,

That you might eaſily perceive it was done for the love of you.

Clin.

I know not, I ſwear, where I am for joy;

I was ſo afraid.

Clit.

But I knew there was no cauſe, Clinia:

Come on again, Syrus, tell me who is that other woman?

Sy.

line 70 We bring your Bacchis with us.

Cl.

How now? what, Bacchis?

Why you rogue, whither do you bring her?

Syr.

Whither do I bring her? to our houſe for ſooth.

Clit.

To my father?

Syr.

To him himſelf.

Clit.

O the ſhameleſs boldneſs

Of the fellow!

Syr.

Do you hear Sir, a great and memorable exploit

Is not done without danger.

Clit.

Look you to this; you rogue, you go about

line 75 To get your ſelf commendations with the hazard of my life, wherein if any thing,

Though never ſo little fail you, I am undone; what will you do with him?

Syr.

But.

Clit.

What but?

Syr.

If you will let me alone, I will tell you.

Clin.

Let him alone.

Clit.

I do let him alone.

Syr.

Thus ſtandeth the matter; ſhe as though with.

Clit.

What

Long tales, with a miſchief, doth he begin to tell me?

Clin.

He ſpeaketh the truth:

line 80 Let thoſe things paſſe, and come to the matter.

Syr.

Truly I cannot but ſpeak it,

Clitipho is injurious to me many wayes, and he cannot be born withal.

Clin.

Truly you muſt hear; hold your peace.

Clit.

What is the matter?

Syr.

You deſire to love,

You deſire to obtain, you deſire it may be brought about, that you may have ſomething to give her, you will not willingly be at any hazard

[Page] In enjoying her; you are very wiſe, if this be to be wiſe, for you to deſire that

line 85 Which cannot befall. Lither theſe things are to be had with thoſe,

Or thoſe that are to be foregone with theſe: Now ſee whether of theſe two proffers

You would rather have; although I know this reſolution that I have taken

Is right and ſafe. For there is liberty for your ſweet heart to be with you

At your fathers, without any fear; and then as for the money which you promiſed her,

line 90 I ſhall finde is this very way; which that I would do, you made my ears deaf

Already by intreating me: What elſe would you have?

Clit.

If indeed

This be done.

Syr.

If indeed: you ſhall know it by making tryal.

Clit.

Well, well, tell me,

That your reſolution, what it is.

Syr.

We will fain his ſweet-heart to be

Your ſweet-heart.

Cl.

Finely done! tell me what ſhall he do

line 95 With his own? Shall ſhe alſo be ſaid to be his, if this one be no diſgrace to him?

Syr.

Nay, ſhe ſhall be had to your mother.

Clit.

Why thither?

Syr.

Clitipho,

It would be too long for me to tell you why I do it: there is cauſe ſufficient.

Clit.

Theſe are but tales. I ſee nothing ſubſtantial why it is meet for me

To take this ſear upon my ſelf.

Syr.

Stay, I have another trick, if you fear this,

line 100 Which you will both conſeſs is out of all danger.

Clit.

I pray you,

Finde ſome ſuch thing as this.

Syr.

Yes, I will go hence to meet them,

And bid them return home again.

Clit.

Ha, what ſaid you?

Syr.

I will rid you

Of all your fear by and by, that you may reſt ſecurely.

Clit.

What ſhould I do now?

Clin.

What you? What becomes an honeſt man.

Clit.

Syrus, Do but tell me the truth.

Syr.

line 105 Do it now to day; you will wiſh it in vain when it is too late.

Clin.

Shee is offered you now, enjoy her whilſt you may;

For you know not whether you may have liberty of her hereafter, or never.

Clit.

Syrus, I ſay.

[Page]Syr.

Go on and ſpare not; yet I will do it.

Clit.

Indeed that is very true, you ſaid,

Syrus; Syrus I ſay, ho, ho Syrus.

Syr.

He is very hot, what would you have?

Clit.

come again, come again.

Syr.

Here I am, ſay what is the matter; You will ſay anon that this doth not like you.

Clit.

line 110 Nay, Syrus, I commit my ſelf, my love, and my credit to you,

You are the judge, ſee you be not blame-worthy.

Syr.

It is a fondneſs,

Clitipho, for you to warn me of this. As if I was not as much concerned in the matter,

As you; If any miſcarriage chance to happen to us in this matter,

You ſhall be chid, but this fellow ſhall be beaten. Wherefore,

line 115 I do not at all neglect this buſineſs. But prevail you with him

That he would make as though ſhe were his ſweet heart.

Clin.

Yes, For the matter is now come to that point

That I muſt needs do it.

Clit.

I love you, and good reaſon why, Clinia.

Clit.

But take heed ſhe do not faulter in her ſpeech.

Syr.

Shee is taught her leſſon very well.

But I wonder at this, how you could ſo eaſily perſwade her,

line 120 Who uſeth to ſcorn every body.

Syr.

I came to her in ſeaſon which is the chiefeſt thing of all.

For there I found a wretched ſouldier, intreating a nights lodging with her.

She dealt cunningly with the fellow, that ſhe might enflame his luſtful minde

With the want of her, and that ſhe might be very great in your favour becauſe of this.

But do you hear Sir, have a care that you do not fall on unawares.

line 125 You know how quick-ſighted your father is about theſe matters. And I know you,

How little command you uſe to have of your ſelf; forbear your ſpeaking the wrong word firſt,

Your turning your neck aſide, your ſighing, your ſpitting,, your coughing, and laughing.

Clit.

You will commend my behaviour.

Syr.

Have a care.

Clit.

You your ſelf will wonder at me.

Syr.

But how ſoon have the women overtaken us?

Clit.

Where are they? Why do you hold me?

Syr.

Now this is none of your ſweet-heart.

Clit.

I know that, at my fathers.

line 130 But now in the mean time.

Syr.

Not a jot the mere.

Clit.

Let [...] alone.

Syr.

I will not let you alone, I ſay.

[Page]Clit.

I pray you, a little while.

Syr.

I forbid you.

Clit.

At leaſt wiſe let me ſalute her.

Syr.

Get you gone

If you be wiſe.

Clit.

I am going, but what muſt be do?

Syr.

He ſhall tarry.

Clit.

O happy man he!

Syr.

Walk.

Act. II. Scen. 3.

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Syrus, Dromo, Clitipho, Clinia.

S.

AIn' tu?

D.

Sic eſt.

S.

Verum interea dum ſermones edi [...] mus,

[Page] Illae ſunt relictae.

Clit.

Mulier tibi adeſt, audin' Cliniae?

Clin.

Ego verò audio nunc demum, & video & valeo, Clitipho.

Syr.

Minimè mirum, adeò impeditae ſunt; ancillarum gregem

line 5 Ducunt ſecum.

Clin.

Perii, unde illi (que) ſunt ancillae?

Cl.

Me rogas?

Syr.

Non oportuit relictas: portant▪ quid rerum.

Clin.

Hci mihi.

Syr.

Aurum, veſtem, & veſp [...]raſcit, & non noverunt viam.

Factum à nobis ſtultè eſt. Abi dum tu, Dromo, illis obviam.

Propera, quid ſtas?

Clin.

Vae miſero mihi, quantâ de ſpe decidi!

Clit.

line 10 Quid iſthuc? quae res te ſollicitat autem?

Clin.

Rogitas quid ſiet?

Viden'tu ancillas, aurum, veſtem, quam ego cum unâ ancillulâ

Hîc reliqui; unde eſſe cenſes?

Clit.

Vah, nunc demum intelligo.

Syr.

Dii boni, quid turbae eſt? aedes noſtrae vix capient ſcio.

Quid comedent? quid b [...]bent? quid ſene erit n [...]ſtro miferius?

line 15 Sed video, eccos quos volebam.

Clin.

O Jupiter, ubinam eſt fides?

Dum ego propter te errans patriâ careo demens, tu interea loci,

Collocupletâſti, Antiphila, te, & me in his deſeruiſti malis:

Propter quam in ſummâ infamiâ ſum, & meo patri mirù, obſequens:

Cujus nunc pudet me & miſeret, qui harum mores cantabat mihi,

line 20 Monuiſſe fruſtra dolco, ne (que) eum potuiſſe unquam ab hac me expellere:

Quod tamen nunc faciam; tum cum mihi gratum effe potuit, nolui.

Nemo eſt miſcrior me.

Syr.

Hic de noſtris verbis errat videlicer,

[Page] Quae hîc ſumus loquuti. Clinia, Aliter [...]m amorem at (que) eſt a [...] cipis.

Nam & vita eſt cadem, & animus erga te idem ac fuit,

line 25 Quantum ex ipſâ re conjecturam cepimus.

Clin.

Quid eſt, obſecro? nam mihi nunc nihil rerum omnium eſt,

Quod malim, quàm me hic falſò ſuſpicarier.

S.

Hoc primum, ut ne quid hujus rei ignores, anus

Quae eſt dicta mater ei antehac, non fuit.

line 30 Ea obiit mortem. Hoc, ipſa in itinere alterae

Dum narrat, forte audivi.

Clit.

Quaenam eſt altera?

S.

Mane, hoc quod cepi primùm enarrem, Clitipho;

Pòſt iſtuc veniam.

Clit.

Propera.

S.

Jam primum omnium,

Ubi ventum ad aedes eſt, Dromo pultat fores:

line 35 Anus quaedam prodit; haec ubiaperuit oſtium,

Continuò hîc ſe conjecit int [...]ò, ego conſequor.

Anus foribus obdit peſſulum, ad lanam red [...]it;

Hîc ſciri potuit, aut nuſquam alibi, Clinia,

Quo ſt [...]dio vitam ſuam te abſente exegerit,

line 40 Ubi de improviſo eſt inte [...]ventum mulieri.

Nam ea res dedit tum exiſtumand▪ copiam

Quotidianae vitae conſuetudinem,

Quae cujuſ (que) ingenium ut ſit declarat maxumè.

Texent [...]m telam ſt [...]dioſè ipſam effendimus,

line 45 Mediocriter veſtitam veſte lugubri:

Ejus an ûs cauſâ, opinor, quae erat mortus;

Sine auro tum ornatam, ita ut quae ornantur ſibi;

N [...]llâ malâ re eſſe expolitam muliebri,

Capillus paſſus, prolixus, circum capur

line 50 Rejectus negligenter: Pax.

Clin.

Syre mi, obſecro

Ne me in laetitiam fruſtra conjicias.

S.

Anus

Sub regmen nebat; praeterea una ancillula

Erat, ea texebat una pannis obſita,

Neglecta, immunda illuvie.

Clit.

Si haec ſunt, Clinia,

line 55 [Page] Vera, ita ut credo, quis te eſt fortunatior?

Scin' tu hanc quam dicit ſordidatam & ſordidam?

Magnum hoc quoque ſignum eſt dominam eſſe extra noxiam,

Cùm tam negliguntur ejus inter nuncii:

Nam diſciplina eſt, iiſdem munerarier

line 60 Ancillas primùm, ad dominas qui affectant viam.

Clin.

Perge, obſecro te, & cave ne falſam gratiam

Studeas inire: quid ait ubi me nominas?

Syr.

Ubi dicimus rediiſſe te, & rogare uti

Veniret ad te, mulier telam deſerit

line 65 Continuò, & lachrymis opplet os totum ſibi,

Ut facil è ſcires deſiderio id fieri tuo.

Clin.

Prae gaudio, ita me Dii ament, ubi ſim, neſcio:

Ita timui.

Clit.

At ego nihil eſſe ſciebam, Clinia,

Agedum viciſſim, Syre. Dic quae eſt altera.

Syr.

line 70 Adducimus tuam Bacchidem.

Clit.

Hem! quid? Bacchidem?

Eho, ſceleſte, quò illam dueis?

Syr.

Quo illam ego? ad nos ſcilicet.

Clit.

Ad patrémne?

Syr.

Ad eum ipſum.

Clit.

O hominis impudentem

Audaciam!

Syr.

Heus tu, non fit ſine periclo magnum facinus

Et memorabile.

Clit.

Hoc vide; in meâ vitâ tu tibi

line 75 Laudem is quaeſitum, ſcelus; ubi ſi paululum modò

Quid te fugerit, ego perierim. Quid illo facias?

Syr.

At enim.

Clit.

Quid enim?

Syr.

Si finas, dicam.

Clin.

Sino.

Clit.

Sino.

Syr.

Ita res eſt, haec quaſi cùm.

Clit.

Quas malùm,

Ambages mihi narrare occipit!

Clin.

Verum hic dicit,

line 80 Mitte; Ad rem redi.

Syr.

Enimvero reticere nequeo,

Multis modis injurius Clitipho eſt, neque ferri potis eſt.

Clin.

Audiendum hercle eſt; tace.

Clit.

Quid eſt?

Syr.

Vis amare;

Vis potiri: vis, quod des illi, effici, Tuum eſſe in potiundo periculum

[Page] Non vis; haud ſtultè ſapis, ſiquidem id ſapere eſt, relle te id

line 85 Quod non poteſt contingere. Aut haec cum illis ſunt habenda,

Aut illa cum his amittenda ſunt. Harum duarum conditionum

Nunc utram malis, vide; etſi hoc conſilium quod coepi rectum eſſe

Et tutum ſcio; nam apud patrem tua amica tecum

Sine metu ut ſit, copia eſt; tum quod illi argentum es pollicitus,

line 90 Eadem hâc inveniam via; quod ut efficerem, orando ſurdas

Jam aures reddideras mihi. Quid aliud vis tibi?

Clit.

Siquidem

Hoc fic.

Syr.

Siquidem, experiundo ſcies.

Clit.

Age, age, cedò

Iſtud tuum conſilium, quid id eſt?

Syr.

Adſimulabimus tuam

Amicam hujus eſſe amicam.

Clit.

Pulchrè, cedò quid hic faciet

line 95 Suâ? an ea quoque dicetur hujus, fi una haec dedecori eſt parúm?

Syr.

Immò, ad tuam matrem deducetur.

Clit.

Quid eó?

Syr.

Longum eſt,

Clitipho, ſi tibi narrem, quamobrem id faciam: Vera cauſa eſt.

Clit.

Fabulae. Nihil ſatis firn [...]i video quamobrem accipere hunc mihi Expediat metum.

Syr.

Mane, habeo illud, ſi iſtuc metuis,

line 100 Quod ambo confiteamini ſine periculo eſſe.

Clit.

Hujuſmodi,

Obſecre, aliquid reperi.

Syr.

Maximè ibo obviam hinc;

Dicam, ut revertantur domum.

Clit.

Hem, quid dixti?

Syr.

Ademptum

Tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otioſè ut dormias.

Clit.

Quid ago nunc?

Clin.

Túne? quod boni eſt.

Clit.

Syre, dic modò verum.

Syr.

line 105 Age modò hodie: ſerò ac nequicquam voles.

Clin.

Datur modò: fruere dum licet.

Nam neſcias ejus ſit poteſtas poſth [...]c an nunquam tibi.

Cli,.

Syre, i [...]quam.

[Page]Syr.

Perge porrò: tamen iſtuc ago.

Clit.

Verum herele iſtuc eſt.

Syre, Syre, inquam; Heus, heus, Syre.

Syr.

Concaluit: quid vis?

Clit.

Redi, redi.

Syr.

Adſum, dic quid eſt. Jam hoc quo (que) negabis tibi placere.

Clit.

line 110 Imò, Syre, & me, & meum amorem, & falā permitto tibi.

Tu es judex, ne quid accuſandus ſis, vide.

Syr.

Ridiculum eſt

Te me iſtuc admonere, Clitipho. Quaſi iſtic minor mea res

Agatur quàm tua. Hîc ſi quid nobis fortè adverſi evenerit,

Tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera. Quapropter haec res

line 115 Neut quam neglectui eſt mihi. Sed iſtunc exora ut ſuam eſſe

Aſſimulet.

Clin.

Scilicet, facturum me eſſe, in eum res jam

Rediit locum, ut ſit neceſſe.

Clit.

Meritò te amo, Clinia.

Clin.

Verum illa ne quid titubet.

Syr.

Perdocta eſt probé.

At hoc demiror, qui tam facilè potueris perſuadere illi, quae

line 120 Solet quos ſpernere!

Syr.

In tempore ad eam veni, qùod rerum omnium eſt

Primum. Nam miſerum quendam offendi ibi militem ejus noctem

Orantem. Haec arte tractabat virum, ut illius animum cupidum

Inopiâ incenderet, eadem (que) ut eſſet apud te ob hoc quàm

Gratiſſima. Sed heus tu, vide ſis ne quid imprudens ruas.

line 125 Patrem novîſti ad has res quàm ſit perſpicax. Ego autem novi,

Quàm eſſe ſoleas impotens. Inverſa verba, & verſas cervices tuas,

Gemitus, ſcreatus, tuſſes, riſus abſtine.

Clit.

Laudabis.

Syr.

Vide ſis.

Clit.

Tutemet mirabere.

Syr.

Sed quàm citò ſunt conſequutae mulieres?

Clit.

Ubi ſunt? cur retines?

Syr.

Jam nunc haec non eſt tua.

Clit.

Scio apud patrem,

line 130 At nunc interim.

Syr.

Nihilo magis.

Clit.

Sine.

Syr.

Non ſinam, inquam.

[Page]Clit.

Quaeſo pauliſper.

Syr.

Veto.

Clit.

Saltem ſalutare.

Syr.

Abeas,

Si ſapis.

Clit.

Eo, quid iſtic?

Syr.

Manebit.

Clit.

O hominem

Foelicem!

Syr.

Ambula.

4

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Act II. Scene 4.

Bacchis, Antiphila, Clinia, Syrus.

B.

TRuly my Antiphila, I commend you, and deem you Fortunate, ſeeing you endeavoured that your conditions might be anſwerable to your beautie:

And (I ſwear) I do not wonder, though every one deſire to enjoy you,

For your talk diſcovered to me of what diſpoſition you are, and when I conſider

line 5 With my ſelf your courſe of life, and alſo of all ſuch as you, who caſt off vulgar perſons, it is no wonder

That you are ſuch as you are, and that we are not. For it ſtands you in hand to be honeſt;

They with whom we have to doe, will not ſuffer us. For lovers being taken with our beauty

Do haunt us; when this is decayed, they turn their minds elſewhere;

Unleſs we have provided ſomewhat for our ſelves in the mean time, we live forlorn.

line 10 Ye are reſolved to ſpend your time with one husband, whoſe behaviour is

Very anſwerable to yours; theſe apply themſelves to you; by this good turn

Ye are ſo really linked one to another, that never any miſhap

Can befal your love.

Ant.

I know not what other women are, but I know I have always done my beſt,

That I might do my ſelf good by ſeeking his good.

Clin.

Ah, then

line 15 My Antiphila, you alone bring me back again into my countrey.

For whilſt I was abſent from you, I thought all the pains which I undertook were nothing,

But only that I was without your company.

Syr.

I beleeve you.

Clit.

Syrus, I have much ado

To forbear. That I poor man may not do now as it liketh my ſelf;

[Page]Syr.

Nay, for as I ſee your father is diſpoſed, a long while he will deal hardly with you.

B.

line 20 What yong man is this that looketh at us?

Ant.

Ah, hold me, I pray you.

B.

I pray you, what ail you?

Ant.

I am undone poor woman.

B.

Antiphila,

Why are you ready to ſound.

Ant.

Do I ſee Clinia, or no?

B.

Whom do you ſee?

Clin.

God ſave you my dear-heart.

Ant.

O my long-looked for Clinia, God ſave you.

Clin.

How do you?

Ant.

I am glad that you are come ſafe home.

Clin.

line 25 Do I imbrace you Antiphila, whom my heart ſo much deſireth?

Syr.

Get ye in, for the old man hath tarried for you a good while.

Act. II. Scen. 4.

[Page]

Bacchis, Antiphila, Clinia, Syrus.

B.

AE Dipol te, mea Antiphila, laudo, & fortunatam Judico: id cùm ſtuduiſti formae ut mores conſimiles forent,

Minimé (que) (ita me bene Dii ament) miror, ſi te ſibi quiſ (que) expetit,

Nam mihi quale ingenium habetes fuit indicio oratio, & cum egomet

line 5 Nunc mecum in animo vitam tuam conſidero, Omniúm (que) adeò

Veſtrarum, vulgus quae ab ſe ſegregant; Et vos eſſe iſtiuſmodi,

Et nos non eſſe, haud mirabile eſt. Nam expedit bonas eſſe vobis,

Nos, quibuſcum res eſt, non ſinunt. Quippe formâ impulſi noſtrâ nos

Amatores colunt: haec ubi imminuta eſt, illi ſuum animum aliò

Conferunt: niſi ſi proſpectum eſt interea aliquid nobis, deſertae vivimus.

line 10 Vobis cum uno ſimul ubi aetatem agere decretum eſt viro, cujus mos maximè

Eſt conſimilis veſtrûm; hi ſe ad vos applicant; hoc beneficio utri (que)

Ab utriſ (que) ve [...] devincimini, ut nunquam ulla amori veſtro incidere

Poſſit calamitas.

Ant.

Neſcio alias; me quidem ſemper ſcio feciſſe ſedulò,

Ut ex illius commodo meum comparem commodum.

Clin.

Vah, ergo

line 15 Mea Antiphila, tu nunc ſola reducem me in patriam facis.

Nam dum abs te abſum, omnes mihi labores fu êre, quas cepi, leves,

Praeterquam tui carendum quod erat.

Syr.

Credo.

Clit.

Syre, vix

Suffero. Hoccine me miſerum non licere meo medò ingenio f [...]ui!

[Page]Syr.

Imò, ut patrem tuum video eſſe habitum diu, etiam duras dabi [...] ▪

B.

line 20 Quiſnam adoleſcens eſt qui intuetur nos?

Ant.

Ah, retine me, Obſecro.

B.

Amabó, quid tibi eſt?

Ant.

Diſperii miſera.

B.

Quid

Stupes, Antiphila?

Ant.

Videon' Cliniam, an non?

B.

Quem

Vides?

Clin.

Salve, anime mi.

Ant.

O mi expectate Clinia, Salve.

Clin.

U [...] vales?

Ant.

Salv [...]m adveniſſe gaudeo.

Clin.

line 25 Ten [...]on [...]te, Antiphila, maxumè animo exoptata meo?

Syr.

Ite intrò, nam vos jamdudum expectat ſenex.

3

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1

Act. III. Scen. 1.

Chremes, Menedemus.

Ch.

IT is towards day: Do I forbear to knock at this door

Of my neighbours? that he may firſt know from me that his ſon

Is returned, although I know the yong man is both to have it ſo.

But foraſmuch as I ſee this poor man is ſo much troubled

line 5 At his going away, ſhould I conceal this unlooked for joy,

When there is no danger to him by diſcovering it?

I will not do it, for I will help the old man as far as I am able,

Juſt as I ſee my ſon to be ready to ſerve his friend and companion,

And to help him with his attendance in all his buſineſſe;

line 10 It is alſo fitting that we old men ſhould help one another.

Men.

Certainly I am either notably born diſpoſed

To miſery, or that is not true which I hear to be commonly

Spoken, that Time takes away grief from men;

For my grief concerning my ſon increaſeth with me daily

line 15 More and more: and by how much the longer

He is away, by ſo much I deſire and covet more and more to ſee him.

Ch.

But I ſee him gone out of doors, I will go to him, and ſpeak to him.

Menedemus, God ſave you, I bring you news

Whereof you deſire moſt eſpecially to be a ſharer.

Men.

Chremes, Have you heard any thing concerning my ſon?

Ch.

He is well, and alive.

Men.

Where I pray you?

Ch.

At home at my houſe.

[Page]Men.

My ſon?

Ch.

Yes.

Men.

Is he come?

Ch.

For certain.

Men.

Is my ſon

Clinia come?

Ch.

I told you ſo.

Men.

Let us go, have me to him, I pray you:

Ch.

He would not have you know that he is returned yet, and he avoideth

line 25 The ſight of you becauſe of his fault, and is alſo afraid

Leſt your old wonted auſterity ſhould be increaſed.

Men.

Did not you tell him, how I was?

Ch.

No.

Men.

Why ſo, Chremes?

Ch.

Becauſe you take a very bad courſe both for him and you in that matter, ſon ſhew your ſelf to be ſo tender-hearted, and eaſily overcome.

Men.

line 30 I cannot but do ſo; I have been a harſh father long, and long enough.

Ch.

Ah

Menedemus, You are too eager both wayes,

Either in too much ſpending or ſparing.

You ſhall fall into the ſame trap by the one as well as the other.

Firſt, in times paſt rather then you would ſuffer your ſon

line 35 To go to a woman, which was then contented with a very little,

And by whom all things were thankfully accepted,

You rated him hence; ſhe being forced whether ſhe would or not

Began to ſeek a living where ſhe could come by it;

Now when ſhe cannot be had without great loſs,

line 40 You deſire to beſtow any thing on her. For that you may underſtand,

How well ſhe is now fitted to work ones deſtruction:

Firſt of all, ſhe hath brought with her above ten maids

Laden with clothes and gold; if her lover were a Lord,

He could never be able to maintain her charges,

line 45 Much leſs can you.

Men.

Is ſhe within?

Ch.

Do you ask, whether ſhe be or not?

I have felt it: For I have beſtowed one ſupper upon her,

And her attendants; but if I were to give them another, I ſhould be undone;

For to let other things paſs, what wine hath ſhe ſpent me even now

In ſipping, ſaying thus, This wine is ſomewhat too harſh,

line 50 Let me have that which is ſmoother! I pray you conſider,

I have unbroached all my hogs-heads, all my pipes,

I had all my folks bi [...]ſied, and this was but one night,

[Page] What do you think will become of you, whom they will daily eat out of houſe and harbour?

I ſwear from my heart, I pity your eſtate,

line 55 Menedemus.

Men.

Let him do as he liſteth.

Let him take, let him ſpend, let him waſte, I am reſolved [...] abide it,

So I may but have him with me.

Ch.

If you be reſolved

So to doe, I think it will be very requiſite for you,

That he may think you give it him unwittingly.

Men.

line 60 What ſhould I do?

Ch.

Any thing rather then what you intend;

I would have you give him by any body elſe, and ſuffer your ſelf

To be coſened by a ſervant with his tricks, although that I perceive that alſo,

That they are about it, and conſult of it cloſely amongſt themſelves.

Syrus whiſpereth with that ſon of yours, and the yong men lay their heads together;

line 65 And it is better for you to loſe a talent

This way, then a pound the other way.

We do not now ſtand about money, but that is we ſtand about,

How we may let the yong man have it with the leaſt perill;

For if he once come to underſtand your minde,

line 70 That you will rather loſe your own life, and rather

Loſe all your money, then you will let your ſon go from you,

Fie, what a gap will you lay open for his lewdneſs?

So as beſides you have ſmall comfort of your life;

For we are all of us worſe by too much liberty,

line 75 He will do whatſoever comes in his minde,

Neither wil he conſider whether it be bad or good which he ſhal requeſt;

You will never be able to endure your eſtate and him to be caſt away.

You will deny to give him, he will preſently run to that

Whereby he ſhall think himſelf moſt able to prevail with you.

line 80 He will threaten to go away from you forthwith.

Men.

You ſeem to ſpeak the truth, and juſt as the matter is.

Ch.

Truly, I have not ſlept one wink all this night,

Whilſt I was muſing, how I might help you to your ſon again.

Men.

Give me your right hand; I intreat you further Chremes that you would do this ſame thing.

Ch.

line 85 I am ready to ſerve you.

Men.

Do you know what I would have you do now?

Ch.

Tell me.

Men.

That which you perceive they go about to coſen me of.

[Page] That they would make haſte to do it; I deſire to give him

What he would have; I long now to ſee him.

Ch.

I will do my beſt.

I muſt take Syrus in hand and perſwade him.

line 90 I know not who comes forth of my houſe; go you hence home,

Leſt they ſhould think that you and I have agreed betwixt our ſelves;

This little buſineſs hindreth me; Sinus and Crito

Our neighbours are at a controverſie here about their lands.

They have made me an Ʋmpire betwixt them; I will go and ſay, as I told you,

line 95 That I will do my beſt to help them, but I cannot attend them to day.

I will be here again preſently.

Men.

I pray you do ſo: O ſtrange!

That the nature of all men ſhould be ſo diſpoſed,

That they can better ſee and judge of other mens things then their own

Cometh it hereupon, becauſe in our own affairs

line 100 We are very much hindred by too much joy,

Or grieſ of minde? How much wiſer

Now is this man for me then I am for my ſelf?

Ch.

I have rid my ſelf ſrom them, that I might attend you at leiſure.

Actus III. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Chremes, Menedemus.

Ch.

LUceſcit; hoc jam ceſſo pultare oſtium

Vicini? primùm ex me ut ſciat ſibi filium

Rediſſe; etſi adoleſcentem hoc nolle intelligo;

Verùm cum videam miſerum hunc tam cruciarier

line 5 Ejus abitu, celem tam inſperatum gaudium,

Cùm illi pericli nihil ex indicio ſiet?

Haud faciam: adjuvabo ſenem nam quod potero;

Ita ut'filium meum amico at (que) aequali ſuo

Video inſervire, & ſervum eſſe in negotii [...]:

line 10 Nos quo (que) ſenes eſt aequum ſenibus obſequi.

Men.

Aut ego prefectò ingenio egregiè ad miſeriam

Natus ſum, aut illud falſum eſt quod vulgò audio

Dici, Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus:

Nam mihi quotidie augeſcit magis de filio

line 15 Aegritudo; & quanto diut ùs

Abeſt, magis cupio tantò & magis defidero.

Ch.

Sed ipſum egreſſum foràs video; ib [...], alloquar.

Menedeme, ſalve, nuncium apporto tibi

Cujus maxumè te fieri participem cup [...]s.

Men.

line 20 Numquidnam de [...]nato meo audiſt [...], Chreme?

Ch.

Valet at (que) vivit.

Men.

Ubinam quaeſo?

Ch.

Apud me domi.

[Page]Men.

Meus gnatus?

Ch.

Sic eſt.

Men.

Venit?

Ch.

Cert [...].

Men.

Clinia

Meus venit?

Ch.

Dixi.

Men.

Eamus; duc me ad eum, obſecro.

Ch.

Non vult te ſcire ſe rediiſſe etiam, & tuum

line 25 Conſpectum fugitat ob peccatum, tum hec timer,

Ne tua duritia illa antiqua etiam adaucta ſiet.

Men.

Non tu ei dixiſti, ut eſſem?

Ch.

Non.

Men.

Quamobrem, Chreme?

Ch.

Quia peſſumè iſtuc in te at (que) in illum conſulis,

Si te tam leni & victo eſſe animo oſtenderis.

Men.

line 30 Non poſſum; ſatis jam ſatis pater durus fui.

Ch.

Ah,

Vehemens in utram (que) partem, Menedeme, es nimis,

Aut largitate nimiâ aut parſimoniâ;

In eandem fraudem ex hac re arque ex illâ incides.

Primùm olim potiùs quàm pater êre filium

line 35 Commeare ad mulierculam, quae paululo tum erat

Contenta, euique erant grata omnia,

Perterruiſti hinc: ea coacta ingratiis

Poſt illa coepit victum vulgo quaerere.

Nunc cùm ſine magno intertrimento non poteſt

line 40 Haberi, quidvis dare cupis; nam ut tu ſcias

Quam ea nunc inſtructa pulchrè ad perniciem ſiet,

Primùm jam ancillas ſecum adduxit plus decem,

Oner [...]tas veſte at (que) auro: Satrapes ſi ſiet,

Amator, nunquam ſufferre ejus ſumptus queat,

line 45 Nedum tu poſſis.

Men.

Eſtné ea intus?

Ch.

Sit rogas?

Senſi. Nam unam coenam ei at (que) ejus comitibus

Dedi; quòd ſi iterum ſit danda, actum eſt.

Nam ut alia omittam, pitiſſando modò mihi

Quod vini abſumpſit? ſic, Hoc, dicens, aſperum,

line 50 Pater, eſt; hoc aliud lenius: ſodes vide,

Relevi dolia omnia, omnes ſerias.

Omnes ſollicitos habui, atque haec una nox,

[Page] Quid te futurum eſſe cenſes, quem aſſiduè exederit?

Sic me Dii amabunt, ut me tuarum miſertum eſt,

line 55 Menedeme, fortunarum.

Men.

Faciat, quod lubet,

Sumat, conſumat, perdat; decretum eſt pati,

Dum illum modò habeam m [...]cum.

Ch.

Si certum eſt tibi

Sic facere, illud permagnl referre arbitror,

Ut neſcientem ſentiat te id ſibi dare.

Men.

line 60 Quid faciam?

Ch.

Quidvis potius quàm quod cogitas.

Per alium quemvis ut des; falli te ſinas

Technis per ſervulum, erſi ſubſenſi id quoque,

Illos ibi eſſe, id agere inter ſe clanculum.

Sy rus cum illo veſtro conſuſurrat; conferunt

line 65 Conſilia adoleſcentes, & tibi perdere

Talentum hoc pacto ſatius eſt, quàm illo minam.

Non nunc de pecuniâ agitur, ſed illud, quo modo

Minimo periculo id demus adoleſcentulo.

Nam ſi ſemel tuum animum ille intellexrit,

line 70 Prius proditurum te tuam vitam, & prius

Pecuniam omnem, quàm abs te amittas filium,

Hui quantam feneſtram ad nequitiam parefeceris!

Tibi autem porrò ut non ſit ſuave vivere;

Nam deteriores omnes ſumus licentiâ.

line 75 Quodcun (que) inciderit in mentem, volet,

Ne (que) id putabit pravum an rectum ſit, quod petet.

Tu rem perire & illum, non poteris pati.

Dare denegâris, ibit ad illud illico,

Quo maximè apud re ſe valere ſentiet;

line 80 Abiturum ſe abs re eſſe illieo minabitur.

Men.

Videre verum, atque ita uti res eſt, dicere.

Ch.

Somnum hercle ego hac nocte oculis non vidi meis,

Dum id quaero, tibi quî filium reſtituerim.

Men.

Cedò dextram; porrò te oro idem ut facias, Chreme.

Ch.

line 85 Paratus ſum.

Men.

Scin', quid nunc facere te volo?

Ch.

Dic.

Men.

Quod ſenſiſti illos me incipere fallere,

[Page] Id ut maturent facere; cupio illi dare,

Quod vult: cupio ipſum jam videre.

Ch.

Operam dabe.

Syrus eſt prehendendus, at (que) adhortandus mihi.

line 90 A me neſcio quis exit; concede hinc domum,

Ne nos inter nos congruere ſentiant.

Paulum hoc negoti mihi obſtat: Sinus, & Crito

Vicini noſtri hic ambigunt de finibus.

Me cepêre arbitrum; ibo ac dicam, ut dixeram,

line 95 Operam daturum me, hodie non poſſe his dare.

Continuò hîc adero.

Men.

Ita quaeſo. Dii voſtram fidem!

Itan' comparatam eſſe hominum naturam omnium

Aliena vt melius videant & judicent, quàm ſua?

line 100 An eò ſit, quia in re noſtrâ aut gaudio ſumus

Perpediti nimio, aut aegritudine? Hic mihi,

Nunc quantò plus ſapit, quàm egomet mihi?

Ch.

Diſſolvi me, otioſus ut operam tibi darem.

2

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Act III. Scene 2.

Syrus, Chremes.

Sy.

RƲn about this way and that way, yet I muſt finde

Money, I muſt deviſe ſome trick for the old man.

Ch.

I was not miſtaken, that they were plotting about it, now verily

That ſame ſervant of Clinia's is a dullard,

line 5 And therefore the charge of the buſineſs is committed to this fellow of ours.

S.

Who talks here? I am undone. Hath he heard theſe words?

Ch.

Syrus.

S.

Ha.

Ch.

What do you there?

S.

Truly Chremes I much wonder at you,

That you are up ſo early, who drunk ſo much yeſterday.

Ch.

Nothing too much.

S.

Nothing ſay you! me thought as folks uſe to ſay,

line 10 You were like an old Eagle.

Ch.

No more of that.

S.

This where is a pleaſant and

[Page] Merry-conceited woman.

Ch.

So ſhe ſeemed indeed to me.

S.

And truly of a clear complexion.

Ch.

So and ſo.

S.

Not ſo good as it was in times paſt, but as it is at this preſent.

And I do not wonder that Clinia is deep in love with her:

line 15 But hath a certain father, a covetous, mif [...]rly, and dry fellow.

This neighbour of ours; do not you know him? And as if he had

Not means enough, his ſon for ſook his country for want.

Do you know it to be done as I ſay?

Ch.

Why ſhould I but know?

A fellow that deſerves the houſe of correction.

S.

Whom do you mean?

Ch.

I mean

line 20 That ſervant of the yong mans.

S.

O Syrus, I was curſedly afraid for ▪you.

Ch.

Who ſuffered that thing to be done.

S.

What ſhould he have done?

Ch.

Do you ask?

He ſhould have found out ſome ſhift, and have deviſed wily tricks,

Whereby the yong man might have ſomewhat to beſtow on his ſweetheart,

And might have ſaved this old-man againſt his will, that is ſo hard to pleaſe.

S.

line 25 You do but talk.

Ch.

Syrus, theſe things ought to have been done by him.

S.

Why, I pray you, do you commend thoſe that deceive their maſters?

Ch.

In ſeaſon

Truly I commend them.

S.

Very well indeed.

Ch.

Becauſe

That is ſometimes a remedie oſ great inconveniences.

Now his only ſon might have remained at home to this man.

S,

line 30 I know not whether he ſpeak theſe words in jeſt or in earneſt,

But indeed he gives me encouragement, that I may have more minde to do it.

Ch.

And now, Syrus, what doth he wait for? what whilſt he go away

Hence again, ſeeing he cannot be able to bear her charges,

Doth he not invent ſome cunning-trick to put upon the old man?

S.

He a blockhead.

line 35 But it behoveth you to help him ſor the yong mans ſake.

S.

Truly I can ſoon do it, if you but ſay the word;

For I know very well, how it is wont to be done.

Ch.

Verily you are ſo much the fitter man.

S.

I am not uſed to diſſemble.

Ch.

Do it then.

S.

But do you hear, be ſure you remember theſe ſame things,

line 40 [Page] If any thing of this nature chance to befall at any time,

As humane things are caſual, that your ſon ſhould do the like.

Ch.

It will not come to paſse, I hope.

S.

Truly I hope ſo too,

Nor do I ſpeak it now therefore, becauſe I perceived him go about any ſuch thing;

But if he ſhould do any ſuch thing, that you may not be angry at me; you ſee what his age is.

line 45 And truly Chremes, if need ſhould be, I could handle you gallantly.

Ch.

We will conſider concerning that matter when occaſion ſhall ſerve,

What ſhall be needful. Now mind what you have in hand.

S.

I never heard my maſter ſpeak more opportunely then now.

Nor when I went about to do a miſchief, did I think

line 50 I might more freely do it. Who comes forth from our houſe?

Actus III. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Syrus, Chremes.

Sy.

HAc illac circumcurſa, inveniendum tamen

Argentum, intendenda in ſenem eſt fallacia.

Ch.

Non me feſellit hoſce id ſtruere, videlicet

Ille Cliniae ſervus tardiuſculus eſt,

line 5 Idcirco huic noſtro tradita eſt provincia.

S.

Quis hic loquitur? perii. Numnam haec audivit?

Ch.

Syre.

S.

Hem!

Ch.

Quid tu iſt îc?

S.

Rectè quidem te demiror, Chreme;

Tam manè, qui heri tantum b [...]beris.

Ch.

Nihil nimis.

S.

Nihil narras? viſa verò eſt, quod dici ſolet,

line 10 Aquilae ſenectus.

Ch.

Eja.

S.

Mulier commoda &

[Page] Faceta haec eſt meretrix.

Ch.

Sanè idem vifa eſt mihi.

S.

Et quidem hercle formâ luculentâ.

Ch.

Sie ſatis.

S.

Ita non ut olim, ſed uti nunc ſanè, bonâ.

Minimé (que) miror; Glinia hanc ſi deperit.

line 15 Sed habet patrem quendam, avidum, miſerum at (que) aridum,

Vicinum hunc, noſtin? & quafi is non divitiis

Abundet, natus ejus profugit inopiâ;

Scin' eſſe factum ut dico?

Ch.

Quid ego neſciam?

Hominem piſtrino dignum.

S.

Quem?

Ch.

Iſtunc ſervulum

line 20 Dico adoleſcentis.

S.

Syre, tibi timui malé.

Ch.

Qui paſſus eſt id fieri?

S.

Quid faceret?

Ch.

Rogas?

Aliquid reperiret, fingeret fallacias,

Unde eſſet adoleſcenti amicae quod daret,

At (que) hunc difficilem invitum ſervaret ſenem.

S.

line 25 Garris.

Ch.

Haec facta ab illo oportebant, Syre.

S.

Eho, quaeſo, laudas qui heros fallunt.

Ch.

In loco

Ego verò laudo.

S.

Rectè ſané.

Ch.

Quippe quia

Magnarum ſaepe aegritudinum id remedium eſt,

Jam huic manſiſſet unicus gnatus domi.

S.

line 30 Jocóne an ſeriò illaec dicat neſcio,

Niſi mihi qaidem addit animum, quo lubeat magis,

Ch.

Et nunc quid expectat, Syre? an dum hinc denuo

Abeat, cum tolerare hujus ſumptus non queat?

Nonne ad ſenem aliquam fabricam fingit?

S.

Stolidus eſt,

line 35 At te adjutare oportet adoleſcentuli

Cauſâ.

S.

Facilè quidem facere poſſum, ſi jubes:

Etenim quo pacto id fieri ſoleat, calleo.

Ch.

Tanto hercle melior.

S.

Non eſt mentiri meum.

Ch.

Fac ergo.

S.

At, heus tu, facito eadem haec memineris,

line 40 [Page] Si quid hujus ſimile, forte aliquand [...] evenerit,

Ut ſunt humana, tuus ut faciat filius.

Ch.

Non uſus veniet, ſpero.

S.

Spero hercle ego quoque.

Neque eò nunc dico, quò quicquam illum ſenſerim:

Sed ſi quid, nequid quae ſit ejus aetas vides.

line 45 Et nae ego te, ſi uſus veniat, magnificè, Chreme,

Tractare poſſim.

Ch.

De iſtoc, cum uſus venerit,

Videbimus quid opus ſit; nunc iſtuc age.

S.

Nunquam commodiùs unquam herum audiviloqui.

Nec, cùm malefacerem, crederem mihi impunius

line 50 Licere. Quiſnam a nobis egreditur foras?

3

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Act III. Scen. 3.

Chremes, Clitipho, Syrus.

Ch.

WHat is that I pray you? what behaviour is that, Clitipho?

Is it fitting to do ſo?

Cl.

What have I done?

Ch.

Did not I ſee you juſt now,

Put your hand into that whores boſome?

S.

The matter is daſht, I am undone.

Cl.

What me?

Ch.

With theſe eyes.

line 5 Do not deny it. Do you offer him ſuch a baſe wrong,

That you cannot hold your hands? For indeed this is

A groſs abuſe, to entertain a man that is your friend

With you, and to buſie your ſelf with his ſweet-heart: even yeſterday in your wine

How immodeſt were you?

S.

He was ſo.

Ch.

How trouble ſome?

line 10 That indeed (I ſwear) I was afraid what would be the end of it.

I know the mind of lovers, they take things in dudgeon

Which you would not imagine.

Cl.

But he dare credit me,

Fathers that I will do no ſuch matter.

Ch.

Be it ſo; yet indeed

[Page] You ſhould have gone ſomewhither a while out of their ſight. Love

line 15 Affordeth many things; your preſence hindereth them. I gueſs

By my ſelf. There is none of my friends at this day, Clitipho,

To whom I dare diſcloſe all my ſecrets.

His worth hindereth with one, with another it ir [...]eth me

Of what is done, leſt I ſhould ſeem to be fooliſh or ſaucie, which ſuppoſe him to doe.

line 20 But it is our duty to underſtand to pleaſure a friend, howſoever, and whenſoever there is need.

S.

What is he telling?

Cl.

I am undone.

S.

Clitipho, I diſcharging the duty

Of an honeſt and moderate perſon, do adviſe you theſe things.

Cl.

Hold your peace, I pray you.

S.

Very well indeed.

Ch.

Syrus, I am aſhamed.

S.

I beleeve you, and not without cauſe; for it troubleth me.

Cl.

Do you go on

line 25 Indeed?

S.

I ſpeak the truth, what I think.

Cl.

Should I not come

At them?

Ch.

Why I pray you, is there but one way to come at them?

S,

But he will firſt bewray him ſelf, before I get the money.

Chromes, Will you hearken to me a fooliſh fellow?

Ch.

What Shall I do?

S.

[...]id this man go ſome whither hence.

Cl.

Whither ſhould I go

line 30 Hence?

S.

Whither you liſt. Give them place. Go walk.

Cl.

Walk, whither?

S

Fie, as if you wanted a place.

Go forſooth this way, or that way, whither you will.

Ch.

He ſaith well

I ſuppoſe.

Cl.

Syrus, an ill end come to thee

That thruſteſt me thence.

S.

But do you hold thoſe hands hereafter.

line 35 Suppoſe you ſo indeed? what do you think Chremes, he will do further,

Unleſs you obſerve, chaſtiſe, and admoniſh him, as far as God will enable you.

Ch.

I will look to that.

S.

But maſter, you muſt now look to him.

Ch.

It ſhall be done.

S.

If you be wiſe, for he regards me leſs and leſs.

Ch.

Syrus, What ſay you? Have you done any thing about that matter, of which I ſpake to you a while ago?

line 40 [Page] Or have you found any thing that liketh you, or not yet at all?

S.

[...] you ſpeak

About the trick? whilſt I have found one lately.

Ch.

You are an honeſt fellow, tell me what it is.

S.

I will tell you, but as one thing fell out after another.

Ch.

What is it Syrus?

S.

This is a very naughtie whore.

Ch.

So ſhe ſeems.

S.

Nay, if you knew all.

See this prank which ſhe begins to play. There was an old woman of Corinth here.

line 45 This woman had lent her ſixteen pounds and a mark.

Ch.

What then? She died and left behinde her a yong daughter,

She was left as a pawn to this whore for that money.

Ch.

I underderſtand you.

S.

She hath brought her with her, and ſhe is now with your wife.

Ch.

What then?

S.

Clinia intreateth her to beſtow her on him, and yet deſireth to give her

line 50 Afterwards the ſixteen pounds and a mark.

Ch.

And will be indeed deſire it?

S.

Whoo, is that any queſtion?

Ch.

I thought ſo; what do you now think to do?

S.

What I? I will go to Menedemus, and tell him ſhe was bought from Caria,

Being rich, and a gentlewoman; if he will buy her again, much gain is to be got by her.

Ch.

You are miſtaken.

S.

Why ſo?

Ch.

I will now anſwer you for Menedemus.

line 55 I will not buy her; What will you do?

S.

Speak as one would have you.

Ch.

But there is no need.

S.

Is there no need?

Ch.

No indeed.

S.

Why ſay you ſo? I wonder.

Ch.

You ſhall know by and by▪ Tarry, tarry; what is the matter,

That our door creaks ſo much?

Act. III. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Chremes, Clitipho, Syrus,

Ch.

QUid iſtuc, quaeſo? qui iſtic mos eſt Clitipho?

Itáne fieri oportet?

Cl.

Quid ego feci?

Ch.

Vid [...]n' ego te mod [...]

Manum in ſinum huic meretrici inſ [...]rere?

S.

Acta haec res eſt, perii.

Cl.

Méne?

Ch.

Hiſce oculis:

line 5 Ne nega. Facis adeò indignè injuriam

Illi, qui non abſtaneas manum? nam iſtaec quidem

Contumelia eſt, hominem amicum recipere

Ad te, at (que) ejus amicam ſubagitare; Vel heri in vino

Quàm immodeſtus fuiſti?

S.

Factum eſt.

Ch.

Quàm moleſtus?

line 10 Ut equidem (ita me dii ament) metui quid futurum denique

Eſſet. Novi ego amantium animum, advortunt graviter,

Quae non cenſeas.

Cl.

At mihi fides apud hunc eſt,

Nihil me iſtius facturum, pater.

Ch.

Eſto; at oertè

[Page] Coneedas aliquo ab ore [...]orum aliquantiſper. Multa fert

line 15 Libido; ea prohibet facere tua praeſentia. Ego de me facio Conjecturam. Nemo eſt meorum am [...]corum hodie, apud quem Expromere omnia mea occulta, Clitipho, audeam.

Apud alium prohibet dignitas, apud alium ipſius facti Piget, ne ineptus, ne protervus videar: quod illum facere credito.

line 20 Sed noſtrum eſt intelligere utcun (que) atque ubicun (que) opus opus obſequi.

S.

Quid iſtic narrat?

Clit.

Perii.

S.

Clitipho, haec ego

Praecipio tibi, hominis frugi & temperantis functus officio.

Cl.

Tace, ſodes.

S.

Rectè ſane.

Ch.

Syre, pudet me.

S.

Credo, neque id injuriâ; quin mihi moleſtum eſt.

Cl.

Pergin'

line 25 Hercle!

S.

Verum dico, quod videtur.

Cl.

Nonne accedam

Ad illos?

Ch.

Eho, quaeſo, una accedendi via eſt.

S.

Atenim hic priùs ſe indicaverit, quàm ego argentum effero.

Chreme, vin'tu homini ſtulto mihi auſcultare?

Ch.

Quid Faciam?

S.

J [...]be hunc abire hinc aliquó.

Cl.

Quò ego hinc

line 30 Abeam?

S.

Quò lubet. Da illis locum. Abi deambulatum.

Cl.

Deambulatum? quò?

S.

Vah, quaſi deſit locus.

Abi, ſanè, iſtâc, iſtorſum, quò vis.

Ch.

Rectè dicit,

Cenſeo.

Cl.

Dii te eradicent, Syre, qui me iſtinc

Extrudis.

S.

At tu tibi iſtas poſthac comprimito manus.

line 35 Cenſen' verò, quid illum por [...]ò credis facturum, Chreme,

Niſi eum, quantum tibi op [...]s Dii dant, ſervas, caſtigas, mones?

Ch.

Ego iſtuc curabo.

S.

Atqui nunc, here, tibi adſervandus eſt.

Ch.

Fiet.

S.

Si ſapias; nam mihi jam minus minúſ (que) obtemperat.

Ch.

Quid tu? ecquid de illo, quod dudum tecum egi, egiſtin', Syre?

line 40 [Page] Aut reperiſti tibi quod placeat, an nondum etiam?

S.

De fallaciâ

Dicis? eſt, inveni quandam nuper.

Ch.

Frugies; cedò quid id eſt?

S.

Dicam, verùm ut aliud ex alio incidit.

Ch.

Quidnam, Syre?

Ch.

Peſſima haec eſt meretrix.

Ch.

Ita videtur.

S.

Immo, ſi ſcias.

Hoc vide quod inceptat facinus. Fuit quaedam anus Corinthia hîc;

line 45 Huic drachmarum argenti haec mille dederat mutuum.

Ch.

Quid tum?

S.

Ea mortua eſt: reliquit filiam adoleſcentulam,

Ea relicta huic arraboni eſt pro illo argento.

Ch.

Intelligo.

S.

Hanc ſecum huc adduxit, ea (que) eſt nunc ad uxorem tuam.

Ch.

Quid tum?

S.

Clinia orat ſibi uti nunc det illam; illi tamen pòſt daturum mille

[...]. Nummum poſcit.

Ch.

Et poſ [...]it quidem?

S.

Hui, dubiúmne

Id eſt?

Ch.

Ego ſic putavi. Quid nunc facere cogitas?

S.

Egóne? ad Menedemum ibo: dicam hanc eſſe captam ex Caria,

Ditem & nobilem; fi redimat, magnum in eâ eſſe lucrum.

Ch.

Erras.

S.

Quid ita?

Ch.

Pro Menedemo ego nunc tibi

line 55 Reſpondeo, Non emo: quid agis?

S.

Op [...]ata loquere.

Ch.

Atqui non eſt opus.

S.

Non opus eſt?

Ch.

Non hercle veró.

S.

Quî iſtuc? miror.

Ch.

Jam ſcies. Mane, mane; quid eſt, quòd tam.

A nobis graviter crepuére fores?

4

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1

Act IV. Scene 1.

Soſtrata, Chremes, Nutrix, Syrus.

So.

UNleſs I be deceived, ſurely this is the ring, which I ſuppoſe it to be. That with which my daughter was expoſed with.

Ch.

Syrus, what meaneth this talk?

So.

What is it? Do not you think it

To be it?

N.

Truly I told you preſently, as ſoon as you ſhewed it me,

line 5 That it was it.

So.

But be ſure that you now look well upon it,

My nurſe.

N.

I have viewed it ſufficiently.

So.

Now go your way in, and if ſhe

Have already waſhed, bring me word. In the mean time I will tarry for my husband here.

Sy.

She would ſpeak with you, you may ſee what ſhe would have: I know not why ſhe is ſad,

There's ſome occaſion: I fear what the matter ſhould be.

Ch.

What ſhould it be? truly ſhe

line 10 Will tell us great trifling tales now with much ado.

So.

O ho, my husband.

Ch.

O ho, my wife.

So.

I am looking for you.

Ch.

Speak, what

You would have.

So.

Firſt, I intreat you that you would not think

That I durſt do any thing contrary to your command.

Ch.

Would you have me

Beleeve you this, though it be a thing not to be beleeved? I beleeve you.

Sy.

I know not

line 15 What fault this excuſe importeth.

So.

Do you not remember that I was with childe,

And that you gave me very ſtrict charge, that if I had a girl I ſhould not

Bring it up?

Ch.

I know what you have done, you have brought it up.

Sy.

Have you done ſo?

Then, miſtreſs, my maſter hath received damage.

So.

Not ſo,

But there was here an old woman of Corinth, an honeſt woman, I gave her to be caſt forth.

Ch.

line 20 O Jupiter, that you ſhould be ſo void of wit!

So.

I am undone.

[Page] What have I done?

Ch.

But do you ask?

So.

I have done amiſs, my Chremes,

I have done it unwittingly.

Ch.

I know that for certain, though you ſhould ſay ſay to it,

That you both ſay and doe all things unwittingly and unadviſedly;

You diſcover ſo many faults in this matter. For firſt now▪ if you would have done

line 25 As I commanded you, ſhe ſhould have been killed, you ſhould not have diſſembled her death

In words, and given her hope of life in very deed. But I paſs by that; that was but pity,

And a motherly minde, I bear with it. But how well have you looke to it? what did you intend?

Conſider with your ſelf, your daughter forſooth is moſt manifeſtly betrayed to that old woman

By you, either to turn whore, or to be ſold publikely. I think this was

line 30 Your thought; any thing is well enough, ſo ſhe may but live. What ſhould one do with thoſe

That know neither right nor reaſon, what is fitting? be a thing better or worſe,

Be it for them, or againſt them, they regard nothing but what they liſt.

So.

My Chremes,

I confeſs, I have offended, I am confuted; now I intreat you this, by how much more

Experienced your minde is, and more inclinable to pardon, that your equity

line 35 May be ſome protection to my folly.

Ch.

Yes indeed

I will pardon that fault. But Soſtrata, my gentleneſs doth badly teach you

Many things. But what ever it be, ſpeak, wherefore it was begun.

So.

As we fooliſh and ſorry women are all ſuperſtitious; when I gave her to her to be expoſed,

I pluckt the ring from off my finger, and bade her expoſe it with the girl;

line 40 That if ſhe died ſhe might not be quite without ſome of óur goods.

Ch.

That is very well, you both ſaved your ſelf and her.

So.

This is that ring:

Ch.

Whence had you it?

So.

Of the yong woman which Bacchis brought with her.

[Page]Sy.

What now?

Ch.

What doth ſhe ſay?

So.

She whilſt ſhe went to waſh her,

Gave me the ring to keep. I did not minde it at firſt, but after I lookt upon it, I knew it preſently.

line 45 I came in haſte to you.

Ch.

What now do you conjecture or finde concerning her?

So.

I know not, but you may ask of her, whence ſhe had it, if ſhe may

Be found.

Sy.

I am undone, I ſee more hope then I would; ſhe is ours, if it be ſo.

Ch.

Is ſhe alive to whom you gave her?

So.

I know not.

Ch.

What did ſhe ſay

Shee did heretofore?

So.

That which I bade her.

Ch.

Tell me what was the name

line 50 Of the woman, that ſhe may be enquired after.

So.

Philtere.

Sy.

That is ſhe, it is a wonder

If ſhe be not ſafe, and I undone.

Ch.

Soſtrata, follow me in this way.

So.

How is it fallen out beyond my expectation! how greatly feared I, leſt you ſhould be

As hard-hearted now, as you was heretofore, Chremes, about bringing her up!

Ch.

A man may not be

Oftentimes as he would, if the matter do not permit. Now ſo is the time with me that I deſire

line 55 A daughter, whereas once I coveted nothing leſſe.

Sy.

Ʋnleſs I be deceived, an ill turn is not far off me,

My forces are now quite driven into ſuch a narrow ſtrait,

Except I finde out ſome trick, that the old may not know this is his ſons ſweet-heart.

For there is nothing for me to hope on about getting the money, or that I ſhould deſire

To deceive the old man; I ſhall be glad if I may get away with a whole skin.

line 60 I am vext that ſuch a good morſel is ſuddenly taken out of my chaps;

What ſhould I do? or what ſhall I deviſe? I muſt begin to reckon anew;

There is nothing ſo hard, but by ſearching it may be found out.

What if I ſhould begin this thus? it is to no purpoſe. What if thus? I ſhall do all one.

But I think it may be thus: it cannot be; Yes, very well; O brave! I have a very fine way.

line 65 [Page] Truly I ſuppoſe I ſhall for all this draw into my fingers that ſame monie which is apt to be gone.

Act. IV. Scen. 1.

[Page]

Soſtrata, Chremes, Nutrix, Syrus.

So.

NIſi me animus fall it, hic profectò eſt annulus, quem Ego ſuſpicor. Is quîcum expoſita eſt gnata.

Ch.

Quid vult ſibi, Syre, haec oratio?

So.

Quid eſt? iſne tibi

Videtur?

N.

Dixi equidem, ubi mihi oſtendiſti,

line 5 Illicò cum eſſe.

So.

At ut ſatis modò contemplata ſis, mea Nutrix.

N.

Satis.

So.

Abi nunc jam intró, at (que) illa

Si jam laverit, mihi nuntia. Hîc ego virum interea operibor.

Sy.

Te vult: ut videas quid velit; neſcio quid triſtis eſt,

Non temerè eſt: metuo quid ſit.

Ch.

Quid ſiet? nae iſta hercle

line 10 Magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit.

So.

Ehem, mi vir.

Ch.

Ehem, mea uxor.

So.

Teipſum quaero.

Ch.

Loquere, quid Velis.

So.

Primùm hoc te oro, ne quid credas me adverſ [...]m Edictum tuum facere eſſe auſam.

Ch.

Vis me iſtuc tibi, etſi

Incredibile eſt, credere? credo.

Sy.

Neſcio quid peccati

line 15 Portat haec purgatio.

So.

Meminiſtin' me eſſe gravidam,

Et mihi te maximo opere interminatum, ſi puellam parerem, nollc

Tolli?

Ch.

Scio quid feceris, ſuſtuliſti.

Sy.

Sic eſt factum?

Domina, Ergo herus damno auctus eſt.

So.

Minimè. Sed erat hîc anus Corinthia haud impura, ei dedi exponendam.

Ch.

line 20 O Jupiter, tantámne eſſe in animo inſcitiam!

So.

Perii.

[Page] Quid ego feci?

Ch.

Atrogitas?

So.

Si peccavi, mi Chremes,

Inſciens feci.

Ch.

Id quidem ego, etſi tu neges, certe ſcio,

Te inſcientem at (que) imprudentem dicere ac facere omnia.

Tot peccata in hac re oſtendis. Nam jam primùm ſi meum imperium

line 25 Exequi voluiſſes, interemptam oportuit, non ſimulare mortem

Verbis, re ipsâ ſpem vitae dare; at id omitto; miſcricord [...]a,

Animus maternus, ſino; quàm bene verò abs te proſpectum eſt▪ quid voluiſti?

Cogita: nempe anui illi prodita abs te filia eſt planiſſimé,

Per te; vel uti quaeſtum faceret, vel uti veniret palàm. Credo id

line 30 Cogitâſti, quidvis ſatis eſt dum vivat modó. Quid cum illis agas,

Qui neque, jus, neque bonum at (que) aequum ſciunt? melius, pejus;

Proſit, obſit; nihil vident, niſi quod lubet.

So.

Mi Chreme,

Peccavi, fateor, vincor; nunc hoc te obſecro, quanto tuus eſt

Animus natu gravior, ignoſcentior, ut meae ſtultitiae

line 35 Juſtitia tua ſit aliquid praeſidii.

Ch.

Scilicet equidem

Iſtuc factum ignoſcam. Verùm, Soſtrata, malè docet te mea facilitas

Multa. Sed iſtud quicquid eſt, quâ hoc occeptum cauſâ eſt, loquere.

So.

Ut ſtultae & miſerae omnes ſumus religioſae; cùm exponendam do

Illi, de digito annulum detraho, & cum dico ut unà cum puellâ

line 40 Exponeret. Si moreretur, ne expers partis eſſet de noſtris bonis.

Ch.

Iſtuc rectè, conſervâſti te at (que) illam.

So.

Hic is eſt annulu [...].

Ch.

Unde habes?

So.

Quam Bacchis ſecum adduxit adoleſcentulam.

[Page]Sy.

Hem!

Ch.

Quid ea narrat?

So.

Ea lavatum dum it, ſervandum mihi

Dedit annulum. Non advorti primò; ſed poſtquam aſpexi, illico cognovi.

line 45 Ad te exilii.

Ch.

Quid nunc ſuſpicare, aut invenis de illâ?

So.

Neſcio, niſi ut ex ipsâ quaeras, unde hunc habuerit, ſi potis eſt

Reperiri.

Sy.

Interii, plus ſpei video quàm volo; noſtra eſt, ſi ita eſt;

Ch.

Vivitne illa, cui tu dederas?

So.

Neſcio.

Ch.

Quid renunciavit

Olim feciſſe?

So.

Id quod juſſeram.

Ch.

Nomen mulieris cedò

line 50 Quid ſit, ut quaeratur.

So.

Philtere.

Sy.

Ipſa eſt; mirum, ni

Illa ſalva eſt, & ego perii.

Ch.

Soſtrata, ſequere intrò hâc.

So.

Ut praeter ſpem evenit! quam timui malè, ne nunc animo ita eſſes duro,

Ut olim in tollendâ, Chreme!

Ch.

Non licet hominem eſſe ſaepe

Ita ut vult, ſi res non ſinit. Nunc ita tempus eſt mihi ut cupiam filiam, olim

line 55 Nihil minús.

Sy.

Niſi me animus fall [...]t, haud multum a me aberit infortunium,

Ita hercle in anguſtum oppidò nunc meae coguntur copiae:

Niſi aliquid video, ne eſſe amicam hanc gnati reſciſcat ſenex.

Nam quod de argento ſperem, aut poſſe poſtulem, me fallere,

Nihil eſt; triumpho, ſi licet me latere tecto abſcedere

line 60 Crucior bolum tantum mihi eſſe ereptum tam ſubitò è faucibus.

Quid agam? aut quid comminiſcar? ratio de integro ineunda eſt mihi.

Nihil tam difficile eſt, quin quaerendo inveſtigari poſſiet.

Quid ſi hoc ſic incipi [...]m? nihil eſt; fi ſic? tantundem egero.

At ſic opinor: non poteſt; immò, optumè; euge, optumam habeo.

line 65 [Page] Retraham hercle opinor ad me idem illud fu gitivum argentum tamen.

2

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Act IV. Scene 2.

Clinia, Syrus.

Cl.

NOthing hereafter can happen to me ſo weightie, which May cauſe me any grief; this ſo great joy hath befallen me.

I now yeild my ſelf to my father, to become more thrifty then he would have me.

Sy.

The matter hath not deceived me, as far as I hear by his words.

line 5 I am glad that this is fallen out to you according to your deſire.

Cl.

O my Syrus, have you heard I pray you?

Sy.

What elſe, who was continually with them?

Cl.

To whom did you ever hear any thing happen ſo well?

Sy.

To [...] man.

Cl.

And I ſwear, I am not ſo much glad for my own ſake,

As for hers, whom I know to deſerve all the reſpect that may be.

S.

line 10 So I think; but now, Clinia, go to, let me have your help again.

For your friends buſineſs muſt alſo be looked to, that it may be made ſafe:

Leſt the old man ſhould now perceive any thing about the love.

Cl.

O Jupiter!

Sy.

Be quiet.

Cl.

My Antiphila ſhall be married to me.

Sy.

Do you ſo interrupt me in my ſpeech!

Cl.

What ſhall I do, my Syrus? I am glad: bear with me.

Sy.

I do bear with you, but indeed.

Cl.

line 15 We are very happy.

Sy.

I ſuppoſe, I beſtow my labour in vain.

Cl.

Speak; I hear you.

Sy.

But you will not now hear me this.

Cl.

I will do it.

Sy.

I ſay, Clinia, you muſt have a care of your friends buſineſs that it be made ſafe:

For if you now go away from our houſe, and leave Bacchis here, the old man will know

Preſently that ſhe is Clitipho's ſweet-heart; but if you have her away, it will be concealed

line 20 [Page] So as it hath been hitherto.

Cl.

But Syrus, there is nothing more

Againſt my marriage; for with what face ſhall I ſpeak to my father?

Do you underſtand what I ſhould ſay?

Sy.

What elſe?

Cl.

What ſhould I ſay? what excuſe

Shall I make?

Sy.

What? I would not have you lie; tell him plainly

How the matter is.

Cl.

What ſay you?

Sy.

I charge you, tell him that you

line 25 Love her, and deſire to marry her, and that this is Clilipho's ſweetheart.

Cl.

You command me

A very honeſt and juſt thing, and eaſie to be done; and forſooth

You would now have me intreat my father this, that he would conceal it from your old man.

Sy.

Nay, I would have him tell all the matter down-right in order.

Cl.

Ha,

Are you well in your wits, and not drunk? Truly you go the way to undo him quite; for how

line 30 For how can he be in ſafety? tell me.

Sy.

Indeed I think this courſe

The beſt; herein I gallantly vaunt my ſelf, that have ſo great power

In me, and ability of ſuch craft, as that by telling the truth

I can deceive them both; that when our old man telleth yours that ſhe is

His ſons ſweet-heart, he may not beleeve it for all that.

Clin.

But by this means

line 35 You take from me again all hope of marriage: for as long as he ſhall think

That ſhe is my ſweet-heart, he will not adventure his daughter. You perhaps,

Make ſmal reckoning what ſhall become of me, ſo you may ſhift for him.

Sy.

What

With a miſchief, do you think I deſire it to be diſsembled long? its but for one day,

Till I get the money, and no more.

Cl.

Do you account ſo much enough?

line 40 What then I pray you, if my father know it? what if I tell you

As they that ſay, What if the skie ſhould fall now?

Cl.

I am afraid

What to do.

Sy.

Are you afraid? as if it were not in your own power

To acquit your ſelf what time you liſt, and make the matter manifeſt.

[Page]Cl.

[...], [...] [...]c [...]his [...]e brought.

Syr.

In very good ti [...], ſhe her ſelf cometh forth.

Actus IV. Scen. 2.

[Page]

Clinia, Syrus.

Cl.

NUlla mihi res poſthac poteſt jam intervenire tanta, quae mihi Aegritudinem afferat: tanta haec laetitia aborta eſt,

Dedo patri me nunc jam, ut frugalior ſim quàm vult.

Sy.

Nihil me fefellit, quantum audio hujus verba.

line 5 Iſtuc tibi ex ſententiâ tuâ obtigiſſe laetor.

Cl.

O mi Syre, audiſtin' obſecro?

Sy.

Quid ni, qui uſ (que) unà affuerim;

Cl.

Cui aequè audiſti commodè quicquam eveniſſe?

Sy.

Nulli.

Cl.

At (que) ita me Dii ament, ut ego nunc non tam meâpte cauſâ

Laetor, quam illius, quam ego ſcio eſſe honore quovis dignam.

line 10 Ira credo; ſed nunc Clinia, age, da te mihi viciſſim,

Nam amici quo (que) res eſt videnda, in tuto ut collocetur;

Ne quid de amore nunc ſenex.

Cl.

O Jupiter

Sy.

Quieſce.

Cl.

Antiphila mea nubet mihi.

Sy.

Siccine me interloquere?

Cl.

Quid faciam, mi Syre? gaudeo; fer me.

S.

Fero, hercle vero

Cl.

line 15 Deorum vitam adeptti ſumus.

S.

Fruſtra operam, opinor ſumo.

Cl.

Loquere, audio.

S.

At jam hoc non audies.

Cl.

Agam.

S.

Vid [...]ndum, inquam, amici quo (que) res, Clinia, tui in tuto ut collocetur:

Nam ſi nunc à nobis abis, & Bacchidem hic relinquis, ſenex reſciſſcet

Illico eſſe amicam hanc Clitiphonis: ſi adduxeris, celabitur

line 20 [Page] Itidem, ut celata eſt adhuc.

Cl.

Atenim iſtoc nihil eſt magis

Syre, meis nuptiis adverſum: nam quo ore appellabo patrem?

Tenes, quid dicam?

Sy.

Quidni?

Cl.

Quid dicam? quam cauſam

Afferam?

Sy.

Quid? nolo mentiare, apertè ita ut res ſoſe

Habet, narrato.

Cl.

Quid ais?

Sy.

Jubeo illam te

line 25 Amare & velle uxorem: hanc eſſe Clitiphonis.

Cl.

Bonam

Atq: juſtam rem oppidò imperas, & factu facilem; & ſcilicet

Jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut celet ſenem veſtrum.

Sy.

Imò, ut rectâ viâ rem narret ordine omnem.

Cl.

Hem,

Satin' ſanus es & ſobrius? Tu quidem illum planè perd [...]s; nam quî

line 30 Ille poterit eſſe in tuto? dic mihi.

Sy.

Huic equidem conſilio

Palmam do, hic me magnificè effero, qui vim tantam

In me & poteſtatem habeam tantae aſtutiae, vera dicendo

Ut eos ambos fallam; ut cùm narret ſenex noſter veſtro iſtam eſſe

Amicam gnati, non credat tamen.

Cl.

At enim ſpem iſtoc

line 35 Pacto rurſus nuptiarum omnem mihi eripis; nam dum amica [...]

Hanc meam eſſe credet, non committet filiam. Tu fortaſſe

Quid me fiet, parvi pendis, dum illi conſulas.

Sy.

Quid,

Malùm me aetatem cenſes velle id aſſimularier? Unus eſt dies,

Dum argentum eripio [...] nihil amplius.

Cl.

Tantum ſat habes?

line 40 Quid tum quaeſo, ſi pater hoc reſciverit?

Sy.

Quid ſi redeo

Ad illos, qui aiunt, Quid ſi nunc coelum ruat?

Cl.

Metuo

Quid agam.

Sy.

Metuis? quaſi non ea poteſtas ſit tua,

Quo velis in tempore ut te exſolvas, rem facias palam.

[Page]Cl.

Age, age, traducatur Bacchis.

Sy.

Optum [...], ipſa exit fo [...]as.

3

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Act IV. Scene 3.

Bacchis, Clinia, Syrus, Dromo, Phrygia.

B.

TRuly, Syrus's his promiſes have ſaucily enough brought me hither

For the ten pounds which be promiſed me. But if he ſhall now

D [...]ceive me, he ſhall come in vain, often intreating me to come.

Or when I ſhall have told him, and appointed that I will come, when he

line 5 Hath carried certain word, Clitipho ſhall then hang in hope,

I will deceive him and not come; I ſhall make Syrus's back to ſmart for it.

Cl.

Shee promiſeth you pretty well. But do you think ſhe jeſteth?

Shee will do it, except I take heed.

B.

They are aſleep, but indeed

I will rouſe them. My Phrygia, did you not hear even now, what country houſe

line 10 Of Charinus's that fellow ſhewed us?

Ph.

I heard him.

B.

He ſaid it was next

To this ground on the right hand.

Ph.

I remember it.

B.

Run

Apact; the ſouldier keeps with him a feaſt to Bacchus.

Sy.

Why doth ſhe begin theſe things?

B.

Tell him, that I am here ſore againſt my will, and that I am kept perforce,

But that I will deceive them one way or other, and will come.

Sy.

line 15 I am undone indeed. Bacchis, tarry, tarry; whither do you ſend that maid, I pray you?

Bid her tarry.

B.

Go your way.

Sy.

But the money is ready.

B.

But I tarry here.

Sy.

But it ſhall be given you by and by.

B.

As you pleaſe; do I urge you?

Sy.

But I pray you, know you not what you are to doe?

B.

What?

Sy.

You muſt now ſtep, over to Menedemus houſe, and all your train,

Muſt be brought over thither.

B.

What do you do, you rogue?

Sy.

What I? I am coyning the money.

[Page] Which I muſt give you.

B.

Do you think me fit to make a fool on?

Sy.

It is not for nothing.

B.

What have you any thing to do with me here?

Sy.

No, I will but give you your own.

B.

Let us go.

Sy.

Follow me this way. Ho Dromo.

Dr.

Who would have any thing with me?

Sy.

Syrus.

Dr.

What is the matter? Bring over all Bacchis maids hither to your houſe quickly.

Dr.

Why ſo?

Sy.

Do not ſtand to ask.

And let them bring what things they brought with them hither. The old man will hope

line 25 That his charge is leſſened by their going hence. Truly, he little knoweth what great loſſe

This little gain may bring him. You know not what you do know,

D [...]omo, if you be wiſe.

Dr.

You ſhall tell them, I will be as mute as a Fiſh.

Actus IV. Scen. 3.

[Page]

Bacchis, Clinia, Syrus, Dromo, Phrygia.

B.

SAtis pol protervè me Syri promiſſa huc adduxerunt,

Decem minas quas mihi pollicitus eſt. Quod ſi nunc me

Deceperit, [...]aepe obſecrans me ut ut veniam, fruſtra veniet:

Aut cùm venturam dixero & conſtituero, cùm is certe

line 5 Renunciaverit, Clitipho tum ſpe pendebit animi,

Decipiam ac non veniam; Syrus mihi tergo paenas pendet.

Cl.

Satis ſcitè promittit tibi.

Sy.

Atqui tu hanc jocari credis?

Faciet, niſi caveo.

B.

Dormiunt; ego pol iſtos

Commovebo. Mea Phrygia, and iſtin modò iſte homo quam villam

line 10 Demonſtravit Charini?

Ph.

Audivi.

B.

Proxumam eſſe

Huic fundo ad dextram?

Ph.

Memini.

B.

Curriculo

Percurre: apud eum miles Dionyſia agitat.

Sy.

Quid haec inceptat?

B.

Dic me hîc oppidò eſſe invitam, atque aſſervari:

line 15 Verùm aliquo pacto verba me his daturam eſſe, at (que) venturam.

Sy.

Perii hercle: Bacchis mane, mane; quò mittis iſtam nunc quaeſo?

Jube, maneat.

B.

Abi.

Sy.

Quin eſt paratum argentum.

B.

Quin ego hîc maneo.

Sy.

Atqui jam dabitur.

B.

Ut lubet, num ego inſto?

Sy.

At ſcin, quid ſodes facias?

B.

Quid?

Sy.

Tranſeundum nunc tibi ad Menedemum eſt, & tua pompa

Eò traducenda eſt.

B.

Quam rem agis, ſcelus?

Sy.

Egon'? argentum cudo,

line 20 [Page] Quod tibi dem.

B.

Dignam me putas, quam illudas?

Sy.

[...] eſt temeré.

B.

Etiámne tecum hîc res mihi eſt?

S [...]

[...]inimè, tuum tibi reddo.

B.

Eatur.

Sy.

Sequere me hâc. Heus Dromo.

Dr.

Quis me vult?

Sy.

Syrus.

Dr.

Quid eſt rei?

Sy.

Ancillas omnes Bacchidis

Traduce huc ad vos properé.

Dr.

Quam ob rem?

Sy.

Ne quaeras.

line 25 Et ferant, quae ſecum huc attulerunt. Sperabit ſumptum ſibi ſenex

Levatum eſſe harum abitu. Nae, ille haud ſcit hoc paululum lucri,

Quantum ei damni apportet. Tu neſcis id quod ſcis,

Dromo, ſi ſapies.

Dr.

Mutum dices.

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Act. IV. Scen. 4.

Chremes, Syrus.

Ch.

I Swear, I pity Menedemus's hap,

That ſo much miſchief hath befallen him,

As to maintain that woman with all her family,

Though I know he will not be ſenſible of it theſe two or three dayes,

line 5 He hath had ſuch a great deſire after his ſon.

But when he ſhall ſee that he ſhall be daily at ſuch charges

In houſe-keeping, and that there will be no mean,

He will wiſh again that his ſon were gone from him.

I ſee Syrus in good time, Lo where he is.

Sy.

Do I make no haſte to ſet on him?

Ch.

Syrus.

Sy.

Ha.

Ch.

line 10 What is the matter?

Sy.

I wiſhed long ago to have met with you.

Ch.

Me thinks you have been doing ſomething now with the old man,

I know not what.

Sy.

Do you mean about that which you ſpake of ere-while? I fully diſta [...]ched it.

Ch.

What in good earneſt?

Sy.

In good earneſt truly.

Ch.

I cannot forbear,

[Page] But I muſt ſtroke thy bead. Come hither to me, Syrus,

line 15 I will do you ſome good turn for that matter, and with all my heart.

Sy.

But if you knew how prettily it came into my minde.

Ch.

Fie do you brag, that it fell out according to your minde?

Sy.

No, indeed, I tell you the truth.

Ch.

Tell me what it is.

Sy.

Cli [...]i [...] told Menedemus that this Bacchis

line 20 Is your ſon Clitipho's ſweet-heart, and that he brought her with him

For that reaſon, for fear you ſhould fully perceive it.

Ch.

Very well.

Sy.

Speak in good ſooth.

Ch.

I ſay it is too too well.

Sy.

Yes, ſo far well enough.

But bear further, what bravery remaineth;

He will tell you that himſelf ſaw your daughter,

line 25 And that her beauty liked him well, after he ſaw her.

Sy.

Her,

And that he would fain have her to wife.

Ch.

Doth he mean her which was found erewhile?

And he will bid that ſhe be required.

Ch.

Why ſay you that Syrus?

For I underſtand nothing at all.

Sy.

Tuſh, you are a dullard.

Ch.

Perhaps ſo.

Sy.

He ſhall have money given him for the marriage,

line 30 Wherewith he may get gold and cloathes; do you apprehend me?

Ch.

Let him get it.

Sy.

That ſame is it.

Ch.

But I will neither give nor promiſe her to him.

Sy.

No? why?

Ch.

Do you ask me why? to a fellow?

Sy.

Do as you liſt.

Act. IV. Scen. 4.

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Chremes, Syrus.

Ch.

ITa me Dii amabunt, ut nunc Menedemi vicem

Miſeret me, tantum deveniſſe ad cum mali,

Illancine mulierem alere cum illâ familiâ,

Etſi ſcio hoſce aliquot dies non ſentiet,

line 5 Ita magno deſiderio fuit ei filius.

Verùm ubi videbit tantos ſibi ſumptus domi

Quotidianos fieri, nec fieri modum,

Optabit rurſum ut abeat ab ſe filius.

Syrum optumè, eccum.

Sy.

Ceſſo hunc adoriri?

Ch.

Syre.

Sy.

Hem,

Ch.

line 10 Quid eſt?

Sy.

Te mihi ipſum jamdudum exoptabam dari.

Ch.

Videre egiſſe jam neſcio quid cum ſene.

Sy.

De illo quod dudum? dictum ac factum reddidi.

Ch.

Bonáne fide?

Sy.

Bonâ hercle.

Ch.

Non poſſum pati

[Page] Quin tibi caput demmulceam. Accede huc, Syre,

line 15 Faciam tibi boni aliquid pro iſtâ re ac lubens.

S.

At ſi ſcias, quàm ſcitè in mentem venerit.

Ch.

Vah, gloriare eveniſſe ex ſententiâ?

Sy.

Non hercle verò, verum dico.

Ch.

Dic quid eſt.

Sy.

Tui Clitiphonis eſſe amicam hanc Bacchidem

line 20 Menedemo dixit Clinia, & ei gratiâ

Secum adduxiſſe, ne tu id perſentiſceres.

Ch.

Probè.

Sy.

Dic ſodes.

Ch.

Nimiùm inquam.

Sy.

Imò ſic ſatis.

Sed porrò auſculta quod ſupereſt fallaciae,

Seſe ipſe dicet tuam vidiſſe filiam,

line 25 Ejus ſibi complacitam formam, poſtquam aſpexerit,

Hanc ſe cupere uxorem.

Ch.

Modóne quae inventa eſt?

Sy.

Eam.

Et quidem jubebit poſci.

Ch.

Quamobrem iſtuc, Syre?

Nam prorſus nihil intelligo.

Sy.

Hui, tardus es.

Ch.

Fortaſſe.

S.

Argentum dabitur ei ad nuptias;

line 30 Aurum at (que) veſtem, quî; tenéſne?

Ch.

Comparet.

Sy.

Id ipſum.

Ch.

At ego illi nec do nec deſpondeo.

Sy.

Non, quamobrem?

Ch.

Quamobrem me rogas? homini?

Sy.

Ut lubet.

§

§

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ADELPHI TERENTII Anglo-Latina.

TERENCES ADELPHI Engliſh and Latine.

§

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ADELPHI

Publii Terentii Carthagenienſis Afri

Acta Ludis Funebribus Lucii Aemilii Pauli;

Q. Fabio Maximo, & P. Cornelio Africano Aedilibus Curulibus.

Quos fecere L. Attilius Praeneſtinus & Minutius Prothimus.

Modos fecit Flaccus Claudii Tibiis Sarranis.

Graeca eſt Menandri; Edita L. Anicio (Gallo) Marco Cornelio (Cethego) Conſulibus.

Anno Ab Urbe condita D XC V. Ante Chriſtum na [...]um C LX VIII.

ADELPHI

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A Comedy of Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

Acted At the Funeral ſolemnities of Lucius Aemilius Paulus;

Q. Fabius Maximus and Publius Cornelius Africanus Being Aediles Curules.

Which Lucius Praeneſtinus and Minutius Prothimus ſet out.

Flaceus the Son of Claudius tuned it On Pipes that had even holes, ſuch as the Sarrans or Tyrians uſed.

It is a Greek Comedie of Menanders, publiſhed When Lucius Anicius (Gallus) and Marcus Cornelius ( [...]ethegus) were Conſuls.

In the Year Since the citie Rome was built DXCV. Before Chriſt was born C LX VIII.

§

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The Argument or Plot of Adelphi, by Caeius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

WHere as Demea had two young men to his ſonnes,

He giveth Aeſchines to his brother Mitio to be adopted,

But keeps Cteſipho with himſelf. This Cteſipho

Being caught with the pleaſant deportment of a minſtrelleſs,

line 5 And living under a harſh and ſevere father,

His brother Ae [...]chinus concealed, and took upon him too

The report of his love, and at laſt

He took the m [...]nſtre leſs from the bawd by force. This ſame Aeſchinus

Had defloured a poor girl a citizen of Athens;

line 10 And had plight her his tr [...]th, that ſhe ſhould be his wife.

After the truth was diſcovered, Aeſchinus married

The maid the citizen of Athens, that he had defloured;

Cteſipho enjoyeth the minſtrelleſs as his wife,

His harſh father D [...]mea being over-intreated with much adoe.

Adelphorum argumentum; C. Sulpicio Apollinari authore.

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DUos cum haberet Demea adoleſcentulos,

Dat Mitioni fratri adoptandum Aeſchinum,

Sed Cteſiphonem retinet. H [...]hariſtriae

Lepore captum, ſub doro ac t [...]i [...]ti patre,

line 5 Frater celabat Aeſchinus, faman, quoque

Amoris in ſe transferebat, benique

Fidicinam lenoni eripuit. Vitiaverat

Idem Aeſchinus civem At [...]icam pauperculam;

Fidénque dederat, hanc ſibi uxo [...]em fore.

line 10 Demea jurgate, & graviter f [...]rre; mox tamen,

Ut veritas patefacta eſt, ducit Aeſ [...]hinus

A ſe vitiatam civem Atticam virginem;

Uxore potitur Cteſipho cithariſtriâ,

Exo ato ſuo patre duro Demeâ.

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Aeſchinus, A Young-man.

Cantha [...]a, A Nurſe.

Cteſipho, A Young-man.

Dromo, A Servant.

Demea, A Old-man.

Geta, A Servant.

Hegio, An Old-man.

Mitio, An Old-man.

Pamphila, A Daughter-in-law.

Sannio, A Bawd.

S [...]ſtrata, A Matr [...]n.

Sy [...]us, A Servant.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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Aeſchinus, Adoleſcens.

Canthara, N [...]trix.

Cteſipho, Adoleſcens.

Dromo, Servus.

Demea, Senex.

Geta, Servus.

Hegio, Senex.

Mitio, Senex.

Pamphila, Nurus.

Sannio, Leno.

Soſtrata, Matrona.

Syrus, Servus.

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The Prologue.

Foraſmuch as the Poet perceived his Comedie, which we are to act,

To be pryed into by carping men, and that his adverſaries

Wreſt all to the worſe ſenſe:

He will lay open himſelf, and you ſhall be the judges,

line 5 Whether the thing done ought be acconnted for his commendation, or diſpraiſe.

Synapothneſcontes is a Comedie of Diphilus's,

Plautus made it a Comedie called Commorientes;

In the Greek Comedie there is a young-man that took forsibly

A whore from a bawd; in the firſt part of the Comedie, Plautus

line 10 Left that place unmedled with; Terence hath taken it to himſelf

Into his Adelphi, and hath tranſlated it word by word.

We are to act it as a new one. Conſider well,

Whether you think there is a theft committed, or a place

Taken in, which was omitted by Plautus's negligence;

line 15 For as for that which theſe ill-willed perſous ſay, that noble perſonages

Doe help him, and write together with him day by day;

What they think to be a mighty diſgrace,

He takes it to be a very great commendation, foraſmuch as he liketh them

Who give content to you all in general, and the people alſo,

line 20 Whoſe aid in war, in peace, in private affairs,

Every one uſed, as his occaſions were, without diſdain.

Furthermore, do not expect (I ſhould tell you) the plot of the Comedie.

The two old men that will come firſt, will diſcover part,

Others will ſhew apart in the acting. See, that your indifferency

May adde to the Poet's induſtry for writing.

Prologus.

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POſtquam Poeta ſenſit ſcripturam ſuam

Ab iniquis obſervari, & adverſarios

Rapere in pejorem partem, quam acturi ſumus:

Indicio de ſe ipſe erit, vos eritis judices,

line 5 Laudin' an vitio duci factum oporteat.

Synapothneſeontes Diphili comoedia eſt,

Eam Commorientes Plautus fecit fabulam:

In Graeca adoleſcens eſt, qui lenoni eripuit

Mere [...]icem; in primâ fabulâ, eum Plautus locum

line 10 Reliquit integrum; eum hic locum ſumpſit ſibi

In Adelphos, verbum de verbo expreſſum extulit.

Eam nos acturi ſumus novam; Pernoſcite,

Furtú [...]ne factum exiſtumetis, an locum

Reprehenſum, qui praeteritus negligentiâ eſt.

line 15 Nam quod illi dicunt malevoli, homines nobiles

Eum adjutare, aſſiduéque unà ſcribere:

Quod illi maledictum vehemens eſſe exiſtimant,

Eam laudem hic ducit maxumam, cùm illis placet,

Qui vobis univerſis, & populo placent;

line 20 Quorum operâ in bello, in otio, in negotio,

Suo quiſque tempore uſus eſt ſine ſuperbiâ.

Dehinc ne expectetis argumentum fabulae;

Senes qui primi venient duo, partem aperient,

In agendo partem oſtendent. Facite, aequanimitas

line 25 Poetae ad ſcribendum augeat induſtriam.

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1

1

Act. I. Scen. I.

MITIO.

M.

STorax! Aeſchinus is not come back again this night from ſupper,

Nor any one of my ſervants which went to meet him?

Indeed this is true that folks ſay if one be abſent any where,

Of if one linger anywhere, it were better that thoſe things ſhould fall out,

line 5 Which your wife ſpeaks againſt you, or which ſhe imagineth in her minde

Being angry, then thoſe things which tender parents conceit

If you linger your w [...]fe thinks either that you love ſome bodie elſe,

Or t [...]t y [...]u are beloved of ſome bodie, or that you are tipling, or taking your pleaſ [...]re,

And that you alone are in a good condition, when ſhe is in an evil caſe.

line 10 What thoughts do run in my mind, becauſe my ſon is not come [...]home?

With what things am I now troubled? fear be ſhould be ſtarved,

Or fallen ſomewhere, or have broken ſome joyns of him.

Ah, that any man ſhould propoſe in his mind, no

Provide what m [...]y be dearer then he is to himſelf!

line 15 But for all this he is none of my ſon, be is my brother's. He is quite

Of another diſpoſiti [...]n: now ever ſince I was a youth,

I h [...]ve followed this quiet citizen's life, and my own eaſe,

And [...]hat which they account to be a happy thing,

I never had a wife; he is as far on the other ſide, be follows all theſe,

line 20 To ſpend his time in the countrey, to keep himſelf alwayes

Sparinglie and hardlie; he hath married a wife, he hath two ſons

Born him; thereupon I adopted this elder ſon to my ſelf.

I have brought him up of a little one, I have eſteemed, and loved him as my own;

I take pleaſure in him, that thing is my only darling.

line 25 I do my utmoſt, that he alſo on the other ſide may account me as a father.

[Page] I give him (what he would have) I leave him to his liberty, I think it not neceſſary

To do all things as I may my ſelf. Laſtly, what others do,

Vnknown to their fathers, which youth prompteth,

I have uſed my ſon, not to conceale them from me.

line 30 For he that ſhall uſe to lye or deceive his father, or

Dare to do it, will ſo much the more dare to do it to others.

I think it better to keep in children

With baſh fulneſs and freedom, then with fear.

In theſe things my brother and I do not agree, nor do they pleaſe him.

line 35 He comes often bawling to me, What do you mean, Mitio?

Why do you ſpoil us the young man? why is he in love?

Why doth he tipple? why do you allow him expences in theſe things?

You let him go too brave; you are too fond and fooliſh.

He himſelf is too rigorous beyond all right and reaſon:

line 40 And he is far miſtaken in my judgement truly,

Who thinketh a government to be more ſetled and firm

Which is maintained by force, then that which is gotten by good will.

This is my opinion, and thus I am perſwaded in my minde;

He that doth his duty being conſtrained through ſmart,

line 45 Will ſo long take heed, as he thinks it will come to be known;

If he hope it may be carried cloſely he returns to his old byaſs again.

He whom you gain by a courteſie, doth what he doth heartily,

He ſtudieth to requite you; he will be all one, be he preſent or abſent.

This is a fatherly part, rather to accuſtom a ſon

line 50 To do well of his own accord, then for fear of another.

Herein doth a father and a maſter differ. He that cannot do this,

Let him confeſs he knoweth not how to command children.

But is not this be himſelf of whom I was ſpeaking? yea verily it is he.

I know not why I ſee him ſo ſad; I believe he will chide even now,

line 55 As he uſeth to do. O Demea, I am glad you are come in ſafety hither.

Act. I. Scen. I.

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MITIO.

M.

STorax! non rediit haec nocte à caenâ Ae [...]chinus,

Neque ſervulorum quiſquam qui adverſum ierant?

Profectò hoc verè di [...]unt: ſi abſis uſpiam,

Aut ubi ſi ceſſes, evenire ea ſatius eſt,

line 5 Quae in te uxot dicit, & quae in animo cogitat

Irata, quàm illa quae parentes propitii.

Uxor, ſi ceſſes, aut te amare cogitat,

Aut tete amari, aut potare, aut animo obſequi,

Et tibi bene eſſe ſoli, cùm ſibi ſit malé.

line 10 Ego, quia non rediit filius, quae cogito?

Quibus nunc ſollicitor rebus? ne aut ille alſerit,

Aut uſpiam céciderit, aut perfregerit aliquid.

Vah, quemquá [...]ne hominum in animum inſtituere, aut

Parare, quod ſit carius quàm ipſe eſt ſibi!

line 15 Atqui ex me hic natus non eſt, ſed ex fratre. Is adeò

Diſſimili ſtudio eſt; jam inde ab adoleſcentia,

Ego hanc clementem vitam urbanam, atque otium

Secutus ſum, &, quod fortunatum iſti putant,

Uxorem nunquam habui: ille contrá, haec omnia,

line 20 Ruri agere vitam, ſemper parcè ac dutiter

Se habere; uxorem duxit, nati filii

Duo: inde ego hunc majorem adoptavi mihi:

Eduxi à parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo;

In eome oblecto: ſolum id eſt carum mihi.

line 25 Ille ut item contrà me habeat, facio ſeduló.

[Page] Do, permitto; non neceſſe habeo omnia

Pro meo jure agere: poſtremò, alii clanculum

Patres quae faciunt, quae fert adoleſcentia,

Ea ne me celet, aſſuefeci filium.

line 30 Nam qui mentiri, aut ſallere inſuêrit patrem, aut

Audebit, tantò magis audebit caeteros.

Pudore, & liberalitate liberos

Retinere ſatius eſſe credo, quàm metu.

Haec fratri mecum non conveniunt, neque placent.

line 35 Venit ad me ſaepe clamitans Quid agis, Mitio?

Cur perdis adoleſcentem nobis? cur amat?

Cur potat? cur tu his rebus ſumptum ſuggeris?

Veſtitu nimio indulges; nimium ineptus es.

Nimium ipſe eſt durus, praeter aequui & bonum:

line 40 Et errat longè meâ quidem ſententiâ,

Qui imperium credat gravius eſſe aut ſtabilius,

Vi quod fit, quàm illud quod amici [...]iâ adjungitur.

Mea ſic eſt ratio, & ſic animum induco meum,

Malo coactus qui ſuum officium facit,

line 45 Dum id reſcitum iri credit, tantiſper cavet:

Si ſperat fore clam, rurſum ad ingenium redit.

Ille quem beneficio adjungas, ex animo facit;

Studet par referre, praeſens abſenſque idem erit.

Hoc patrium eſt, potiùs conſuefacere filium,

line 55 Suâ ſponte recte facere, quàm alieno metu.

Hoc pater ac dominus intereſt. Hoc qui nequit,

Fateatur neſcire imperare liberis.

Sed eſtne hic ipſus de quo agebam? & certè is eſt.

Neſcio quid triſtem video; credo jam, ut ſolet,

line 55 Jurgabit. Sal [...]um te advenire, Demea, gaudemus.

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Act. I. Scen. II.

DEMEA. MITIO.

D.

OH [...]in very good time: it is even you that I looked for.

M.

Why are you ſo ſad?

D.

Do you ask me, and know where Aeſchinus is, why I am ſo ſad?

Did not I tell you this would come to paſs?

M.

What hath he done?

D.

What hath he done?

Who is not aſhamed of any thing, nor feareth any man; nor thinks he himſelf

line 5 Bound by any law. For I let paſs thoſe things that were done

Heretofore; what aetrick hath he played but lately?

M.

What is that?

D.

He hath broken open the doors, and hath ruſht violently in

Into anothers mans houſe: he hath beaten the good man himſelf

And all his family, and almoſt killed them; he hath forcibly taken away

line 10 The woman which he loved: every body cries out, that it is moſt unworthilie

Done: how many folks, Mitio, have told me this as I was coming to you!

It is in all peoples mouths; and to be ſhort,

If an example be to be compared with him, he doth not ſee his brother

To be buſied about husbandry, to be thriftie & tēperate in the countrey;

line 15 He ſeeth no ſuch thing as this done. When I tell him of theſe things; Mitio,

I tell you, you ſuffer him to be ſpoiled.

M.

Never was there any thing more unreaſonable then an ignorant fellow,

Who thinketh nothing to be right, but what he doth himſelf.

D.

To what purpoſe is this?

M.

Becauſe you, Demea, judge amiſſe of this matter:

line 20 It is no heinous offence (believe me) for a young man

To haunt whores, nor to fuddle, it is no fault, nor to break open

Doors: if neither I nor you did theſe things,

Want of means did not ſuffer us to do them. Now you account that

For your commendation, which you did then through want.

line 25 There is no equity in this; for if we had had wherewithal it might have been done,

We ſhould have done it: and if you were a wiſe man, you would ſuffer

That ſon of yours to do it now, whileſt age will give him leave,

Rather then, whē he hath buried you, whoſe death he hath long expected,

[Page] To do theſe things afterwards for all that in a more unfitting age.

D.

line 30 O Iupiter! you make me mad, man.

Is it not a heinous matter for a yong man to do theſe things?

M.

Piſh,

Hear me. Do not trouble my head about this thing too often.

You gave me your Son to be adopted;

He is now become mine: if he do amiſs, Demea, in any thing,

line 35 He doth it amiſs to me; I ſhall bear the greateſt ſhare (of blame) there.

He feaſteth, he fudleth, he ſmelleth of perfumes at my charges.

Doth he love? I will allow him money, when I think it ſitting;

When I think it not fitting, perhaps he ſhall be pack't out of doors.

Hath he broken any doors? they ſhall be repaired, hath he rent any cloathes? they ſhall be mended.

line 40 I have, I thank God, wherewith alſo to do theſe things, and they do not yet trouble me.

Laſtly, either give over, or appoint whom you will to be judge betwixt us.

I will make it appear that you offend more in this matter then I.

D.

W [...] is me.

Learn to be a father of them, who know indeed, what it is to be one.

M.

You are his father by nature, and I by my adviſing him.

D

line 45 Do you adviſe him any thing?

M.

Piſh, if you hold on, I will [...]be gone.

D.

Do you ſerve me ſo?

M.

Should I hear you ſo often about the ſame matter?

D.

I have a care over him.

M.

And I have a care over him. But, Demea,

Let us both care an equal ſhare. Do you care for the one,

And I alſo for the other. For for you to take care of both, is in a manner

line 50 To demand him again, whom you have given me.

D.

Ah. Mitio.

M.

I think ſo.

D.

Why am I againſt it? If that content you,

Let him laviſh it, let him waſte it, let him come to naught. It is nothing at all to me.

Now if I ſpeak any one word hereafter.

M.

Are you angry again,

Demea?

D.

Do not you believe it? Do I demand again whom I have given?

line 55 It is a hard caſe; I am no ſtranger to him, if I withſtand his behaviour. I give over.

You would have me look to one; I do look to him, and I thank God.

Foraſmuch as he is ſo, as I would have him to be, & that your ſon ſhall feel

[Page] Hereafter himſelf. I will ſay no worſe againſt him.

M.

Something, but not-all is true that he ſaith; nevertheleſſe

line 60 Theſe things are ſome trouble to me, but I would not let him ſee

That I am grieved at it; for he is ſuch a man,

When I pacifie him, I am all I can againſt him, and terrifie him from his purpoſe:

Yet he ſcarcely takes it as a man ought to do; but if I ſhould increaſe

Or elſe help forward his angry fit,

line 65 Truly I ſhould be as mad as he: although Aeſchinus

Doth us ſome wrong in this buſineſs.

What whore is there that he hath not been in love with, or on whom hath he not beſtowed

Something or other? At the laſt now of late (I think he was now grown weary

Of them all) he ſaith he hath a minde to marry a wife.

line 70 I hoped now his youthful courage was abated.

I was glad of it. And l [...]e his reſolution of a freſh; but what ever it is,

I will know, and meet with the fellow, if he be in the market.

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DEMEA. MITIO.

D.

EHem, oppor uné: teipſum quaerito.

M.

Q [...]id triſtis es?

D.

Rogit [...]me, ubi no [...]is Aeſchinus ſiet, quid triſtis go [...]m?

Dixin' hoc ſore?

M.

Quid fecit?

D.

Quid ille ſecerit?

Quem neque pudet quiequam, nec metuit quemquam, neque legem putat

line 5 Tenere ſe ullam. Nam illa quae antehac f [...]cta ſunt

O [...] i [...]o; modò quid diſtignavit?

M.

Quidnam id eſt?

D.

Fores effregit, atque in aedes irruit

Alienas; ipſum dominum atque omnem familiam

Multavit uſque ad mortem: cripuit mulierem,

line 10 Quam amabat; clamant omnes indigniſſimè

Factum eſſe: hoc advenienti quot mihi, Mitie,

Dirêre; in ore eſt omni populo; denique,

Si conferendum exemplum eſt, non fratrem videt

Rei dare operam, ruri eſſe parcum ac ſobrium?

line 15 Nullum hujus factum ſimile: Haec cum ill, Mitio,

Dico, tibi dico, tu illum corrumpi ſinis.

M.

Homine imperito nunquam quicquam inj [...]ſtius eſt;

Qui, niſi quod ipſe facit, nihil rectum putat.

D.

Quorſum iſtuc?

M.

Quia tu, Demea, hoc malè judicas;

line 20 Non eſt flagitium, mihi crede, adoleſcentulum

Scortari, neque potare, non eſt, neque fores

Effringere: haec ſi neque ego, neque tu fe [...]imus,

Non ſivit egeſtas facere nos. Tu nunc tibi

Id laudi ducis, quod tunc ſeciſti inopiâ.

line 25 Injurium eſt; nam ſi eſſet unde id fieret,

Faceremus: & tu illum tuum, ſi eſſes homo,

Sineres nunc facere, dum per aetatem licet,

Potiùs quàm ubi te expectatum ejeciſſet f [...]r [...]s,

[Page] Alienore aetate pòſt facere tamen.

D.

line 30 Pro Jupiter! tu, homo, redigis me ad inſaniam.

Non eſt flagitium facere haec adoleſcentulum?

M.

Ah,

Auſculta. Ne me obtundas de hac re ſaepius.

Tuum filium dediſti ad [...]ptandum mihi;

Is meus eſt factus; ſi quid peccat, Demea,

line 35 Mihi peccat: ego illi maxumam partem feram;

Obſonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo.

Amat? dabi [...]u à me argentum, dum erit commodum;

Ubi non erit, fortaſſe excludetur forás.

Fores eff [...]g [...]? reſtituentur. diſcidit veſtem? reſarcictur.

line 40 Eſt, D [...] gr [...]tia, & unde haec fiant, & adhuc non moleſta ſunt.

Poſte [...]ò, aut deſine, aut cedò quemvis arbit [...]um:

Te plura in hac re peceare oſtendam.

D.

Hei mihi!

Pater eſſe diſce ab illis, qui verè ſ [...]iunt.

M.

Naturâ to illi pater es, conſiliis ego.

D.

line 45 Túne conſulis quicquam?

M.

Ah, ſi pergis, abiero.

D.

Siccine agis?

M.

An ego te toties de eâdem re audiam?

D.

Curae eſt mihi.

M.

Et mihi curae eſt; verùm, Demea,

Curemus aequam uterque partem: tn alterum,

Ego item alterum: nam ambos curare, propemodum

line 50 Repoſcere eſt illum quem dediſti.

D.

Ah. Mitio.

M.

Mihi ſic videtur.

D.

Quid iſtuc▪ Si tibi iſtuc places,

Perſundat, perdat, pereat, nihil ad me attinet.

Iam ſi verbum ullum poſthac.

M.

Rurſum, Demea,

Iraſcere?

D.

An non credis? repeton' quem dedi?

line 55 Aegrè eſt, alienus non ſum, ſi obſto: hem, deſino.

Unum vis curem; curo; & eſt Diis gratia,

Cùm ita ut volo, eſt, iſte tuus ipſe ſentiet

[Page] Poſteriús: molo in illum [...] viùs dicere.

M.

Nec nihil, neque omnia haec ſunt, quae dicit, tamen

line 60 Nonnihil moleſta haec ſunt mihi, ſed oſtendore▪

Me aegrè pati illi nolui; nam ita eſt homo;

Cùm placo, adverſor ſedulò & deterreo,

Tamen vix humanè patitur: verùm ſi augeam,

Aut etiam adjutor ſim ejus iracundiae,

line 65 Inſaniam profectò cum illo. Etſi Aeſchinus

Nonnullam in hac [...]re nobis facit injuriam.

Quam hic non amavit meretriem, aut cui non dedit

Aliquid? Poſtremò nuper (credo jam omnium

Taedebat) dicit velle uxorem ducere.

line 70 Sperabam jam deferbuiſſe adoleſcentiam,

Gaudebam. Ecce autem de integro; niſi quidquid eſt,

Volo ſcire, at (que) hôminem convenire, ſi apud forum eſt.

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Act. II. Scen. I.

SANNIO. AESCHINUS.

S.

I Beſeech you, neighbours, help a poor innocent man, Succour one that needeth help.

Aeſch.

Leaſurely, ſtand now here without any more adoe.

Why do you look back? There is no danger. This fellow ſhall never meddle with you,

Whileſt I am here.

S.

I will keep her in deſpite of all your teeths.

Aeſch.

line 5 Though he be a miſchievous fellow, yet will be not give occaſion to day to be beaten again.

S.

Aeſchinus hear me, that you may not ſay you was ignorant of my condition of life.

I am a bawd.

M.

I know it.

S.

But ſuch a one, as any one of the beſt credit hath been in any place.

That you ſhould excuſe your ſelf hereafter, that you were loth this wrong ſhould have been done

[Page] To me, I will not value it thus much. Believe me this, I will defend my own right;

line 10 Nor ſhall you ever undoe by words, what you have wronged me in by deeds.

I know theſe words of yours, you were loth it ſhould have been done. Oath will be given, that you do not deſerve

To have this wrong offered you, where as I my ſelf am unworthily dealt withall.

Aeſch.

Goe valerouſly on, and open the door.

S.

But, you had as good do nothing herein.

Aeſch.

Goe you your wayes in even now.

S.

But I will not ſuffer him.

Aeſch.

Come hither, Parmeno;

line 15 You are gone too far that way: ſtand here by this fellow; So, I would have it thus.

Have a care, you do not turn your eyes any whither from mine, that there be no ſtay, if

I wink to you, but your fiſt may be preſently about his eares.

Sa.

I would have him

To try that.

Aeſ.

Oh, ſave her. Let the woman goe.

Sa.

O wretched

Act!

Aeſch.

He ſhall give you as much more, unleſſe you take heed.

S.

Oh the wretchedneſſe!

Aeſch.

I had not winked to you

line 20 Yet rather treſpaſs on that ſide. Go your ways now.

S.

What a thing is this?

Aeſchinus, have you the Kingly command here?

Aeſch.

If I had, you ſhould be rewarded

According to your deſerts.

S.

What have you to do with me?

Aeſch.

Nothing.

S.

What?

Do you know who I am?

Aeſch.

I do not deſire.

S.

Have I medled with any thing of yours?

Aeſch.

If you had medled with any thing,

You ſhould have ſmarted for it.

S

How cometh it to be more lawfull for you to have mine, for whom▪

line 25 I have paid my money? anſwer me.

Aeſch.

It would have been better for you not to have railed

On me before the door. For if you go on to trouble me, you ſhall preſently be haled in,

And be there ſcourged with whip-thongs to death.

S

A free-man with whip-thongs?

Aeſch.

It ſhall be ſo.

S.

O wicked fellow! Do men ſay that here is like freedom to all men?

Aeſch.

If you have brawled enough, bawd, hear me now if you be diſpoſed.

S.

And I, have I brawled?

line 30 Or you againſt me?

Aeſc.

Let thoſe things paſs, & return to the point▪

S.

What thing?

Whither ſhould I return?

Aeſch.

Would you have me now tell you what may concern you?

[Page]S.

I deſire it, ſo it be any thing honeſt.

Aeſch.

Whoo, the bawd woud not have me ſpeak diſhoneſt things.

S.

I am a bawd, I confeſs, a common deſtruction of young-men, a perfidious fellow, a plague;

Yet I have done you no wrong.

Aeſ.

For that truly remaineth yet to be done.

San.

line 35 I pray you Aeſchinus, go back thither, where you begun.

Aeſch.

You bought her,

For twenty pounds, (which thing may it never thrive with thee) ſo much money ſhall be paid you.

S.

What if I will not ſell her? will you force me?

Aeſch.

No.

S.

For I was afraid of that.

Aeſch.

For I think ſhe ſhould not be offered to be ſold who is a free-woman;

For I by laying on my hand reſtore her to her libertie up [...]n an action of freedome. Now chuſe you,

line 40 Whether you will take you your money, or try your iction. Conſiſider of this, bawd,

Till I return again.

S.

O mighty Iupiter! I do not wonder at them that begin.

To run mad after they have done wrong. He hath pull'd me out of my houſe, he hath beaten me,

He hath taken away my woman, whether I will or no; for theſe ill turnes he requires

I ſhould deliver her for ſo much as I bought her. Oh, he hath given me poor man above 500

line 45 Boxes on the ear. And indeed, ſeeing he hath ſo well deſerved, let it be ſo: he deſireth but

What is his own by right. Well, now I deſire it were done, if ſo be he would but pay my money.

But I gueſs this, when I ſhall ſay I will give him her for ſo much, he will preſently take witneſs,

That I have ſold her; I do but dream of my money, by and by, come again tomorrow. I can

Endure that, if he will but pay it: though it be a wrongfull buſineſs; but I conſider,

line 50 As the matter is; when you begin that trade, you muſt take, and ſay nothing of the injurie

Of young men. But no body will give it me; in vain

Do I caſt up theſe accounts with my ſelf.

Act. 2. Scen. 1.

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SANNIO, AESCHINUS.

S.

OBſecro, populares, ferte miſero atque innocenti auxilium, Subvenite inopi.

Aeſch.

Otioſè, illico jam nunc hic conſiſte.

Quid reſpectas? nihil perîcli eſt. Nunquam, dum ego

Adero, hic te tanget.

S.

Ego iſtam invitis omnibus.

Aeſch.

line 5 Quanquam eſt ſceleſtus, committet hodie nunquam ut iterum vap [...]let.

S.

Aeſchine aud [...], ne te ignarum fuiſſe dicas meorum morum,

Leno ego ſum.

M.

Scio.

S.

At ita, ut uſquam fuit fide quiſquam optuma.

Tu quod te poſterius purges, hanc injuriam mihi nolle

[Page] Factum eſſe, hujus non faciam. crede hoc, ego meum jus proſ [...] quar;

line 10 Neque tu verbis ſolves unquam, quod mihi re malefeceris.

Novi ego veſtra haec, nolle factum; jusjurandum dabitur, te eſſe

Indignum injuria hac: indignis cùm ego met ſim acceptus modis.

Aeſch.

Abi praeſtrenuè, ac ſores aperi.

S.

Caeterùm, hoc nihil facis.

Aeſch.

I intrò jam nunc tu.

S.

At enim, non ſinam,

Aeſch.

Accede huc, Parmeno;

line 15 Nimium iſthuc abiiſti: hic propter hunc aſſiſte; hem, ſic volo.

Cave nunc jam oculos à meis quoquam dimoveas tuos, ne mora ſit, ſi

Innuero, quin pugnus continuò in malâ haereat.

S.

Iſtuc volo

Ego ipſum experiri.

Aeſch.

Hem ſerva, omitte mulierem.

S.

O miſerum

Facinus!

Aeſch.

Geminabit, niſi caves.

S.

Hei miſeriam!

Aeſch.

Non innueram,

line 20 Verùm in iſtam partem potiùs peccato tamen: I nunc jam▪

S.

Quid hoc rei eſt?

Regnumne Aeſchine, hîc tu poſſides?

Aeſ.

Si poſſiderem, ornatus eſſes

Ex tuis virtutibus.

S.

Quid tibi rei mecum eſt?

Aeſ.

Nihil.

S.

Quid?

Noſtin' quis ſim?

Aeſch.

Non deſidero.

S.

Tetigin' tui quicquam?

Aeſch.

Si attigiſſes,

Ferres infortunium.

S.

Quî tibi magis licet meam habere, pro quâ ego

line 25 Argentum dedi? reſponde.

Aeſch.

Ante aedes non feciſſe erit

Melius hoc convitium. Nam ſi moleſtus perges eſſe, jam intrô abripiêre;

Atque ibi uſ (que) ad necem operiêre loris.

S.

Loris liber!

Aeſc.

Sic erit.

S.

O hominem impurum! hiccine libertatem aiunt eſſe aequam omnibus?

Aeſch

Si ſatis debacchatus es, leno, audi, ſi vis, nunc jam.

S.

Egóne debacchatus

line 30 Sum autem? an tu in me?

Aeſch.

Mitte iſta, at (que) ad rem redi.

S.

Quam rem?

Quo redeam?

Aeſ.

Jámne me vis dicere quod ad te attinet?

[Page]S.

Cupio, modo aequi aliquid.

Aeſch.

Vah, leno iniqua me non vult loqui.

S.

Leno ſum, fateor, pernicies communis adoleſcentium, perjurus, peſtis:

Tamen tibi à me nulla eſt orta injuria.

Aeſ.

Nam herele etiam id reſtat.

Sa.

line 35 Illuc, quaeſo, redi, quo cepiſti, Aeſchine.

Aeſc.

Minis viginti tu illam

Emiſti (quae res tibi malè vertat) argenti, tantum dabitur.

S.

Quid ſi ego tibi illam nolo vendere? cogéſne?

Aeſch.

Mi [...]imé.

S.

Namque id [...]tui.

Aeſch.

Neque venundandam ceuſeo, quae libera eſt:

Nam ego liberali illam aſſero cauſâ manu. Nunc vide utrum vis

Argentum accipere, an cauſam meditari tuam, Delibera hoc, dum ego

Redeo, leno.

S.

Proh ſumme Jupiter! minime mirer, qui infanite

Oc [...]ipiunt ex injuriâ. Domo me eripuit, verberavit; me invito

Abduxit meam. Ob malefacta haec tantidem emptam poſtulat ſibi

Tradier. O, homini miſero plus quingentos colaphos

line 45 Infregit mihi: verùm enim, quando bene promeruit, fiat: ſuum

Jas poſtulat. Age, jam cupio, ſi modo argentum reddat. Sed ego

Hoc atiolor, ubi me dixero dare tanti, teſtes faciat illico

Vendidiſſe me. De argento ſomnium, mox, cras redi. Id quoque

Poſſum ferre, ſi modò reddat: quanquam injurium eſt; verùm cogito

Id quod res eſt, quando eum quaeſtum incepetis, accipienda &

Muſſitanda injuria adoleſcentium eſt. Sed nemo dabit; fruſtra

Ego mecum has rationes deputo.

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Act. II. Scen. II.

SYRUS, SANNIO.

Sy.

HOld your peace, I my ſelf will go meet with him, I will make him new glad to take it.

And that he ſaid he is well dealt withall. What is that Sannio, that I hear you

Quarrelled with my maſter, I know not what about?

Sa.

I never ſaw a quarrell

More unjuſtly carried, then this which was to day betwixt us. I with bearing blowes,

line 5 And he with laying on blowes, we are both quite wearie.

Sy.

Through your own fault.

Sa.

What

Should I doe?

Sy.

You ſhould have humoured the young-man.

San.

How could I do it

Better, who have continually ſuffered him to beat me?

Sy.

Come on, do you know what I would ſay?

To ſet light by monie when occaſion ſerveth is ſometimes the greateſt gain. Whoo, you were afraid,

If you had now yielded from your right a little, and had conformed yo [...]r ſelf to the young-man,

line 10 You errant fool of all fools, that monie would not come in with uſe.

Sa.

I do not buy hope with readie monie.

Sy.

You will never grow rich.

Go your way, you know not how to bring men to your lure, Syrus.

Sa.

I believe that were

Better; but I was never ſo craftie; but rather whatever I could,

I had rather take it for the preſent.

Sy.

Go too, I know your minde,

line 15 As if you can have twentie pounds at any time, ſo you fulfill this man's humour.

And beſides they ſay that you are going to Cyprus.

Sa.

Tuſh.

Sy.

And you have bought

Many things, which you are to carrie hence thither, and that a ſhip is hired: I know this,

You are in a doubt what to doe; I hope when you return thence, for all this you will minde this buſineſſe.

Sa.

I will not ſt [...]r a foot any whither: I am undone; he hath begu [...] this upon this hope.

Sy.

He is afraid

line 20 [Page] I have made the fellow he cannot tell what to doe. O roguery! mark this.

He hath come upon me in the very inſtant. I have bought many women, and other things

Which I am to tranſport hence into Cyprus: except I come thither to the mart, I ſhall loſe very much.

If I omit this now, I ſhall do up good in my ſuit, when I return thence, there is nothing to be had.

The ſuit is grown cold, now you come at laſt; why did you ſuffer it? where was you?

line 25 That it were better to loſe my money, then to tarrie here ſo long, or to proſecute

Then.

Sy

Have you now caſt up what you think will be coming to you?

Sa.

Is this a thing fitting for him to doe? that Aeſchinus ſhould offer to do this, to deſire

By force to take her from me?

Sy.

He begins to quail. I have but this one thing to ſay.

Conſider it, if you like well; divide the whole, rather then come into danger,

line 30 Sannio whether you ſhall ſave or loſe all, He will make hard ſhift to get ten pounds

Somewhere or other.

Sa.

Woe is me, now I poor man come to doubt of the principal.

He is aſhamed of nothing, he hath made all my teeth looſe, beſides all my head is ſoft

As a fuz-ball with his boxes, and would he defraud me too? I am going no whither hence.

Sy.

Doe as you pleaſe; will you have any thing elſe? for I muſt be gone.

Sa.

Yes indeed; this

line 35 I pray you, Syrus, however theſe things have been done, yet rather then I will follow ſuites,

Let me have my own paid me, or at leaſt as much as ſhe coſt me. Syrus, I know you never

Made uſe of my friendſhip heretofore; you ſhall ſay I am both mindefull and thankfull.

Sy.

I will do the beſt I can: but I ſee Cteſipho, he is glad for his ſweet-heart

Sa.

What is it that I intreat you to do?

Sy.

Stay a little while.

Act. II. Scen. II.

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SYRUS, SANNIO.

Sy.

TAce, egomet conveniam ipſum, ut cupidè accipiat jam f [...]xo.

Bene dicat ſecum actum. Quid iſtuc, Sannio, quod te audio

Neſcio quid concertâſſe cum hero?

San.

Nunquam vidi iniqu [...]ús

Certationem comparatam, quàm haec quae hodie inter nos fuit. Ego vapulando,

line 5 Ille verberando, uſque ambo defeſſi ſumus.

Sy.

Tuâ culpâ.

San.

Quid

Agerem?

Sy.

Adoleſcenti morem geſtum oportuit.

San.

Quî potui

Melius, qui hodie uſque os praebui?

Sy.

Age, ſcis quid loquar?

Pecuniam in loco negligere, maximum interdum eſt lucrum. Hui, metuiſti,

Si nunc de tuo jure contuliſſes paululùm, atque adoleſcenti

line 10 Eſſes morigeratus, homo hominum ſtultiſſime, ne non tibi

Iſtuc foeneraret.

Sa.

Ego ſpē pretio non emo.

Sy

Nunquā rē facies,

Abi, neſcis ineſcare homines, Sannio.

San.

Credo iſtuc melius

Eſſe; verùm ego nunquā adeò aſtutus fui; quin quicquid poſſem,

Mallem auſerrem potiùs in praeſentia.

Sy.

Age, novi tuum

line 15 Animum, quaſi tam uſque tibi ſint viginti minae, dum huic obſequare.

Praeterea autem te aiunt proficiſci Cyprum.

Sa.

Hem.

Sy.

Coemiſſe

Hinc quae illuc veheres multa, navem conductam; hoc ſcio,

Animus tibi pendet; ubi illinc, ſpero, redieris, tamen hoc ages.

Sa.

Nuſquam pedem; perii hercle, hac ille ſpe hoc incepit.

Sy.

Timet.

line 20 [Page] Injeci ſcrupulum homini.

Sa.

O ſcelera! illuc vide in ipſo

Articulo oppreſſit, emptae mulieres complures, & item hinc alia,

Quae porto Cyprum; niſi eò ad mércatum venio, damnum maximum eſt.

Nunc ſi hoc omittam, actum agam ubi illine rediero; nihil eſt,

Refrixerit res, nunc demum venis: cur paſſus? ubi eras?

line 25 Ut ſit ſatius perdere, quàm aut hinc nunc manere tam diu, aut tum

Perſequi.

Sy.

Jámne enumeraſti id quod ad te rediturum putas?

Sa

Hoccine illo dignum eſt? hoccine incipere Aeſchinnm, per oppreſſionem

Ut hanc mihi eripere poſtulet?

Sy.

Labaſcit. Unum hoc habeo,

Vide ſi ſatis placet; dividuum face, potiùs quàm venias in periculum,

line 30 Sannio, ſervéſne an perdas [...]otum. Minus decem conradet

Alicunde.

Sa.

Hei mihi, etiam de forte nunc verio in dubium miſer.

Pudet nihil, omnes dentes labefecit mihi: praeterea colaphis

Tuber eſt totum caput; etiam inſuper defraudet? nuſquam abeo.

Sy.

Ut lubet; nunquid vis, quin abeam?

Sa.

Imò hercle hoc

line 35 Quae o, Syre, ut ut haec ſunt facta, potiùs quàm lites ſequar,

Meum reddatur, ſaltem quanti empta eſt, Syre. Scio te non eſſe uſum

Antehac amicitiâ meâ; memorem me dices eſſe, & g [...]at [...].

Sy.

Sedulò faciam: ſed Cteſiphonem video, laetus eſt de amicâ.

Sa.

Quid, quod te oro?

Sy.

Pauliſper mane.

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Act. II. Scen. III.

CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

Ct.

ONe would be glad to receive a courteſie from any man, when need is,

But indeed that courteſie onely brings delight, if he do it, to whom it belongs of right to do it.

O brother, brother, how ſhould I now commend you? I know very will I can never ſpeak

Any thing ſo high, but your deſert goeth beyond it: and therefore I think, I have this one

line 5 Eſpecial thing beyond all other men, that no man in the world hath a brother

That is more excellent in the chiefeſt feats.

Sy.

O Cteſipho.

Ct.

O Syrus, where is Aeſchinus?

Sy.

Lo where he is there, he tarrieth for you

At home.

Ct.

Oh!

Sy.

What is the matter?

Ct.

What it ſhould be? By his means, Syrus,

I am now alive.

Sy.

O merry man!

Ct.

Who thought all his own concernments

line 10 Were to be neglected by him in regard of my good. The railing terms, the ſlander,

The being in Love, and the offence hath he taken upon himſelf.

S.

He can do no more.

Ct.

But who is that? the door creeks.

S.

Tarry, tarry, he himſelf cometh forth.

Act. II. Scen. III.

[Page]

CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

Ct.

ABs quivis homine, cùm eſt opus, beneficium accipere gaudeas.

Verùm enimverò id demum juvat, ſi quem aequum eſt facere, is bene facit.

O frater, frater, quid ego nunc te laudem? ſatis certè ſcio, nunquam ita magnificè

Quicquam dicam, id virtus quin ſuperet tua; itaque unam hanc rem

line 5 Me habere praeter alios praecipuam arbitror, fratrem hominum

Nemini eſſe primarum artium magis principem.

S.

O Cteſipho. O Syre, Aeſchinus ubi eſt?

Sy.

Ellum, te expectat

Domi.

Ct.

Hem.

Sy.

Quid eſt?

Ct.

Quid ſit? illius operâ, Syre,

Nunc vivo.

Sy.

Feſtivum caput!

Ct.

Qui omnia ſibi pòſt putarit eſſe prae meo

line 10 Commodo. Maledicta, famam, meum amorem, & peccatum in ſe tranſtulit.

S.

Nihil ſuprà poteſt.

Ct.

Sed quiſnam! fores crepuit.

Sy.

Mane, Mane,

Ipſe exit foras.

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Act. II. Scen. IV.

AESCHINUS. SANNIO. CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

Aeſch.

WHere is that rogue?

Sa.

Doth he ſeek for me? Doth he bring out any thing! I am undone,

I ſee nothing.

Aeſch.

O he very well: I am ſeeking for you; what is done, Cteſipho?

[Page] All is cock-ſure, and therefore leave your ſadneſs.

Cr.

I indeed do eaſilie

Let it paſse, who have you to be my brother, Aeſchinus, O mine own brother!

line 5 Alas I am afraid to commend you any more to your face, leſt you ſhould think I do it

Rather to flatter you, then that I account it a kindneſs.

Aeſch.

Go to you fool,

As though we were not acquainted betwixt our ſelves, O Cteſipho; but this grieves me,

That we had known it almoſt too late, and that it was come to that paſſe, that if all men ſhould deſire,

They could not help you.

Ct.

I was aſhamed

Aeſch.

Alas, that is folly,

line 10 Not baſefulneſs, for ſuch a little ſmall to be ready to out-run the country. It is unfit to be ſpoken.

I pray God forbid theſe things.

Ct.

I have done amiſs.

Aeſch.

What ſaith Sannio to us

Now at laſt?

Sy.

He is now tame.

Aeſch.

I will go to the market, that I way

Diſpatch this fellow; do you go in to her, C [...]pho.

Sa.

Syrus, put him on.

Sy.

Let us go.

For he is haſting into Cyprus.

Sa.

Not ſo faſt indeed: although I tarry alſo

line 15 Idle here.

Sy.

It will be paid you, do not fear.

San.

But ſpeak that he may pay me all.

Sy.

He will pay you all; do but hold your tongue and follow this way.

San.

I will follow.

Ct.

Ho,

Ho Syrus.

Sy.

Anon, what is the matter?

Ct.

I pray you heartilie diſpatch that very diſhoneſt

Fellow, as ſoon as may be, leſt if he be more provoked,

This may ſome way come to my fathers ear, and then I ſhall be undone for ever.

Sy.

line 20 This ſhall no be, have a good heart, and do you pleaſe your ſelf with her within,

And command that tables be ſpread for us, and other things be got readie. I will preſentlie,

As ſoon as the buſineſs is done, come home with ſome meat.

Ct.

Do ſo, I pray thee, and ſeeing

It hath fallen out well, let us have a merry day of this.

Act. II. Scen. IV.

[Page]

AESCHINUS? SANNIO. CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

Aeſch.

UBi ille ſacrilegus?

Sa.

Men' quaerit? num quidnam effert! occidi;

Nihil video.

Aeſch.

Ehem, optumè, teipſum quaerito; quid ſit, Cteſipho?

[Page] In tuto eſt omnis res, omitte verò triſtitiam tuam.

Ct.

Ego illam facilè verè

Omitto, qui quidem re habeam fratrem, Aeſchine, ô mi germane!

line 5 Ah vereor coràm in os te laudare amplius, ne id aſſentandi magis,

Quàm quod habeam gratum facere exiſtumes.

Aeſch.

Agc, inepte;

Quaſi non noverimus nos inter nos, O Cteſipho; ſed hoc mihi dolet,

Nos penè ſerò ſciſſe, & in eum locum rediiſſe, ut ſi omnes cuperent tibi,

Nihil poſſent auxiliarier.

Ct.

Pudebat.

Aeſch.

Ah, ſtultitia eſt iſtaec,

line 10 Non pudor, tam ob parvulam rem penè ex patriâ; turpe dictu.

Deos quaeſo, ut iſtaec prohibeant.

Ct.

Peccavi.

Aeſch.

Quid ait tandem

Nobis Sannio?

Sy.

Jam mitis eſt.

Aeſch.

Ego ibo ad ſorum, ut hunc

Abſolvam; tu intrò ad eam Cteſipho:

Sa.

Syre, inſta.

Sy.

Eamus.

Namque hic properat in Cyprum.

Sa.

Ne tam quidem: quamvis etiam maneo

line 15 Otioſus hic.

Sy.

Reddetur, ne time.

Sa.

Ut & omne reddat.

Sy.

Omne reddet, tace modò ac ſequere hac.

Sa.

Sequar.

Ct.

Heus,

Heus Syre.

Sy.

Hem, quid eſt?

Ct.

Obſecro hercle, hominem iſtum

Impuriſſimum quàm primùm abſolvitote, ne, ſi magis irritatus Siet, aliquâ ad patrem hoc permanet, atque ego tunc perpetuò peririm.

Syr.

line 20 Non fiet, bono animo eſto; tu cum ill â te intus obiecta interius,

Et lectulos jube ſterni nobis, & parari caetera. Ego jam, tranſactâ r [...] ▪

Convertam me ad domum cum obſonio.

Ct.

Ita quaeſo, quando.

Bene ſucceſſit, hilatem hunc ſumamus diem.

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1

Act. III. Scen. I.

SOSTRATA. CANTHARA.

S.

I Pray you nurſe, what ſhall be done now?

C.

Do you ask, what ſhall be done?

Well trulie, I hope.

S.

Now, Nurſe, her pangs begin of her firſt child bearing.

C.

Now you fear, as though you were never by at a womans labour, or never bare child your ſelf.

S.

Woe is me poor woman, I have no body, we are all alone, and Geta is not here,

line 5 Nor have I any one to ſend to the Mid-wife, nor that may call Aeſchinus.

C.

Trulie he will be here by and by, for he never letteth one day paſs,

But he alwaies cometh.

S.

He is the onelie remedie of my miſeries.

C.

As the caſe ſtandeth,

It could not be done better, then it is done, miſtris: ſeeing a fault

Is committed, which principallie pertains to him, ſuch a one as he is, of ſuch a ſtock,

line 10 Of ſuch a diſpoſition, born of ſuch a great houſe.

S.

It is indeed ſo as you ſay,

I pray God, we may have him ſafe.

Act. III. Scen. I.

[Page]

SOSTRATA. CANTHARA.

S.

OBſecro, mea nutrix, quid nunc fiet?

C.

Quid fiet, rogas?

R [...]ctè aedipol, ſpero.

S.

Modò dolores, mea tu, occipiunt primulúm.

C.

Jam nunc times, quaſi nunquam adfueris, nunquam tute pepereris.

S.

Miſeram me, nemin [...]m habeo, ſolae ſumus, Geta autem hîc non adeſt:

line 5 Nec quem ad obſtetricem mittam, nec qui accerſat Aeſchinum.

C.

Pol is quidē jam hîc aderit; nam nunq [...] ā unum intermittit diē,

Quin ſemper veniat.

S.

Solus mearum eſt miſeriarum remedium.

C.

E re natâ,

Meliùs fieri haud potuit, quàm factum eſt, hera; quando vitium

Oblatum eſt, quod ad illum attinet potiſſimum, talem, tali genere,

line 10 Tali animo, natum ex tanta familiâ.

S.

Ita pol eſt, ut dicis,

Salvus nobis, Deos quaeſo, ut ſiet.

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Act. III. Scen. II.

GETA. SOSTRATA. CANTHARA.

G.

Now the matter is, that if all men ſhould lay their heads together, and

Seek to remedie this evil, they could not afford any help,

Which evil hath befallen both me, and my miſtris, and my wiſtriſſes daughter. Woe is me, poor wretch, ſo many things on a ſudden

Beſet me round about, from which there is no getting out; violence, povertie,

line 5 Injuſtice, lonelineſs, infamie. Is this the faſhion of the World? O villanies!

O wicked kinde! O ungodlie fellow!

So.

Wo is me poor woman,

[Page] What is the matter that I ſee Geta ſo fearful, and making ſuch haſte?

G.

Whom neither promiſe,

Ner oath, nor any pitty hath reſtrained, nor pulled back, nor

That her delivery was near, whom poor woman he had baſely defloured by force.

S.

line 10 I do not well underſtand what he ſaith.

C.

I pray you, Softrata,

Let us go nearer him.

G.

A wretch that I am, I am ſcarce well in my wits,

I am ſo inflamed with auger. There is nothing that I more deſire, then to meet with

That whole family, that I may utter this anger upon them all, whileſt this grief

Is freſh, I ſhould think I had puniſhed them enough, if I were but revenged of them.

line 15 Firſt I would quite kill that old man, that begat that villany:

And then Syrus the ſetter on; oh, what wayes I would be revenged on him!

I would hoiſe him up on high by the middle, and firſt I would ſet him with his heels upwards,

That he may ſprinkle the way with his brains; I would [...]ear out the eyes of the young fellow himſelf, afterwards I would break his neck.

I would ruſh upon the reſt, I would drive them before me, I would knock them, I would throw them under my feet. but do I forbear,

line 20 To aequaint my miſtris with this miſchief ſpeedily.

S.

Let us call him back. Geta.

G.

How now!

Whoſoever you are, let me alone.

S.

It is I Soſtrata.

G.

Where is ſhe?

I am ſeeking for you, I am looking for you, you came very fitly to meet me,

Miſtris.

S.

What is the matter, why do you quake?

G.

Woe is me.

S.

Why do you make ſo much haſte

My Geta? take breath.

G.

Utterly.

S.

What meaneth that utterly?

G.

We are undone;

line 25 It is paſt recovery.

S.

I pray you, what is it?

G.

Now.

S.

What

Now, Geta?

G.

Aeſchinus.

S.

What hath he done then?

G.

He is eſtranged from our family.

S.

Alas, I am undone; wherefore?

G.

He hath begun to love another.

S.

Woe is me poor woman.

G.

Neither did he it cloſely: he himſelf took her away from the bawd openly.

[Page]S.

Is this certain enough?

G.

It is certain, I ſaw it my ſelf with theſe eyes, Soſtrata.

S.

line 30 Woe is me poor woman! what can you now believe, or whom can you truſt? that our Aeſchinus,

The life of us all, in whom all our hope and wealth did conſiſt,

Who ſwore that he would never live one day without her, who ſaid

That he would lay the childe on his fathers lap, and ſo beſeech him

That he might marry her.

G.

Miſtris, forbear weeping,

line 35 And rather conſult further what is requiſite about this matter, whether we ſhould put it up,

Or tell it to any body?

S.

Whiſht, whiſht, man, are you well in your wits?

Do you think this is to be told anywhere?

G.

Truly, I doe not like it,

Firſt now the matter it ſelf ſheweth that his minde is eſtranged from us.

Now if we tell this abroad, I know very well, he will deny it:

line 40 Your good name and your daughters life will come in danger; and beſides if be confeſs it

Never ſo much, it is not good to give her him to wife, ſeeing he is in love with another;

Wherefore it is neceſſarie to concea'e it by any means.

S.

Ah, I will in no wiſe do it.

G.

What do you do?

S.

I will tell it.

G.

Ah Soſtrata, conſider what you do.

S.

The matter cannot be in worſe caſe then now it is; firſt, ſhe hath no portion,

line 45 And beſides, that which was her ſecond dowrie, is laſt; ſhe cannot be given in marriage

For a maid; this onely remaineth, if he deny it, I have the ring with me for a witneſs,

Which he loſt. Laſtlie, ſeeing I am privie to my ſelf, that I am far from this fault,

And that there was neither hire nor any thing betwixt, unbeſeeming her or me, Geta,

[Page] I will try what can be done.

G.

What is that? I come nearer that you may better tell me.

S.

Go you,

line 50 As faſt as you can, and tell his kinſman Hegio all this matter in order;

For he was an eſpecial friend to our Similus, and reſpected us very much.

G.

For indeed

No body elſe regardeth us.

So.

Make haſte, my Canthara, run,

Fetch the mid-wife, that we may not ſtay of her, when need is.

Act. III. Scen. II.

[Page]

GETA. SOSTRATA. CANTHARA.

G.

NUnc illud eſt; quòd ſi omnes omnia ſua conſilia conferant, atque

Huic malo ſalutem quaerant, auxilii nihil adferant,

Quod mihique, heraeque, filiaeque herili eſt: vae miſero mihi! tot res repentè

Circumvallant, unde emergi non poteſt; vis, egeſtas,

line 5 Injuſtitia, ſolitudo, infamia. Hoccine eſſe ſeculum? O ſcelera!

O genera ſacrilega! O hominem impium!

So.

Me miſeram,

[Page] Quidnam eſt, quòd ſic video timidum & properantem Getam?

G.

Quem neque fides,

Neque juſjurandum, neque ulla miſericordia repreſſit, neque reflexit, neque

Quòd partus inſtabat propè; cui miſerae indignè vitium per vim obtulerat.

S.

line 10 Non intelligo ſatis, quaeloquitur.

C.

Propiùs, obſecro,

Accedamus, Soſtrata.

G.

Ah, me miſerum! vix ſum compos animi,

Ita ardeo iracundiâ. Nihil eſt, quod malim, quàm totam illam familiam

Dari mihi obviam, ut iram hanc in eos evomam omnes, dum aegritudo eſt haec

Recens, ſatis mihi id habeam ſupplicii, dum illos ulciſcar modó.

line 15 Seni primùm animam extinguerem ipſi, qui illud perduxit ſcelus;

Tum autem Syrum impulſorem, vah, quibus illum ulciſcar modis!

Sublimem medium arriperem, & capite primùm in terra ſtatuerem,

Ut cerebro diſpergat viam: adoleſcenti ipſi eriperem oculos, poſt haec praecipitem darem:

Caeteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, tunderem, proſternerem; ſed ceſſo

line 20 Hoc malo heram impertiri properè.

S.

Revocemus Geta,

G.

Hem,

Quiſquis es, ſine me.

S.

Ego ſum Soſtrata.

G.

Ubi ea eſt!

Teipſam quaerito, te expecto, oppidò opportunè te obtuliſti mihi

Obviam hera.

S.

Quid eſt? quid trepidas?

Ge.

Hei mihi!

S.

Quid feſtinas, mi

Geta? animum recipe.

G.

Prorſus.

S.

Quid iſtuc prorſus ergo eſt?

G.

Periimus.

line 25 Actum eſt.

S.

Obſecro te quid ſit.

G.

Jam.

S.

Quid

Jam, Geta?

G.

Aeſchinus.

S.

Quid is ergo?

G.

Alienus eſt ab noſtrâ familiâ.

S.

Hem, perii, quare?

G.

Amare occoepit aliam.

S.

Vae miſerae mihi!

G.

Neque id occultè fert: ab lenone ipſus etipuit palàm.

[Page]S.

Satin' hoc certum?

G.

Certum: hiſce oculis egomet vidi, Soſtrata.

S.

line 30 Me miſeram! quid jam credas? aut cui credas? noſtrúmne Aeſchinum,

Noſtram vitam omnium, in quo noſtrae ſpes opeſque omnes ſitae erant,

Qui ſine hac jurabat ſe unum nunquam victurum diem, qui in ſui

Gremio poſiturum puerum dicebat patris, ita obſecraturum,

Ut liceret hanc ſibi uxorem ducere.

G.

Hera, lachrymas mitte,

line 35 Ac potiùs quod ad hanc rem opus eſt, porrò conſule; patiamúrne,

An narremus cuipiam?

S.

Au, Au, mi homo, ſanu' [...]' es?

An proferendum hoc tibi videtur eſſe uſquam?

G.

Mihi quidem non placet.

Jam primum, illum alieno animo à nobis eſſe res ipſa indicat.

Nunc ſi hoc palàm proferemus, ille inficias ibit, ſat ſcio,

line 40 Tua fama & guatae vita in dubium veniet; tum ſi maxumè

Fateatur, cùm amat aliam, non eſt utile hanc illi dare; quapropter,

Quoque pacto celato eſt opus.

S.

Ah, minimè gentium; non faci [...]m.

G.

Quidagis?

S.

Proferarr.

G.

Hem, mea Soſtrata, vide quam rem agas.

S.

Pejore res loco non poteſt eſſe, quàm in quo nunc ſita eſt; primùm indotata eſt;

line 45 Tum praeterea, quae ſecunda ei dos erat, periit; pro virgine dari nuptum

Non poteſt; hoc reliquum eſt, ſi inficias ibit, teſtis mecum eſt annulus

Quem ipſe amiſerat; poſtremò, quando ego conſcia mihi ſum, à me culpam eſſe hanc procul,

Neque pretium, neque rem ullam interceſſiſſe, illâ aut me indignam, Geta, [Page] Experiar.

G.

Quid iſtuc? accedo, ut meliùs dicas.

S.

Tu quantum potes,

line 50 Abi, atque Hegioni cognato hujus rem enarrato omnem ordine;

Nam is noſtro Simulo fuit ſummus, & nos coluit maximé.

G.

Nam he [...]cle

Alius nemo reſpicit nos.

So.

Propera tu, mea Canthara, curre,

Obſtetricem accerſe, ut, cùm opus ſit, ne in morâ nobis ſiet.

3

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Act. III. Scen. III.

DEMEA. SYRUS.

D.

I Am quite undone, I have heard that my ſon Cteſipho was with Aeſchinus

In the taking the wench away. This evil remains to make me miſerable, if he can alſo dra [...] him to lewdneſs,

Who is for any employment. Where ſhould I ſeek him?

I think he is drawn away into a ſtew ſomewhither, I am ſure that diſhoneſt fellow hath perſwaded him.

line 5 But loe, I ſee Syrus going; I ſhall know of him, where he is, and truly he

Is one of that crue? if he perceive that I am looking for him; the hang man

Will never tell me, I will not let him ſee that I deſire that.

Sy.

We have told the old-man erewhile all the matter in order how it is,

I never ſaw one more merry.

D.

O Iupiter, to ſee the folly of the man.

Sy.

He commended

line 10 His ſon, he thanked me that had counſelled him.

D.

I am ready to burſt aſunder.

Sy.

He told the money forthwith: he gave us half a piece beſides towards the charges;

That was laid out indeed as we would have it.

D.

Ho, you ſhould commit it to this fellow,

If you would have any thing well looked unto.

Sy.

Ho, Demea, I did not ſee you.

[Page] How goeth all?

D.

How goeth all? I cannot ſufficien [...]lie wonder at your courſe of life.

Sy.

line 15 Truly it is fond, and that I may ſpeak in earneſt, abſurd, Dromo, dreſſe thoſe other

Fiſhes: let that great conger play in the water

A little while: it ſhall be garbaged when I come, I will not have it done before.

D.

That theſe

Lewde pranks ſhould be done!

Sy.

Trulie they do not like me, and I often cry out,

Stephanio, ſee that theſe ſalt-meats be well watered.

D.

O ſtrange?

line 20 Whether hath he any pleaſure to do it, or doth he think it will be for his credit, if he ſhall undoe

My ſon? woe is mee poor man; me thinks I n [...]w ſee that day, when

He being in want ſhall run herehence ſomewhither to be a ſouldier;

Sy.

O Demea,

That is wiſedom, not only to ſee what is preſent, but alſo

To foreſee thoſe things which are to come.

D.

What? is that ſinging wench now at the houſe?

Sy.

line 25 Look where ſhe is within.

D.

Whoo, will he have her at home?

Sy.

I think ſo, he is ſo mad.

D.

That theſe lewd pranks ſhould be done!

Sy.

The fooliſh lenity of his father, and his naughtie

Gentleneſs.

D.

Trulie I am aſhamed, and it irketh me that he is my brother.

Sy.

There is too much difference betwixt you,

Demea, and I do not ſay this becauſe you are here preſent, there is too too much.

You, how great ſoever you are, are all wiſedom; he is become otherwiſe,

line 30 A mere ſot: but would you ſuffer that ſon of yours to do theſe things?

D.

Would I ſuffer him?

Or would not I have ſmelt it out full ſix months before he had attempted any thing?

Sy.

Do you tell me of your vigilant care?

D.

Let him now be as he is, I pray you.

Sy.

As a father would have his ſon to be, ſo he is.

D.

What have you ſeen him to day?

Sy.

Your

Son? (I will ſet him packing hence into the countrey) I think he is doing ſomething in the countrey a good while ago.

[Page]D.

line 35 Are you ſure he is there?

Sy.

Who my ſelf went a gate-ward with him.

D.

It is very well.

I was afraid leſt he ſhould have been hankering here.

Sy.

And very angrie too.

D.

And why ſo?

Sy.

He fell a chiding his brother at the market for this ſinging wench.

D.

Say you ſo indeed?

Sy.

Whoo, he lained nothing; for by chance as the money was paying,

The fellow came upon him at unawares, he began to cry out, Aeſchinus,

line 40 Is it fit for you to play theſe mad pranks? for you to commit theſe things unbecoming

Our pedigree?

D.

O, I weep for joy.

Sy.

Thou doeſt not loſe

This money, but thy life.

D.

God bleſſe him, I hope, he is like

His anceſtors.

Sy.

Whoo.

D.

O Syrus, he is full of theſe documents.

Sy.

He had one at home, of whom he might learn.

D.

A great deal of pains is taken in it.

line 45 I omit nothing, I wont him to it; brieflie, I bid him to look into other mens lives

As into a looking glaſſe, and to take to himſelf example by others. Do this.

Sy.

Well indeed.

D.

Avoid this.

Sy.

Wiſelie.

D.

This is for your commendation.

Sy.

There is the cream of the matter.

D.

This is for your diſcredit.

Sy.

Very well.

D.

And furthermore.

Sy.

Trulie I have no leiſure now

To hearken to you; I have gotten fiſh according to my deſire; I muſt have a care

line 50 They be not ſpoiled; for this is as heinous a deed for us, as for you, Demea,

Not to do thoſe things you ſpoke on erewhile; and, as far forth as I am able,

I inſtruct my fellow-ſervants after that ſame manner; this is ſalt, this is burnt,

This is not well waſhed; that is well, remember to do ſo again. I adviſe them diligentlie

All I can as far as my skill reacheth. Finallie, I bid them, Demea,

line 55 To look into the platters as into a looking glaſſe, and tell them what is needful

To be done. I think theſe are fond things which we do. But what ſhould one do?

As a man is, ſo you muſt humour him. Would you had any thing elſe?

D.

I wiſh you have more wit

[Page] Given you.

Sy.

Are you going hence into the countrey?

D.

Straightway.

Sy.

For what ſhould you do here?

line 60 Where if you give any good commands, no bodie doth obey you?

D.

But I am going hence,

Seing he for whoſe ſake I came hither, is gone into the countrey: I care for him

Onely, he pertaineth to me. Seeing my brother will have it ſo, let him look to

That other. But who is yond, that I ſee a good way off? Is not this Hegio,

One of our kindred? if my ſight fail me not, it is he verily. Ha, a man

line 65 That hath been a friend to us even from our childhood. Good God! verily we have great ſcarcitie

Of ſuch citizens now-a-daies; a down-right honeſt and faithfull man.

I know not of any harm that ever he did to the Common-wealth.

How glad am I when I ſee any remnants of this ſtock?

Ha, now I joy to live I will tarrie for the man here,

line 70 That I may ſalute him, and talk with him.

Act. III. Scen. III.

[Page]

DEMEA. SYRUS.

D.

DIſperii, Cteſiphonem audivi filium unà affuiſſe in raptione

Cum Aeſchino. Id miſero reſtat mihi mali, ſi illum poteſt, qui [...] alicui

Rei eſt, etiam ad nequitiam eum adducere. Ubi ego illum quaetam?

Credo abductum in ganeum, aliquó; perſuaſit ille impurus ſat ſcio.

line 5 Sed eccum Syrum ire video; hinc ſcibo jam, ubi ſiet. Atque hercle hic

De grego illo eſt: ſi me ſenſerit cum quaeritare, nunquam dicet

Carnuſex; non oſtendam id me velle.

Sy.

Omnem rem modò ſeni, quo pacto haberet, enarramus ordine,

Nihil vidi quicquam laetius.

D.

Proh Jupiter, hominis ſtultitiam!

Sy.

Collaudavit

line 10 Filium; mihi, qui dediſſem conſilium, egit gratias.

D.

Diſrumpor.

S.

Argentum adnumeravit illi [...]ó; dedit praeterea in ſumptum dimidium

Minae. Id diſtributum ſanè ex ſententiâ eſt.

D.

Hem, huic mandes,

Si quid rectè curatum velis.

S.

Ehem, Demea, haud aſpexeram

[Page] Te; quid agitur?

D.

Quid agatur? voſtram nequeo mirari ſatis rationem.

Sy.

line 15 Eſt hercle inepta, ne dicam dolo, atque abſurda. Piſces caeteros

Purga, Dromo: congrum iſtum maximum in aqua ſinito luder [...]

Pauliſper: ubi ego venero exoſſabitur; priùs nolo.

D.

Haeccine

Flagitia!

Sy.

Mihi quidem non placent, & clamo ſaepe;

Salſamenta haec, Stephanio, fac macerentur pulchrè.

D.

Dii veſtram fidem!

line 20 Utrum ſtudióne id ſibi habet, an laudi putat fore, ſi perdiderit

Guatum? vae miſero mihi! videre videor jam diem illum, cùm

Hinc egens profugiet aliquò militatum.

Sy.

O Demea,

Iſtuc ſapere eſt, non quod ante pedes modò eſt videre, ſed etiam illa

Quae futura ſunt, proſpicere.

D.

Quid? iſtaec jam penes vos Pſaltria eſt?

Sy.

line 25 Ellam intus.

D.

Eho, an domi eſt habiturus?

Sy.

Credo, ut eſt dementia.

D.

Haec [...]ine fieri flagitia?

Sy.

Inepta lenitas patris, & facilitas

Prava.

D.

Fra [...]ris me quidem pudet, pigétque.

Sy.

Nimium inter vos,

Demea, ac non quia ades praeſens dico hoc, pernimium;

Intereſt. Tu quantus, quantus, nihil niſi ſapientia es: ille fit aliter,

line 30 Somnium; ſineres verò illum tu tuum facerehaec?

D.

Sinerem illum?

Aut non ſex totis menſibus priùs olfeciſſem, quàm illc quicquam ceperit?

Sy.

Vigilantiam tuam tu mihi narras?

D.

Sic ſiet modò, ut nunc, quaeſo.

Sy.

Ut quiſque ſuum vult eſſe, ita eſt.

D.

Quid? eum vidiſtin' hodie.

Sy.

Tuumne

Filium. (Abigam hinc rus,) jam dudum aliquid ruri agere arbitror.

[Page]D.

line 35 Satin'ſcis tibi eſſe?

Sy.

Quid egomet produxi.

D.

Optumè eſt,

Metui, ne haereret hîc.

S.

Atque iratum admodum.

D.

Quid autem?

S.

Adortus eſt jurgio fratrem apud forum de pſaltriâ hâc.

D.

Ain'verò?

S.

Vah, nihil reticuit; nam ut numerabatur forte argentum,

Intervenit homo de improviſo, coepit clamare, Aeſchine,

line 40 Haeccine flagitia facere te? haec te admittere indigna

Genere noſtro?

D.

Oh, lacrymo gaudio.

S.

Nō tu hoc

Argentum perdis, ſed vitam tuam.

D.

Salvus ſit; ſpero, eſt ſimilis

Majorum ſuorum.

S.

Hui.

D.

Syre, praeceptorum plenus eſt iſtorum

Ille.

S.

Domi habuit, unde diſceret.

D.

Fit ſeduló.

line 45 Nihil praetermitto, conſuefacio: denique, inſpicere tanquam

In ſpeculum vitas omnium jubeo, atque ex aliis ſumere

Exemplum ſibi. Hoc facito.

S.

Rectè ſané.

D.

Hoc fugito.

Sy.

Callidé.

D.

Hoc laudi eſt.

S.

Iſtaec res eſt

D.

Hoc vitio datur:

S.

Probiſſimé.

D.

Porró autem.

S.

Non hercle otium eſt nunc mihi

line 50 Auſcultandi; piſces ex ſententia nactus ſum; hi mihi nè

Corrumpantur cautio eſt. Nam id nobis tam flagitium eſt, quàm illa

Demea, non facere vobis, quae modo dixti, &, quod queo,

Conſervis ad eundem iſtunc praecipio modum: hoc ſalſum eſt, hoc aduſtum eſt,

Hoc lautum eſt parùm: illud rectè, iterum memento. Seduló

line 55 Monco quae poſſum pro meâ ſententiâ. Poſtremó, tanquam in ſpeculum,

In patinas, Demea, inſpicere jubeo, & moneo quid ſacto

Uſus ſiet. Inepta haec eſſe nos quae facimus ſentio. Verùm, quid facias?

Ut homo eſt, ita morem geras. Numquid vis?

D.

Mentem vobis meliorem

[Page] Dari.

Sy.

In rus hinc abis?

D.

Rectâ.

Sy.

Num quid tu hîc agas?

line 60 Ubi ſi quid bene praecipias, nemo obtemperet.

D.

Ego verò hinc

Abeo, quando is, quamobrem huc veneram, rus abiit; illum curo

Unum, ille ad me attinet. Quando ita vult frater, de iſtoc

Ipſe viderit. Sed quis illic eſt, procul quem video? Eſtne hic Hegio,

Tribūlis noſter? ſi ſatis cerno, is hercle eſt. Vah, homo

line 65 Amicus nobis jam inde à puero. Dii boni! nae iſtiuſmodi jam

Magna nobis civium penuria eſt; homo antiquâ virtute

Ac fide: Haud ſcio mali quid ortum ex hoc ſit publicé.

Quàm gaudeo, ubi hujus generis reliquias reſtare

Video? Vah, vivere etiam nunc lubet. Opperiar hominem

line 70 Hîc, ut ſalutem, & colloquar.

4

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Act. III. Scen. IV.

HEGIO, GETA, DEMEA, PAMPHILA.

H.

OStrange: a baſe unworthy fact, Geta,

What is this thou telleſt me?

G.

It is ſo as I ſay.

Heg.

That ſuch an un-gentlemanly prank

Should be committed by one of that familie? O Aeſchinus,

Truly you have not learned this of your father.

D.

Surely

line 5 He hath heard of this ſinging-wench; that now grieveth him.

Being but a ſtranger; his father makes nothing of it: woe is me,

I wiſh he were ſomewhere here by, and might hear theſe things.

Heg.

Vnleſſe they doe, what things its fit they ſhould doe, they ſhall not carry it away thus.

Get.

All our hope doth relie upon you, Hegio.

line 10 We have you our only friend; you are our defender, you are our father;

That old-man when he died, bequeathed us to you,

[Page] If you forſake us we are undone.

Heg.

See you ſay not ſo;

Neither will I do it, neither do I think I can do it with anie ſhew of honeſtie.

D.

I will go to him; I bid you moſt heartilie good morrow Hegio.

Heg.

line 15 Oh, you are the man I looked for; good morrow, Demea.

D.

But what is the matter?

Heg.

Your elder ſon Aeſchinus,

Whom you gave to your brother to be adopted, hath neither done the part

Of an honeſt man nor a gentleman.

D.

What is that?

Heg.

Did you know Simulus a friend of ours,

line 20 And one much like us?

D.

what elſe?

Heg.

He hath defloured

His daughter being a maid.

D.

Ha!

Heg.

Tarrie Demea, you have not yet heard

That which is the worſt.

D.

Is there anie thing more yet?

Heg.

Yes indeed more: for this is in ſome way to be born withall,

For the night, love, wine, and youth perſwaded thereto;

line 25 It is but a man's frailtie: after he knew it was done, he came himſelf

Of his own accord to the maids mother, weeping, entreating, beſeeching,

Promiſing, and ſwearing, that he would marrie her and take her home to him.

It was unknown, it was kept ſilent, it was believed; the maid

Came to be great with child upon that deflourment: this is the tenth month.

line 30 This honeſt man, forſooth, hath provided us a ſinging—wench,

That he may live withall, and forſake her.

D.

Do you tell me theſe things for a certaintie?

Heg.

The maid's mother

Is readie to witneſſe it, the maid her ſelf, the matter it ſelf; This Geta

Beſides, as the condition of the ſervant is, no bad one,

line 35 Nor ſlothfull, finds them all things, he alone maintaineth

The whole familie: take him aſide, tie him neck and heels, enquire the matter out of him.

G.

Nay indeed rack me, if it be not ſo done, Demea;

Laſtly he will not himſelf denie it, let me have him face to face.

D.

I am aſhamed, neither do I know what to do, nor what to anſwer this man:

P.

line 40 Ah me poor woman I am riven aſunder wich pains. Juno Lucina,

Help me, ſave me, I beſeech thee.

H.

What now, I pray thee, is ſhe crying five loaves a pennie?

[Page]G.

Yes Hegio.

Heg.

She craveth your aid, Demea,

That ſhe may obtain that by good-will, which the law compelleth you to;

I pray God, that theſe things may firſt be done, as it becometh you:

line 45 But if your minde be otherwiſe bent▪ Demea, I will defend her

To the utmoſt of my power, and him that is deceaſed.

He was my kinſman: we were brought up together being little ones

Even ſince we were children, we have been alwaies together in the warres

And at home; we have endured a great deal of penurie together.

line 50 Wherefore I will ſtrive, I will do what I can, I will trie: laſtlie,

I will loſe my life rather then I will forſake them.

What anſwer do you give me?

D.

I will talk with my brother, Hegio;

What advice he ſhall give me in this matter, that I will ſollow.

Heg.

But, Demea, ſee you conſider this with your ſelf,

line 55 As you live verie eaſie lives, as you are verie potent men,

Rich, fortunate, gallant,

So much the more it behooveth you to underſtand with an even minde

The things that are equal, if you will have your ſelves be accounted honeſt men.

D.

Come back again: all things ſhall be done, which it is fitting ſhould be done.

Heg.

line 60 It becometh you to do it. Geta, lead me the way to Soſtrata.

D.

Theſe things are not done but by conſent; I wiſh this might be onely

The laſt prank, but that too much libertie

Will certainly come to ſome great miſchef or other.

I will go, I will ſeek out my brother, that I may eaſe my ſtomach of theſe things upon him.

Act. III. Scen. IV.

[Page]

HEGIO, GETA, DEMEA, PAMPHILA.

H.

PRoh Dii immortales! facinus indignum, Geta,

Quid narras?

G.

Sic eſt.

Heg.

Ex illâ familiâ

Tam illiberale facinus eſſe ortum? O Aeſchine,

Pol haud paternum iſtuc dediſti.

Dem.

Videlicet,

line 5 De pſalteriâ hâc audivit; id illi nunc dolet

Alieno: pater is nihili pen et; hei mihi,

Utinam hîc propè adeſſet alicubi, atque audiret haec.

Heg.

Niſi facient, quae illos aequum eſt, haud ſic auferent.

Get.

In te ſpes omnis, Hegio, nobis ſita eſt:

line 10 Te ſolum habemus; tu es patronus, tu es pater.

Ille tibi moriens nos commendavit ſ [...]nex,

[Page] Si deſeris tu, periimus.

Heg.

Cave dixeris,

Neque faciam, neque me ſatis piè poſſe arbitror.

D.

Adibo? jubeo ſalvere Hegionem plurimúm.

Heg.

line 15 O te quaerebam ipſum; Salve, Demea,

D.

Quid autem?

Heg.

Major filius tuus Aeſchinus

Quem fratri adoptandum dediſti, neque boni

Neque liberalis functus officium eſt viri.

D.

Quid iſtuc?

Heg.

Noſtrum amicum nôras Simulum,

line 20 Atque aequalem?

D.

Quid ni?

H.

Filiam ejus virginem

Vitiavit.

D.

Hem!

H.

Mane, nondum audiſti, Demea,

Quod eſt graviſſimum.

D.

An quidquam etiam amplius?

H.

Verq amplius; nam hoc quidem ferendum aliquo modo eſt,

Perſuaſit nox, amor, vinum, adoleſcentia;

line 25 Humanum eſt; ubi ſit factum, ad matrem virginis

Venit ipſus ultrò, lachrymans, orans, obſecrans,

Fidem dans, jurans ſe illam ducturum domum.

Ignotum eſt, tacitum eſt, creditum eſt; virgo ex eo

Compreſſu gravida facta eſt; menſis hic decin us eſt.

line 30 Ille bonus vir nobis pſaltriam, ſi Diis placet,

Paravit, quicum vivat, illam & deſerat.

D.

Pro certon' tu iſtaec dicis?

H.

Mater virginis

In medio eſt, ipſa virgo, res ipſ [...]; hic Geta

Praeterea, ut captus eſt ſervulorum, non malus▪

line 35 Neque iners, alit illas, ſolus omnem familiam

Suſtentat; hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem.

G.

Immò hercle extorque, niſi ita factum eſt, Demea,

Poſtremò nou negabit, coràm ipſum cedo.

D.

Pudet, neque quid agam, neque quid huic reſpondeam, ſcio.

P.

line 40 Miſcram me! differor doloribus, Iuno▪ Lucina,

Fer opem, ſerva me, obſecro.

Heg.

Hem! numnam illa, quaeſo, parturit?

[Page]G.

Certè Hegio.

Heg.

Illaec fidem noſtram implorat, Demea,

Quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate ut impetret;

Haec primùm ut fiant, deos quaeſo, ut vobis decet:

line 45 Sin aliter animus veſter eſt, ego, Demea.

Summâ vi defendam hanc, atque illum mortuum.

Cognatus mihi erat; unà à pueris pa [...]vuli

Sumus educti: unà ſemper militiae & domi

Fuimus; paupertatem una pertulimus gravem.

line 50 Quapropter nitar, faciam, experiar; denique

Animam relinquam potiùs quàm illas deſeram.

Quid mihi reſpondes?

D.

Fratrem conveniam, Hegio,

Is quod mihi de hac re dederit conſilium, id ſequar.

Heg.

Sed, Demea, hoc tu facito tecum animo cogites,

line 55 Quàm vos facillimè agitis, quàm eſtis maximè

Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

Tam maximè vos aequo animo aequa noſcere

Oportet, ſi vos vultis perhiberi probos.

D.

Redito; fient, quae fieri aequum eſt, omnia.

Heg.

line 60 Decet te facere. Geta, duc me ad Soſtratam.

D.

Non, me indicente, haec fiunt; utinam hoc ſit modò

Defunctum, verùm nimia illa licentia

Profectò evadet in aliquod magnum malum.

Ibo, requiram fratrem, ut in eum haec evomam.

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Act. III. Scen. V.

HEGIO.

Heg.

SOſtrata, ſee you have a good heart, and ſee you clear up that Daughter of yours

As well as you can; I will go talk with Mitio, if he be at the market,

[Page] And tell him orderlie how the matter ſtandeth.

If it be, that he will do that which he ought to doe,

line 5 Let him do it: but if his reſolution be otherwiſe aboun this matter,

Let him give me an anſwer, that I may know as ſoon as may be what I ſhould do.

Act. III. Scen. V.

[Page]

HEGIO.

Heg.

BOno animo fac ſis, Soſtraia, & iſtam quàm potes

Fac conſolêres ego Mitionem ſi apud forum eſt,

[Page] Conveniam, atque ut res geſta eſt, narrabo ordine

Si eſt facturus ut ſiet officium ſuum,

Faciat; ſin aliter de hac [...]re eſt ejus ſententia,

Reſpondeat mihi, ut, quid agam, quamprimù [...] ▪ ſciam.

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1

Act. IV. Scen. I.

CTESPHO. SYRUS.

Ct.

DO you ſay my father is gone hence into the countrey?

S.

Long agoe.

Ct.

I pray thee tell me truly:

Sy.

He is at his farm-houſe. And I believe he is verie hard now at ſome work.

Ct.

I wiſh indeed, ſo it may be with his ſafetie, that he may ſo weary himſelf,

As that he may not be able at all to riſe out of his bed for theſe three dayes together.

S.

line 5 I wiſh it may be ſo, and anie thing that he can do more commodious then that.

Ct.

Ey! for

I earneſtly deſire to ſpend all this day in merriment, as I have begun; and I utterly diſlike

That countrie-farm for no reaſon ſo much, as becauſe it is neer-hand; but if it were

Further off, the night would overtake him there, before he could return hither

Again. Now when he ſhall not ſee me there, he will come running hither again by and by,

line 10 I am certain. He will ask me where I have been, becauſe I have not ſeen him to day

All the day long. What ſhould I ſay?

S.

Is no excuſe come into your minde?

Ct.

No nothing at all.

S.

You are ſo much the worſe. Have you no client, friend, or gueſt?

Ct.

I have; what then?

S.

Tell him, you attended on theſe.

Ct.

Which attendance was not given;

This cannot be done.

S.

It may.

Ct.

On the day time. But if I tarrie here all night,

line 15 What excuſe ſhall I make▪ Syrus?

S.

Oh, how heartilie I could wiſh it were a cuſtome

[Page] To attend our friends alſo by night. But do you reſt your ſelf ſecure,

I know his pulſe very well. When he is as hot as a roſte, I make him

As quiet as a lamb.

Ct.

How?

S.

He delighteth to hear you commended,

I ſet you out as a little God to him, I tell him of all your good qualities.

Ct.

Mine?

S.

line 20 Yours: the man will weep like a childe for joy.

Oh but ſee yonder for you?

Ct.

What is the matter?

Sy.

Here's the man we talk of.

Ct.

Is my father here?

S.

It is juſt he.

Ct.

Syrus, what ſhall we do?

Sy.

Get you but in now,

I will look to it.

Ct.

If he ask you any thing concerning me, ſay you ſaw me no where. Do you hear?

Sy.

Can you commaud your ſelf to give over your prate?

Act. IV. Scen. I.

[Page]

CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

Ct.

A In' patrem hinc abiiſſe rus?

S.

Jam dudum.

Ct.

Dic ſodes,

S.

Apud villam eſt. Nunc autem maximè operis aliquid facere

Credo.

Ct.

Utinum quidem, quod cum ſalute ejus fiat, ita ſe defatigârit;

Velim, ut triduo hoc perpetuo è lecto prorſus nequeat ſurgere.

S.

line 5 Ita fiat, & iſtoc ſi quid potis eſt rectius.

Ct.

Ita; nam hunc diem

[...]ſerè cupio, ut cepi, perpetuum in laetitiâ degere; & illud rus

Nullá al â cauſâ tam malè odi, niſi quia prope eſt; quod ſi abeſſet

Longiùs, priùs nox oppreſſiſſet illic, quàm huc reverti poſſet

Iterum. Nunc ubi me illic non videbit, jam huc recurret,

line 10 Sat ſcio. Rogabit me ubi fuerim, quem ego hodie toto non

Vidi die, quid dicam?

S.

Nihilne in mentem?

Ct.

Nunquam quidquam:

S.

Tantò nequiores. Cliens, amicus, hoſpes nemo eſt vobis?

Ct.

Sunt, quid poſtea?

Sy.

Hiſce opera ut data ſit.

Ct.

Quae non

Data ſit? non poteſt fieri.

Sy.

Poteſt.

Ct.

Interdiu; ſed ſi hîc

line 15 Pernocto, cauſae quid dicam, Syre?

S.

Vah, quàm vellem etiam

[Page] Noctu amicis operam mos eſſet dari. Quin tu otioſus es, ego

Illius ſenſum pulchrè calleo. Cum fervet maximè, tam placidum

Quàm ovem reddo.

Ct.

Quo modo?

Sy.

Laudarier te audit

Lubenter, facio te apud illum Deum, virtutes narro:

Ct.

Meas?

Sy.

line 20 Tuas: homini cadunt lachrymae, quaſi puero pr [...] [...]audio.

Hem tibi autem?

Ct.

Quidnam?

Sy.

Lupus eſt in fabula.

Ct.

Pater adeſt?

S.

Ipſus eſt.

Ct.

Syre, quid agimus?

S.

Fuge modò intró.

Ego videro.

Ct.

Si quid rogabit, nuſquam tu me: audiſtin'?

S.

Potin' es, ut deſinas?

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Act. IV. Scen. II.

DEMEA. CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

D.

VErilie I am an unfortunate man; firſt I can finde my brother no where

In all the world. And beſides, as I was looking for him, ſaw a day tale man

Coming from my farm, he ſaith my ſon is not in the countrey; and I know not what to do.

Ct.

Syrus,

S.

What ſay you?

Ct.

Is he looking for me?

S.

Yes.

Ct.

I am undone.

S.

But be of good chear.

D.

line 5 What unfortunateneſs is this, with a miſchief? I cannot ſufficientlie judge,

But that I think I am born to this thing, to ſuffer miſeries.

I am the firſt that perceive our miſhaps, I am the firſt that know all things,

And I am the firſt that carrie the news of them; I am the onely man that am grieved at it, if any thing be done amiſs.

S.

I cannot but laugh as this man, he ſaith he is the firſt that knoweth and he alone is ignorant of all things.

D.

line 10 Now I am come again, and am going to ſee, if my brother by chance be returned.

Ct.

Syrus,

I pray thee have a care that he ruſh not himſelf quite in hither.

S.

What can you hold your peace?

I will have a care.

Ct.

Truly I will never to day adventure that thing with you:

[Page] For I will pen up my ſelf with her in ſome cloſe room: that is the ſafeſt courſe.

S.

Do it, yet I will ſet this man packing.

D.

But loe where your roguiſh Syrus is?

Sy.

line 15 Trulie there is not any body can abide here, if things be carried thus.

Verilie I would faign know, how many maſters I have: what a miſery is this?

D.

What is he yelping like a fox? what would he have? what ſay you you honeſt man? Is my brother at home?

S.

What do you ſay honeſt man to me, with a miſchief? verilie I am an undone man.

D.

What aileth you?

S.

line 20 Do you ask? Cteſipho hath quite kild me poor man, and that ſinging wench

With buffeting.

D.

Ha, what ſtory you tell?

Sy.

Oh, do you ſee how he hath cut my lip?

D.

Why ſo?

S.

He ſaith, ſhe was bought by perſwaſion.

D.

Did not you ſay

You went agateward with him latelie into the countrey from hence?

S.

So I did, but he came afterwards

Like a mad-man, he made no ſpare of any thing. Should not he have been aſhamed to beate

line 25 An old man; whom I latelie carried in my arms, being but a little boy thus big.

D.

I commend thee Cteſipho, thou doſt follow thy fathers ſteps; go thy way, I take thee to be a man.

S.

Do you commend him? he will hold his hands hereafter, if he be wiſe.

D.

Valiantlie done.

S.

Very valiantlie, becauſe he hath overcome a poor woman, and me

A poor ſlave, that durſt not ſtrike again: Whoo, it was very valiantlie done.

D.

line 30 He could not have done better, he thought as I think, that you are the ring-leader in this matter.

But is my brother within?

S.

He is not.

D.

I muſe, where I may ſeek him.

S.

I know where he is,

But I will not tell you to day.

D.

Ha, what ſay you?

S.

So.

D.

I will be ſure to beat out thy brains now.

S.

But I know not the name

Of that man, but I know the place where he is.

D.

Tell me the place then.

S.

line 35 Do you know the porch by the ſhambles this way down the ſtreet?

D.

Why ſhould 1

But know it?

S.

Go ſtraight along this ſtreet to the upper end; when you come there,

[Page] There is a down-hill towards the lower end; haſte your ſelf this way; afterwards there is

A chappel on this hand, there is a by-corner hard by.

D.

What one?

S.

There where

There is alſo a great wilde fig-tree; do you know it?

D.

I know it.

S.

Go on this way.

line 40 Indeed that by-corner is no thorow-gate.

S.

True indeed, ah,

Do you not perceive that I am a man? I am miſtaken; [...]ome back again to the porch,

Indeed you will go a great deal nearer this way, & it is not ſo ill to hit.

Do you know this rich man Cratinus's houſe?

D.

I know it.

S.

You are gone paſt it,

Go on the left hand ſtraight along this ſtreet; when you come at Diana's temple,

line 45 Go on the right hand; before you come at the gate, at the very great poole,

There is a mil-houſe, and over againſt it there is a joyners ſhop; there he is.

D.

What doth he there?

S.

He hath put out ſome tables to be made with holm feer,

Whereon you may drink in the ſun-ſhine.

D.

Very well indeed: but do I m [...]ke no more haſte to go to him?

S.

Get you gone for ſooth; I will ſet you on work to day, as you deſerve, you old dotard.

line 50 Aeſchinus loytereth tediouſlie; the dinner is ſpoiled;

Cteſipho is in love up to the ears: I will now look to my ſelf.

For I will now go, and take everie thing that is the moſt tooth ſome,

And tippling off the pots by little and little, I will draw this day to an end.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

[Page]

DEMEA. CTESIPHO. SYRUS.

D.

NAe ego homo ſum infaelix; primùm fratrem nuſquam invenio

Gentium. Praeterea autem dum illum quaero, à villâ mercenarium

Vidi; is filium negat eſſe ruri: nec quid agam ſcio.

Ct.

Syre,

Sy.

Quid ais?

Ct.

Men' quaerit?

S.

Verum.

Ct.

Perii.

S.

Quin tu animo bono es.

D.

line 5 Quid hoc, malùm, infelicitatis? nequeo ſatis diſcernere,

Niſi me credo huic eſſe natum rei, ferendis miſeriis.

Primus ſentio mala noſtra, primus reſciſco omnia,

Primus porrò obnuncio: aegré ſolus, ſi quid fit, fero.

S.

Rideo hunc, primum ait ſe ſcire, is ſolus neſcit omnia.

D.

line 10 Nunc redeo, ſi fortè frater redierit, viſo.

Ct.

Syre,

Obſecro, vide ne ille huc prorſus ſe irruat.

S.

Etiam taces?

Ego cavebo.

Ct.

Nunquam hercle ego hodie iſtuc committam tibi.

[Page] Nam me in cellam aliquam cum illâ concludam; id tutiſſimum eſt.

S.

Age, tamen ego hunc amovebo.

D.

Sed eccum ſceleratum Syrum!

S.

line 15 Non hercle hic quidem durare quiſquam, ſi ſic fit, poteſt.

Scire equidem volo, quot mihi ſint domini: quae eſt haec miſeria!

D.

Quid ille gannit? quid vult? quid ais bone vir? eſt frater domii?

S.

Quid, malum, bone vir, mihi narras? equidem perii.

D.

Quid tibi eſt?

S.

line 20 Rogitas? Cteſipho me pugnis miſerum, & iſtam pſaltriam

Uſque occidit.

D.

Hem, quid narras?

S.

Hem, vides, ut diſcidit labrum.

D.

Quamobr [...]m?

S.

Me impulſore hanc emptam eſſe ait.

D.

Non tu eum

Rus hinc modò produxe aiebas?

S.

Factum; verùm venit pòſt

Inſaniens, nihil pepercit; non puduiſſe verberare hominem

line 25 Senem; quem ego modò puerum tantillùm in manibus geſtavi meis?

D.

Laudo, Cteſipho, patriſſas; abi, virum te judico.

S.

Laudáſne? ille continebit poſthac, ſi ſapiet, manus.

D.

Fortiter.

S.

Perquam, quia miſeram mulierem, & me ſervolum

Qui referire non audebam, vicit; hui, perfortiter.

D.

line 30 Non potuit melius; idem quod ego ſenfit, te eſſe huic rei caput.

Sed eſtne frater intus?

S.

Non eſt.

D.

Ubi illum quaeram, cogito.

S.

Scio ubi ſit,

Verùm hodie nunquam monſtrabo.

D.

Hem, quid ais?

S.

Ita.

D.

Diminuetur tibi quidem jam cerebrum.

S.

At nomen neſcio

Illius hominis; ſed locum novi ubi ſit.

D.

Dic ergo locum.

S.

line 35 Noſtin' porticum apud macellum hâc deorſum?

D.

Quid ni

Noverim?

S.

Praeterito hâc rectâ plateâ ſurſum; ubi eò veneris,

[Page] Clivos deorſum verſus eſt, hâc te praecipitato; poſtea eſt ad hanc

Manum ſacellum, ibi angiportum propter eſt.

D.

Quodnam?

S.

Illic ubi

Etiam caprificus magna eſt; noſtin'?

D.

Novi.

S.

Hâ [...] pergito [...]

D.

line 40 Id quidem angiportum non eſt pervium.

S.

Verum hercle, vah,

Cenſen' hominem me eſſe? erravi; in porticum rurſum redi,

Sanè hâc multo propiùs ibis, & minor eſt erratio.

Scin' Cratini hujus ditis aedes?

D.

Scio.

S.

Ubi eas praeterieris,

Ad finiſtram hâc rectà plateâ: ubi ad Dianae veneris,

line 45 Ito ad dextram; priùs, quàm ad portum venias, apud ipſum lacum

Eſt piſtrilla, & ex adverſo fabrica, ibi eſt.

D.

Quid ibi facit?

S.

Lectulos in ſole ilignis pedibus faciundos dedit,

Ubi potetis vos.

D.

Bene ſanè; ſed ceſſo ad eum pergere?

S.

I ſanè, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es, ſilicernium;

line 50 Aeſchinus odioſè ceſſat: prandium corrumpitur:

Cteſipho autem in amore eſt totus: ego jam proſpiciam mihi.

Nam jam adibo, at (que) unumquod (que) quod quidem erit belliſſimū,

Carpam, & cyathos ſorbillans paulatim, hunc producam diem

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Act. IV. Scen. III.

MITIO. HEGIO.

M.

I Finde nothing in this matter, Hegio, why I ſhould be ſo much c [...]mended,

I do but my duty, I amend what we have done a [...]ſſe.

Vnleſſe you think me to be one of thoſe men, who think thus

That they have an injurie done them, if they have done one themſelves wilfullie, they themſelves complain,

line 5 [Page] And cry whore firſt, becauſe I have not done ſo, you give me thanks.

Heg.

Ah no, I never thought you to be otherwiſe then you are:

But, I pray you, Mitio, go with me to the maids mother,

And tell the woman your ſelf thoſe very ſame things which you told me;

That this ſuſpition is for his brother and the ſinging wench.

M.

line 10 If you think fitting ſo, or if it be needful to be done, let us go.

Heg.

You do well:

For you will both eaſe her heart, who waſteth away with grief

And miſerie, and you will diſcharge the dutie of an honeſt man as you are; but if you be minded otherwiſe,

I my ſelf will tell her, what you have told me.

M.

Nay, I will go.

H.

You do well.

All people, with whom the world goeth not very well, are more ſupitious; I know not how,

line 15 They take all things the rather as affronts done to them;

They always think they are neglected for their infirmitie

Wherefore it is more pacifying for you to excuſe your ſelf to her face to face.

M.

You ſay well, and trulie.

H.

Follow me in then this way.

M.

Yes.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

[Page]

MITIO. HEGIO.

M.

EGo in hac re nihil reperio, quam ob rem lauder tantopere,

Hegio. Meum officium facio, quod peccatum à nobis eſt, corrigo.

Niſi ſi me in illo credidiſti eſſe homi [...]u [...] numero, qui ita putant

Sibi fieri injuriam, ultrò ſiquam fecêre, ipſi expoſtulant;

line 5 [Page] Et ultrò accuſant: id quia non eſt à me factum, agis gratias.

H.

Ah, minimè; nunquam te aliter at (que) es, in animū induxi meū.

Sed quaeſo, ut unà mecum ad matrem virginis eas, Mitio.

Atque iſtaec eadem, quae mihi dixti, tute dicas mulieri:

Suſpicionē hanc propter fratrē ejus eſſe, & illam pſalteriam.

M.

line 10 Si ita aequum cenſes, aut ſi ita opus eſt facto, eamus.

H.

Bene facis:

Nam & illi animum jam revelabis, quae dolore ac miſeriâ

Tabeſcit, & tuo officio fueris functus; ſed ſi aliter putas,

Egomet narrabo quae mihi dixti.

M.

Imò ego ibo.

H.

Bene facis.

Omnes, quibus res ſunt minus ſecundae, magis ſunt, neſcio quomodo,

line 15 Suſpicioſi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;

Propter ſuam impotentiam, ſe ſemper credunt negligi.

Quapropter te ipſum purgare ipſi coràm, placabilius eſt.

M.

Et certè, & verū dicis.

H.

Sequere me, ego hâc intro.

M.

Maximé.

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Act. IV. Scen. IV.

AESCHINUS.

Aeſch.

I Am vexed in my minde, that this ſo great a miſchief ſhould be objected to me on a ſuddoin,

That I cannot be certain what do with my ſelf, nor what courſe to take.

My limbs are enfeebled with fear, my minde is aſtoniſhed through affrightment,

No counſel at all can ſtand in my heart.

line 5 How ſhould I rid my ſelf out of theſe incūbrances? ſo great a ſuſpiti [...]n

Hath now light upon me, and that not without cauſe. Soſtrata thinketh.

That I bought this ſinging wench for my ſelf: the old woman diſcovered that to me;

For as ſhe by chance was ſent hence to the mid-wife, as ſoon as I ſaw her,

I went preſentlie to her, I ask her how Pamphila did, whether ſhe was near her labour,

line 10 Whether ſhe went to call the mid-wife thither; ſh [...] cryeth out, away, away, Aeſchinus,

[Page] You have now deceived us long enough; your promiſe hath hitherto

Sufficiently fruſtrated us: Alas, quoth I, what is the matter, I pray you?

You may fare well, you may have her that liketh you. I perceived preſently, that they ſuſpected that;

Yet nevertheleſſe I with-held my ſelf, leſt I ſhould utter anie thing concerning my brother to that blab,

line 15 And it come all abroad. Now what ſhould I doe? ſhould I ſay ſhe is my brother's? which it is no need

To be uttered. Well, I let it paſs, it may come to paſſe, that it may not come out anie way.

This is the verie thing I fear, leſt they believe it, there are ſo many likeliehoods concur.

I my ſelf took her away by force; I my ſelf paied the monie; ſhe is brought away

Home to me: moreover I confeſſe theſe things were done through my default, that I told not this thing

line 20 To my father how it was done. I ſhould have intreated him, that I might marrie her.

Hitherto I have been negligent; now Aeſchinus henceforth beſtir thy ſelf.

Now this is to be done firſt and foremoſt; I will go to them, to clear my ſelf, I will come to the door.

I am undone, I alwaies tremble everie bone of me, when I begin to knock at this door, poor man that I am.

Ho ho, it is I Aeſchinus, ſome of you open the door quickly.

line 25 One cometh forth, I know not who, I will ſtep aſide hither.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

[Page]

AESCHINUS.

Aeſch.

DIſcrucior animi, hoccine de improviſo mali mihi objici tantum,

Ut neque quid de me faciam, neque quid agam, certum ſiet.

Membra metu debilia ſunt; animus timore obſtupuit,

Pectore conſiſtere nihil conſilii quidquam poteſt.

line 5 Quomodo ex hac me expediam turbâ? tanta nunc

Suſpicio deme incidit, ne (que) ea immeritó Soſtrata credit

Mihi me pſalteriam hanc emiſſe; id anus mihi judicium fecit;

Nam ut hinc fortè ea ad obſtetricem erat miſſa, ubi vidi eam,

Illico accedo, rogito Pamphila quid agat, jam partus adſiet,

line 10 Eóne obſtetricem acce [...]ſat; illa exclama [...], abi, abi, jam Aeſchine,

[Page] Satis diu dediſti verba nobis, ſatis adhuc tua nos

Fruſtrata eſt ſides; hem, quid iſtuc, obſecro, inquam, eſt?

Valeas, habeas illam quae placet. Senſi illico id illas ſuſpicari:

Sed me reprehendi tamen, ne quid de fratre garrulae illi faverem,

line 15 Ac fieret palam. Nunc quid faciam? dicam fratris eſſe hanc? quod minimè

Eſt opus efferri. Age, mitto, fieri potis eſt, uti ne quâ exeat.

Ipſum id metuo ne credant, tot concurrunt veriſimilia.

Egomet rapui; ipſe egomet ſolvi argentum; ad me abducta eſt

Domum: haec adeò meâ culpâ fateor fieri, non me hanc rem patri

line 20 Ut erat geſta indicâſſe; exoraſſem ut eam ducerem.

Ceſſatum uſ (que) adhuc eſt; nunc por [...]ò, Aeſchine, expergiſcere.

Nunc hoc eſt primum; ad illas ibo, ut purgem me, accedam ad fores,

Perii, horreſco ſemper, ubi pulſare haſce occipio fores, miſer.

Heus, heus, Aeſchinus ego ſum, aperite aliquis actutum oſtium.

line 25 Prodit neſcio quis, concedam huc.

5

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Act. IV. Scen. V.

MITIO. AECHINUS.

M.

SOſtrata, doe as you ſaid. I will go talk with Aeſchinus,

That he may know how theſe things are carried. But who knock't at the door?

Aeſ.

Truly it is my father, I am undone.

M.

Aeſchinus.

Aeſc.

What buſineſſe hath be here?

[Page]M.

Did you knock at this door? he ſaith never a word. Why do I not play upon a little while?

line 5 It is beſt to do ſo: becauſe he would never believe me this.

Do you make me no anſwer?

Aeſch.

Truly I did not knock at this door, that I know of.

M.

Say you ſo? for I wondered what buſineſſe you had here.

He bluſheth; All is well.

Aeſ.

I pray you tell me, father,

What buſineſſe had you here?

M.

I had no buſineſſe truly.

line 10 A friend of mine brought me erewhile from the market,

To be a dayes-man for him here.

Aeſ.

What?

M.

I will tell you.

There are certain poor women dwell here,

I ſuppoſe, and I am ſure, you do not know them;

For it is not long ſince they flitted hither.

Aeſ.

What more then?

M.

line 15 There is a maid with her mother.

Aeſc.

Go on.

M.

This maid is fatherleſſe.

This friend of mine is the next a-kin to her,

The Lawes conſtrain him to marrie her.

Aeſ.

I am undone.

M.

What is the matter?

Aeſch.

Nothing; well, go on.

M.

He is come to carrie her away with him,

For he dwelleth at Miletum.

Aeſc.

Ah, to have the maid away with him?

M.

line 20 Yes.

Aeſch.

As far as Miletum I pray you?

M.

Yes.

Aeſc.

I am ſick at the heart.

What ſay the women?

M.

What do you think they ſay? for they can ſay nothing.

The mother feigned that there is a child born by another man,

I cannot tell who, for ſhe doth not name him:

And that he is the firſt, and therefore that ſhe ought not to be given to this man.

Aeſch.

line 25 Ho, whether did not thoſe things afterwards ſeem juſt to you?

M.

No.

Aeſ.

I beſeech you, no? father, ſhall he have her away hence?

M.

Why ſhould he not have her away?

Aeſ.

It is harſhly done of you,

And unmercifully; and if it be lawfull for me, father,

To ſpeak more plainly, ungentlemanly.

M.

line 30 Why ſo.

Aeſ.

Ask you me? what heart at length do you think

Will that poor man have, that kept her companie before,

(Who forlorn man, I know not well, whether he love her dearly now or no)

[Page] When being by he ſhall ſee her taken from him by force before his face,

As to be had away out of his ſight? O father, it is an unworthy action.

M.

line 35 What reaſon have you to ſay that? who betrothed her, who gave her?

To whom, when was ſhe married? who is the principal contriver of theſe matters?

Why hath he married another man's ſweet-heart?

Aeſch.

Ought ſuch a great maid

To ſit at home, waiting till her kinſman ſhould come

From thence hither? theſe things, father,

line 40 It was fitting you ſhould have alledged, and defended that matter.

M.

You cox-comb, ſhould I plead againſt him,

For whom I came to be an advocate? But, Aeſchinus, what are theſe things

Concerning us? or what have we to do with them? let us go hence; what is the matter?

Why do you weep?

Aeſch.

Father, I beſeech you, hear me.

M.

Aeſchinus,

line 45 I have heard all things, and know every thing: for I love you; wherefore what things you doe,

Are a greater care to me.

Aeſch.

I wiſh you may love me as one that deſerveth, your love,

Whileſt you live, father, as it heartily grieveth me, that I ſhould have taken

This fault upon me, and I am aſhamed of my ſelf for your ſake.

M.

I believe it indeed, for I know your good nature:

line 50 But I fear you are too negligently careleſs in your buſineſſe.

In what citie I pray you do you think you live?

You have defloured a maid, which it was not lawfull for you to touch.

Now that is a very great offence, yet of humane frailtie.

Others and good men have done ſo oftentimes. But ſince this thing fell out, tell me,

line 55 Have you looked about? or have you had any foreſight to your ſelf?

What might be done? what way it might be done? if you your ſelf were aſhamed to Iell me,

Which way ſhould I know? whilſt you are at a ſtand about theſe things the ten months are gone about:

You have betrayed your ſelf, and her poor woman, and your ſon, as far as was in your power.

[Page] What? did you think that God would do this for you whileſt you were aſleep?

line 60 And that he ſhould be brought home into your chamber without any pains of yours?

I would not have you be careleſſe of other things af [...]tr the ſame manner.

Have a good heart, you ſhall marrie her.

Aeſch.

Ha!

M.

Have a good heart, I ſay.

Aeſc.

Father, I pray you, do you now befool me?

M.

I be fool you? wherefore?

Aeſ.

I know not, becauſe I ſo greatly covet this to be true, I am therefore the more afraid.

line 65 Go your way home, and pray to God, that you may goe fetch your wife: go your way.

Aeſch.

What? ſhall I now marrie a wife?

M.

Now.

Aeſ.

Iuſt now?

M.

Iuſt now, as faſt as you can.

Aeſch.

I wiſh I were dead, father, if I do not now love you more then theſe eyes of mine own.

M.

What? better then her?

Aeſ.

As well.

M.

Very kindly.

Aeſch.

What? where is

That Mileſian?

M.

He is gone, he is daſht, he hath taken ſhip. But why do you linger?

Aeſ.

line 70 Father, go you rather, and pray to God, for I am ſure he will rather

Grant your requeſt, becauſe you are the virtuous man far away.

M.

I will go in, that ſuch things as are needfull may be got readie; do you as I told you,

If you be wiſe.

Aeſch.

What buſineſse is this? is this to be a father?

Or is this this to be a ſon? If he were my brother or fellow-companion, how could be

line 75 Humor me more? is not he worthie to be beloved? i [...] not he worthy

To be hugd in ones boſome? Therefore hath he laid on me a great care

By his kindneſſe towards me, leſt peradventure I ſhould do anything

Vnawares, which he would not have me to do. Now I know it, I will take heed. But do I make no haſte

To get in, leſt I be a cauſe of delay to my own marriage!

Act. IV. Scen. V.

[Page]

MITIO. AESCHINUS.

M.

ITa ut dixiſti, Soſtrata, facite: ego Aeſchinum conveniam,

Ut quo modo acta haec ſunt, ſciat. Sed quis oſtium hoc pulſavit?

Aeſch.

Pater hercle eſt, perii:

M.

Aeſchine.

Aeſch.

Quid huic h [...]c negotii?

[Page]M.

Túne has pepuliſti fores? tacet. Cur non ludo hunc aliquantiſper?

line 5 Melius eſt, quandoquidem hoc mihi ipſe nunquā voluit credere.

Nihil me reſpondes?

Aeſch.

Non equidem iſtas, quod ſciam.

M.

Ita? nam mirabar, quid hic negotii eſſet tibi.

Erubuit, ſalva res eſt.

Aeſch.

Dic ſodes, pater,

Tibi verò quid iſtic res eſt?

M.

Nihil mihi quidem.

line 10 Amicus me à foro abduxit modò

Huc advocatum ſibi.

Aeſc.

Quid?

M.

Ego dicam tibi,

Habitant hîc quaedam mulieres pauperculae,

Ut opinor, has non nôſſe re, & certè ſcio;

Neque enim diu huc commigrârunt.

Aeſch.

Quid tum poſtea?

M.

line 15 Virgo eſt cum matre.

Aeſc.

Perge.

M.

Haec virgo orba eſt patre.

Hic meus amicus illi genere eſt proximus.

Huic Leges cogunt nubere hanc.

Aeſc.

Perii.

M.

Quid eſt?

Aeſch.

Nihil; recté, perge.

M.

Is venit, ut ſecum avehat,

Nam habitat Mileti.

Aeſch.

Hem, virginem ut ſecum avehat?

M.

line 20 Sic eſt

Aeſ.

Miletum uſque obſecro?

M.

Ita.

Aeſ.

Animo malè eſt.

Quid ipſae aiunt?

M.

Quid iſtas cenſes? nihil enim.

Commenta mater eſt eſſe ex alio viro,

Neſcio quo, puerum natum, neque eum nominat,

Priorem eſſe illum, non oportere huic dari.

Aeſch.

line 25 Eho, nonne haec juſta tibi videntur poſtea?

M.

Non.

Aeſ.

Obſecro, non? an illam hinc abducet pater?

M.

Quidni illam abducat?

Aeſ.

Factum a vobis duriter,

Immiſericorditérque; atque etiam ſi eſt, pater,

Dicendum magis apertè, illiberaliter.

M.

line 30 Quamobrem?

Aeſ.

Rogas me? quid illi tandem creditis

Fore animi miſero, qui cum illâ conſuevit priús,

(Qui infelix, haud ſcio, an illam miſerè nunc amat,)

[Page] Cùm hanc ſibi videbit praeſens praeſenti eripi,

Abduci ab oculis? facinus indignum pater.

M.

line 35 Quâ ratione iſtuc? quis deſpondit? quis dedit?

Cui, quando nupſit? autor his rebus quis eſt?

Cur duxit alienam?

Aeſch.

An ſedere oportuit

Domi virginem tam grandem, dum cognatus huc

Illinc veniret exſpectantem? haec, mi pater,

line 40 Te dicere aequum fuit, & id defendere?

M.

Ridiculum, advorſúmne illum cauſam dicerem,

Cui veneram advocatus? Sed quid iſta, Aeſchine,

Noſtrâ? aut quid nobis cum illis? abeamus: quid eſt?

Quid lachrymas?

Aeſch.

Pater, obſecro, auſculta.

M.

Aeſchine,

line 45 Audivi omnia, & ſcio: nam te amor quo magis

Quae agis curae ſunt mihi.

Aeſch.

Ita velim me promerentem ames,

Dum vivas, mi pater, ut me hoc delictum admiſiſſe

In me id mihi vehementer dolet; & me tui pudet.

M.

Credo hercle, nam ingenium novi tuum

line 50 Liberale; ſed vereor ne indiligens nimium ſies.

In qua civitate tandem te arbitrare vivere?

Virginem vitiaſti, quam te jus non fuerat tangere.

Jam id peccatum primū magnum, at humanū tamen.

Fecere item alii ſaepe boni. At poſtquam id evenit, cedò,

line 55 Nunquid circumſpexiſti? aut nunquid tute proſpexti tibi?

Quid fieret, quâ fieret? Si te ipſum mihi puduit dicere,

Quâ reſciſcerem? haec dum dubitas, menſes abiê [...]e decem:

Prodidiſti te, & illam miſeram, & natum, quod quidem in te fuit.

[Page] Quid? credebas dormienti haec tibi confecturos Deos?

line 60 Et illam ſine tuâ operâ in cubiculum iri deductum domum?

Nolo c [...]erarum rerum te ſocordem eodem modo.

Bono animo es, duces urorem hanc.

Aeſch.

Hem.

M.

Bono animo es, inquam.

Aeſch.

Pater, obſecro, num ludis tu nunc me?

M.

Ego te? quamobrem?

Aeſch.

Neſcio, quia tam miſerè hoc eſſe cupio verum, ideo vereor magis.

M.

line 65 Abi domum, ac Deos comprecare, uxorem accerſas; abi.

Aeſch.

Quid? jámne uxorem ducam?

M.

Jam.

Aeſch.

Jam?

M.

Jam quantum poteſt.

Aeſch.

Dii me, pater, omnes oderint, ni magis te, quàm oculos nunc ego amo meos.

M.

Quid? quàm illam?

Aeſ.

Aequé.

M.

Perbenign [...].

Aeſch.

Quid? ille ubi eſt

Mileſius?

M.

Abiit, periit, navem aſcendit; ſed cur ceſſas?

Aeſ.

line 70 Abi, pater, tu potiùs Deos comprecare, nam tibi eos certò ſcio

Quo vir melior multò es, quam ego, obtemperaturos magis.

M.

Ego eo intrò, ut quae opus ſunt, parentùt; tu fac ut dixi,

Si ſapis.

Aeſ.

Quid hoc negotii? hoc eſt patrem eſſe?

Authoc eſt filium eſſe? ſi frater aut ſodalis eſſet, qui magis

line 75 Morem gereret? hic non amandus? hiccine non

Geſtandus in ſinu eſt? Hem! itaque adeò magnam mihi

Injecit ſuâ commoditate curam, ne fortè imprudens

Faciam, quod nolit; ſciens cavebo. Sed ceſſo ire

Intrò, ne mora meis nuptiis egomet ſiem!

6

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Act. IV. Scen. VI.

DEMEA.

D.

I Am wearie with walking up and down; I wiſh great Jupiter would bring on thee

Some miſchief with that thy ſhewing me the way, Syrus.

I have gone creeping quite over all the town, to the gate, to the pool,

Whither not? neither was there anie carpenter's ſhop there, nor did a [...]i [...] man ſay

line 5 That he ſaw my brother. Now I am reſolved to ſit waiting

At his houſe till he come home again.

Act. IV. Scen. VI.

[Page]

DEMEA.

D

Efeſſus ſum ambulando: ut, Syre, te cum tuâ

Monſtratione magnus perdat Iupiter.

Perreptavi uſque omne oppidum, ad portum, ad lacum,

Quò non? nec fabrica illic ulla erat, nec fratrem homo

line 5 Vidiſſe ſe aiebat quiſquam. Nunc verò domi

Certum obſidere ſe uſque donec redierit.

7

[Page]

Act. IV. Scen. VII.

MITIO. DEMEA.

M.

I will go and tell them, there is no delay in us.

D.

But lo where he is; I have been looking for you a great while, Mitio.

M.

What is the matter?

D.

I bring you other great lewd pranks

Of that honeſt young-man.

M.

But loe.

D.

New pranks,

line 5 Worthie of death.

M.

Enough, now.

D.

Alas, you know not what a man he is.

M.

I do know.

D.

Ah you fool, you dream that I ſpeak of the ſinging-wench:

This offence is done againſt a maid that is a citizen.

M.

I know it.

D.

Ho, do you know it, and ſuffer it?

M.

VVhat ſhould I do but ſuffer it?

D.

Tell me.

Do not you crie out? are you not out of your wits?

M.

No, I had rather you were.

D.

line 10 There is a child born.

M.

God bleſſe him and ſend him good luck.

D.

The maid hath nothing.

M.

I heard as much.

D.

And muſt he marry one without a portion?

M.

Ye.

D.

VVhat will now become of it?

M.

That forſooth which the matter affordeth.

The maid ſhall be brought over from thence hither.

D.

O Iupiter!

Muſt it be done on that faſhion?

M.

VVhat ſhould I do elſe?

D.

line 15 Ask you what you ſhould do? if that do not grieve you in ve [...] deed,

[Page] Certainly it is a wiſe man's part to make as though it did.

M.

But I have alreadie

Betrothed the maid to him, the matter is concluded, the marriage is to be made.

I have taken away all fear; theſe things are rather belonging to a man.

D.

But,

Doth this doing pleaſe you, Mitio?

M.

No; if I could tell how

line 20 To alter it; now that I cannot, I take it patiently.

Man's life is ſo, as when you play at tables,

If that fall not, which is moſt needfull to be caſt,

You muſt amend that by skill, which fell out by chance.

D.

You an amender! for ſooth twentie pounds are loſt by your skill

line 25 For this ſinging-wench; who is to be packt away ſomewhither,

As ſoon as may be, if not for a piece of money, yet for nothing.

M.

Neither is ſhe to be ſold, nor indeed doth he deſire to ſell her.

D.

What will you do then?

M.

She ſhall be at my houſe.

D.

O ſtrange!

A whore, and a good-wife of the houſe under one roof?

M.

line 30 Why not?

D.

Do you think you are well in your wits?

M.

Truly I think ſo.

D.

I ſwear, as far as I underſtand your follie,

I think you will do this, that you may have one to ſing with you.

M.

Why not?

D.

And the new married woman ſhall learn theſe ſame things?

M.

Yes forſooth.

D.

And you ſhall dance among them leading the ring.

M.

Verie well.

line 35 And if need be, you ſhall dance with us' too.

D.

Woe is me.

Are you not aſhamed of theſe things?

M.

But now, Demea, forbear

That peeviſhneſſe of yours, and make your ſelf blithe and buxome at your ſon's marriage.

I will go talk with theſe, and come hither again afterwards.

D.

O Jupiter!

Is this a life fit to be led? are theſe manners to be uſed? is this madneſſe to be ſhewn?

line 40 A wife ſhall come without a portion; a ſinging-wench is withindoor;

A coſtly houſe is to be maintained; a young-man is undone by riot;

An old man is turned dotard. Salus her ſelf if ſhe ſhould deſire it,

Cannot at all be able to preſerve this familie from ruine.

Act. IV. Scen. VII.

[Page]

MITIO. DEMEA.

M.

IBo, illis dicam, nullam eſſe in nobis moram.

D.

Sed eccum ipſum; te jam dudum quaero, Mitio.

M.

Quidnam?

D.

Fero alia flagitia ad te ingentia

Boni illius adoleſcentis.

M.

Ecce autem.

D.

Nova,

line 5 Capitalia.

M.

Ohe, jam.

D.

Ah, neſcis qui vir ſier.

M.

Scio.

D.

Ah ſtulte, tu de pſaltriâ me ſomnias

Agerè: hoc peccatum in virginem eſt civem.

M.

Scio.

D.

Eho, ſcis & patere?

M.

Quid ni patiar?

D.

Dic mihi,

Non clamas? non infanis?

M.

Non, malim quidem.

D.

line 10 Puer natus eſt.

M.

Dii bene vertant.

D.

Virgo nihil habet.

M.

Audivi.

D.

Et ducenda indotata eſt?

M.

S ilicet.

D.

Quid nunc futurum eſt?

M.

Id enim quod res ipſa fert.

Illinc huc transferetur virgo.

D.

O Iupiter!

Iſtoccine pacto oportet?

M.

Quid faciam amplius?

D.

line 15 Quid facias rogitas? ſi non ipſâ re tibi iſtuc dolet,

[Page] Simulare certè eſt hominis.

M.

Quin jam virginem

Deſpondi, res compoſita eſt, fiunt nuptiae.

Dempſi metum omnem; haec magis ſunt hominis.

D.

Caeterum,

Placet tibi factum, Mitio?

M.

Non; ſi queam

line 20 Mutare; nunc cùm non queo, aequo animo fero.

Ita vita eſt hominum, quafi cùm ludas teſſeris,

Si illud, quod maximè opus eſt jactu, non cadit,

Illud quod cecidit fortè, id arte ut corrigas.

D.

Corrector! nempe tuâ arte viginti minae

line 25 Pro pſaltriâ periêre: quae quantum poteſt

Aliquò abjicienda eſt, ſi non pretio, gratis.

M.

Neque eſt, neque illam ſa [...]è ſtudet vendere.

D.

Quid igitur facies?

M.

Domi erit.

D.

Proh Deû n fidem!

Meretrix, & mater familias unâ in domo?

M.

line 30 Cur non?

D.

Sanum te credis eſſe?

M.

Equidem arbitror.

D.

Ita me Dii ament, ut video tuam ego ineptiam,

Facturum credo, ut habeas, quîcum cantites.

M.

Cur non?

D.

Et nova nupta eadem haec diſcet?

M.

Scilicet.

D.

Tu inter eas reſtim ductans ſaltabis.

M.

Probé.

line 35 Et tu nobiſcum unà, ſi opus ſit.

D.

Hei mihi.

Non te haec pudent?

M.

Jam verò omitte, Demea,

Tuam iſtanc iracundiam: atque ira, uti decet;

Hilarem ac lubentem fac te in nati nuptiis.

Ego hos conveniam, pòſt huc redeo.

D.

O Iuppiter!

line 40 Hanccine vitam? hoſcine mores? hanc dementiam?

Uxor ſine dote veniet: intus pſaltria eſt:

Domus ſumptuoſa: adoleſcens luxu praeditus:

Senex delirans. Ipſa, ſi cupiat, Salus,

Servare prorſus non poteſt hanc familiam.

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Act. V. Scen. I.

SYRUS. DEMEA.

S.

TRuly, little Syrus, you have lookt to your ſelf nicely,

And performed your office daintily.

Go thy way, but after I am ſtuff [...] full of all things within,

It is my pleaſure to walk out abroad hither.

D.

See and obſerve

line 5 That example of the good order they keep.

S.

But behold here is

Our old maſter. What is done? why are you ſad?

D.

Oh you rogue!

S.

So, good-man wiſe-aker, are you now waſting your words here?

D.

If you were my ſervant.

S.

Trulie, Demea, you would have been a rich-man,

And you would have bettered your eſtate.

D.

I would have made thee to be

line 10 An example to all others.

Sy.

Why ſo? what have I done?

D.

Doſt tho [...] ask?

In the verie buſtle, and in a verie great offence,

Which is ſcarcely ended well enough, you have been tipling, you rogue,

As it were in matter well done.

S.

Truly I wiſh I had not come forth.

Act. V. Scen. I.

[Page]

SYRUS. DEMEA.

S.

AEDipol, Syriſce, te curaſti molliter,

Lautéque munus adminiſtrâſti tuum.

Abi, ſed poſtquam intus ſum omnium rerum ſatur,

Prodeambulare huc libitum eſt.

D.

Illud ſis vide

line 5 Exemplum diſciplinae.

S.

Ecce autem hic adeſt

Senex noſter. Quid ſit? quid tu es triſtis?

D.

Oh ſcelus!

S.

Ohe, jam tu verba fundis hîc ſapientia?

D.

Tu ſi meus eſſes.

S.

Dis quidem eſſes, Demea,

Ac tuam rem conſtabiliſſes.

D.

Exemplum omnibus

line 10 Curarem ut eſſes.

Sy.

Quamobrem? quid feci?

D.

Rogas?

In ipſâ turbâ atque in peccato maxumo,

Quod vix ſedatum ſatis eſt, potaſti, ſcelus,

Quaſi re bene geſtâ.

S.

Sanè, nollem nunc exitum.

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Act. V. Scen. II.

DROMO. SYRUS. DEMEA.

Dro.

HO Syrus, Cteſipho intreats you to come back again.

S.

Go your way.

D.

Why doth this fellow mention Cteſipho?

S.

Nothing.

D.

Ho, you hang-man,

Is Cteſipho within?

S.

He is not.

D.

Why doth this fellow name him?

S.

There is another certain little paraſite.

[...]. Do you know him?

D.

I will know by and by.

S.

What do you? whither go you?

D.

Let me alone.

S.

Do not, I ſay.

D.

Will you not hold off your hands, you whipt rogue?

Or had you rather have your brains daſht out?

S.

He is gone.

[Page] Truly I think him no fit fellow-reveller,

Eſpecially for Cteſipho. What ſhould I do now?

line 10 But whileſt theſe buſtles are over, I will go ſomewhither

Into a corner, and ſleep out this wine. I will do ſo.

Act. V. Scen. II.

[Page]

DROMO. SYRƲS. DEMEA.

Dr.

HEus Syre, rogat te Cteſipho, ut redeas.

S.

Abi.

D.

Quid Cteſiphonem hic narrat?

S.

Nihil.

D.

Eho carnifex,

Eſt Cteſipho intus?

S.

Non eſt.

D.

Cur hic nominat?

S.

Eſt alius quidam paraſitaſter parvolus.

line 5 Noſtin'?

D.

Jam ſcibo.

S.

Quid agis? quò abis?

D.

Mitte me.

S.

Noli, inquam.

D.

Non manum abſtines, maſtigia?

An tibi mavis cerebrum diſpergi hîc?

S.

Abiit.

[Page] Aedipol commeſſatorem haud ſanè commodum,

Praeſertim Cteſiphoni. Quid ego nunc agam?

line 10 Niſi dum hae ſileſcunt turbae, interea in angulum

Aliquò abeam, atque edormiſcam hoc vini. Sic agam.

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Act. V. Scen. III.

MITIO. DEMEA.

M.

WE have made things readie, ſo as you ſaid, Soſtrata,

When you pleaſe. Who is that that knockt ſo hard at my door?

D.

Woe is me, what ſhould I do? what ſhould I cry out on, or complain?

O heaven! O earth! O Neptune's ſeas!

M.

See thee yonder:

[...]. He hath known all the matter; he now cryeth out on it, without doubt.

He is diſpoſed to brabble, I muſt help.

D.

Lohere he is,

The common undoer of his children.

M.

At the length repreſſe your anger, and come again to your ſelf.

D.

I have repreſsed it, I am come again to my ſelf, I forbear all illlanguage.

line 10 Let us conſider of the matter: this was a bargain betwixt us,

Moreover it was of your own making, that you ſhould not look after my ſon,

Nor I after your's; anſwer me this.

M.

It was ſo, I do not deny it.

D.

Why is he tipling at your houſe? why do you entertain my ſon?

Why do you buy him a ſweetheart, Mitio? is it not fit that I ſhould have

line 15 The ſame right to meddle with you, that you have to meddle with me?

Seeing I do not look to your ſon, do not you look to mine.

M.

You do not ſay right.

D.

No?

M.

For indeed this is an old-ſaying,

That all things are common amongſt friends.

D.

Wittily ſaid, this proverb is but now ſprung up at laſt.

M.

line 20 Hearken a word or two, except it be troubleſome, Demea;

Firſt and formoſt if this vex you, what charges your ſons

Are at, I pray you conſider with your ſelf theſe things:

You brought up them two according to your eſtate;

Becauſe you thought your means would be ſufficient for them both:

And then you believed forſooth that I would marrie:

[Page] Keep on that ſame old wont;

Save, ſeek, ſpare, ſee you leave them as much

As poſsiblie may be, do you get that credit to your ſelf,

Let them make uſe of my means, which have happened beyond your hope.

line 30 The main ſtock ſhall not be leſſened; what ſhall be added hence ever and above,

Account that for a vantage; if you would, Demea

Rightlie conſider all theſe things in your minde,

You would rid both me and your ſelf, and them alſo of trouble.

D.

I forbear the eſtate, I ſpeak of their haunt.

M.

Tarrie;

line 35 I know that, I was going to ſpeak of it. There are, Demea,

Manie ſigns in a man, by which a gueſſe may be eaſilie made;

As you may oft times ſay, when two do the ſame thing,

This man may do this thing without controlment, that man may not:

Not becauſe the thing is unlike, but the partie that doth it:

line 40 Which ſigns I ſee to be in them, as I am confident is will be

As we would have it. I ſee they are wittie and underſtand, and ſtand inaw

When need ſerveth, they love one another; one may know their gentlemanlie

Nature and diſpoſition; you may reclaim them anie day

When you will Yet nevertheleſs you may be affraid leſt they ſhould be

line 45 A little too careleſs of an eſtate; O my Demea,

We grow more s [...]ilful in all other matters through age.

This onelie one fault old age bringeth upon men,

We are all more diligent about an eſtate then needeth:

Which age will ſufficient lie whet them on to.

D.

Mitio let not thoſe good reaſons of yours,

line 50 And that your favourable minde too much undo us now.

M.

Hold your tongue,

It ſhall n [...]t be done, let thoſe things paſs; be adviſed by me to day:

Look blith on it.

D.

Verilie, ſo the time requireth,

I muſt doe it; but I will be gone hence with my ſon into the countrie

By peep of day.

M.

Nay, I think you may go in the night.

line 55 Doe but onelie ſhew your ſelf merrie to day.

D.

And I will alſo hurrie

[Page] That ſinging-wench hence with me thither.

M.

You ſhall do a mighty matter.

By this means you ſhall be ſure to tye your ſon there.

Onelie look to it, that you keep her.

D.

I will ſee to that;

And for her, I will make her that ſhe ſhall be full of ifle [...], ſmoak, and mill-duſt,

line 60 With drying-corn and grinding it: Beſides theſe things,

I will cauſe her to gather ſtubble at the very noon-time of the day;

I will make her as dry and black as a coale is.

M.

I like this well.

Now you ſeem to me to have ſome wit in you.

D.

And indeed, I will conſtrain my ſon,

Then although he be verie loth, that he ſhall lye with her.

M.

line 65 This is to play the wiſe-man indeed.

D.

Do you jear me? you are happie, that are of that minde,

I perceive.

M.

Ab do you go on?

D.

Now you give over.

M.

Go your way in then, and in what thing it is requiſite,

In that thing let us ſpend this day merrilie.

Act. V. Scen. III.

[Page]

MITIO. DEMEA.

M.

PArata à nobis ſunt, ita ut dixti, Soſtrata,

Ubi vis. Quiſnam à me pepulit tam graviter fores?

D.

Hei mihi, quid faciam? quid clamem, aut quera [...]?

O coelum! O terra! O maria Neptuni!

M.

Hem tibi,

line 5 Reſcivit omnem rem, id nunc clamat, ſcilicet.

Paratae lites, ſuccurrendum eſt.

D.

Eccum adeſt,

Communis corruptela ſuorum libe [...]ûm.

M.

Tandem reprime iracundiam, atque ad te redi.

D.

Repreſſi, redii, mitto maledicta omnia.

line 10 Rem ipſam putemus; dictum inter nos hoc [...]uit.

Ex te adeò ortum eſt, ne tu curares meum,

Neve ego tuum; reſponde.

M.

Factum eſt, non nego.

D.

Cur nunc apud tepotat? cur recipis meum?

Cur emis amicam, Mitio? num quid minus

line 15 Mihi idem jus aequum eſt eſſe, quod mecum eſt tibi?

Quando ego tuum non curo, ne cura meum.

M.

Non aequum dicis.

D.

Nor?

M.

Nam verus verbum hoc quidem eſt,

Communia eſſe amicorum inter ſe omnia.

D.

Facerè, nunc demum iſtaec nata oratio eſt.

M.

line 20 Auſculta paucis, niſi moleſtum eſt, Demea;

Principio ſi id te mordet, ſumptum filii

Quem faciunt, quaeſo, facito haec tecum cogites:

Tu illos duos pro re tollebas tuâ,

Quòd ſatis putabas tua ambobus fore;

Et me tum uxorem credidiſti ſcilicet ducturum;

[Page] Eandem illam rationem antiquam obtine;

Conſerva, quaere, parce, fac quàm plurimum

Illis relinquas, gloriam tu iſtanc tibi obtine;

Mea, quae praeter ſpem evenêre, utantur, ſine.

line 30 De ſummâ nihil decidet; quod hinc acceſſerit,

Id de lucro putato eſſe: omnia haec ſi voles,

In animo verè cogitare, Demea,

Et mihi & tibi & illis dempſeris moleſtiam.

D.

Mitto rem: conſuetudinem ipſorum.

M.

Mane:

line 35 Scio, iſtuc ibam; multa in homine, Demea,

Signa inſunt, ex quibus, conjectura facilè fit,

Duo cùm idem faciunt, ſaepe ut poſſis dicere,

Hoc licet impunè facere huic, illi non licet:

Non quòd diſſimilis res ſit, ſed quòd is qui facit;

line 40 Quae ego in illis eſſe video, ut confidam fore

Ita ut volumus. Video eos ſapere, intelligere, in loco

Vereri, inter ſe amare; ſcire eſt liberum

Ingenium atque animum; quovis illos tu die

Reducas. At enim metuas, ne ab reſint tamen

line 45 Omiſſiores paulò; O noſter Demea,

Ad omnia alia aetate ſapimus rectiús;

Solum unum hoc vitium ſenectus affert hominibus,

Attentiores ſumus ad rem omnes quàm ſat eſt:

Quod aetas illos ſat acuet.

D.

Ne nimiùm

line 50 Bonae tuae iſtae nos rationes, Mitio,

Et tuus iſte animus aequus ſubvortat.

M.

Tace,

Non fiet, mitte iſtaec; da te hodie mihi:

Exporge frontem.

D.

Scilicet, ita tempus fert.

Faciendum eſt; caeterùm rus cum filio

line 55 Cum primâ luce ibo hinc.

M.

Imô, de nocte cenſeo.

[Page] Hodie modò hilarem te fac.

D.

Et iſtam pſaltriam

Unà illuc mecum hinc abſtraham.

M.

Pugnaveris.

Eo pacto prorſum illic alligâris filium.

Modo facito, ut illam ſerves.

D.

Ego iſtoc videro;

line 60 Atque illi, favillae plena fumi, ac pollinis

Coquendo ſit, faxo; & molendo; praeter haec

Meridie ipſo faciam, ut ſtipulam colligat:

Tam excoctam reddam atque atram, quàm [...]arbo eſt.

M.

Placet.

Nunc mihi videris ſapere.

D.

Atque equidem filium

line 65 Tum etiam ſi nolit, cogam, ut cum illâ unà cubet.

M.

Hoc eſt ſapere.

D.

Derides? fortunatus, qui iſtoc animo ſies,

Ego ſentio.

M.

Ah pergiſne?

D.

Jam jam deſino.

M.

I ergo intrò, & cui rei opus eſt,

Ei rei hilarem hunc ſumamus diem.

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Act. V. Scen. III.

DEMEA.

D

NEver was there any man ſo well adviſed with himſelf how to live,

But things, age, and practice, may always afford him ſome new thing,

May teach him ſomewhat, ſo that you do not know thoſe things which you think you do know,

And after you have made trial you reject thoſe things which you made moſt choiſe of:

line 5 Which thing is now befallen me; for I let go the ſtrict courſe of life, which I have lived continuallie hitherto,

The race of my life being now almoſt run out; wherefore have I done it? I have found in verie deed

That nothing is better for a man then gentleneſs and clemency.

That that is true, it is an eaſie thing for anie man that will to know by me and my brother.

[Page] He alwayes led his life at eaſe, in eating good chear,

line 10 Being milde and quietlie-diſpoſed; he ſpake ill to no mans fate, be ſmiled upon everie bodie;

He lived to himſelf, he beſtowed coſt on himſelf; all men ſpake well of him, they love him.

I that countrie-low [...], that am teſtie, dumpiſh, niggardlie, feirce-look't, pinching,

Married a wife; what miſerie therein have I ſeen? I had ſons born me,

This was another care; and moreover whileſt I take care to do for them

line 15 As much as poſsibly can be, I have ſpent my life and age in getting it.

Now my years being ſpent, I reap this benefit from them for my labour,

Their hatred: that other enjoyeth all the commodities a father ſhould do without any pains.

They love him; they flie from me; they truſt him with all their ſecrets;

They like him; they are both with him; I am forſaken.

line 20 They deſire that he may live, but they gape for my death.

Forſooth, thus hath he made his with a little coſt, thoſe that I have brought up

With a great deal of labour; I get all the miſerie, and he enjoyeth

The pleaſure. Well, well, let us now try what I can do contrarie to theſe things,

To ſpeak fair and deal lovinglie, ſeeing he provokes me to it;

line 25 I deſire alſo that I ſhould be beloved of my own, and much eſteemed:

If that be done by giving, and following them in their wills, I will not be inferior to any man.

There will be a want. That makes nothing to me, who am the elder brother.

Act. V. Scen. III.

[Page]

DEMEA.

D.

NUnquam ita quiſquam bene ſubducta ratione ad vitam fuit,

Quin res, aetas, uſus ſemper aliquid apporter novi,

Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quae te ſcire credas, neſcias;

Et quae tibi putâris prima, in experiundo ut repudies:

line 5 Quod nunc mihi evenit; nam ego vitam duram, quam ri [...]i uſque adhuc

Propè jam excurſo ſpatio, mitto; id quamobrem? re ipſa repperi

Facilitate nihil eſſe homini melius, neque clementiâ.

Id eſſe veunm; ex me atque ex fratre, cuivis facile eſt noſcere.

[Page] Ille ſuam ſemper egit vitam in otio, in conviv [...]s,

line 10 Clemens, placidus, nulli laedere [...]s, arridere omnibus;

Sibi vixit, ſibi ſumptum fecit; omnes benedicere, amant.

Ego ille agreſtis, ſaevus, triſtis, parcus, truculentus, tenax,

D [...]xi uxorem; quàm ibi miſeriam vidi? nati [...]lii,

[...] cura: porrò autem dum ſtudeo illis ut quám [...]urimùm

[...] Facerem, contrivi in quaerendo vitam, atque aetatem [...]am.

M [...]c exactâ aetate hoc fructi pro labore ab his fero,

Odium; ille alter ſine labore patria potitur commoda;

Illum amant, me fugitant: illi credunt conſilia ſua;

Illum diligunt: apud illum ſunt ambo: ego deſertus ſum.

line 20 Illum ut vivat optant; meam autem mortem expectant.

Scilicet, ita eos eductos meo labore maxumo, hic fecit ſuos

Paulo ſumptu; miſeriam omnem ego capio, hic potitur

Gaudia, Age, age, nunc experiamur contra haec quid ego poſſiem

Blandè dicere, aut benig [...]è facere, quando eò provocat.

line 25 Ego quoque à meis me amati, & magni peodi poſtulo;

Si id fit dando atque obſequendo, non poſteriores feram.

Deerit. Id meá minin [...]è refert, qui ſum natu maximus.

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Act. V. Scen. V.

SYRUS. DEMEA.

S.

Ho Demea, your brother intreats you would not go too far.

D.

What fellow is that? O my Syrus; good morrow: how doe you? how goeth all?

S.

All well.

D.

That is very well; I have juſt now for the firſt point added theſe three things

[Page] Contrary to my nature. O my, how do you? how goeth all?

Yow ſhew your ſelf to be an honeſt ſervant, and I will do you a good turn, Syrus,

With all my heart.

S.

I thank you.

D.

But, Syrus,

This is true, and you ſhall finde it ſo indeed after a ſhort time.

Act. V. Scen. V.

[Page]

SYRUS. DEMEA.

S.

HEus Demea, rogat f [...]ater ne abe [...]s long ut.

D.

Quis homo eſt? O Syre noſter, ſalve; quid agitur?

S.

Rectè.

D.

Optimè eſt; jam nunc haec [...] primùm addidi,

[Page] Praeter naturam. O noſter, quid fit? quid agitur?

line 5 Servum haud illiberalem praebes te, & tibi, Syre,

Lubens bene faxim.

S.

Gratiam habeo.

D.

Atqui, Syre,

Hoc verum eſt, & ipſâ re experiêre propediem.

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[Page]

Act. V. Scen. VI.

GETA. DEMEA.

G.

MIſtris, I will go hence to theſe men and ſee, how ſoon they will fetch

The maid. But ſee yonder is Demea, good morrow.

D.

Oh what is your name?

G.

Geta.

D.

Geta, in my minde I have judg'd you

To day to be a man of much worth;

line 5 For he is to me indeed a ſufficientlie tried ſervant,

That hath a care of his maſter, as I ſee you have, Geta;

And I will be readie with all my heart to do you a good turn,

If occaſion be offered. Ile try how courteous I can be,

And it goes on well.

G.

You are an honeſt man, ſeeing you think theſe things of me.

D.

line 10 I firſt make the vulgar-ſort my own by little and little.

Act. V. Scen. VI.

[Page]

GETA. DEMEA.

G.

HEra, ego hinc ad hos proviſam, quàm mox virginem

Accerſant. Sed eccum Demeam, ſalvus ſies.

D.

Oh, qui vocare?

G.

Geta.

D.

Geta, hominem maximi

Pretii eſſe te hodie judicavi animo meo;

line 5 Nam is mihi eſt profecto ſervus ſpectatus ſatis,

Cui dominus curae eſt, ita ut tibi ſenſi, Geta,

Et tibi ob eam rem, ſi quid uſus venerit,

Lubens bene faxim. Meditor eſſe affabilis,

Et benc procedit.

G.

Bonus es, cùm haec exiſtimas.

line 10 Paulatim plebem primolùm facio meam.

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[Page]

Act. V. Scen. VII.

AESCHINUS. DEMEA. SYRUS. GETA.

Aeſch.

THey kill me indeed, whileſt they ſtrive to make the marriage

Too Ceremonious, they ſpend the whole day in getting things readie.

D.

Aeſchinus, how goes all?

Aeſch.

O my father, was you here?

D.

Trulie thine own father indeed, both in affection and nature,

line 5 Who loveth thee more then he doth theſe eyes. But, I pray you,

[Page] Why do you not fetch your wife home?

Aeſch.

I deſire it, but this thing hindereth me,

The muſician, and they that ſing the wedding-ſong.

D.

What will you

Stand to hearken to this old man?

Aeſch.

What?

D.

Let theſe things alone,

The companie, the marriage-ſong, the lights, the muſicians,

line 10 And command that this drie-ſtone-wall in the garden be pulled down,

As ſoon as can be, fetch over this way, make but one houſe;

Bring over both the mother and all the familie to our houſe.

Aeſch.

Content,

Moſt pleaſant father.

D.

O brave, now I am called a pleaſant man.

My brother's houſe ſhall have a thorow-fair, he will bring a companie

line 15 Home, he will be at great charges, he will lay out much about manie things: what is that to me?

I the pleaſant man begin to grow into favour; bid Babylo juſt now

To tell out twentie pounds.

Syrus, do you make no haſte to go and do it?

Sy.

VVhat then?

D.

Pull it down.

Do you go, and bring them over.

G.

A bleſsing on you, Demea,

line 20 Foraſmuch as I ſee you are ſo heartilie willing

To have it diſpatcht for our familie.

D.

I think they deſerve it.

VVhat ſay you?

Aeſch.

I think ſo.

D.

It is a great deal better,

Then for that child-bed woman to be now brought this way along the ſtreet

Being ſo green as ſhe is.

Aeſch.

Trulie my father, I never ſaw anie thing better done.

line 25 Thus I uſe to do. But Mitio comes out of doors.

Act. V. Scen. VII.

[Page]

AESCHINUS. DEMEA. SYRƲS. GETA.

Aeſch.

OCccidunt me quidem, dum nimis ſanctas nuptias

Student facere, in apparando totum conſumunt diem.

D.

Quid agitur, Aeſchine?

Aeſc.

Ehem pater mi, tun' hîc eras?

D.

Tuus hercle verò, & animo, & naturâ, pater,

line 5 Qui te amat plùs quàm hoſce oculos. Sed cur non domum

[Page] Uxorem, quaeſo, accerſis?

Aeſch.

Cupio: verùm hoc mihi morae eſt;

Tibicina, & qui Hymenaeum cantent.

D.

Eho; vin'tu

Huic ſeni auſcultare?

Aeſch.

Quid?

D.

Miſſa haec face.

Turbam, Hymenaeum, lampadas, tibicinas,

line 10 Atque hanc in horto maceriam jube dirui,

Quantum poteſt, hâc transfer, unam fac familiam;

Traduce & matrem & familiam omnem ad nos.

Aeſch.

Placet,

Pater lepidiſſime.

D.

Euge, jam lepidus vocor.

Fratris aedes fient perviae; turbam domum

line 15 Abducet, & ſumptum admittet: multa; quid meâ?

Ego lepidus ineo gratiam; jube nunc jam

Dinumeret ille Babylo viginti minas.

Syre, ceſſas ire ac facere?

Sy.

Quid ergo?

D.

Dirue

Tu illas, abi, & traduce.

G.

Dii tibi, Demea,

line 20 Bene faxint, cum te video noſtrae familiae

Tam ex animo factum velle.

D.

Dignos arbitror.

Tu quid ais?

Aeſch.

Sic opinor.

D.

Multò rectius eſt,

Quàm illam puerperam hâc nunc duci per viam

Aegrotam.

Aeſch.

Nihil melius vidi, pater mi.

line 25 Sic ſoleo. Sed Mitio egreditur foras.

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Act. V. Scen. VIII.

MITIO. DEMEA. AESCHINUS.

M.

DOth my brother command this? where is he? Do you command thus, Demea?

D.

I indeed command both in this matter, and in all other things,

That we may make this familie as much as can be one with ours,

[Page] That we may reſpect, help, and join it to us.

Aeſ.

I pray you, let it be ſo, father.

M.

line 5 I am of the ſame mind.

D

Yea indeed it becommeth us to do ſo.

Firſt, ſhe is the mother of his wife.

M.

What then?

D.

An honeſt and modeſt woman.

M.

So they ſay.

D.

Somewhat ancient in yeares.

M.

I know it.

D.

She is long ſince paſt having children by reaſon of her years,

Neither is there anie bodie that regards her, ſhe is a lonely woman.

M.

What doth he mean to do?

D

line 10 It is fitting that you ſhould marrie her, and that you endeavour, it may be done.

M.

What me to marrie?

D.

You.

M.

Me?

D.

You I ſay.

M.

You play the fool.

D.

If you be a man, get him to do it.

Aeſ.

My father.

M.

What, you aſs, do you hearken to him?

D.

You had as good do nothing.

It cannot be done otherwiſe.

M.

You d [...]a [...].

Ae.

Let me over-intreat you,

line 15 My father.

M

Are you mad? take him away.

D.

Come on, give way,

I pray you, to your ſon.

M.

Are you ſufficiently in your wit? Should I n [...]w at length

Become a new-married man in the threeſcore and fifth year of my age, and marrie

A decr [...]pit old woman? Do ye adviſe me to that?

Aeſ.

Do it:

I have promiſed them.

M.

And have you promiſed them? Be liberal of your own ſ [...]wcie boy.

D.

line 20 Come or, what if he ſhould intreat you ſome great matter?

M.

As if this were not

The greateſt of all.

D.

Give him his asking.

Aeſ.

Do not think much at it.

D.

Do it, promiſe.

M.

Do not you let me alone?

Ae [...].

No, except I may over-intreat you.

M.

Trulie this is a kind of forcement.

D.

Come on, do freelie, Mitio.

M.

Although this ſeem to me to [...] naught, fooliſh,

Abſurd, and far from my courſe of life, yet if you

line 25 So greatlie deſire this, let it be ſo.

Ae [...].

You do well;

I love you accordinglie as you deſerve.

D.

But what? what ſhould ſay? ſeeing this is done,

Which I deſire. What is now behind [...]? Hegio is n [...]x [...] kinſman to theſ [...]

Of af [...]nitie to us, a poor-man; it bec [...]mmeth us to do him

Some good turn.

M.

To do what?

D.

Here is a little cloſe

line 30 [Page] Neer the citie, which you rent forth; let us give it him,

That he may enjoy it.

M.

And but a little one?

D.

If it were a great one,

We muſt do it; he is as a father to her, he is a good man, it is well beſtowed.

Laſtly, I do not make anie word mine, Mitio, which you ſpake

Erewhile well and wiſely. It is a common fault of us all,

line 35 That in our old age we are too much given to the world,

We ought to avoid this blemiſh,

It was truly ſaid, and it ought to be done in good earneſt.

M.

What is that? it ſhall be beſtowed on him indeed, ſeeing this man will have it ſo.

Aeſch.

My father.

D.

Now you are mine own full brother both in ſoul

line 40 And bodie.

M.

I am glad of it.

D.

I convince him with his own argument.

Act. V. Scen. VIII.

[Page]

MITIO. DEMEA. AESCHINUS.

M.

JUbet frater? ubi is eſt? túne jubes hoc, Demea?

D.

Ego verò jubeo, & hac re, & aliis omnibus

Quàm maximè unam facere nos hanc familia [...];

[Page] Colere, adjuvare, adju [...]gere.

Aeſch.

Ita quaeſo, pater.

M.

line 5 Haud aliter cenſeo.

D.

Imò hercle ita nobis decet.

Primùm hujus uxoris eſt mater.

M.

Quid poſtea?

D.

Proba & modeſta.

M.

Ita aiunt.

D.

Natu grandior.

M.

Scio.

D.

Parere jam diu per annos non poteſt:

Nec, qui eam reſpiciat, quiſquam eſt; ſola eſt.

M.

Q [...]am rem hic agit?

D.

line 10 Hanc te aequum eſt ducere, & te operam, ut fiat, d [...]re.

M.

Me ducere autem?

D.

Te.

M.

Me?

D.

Te, inquam.

M.

Ineptis.

D.

Si tu ſis homo, hic fa [...]i [...]t.

Aeſc.

Mi pater.

M.

Quid tu huic, aſine, auſcultas?

D.

Nihil agis.

Fi [...]ri aliter non pot [...]ſt.

M.

Deliras.

Aeſ.

Sine

line 15 Te [...]xorem, mi pater.

M.

Inſanis? aufer.

D.

Agè, da veniam,

Quaeſo, filio.

M.

Sati [...]' ſa [...]us es? Ego novus maritus

Anno demum quinto & ſex [...]g [...]ſimo fiam, atque anum

Decrepitam duca [...]? [...]dne eſtis au [...]ores mihi!

Aeſ.

Fac.

Promiſi ego illis.

M.

Promiſiſti autem? de te largitor, puer,

D.

line 20 Agè, quid, ſi quid te majus oret?

M.

Quaſi hoc non ſit

Maxumum?

D.

Da veniam.

Aeſ.

Ne gravére.

D.

Fac, promitte.

M.

Non omittis?

Aeſ.

Non niſi te exorem.

M.

Vis haec quidem eſt.

D.

Agè, age prolixè, Mitio.

M.

Etſi hoc mihi pravu [...], ineptum,

Abſurdum, atque alienum à vitâ m [...]â videtur; ſi vos

line 25 Tantopere iſtoc vul [...]is, fiat.

Aeſc.

Bene facis;

Meritò te amo.

D.

Verùm quid? quid ego dicam? hoc cùm fit

Quod volo. Quid [...] reſtat? Hegio eſt cognatus

Proximus, affinis nobis, pauper; bene nos aliquid

Facere illi dec [...]t.

M.

Quid facere?

D.

Agelli hic

line 30 [Page] Sub [...]rbe paululum, quod locitas forás; huic demus

Qui fruatur.

M.

Paululum autem?

D.

Si multum ſiet,

Faciundum eſt: pro patre huic eſt, bonus eſt, rectè datur.

Poſtremo, non meum ullum verbum facio, quod tu, Mitio,

Be [...]e & ſapienter dixti dudum: Vitium commune

line 35 Omnium eſt, quod nimium a [...] rem in ſen [...]ctâ attenti

Sumus: Hanc maculam nos decet effugere:

Dictum eſt verè, & re ipſâ fieri oportet.

M.

Quid iſtuc? dabitur quidem quando hic vult.

Aeſch.

Mi pater.

D.

Nunc tu mihi germanus pariter & animo

line 40 Et corpore.

M.

Gaudeo.

D.

Suo ſibi gladio hunc jugulo.

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Act. V. Scen. IX.

SYRUS. DEMEA. MITIO. AESCHINUS.

S.

WHat you commanded is done, Demea.

D.

You are a thriftie honeſt man.

Therefore in my opinion I verily judge it meet,

That Syrus ſhould be made free to day.

M.

That fellow free? for what doing?

D.

Manie good things.

S.

O our Demea,

line 5 Trulie you are a good man. I have lookt diligently to both

Thoſe your ſons for you continually ever ſince they were children.

I have taught them, and adviſed, and alwaies given them all the good inſtructions

That ever I was able.

D.

The de [...]d bears mention; and indeed moreover,

Theſe things, to play the caterer, to bring you a where with a viol,

line 10 To prepare them a feaſt the ſame day on a ſuddain; theſe are the par [...]s of no mean man.

S.

O merrie man!

D.

Laſtly, this man was a helper to day

In buying that ſinging-wench, he looked to it, it is fit that we d [...]e him a good turn,

Other ſervants will be the better; to conclude, he will have it ſo done.

M.

Will you

[Page] Have this done.

Aeſ.

I deſire ſo.

M.

Seeing you will have this thing; h [...] Syrus,

line 15 Come hither to me, be thou free.

S.

You do well; I do thank you all,

And eſpecially you Demea, beſides.

D.

I am glad of it.

Aeſ.

And ſo am I.

S.

I believe it▪ I wiſh this joy

May be long-laſting; O that I might ſee my wife Phrygia

Set at liberty with me.

D.

A very good woman indeed.

S.

And truly

line 20 She was the firſt that gave ſuck to day to your nephew his ſon.

D.

Indeed & in earneſt, ſeeing ſhe was the firſt woman

That gave him ſuck, there is no doubt, but itis reaſon ſhe ſhould be ſet free.

M.

For that matter?

D.

For that; laſtly, take as much monie of me

As ſhe is worth.

S.

I pray God grant you all things that you deſire Demea.

M.

line 25 Syrus, you have made a good daies work of it to day.

D.

And if you, Mitio,

Beſides will do your duty, and give him a little afore-hand,

That he may make uſe of, he will give it you again

Shortlie.

M.

Not this much worth

Aeſ.

He is an honeſt thrifite man.

Sy.

I will repay you

Truly. Do but give it me.

Aeſ.

Do, father.

M.

I wil conſider hereafter.

D.

line 30 Tou will do it.

S.

O the beſt man in all the world.

Aeſ.

O moſt pleaſant father.

M.

What is the matter? what thing hath ſo ſuddenly changed your manners?

O Demea, what waſtful ſpending? what ſudden largio [...] ſneſſe is this?

D.

I will tell you. That I might ſhew you that, for which they account you

A gentle & pleaſant man; that that is not done by a ſerious courſe of [...]fe,

line 35 Nor indeed according to right and reaſon, but by fawning,

And giving them their wills, & freely beſtowing on them, Mitio. And now

Aeſchinus, if for that matter my life be ſo hatefull to you,

Becauſe I let you nothave your mind altogether in all thoſe unjuſt things,

I ſet the cart on wheels; waſte, throw away,

line 40 Do what you liſt, But if you chuſe rather,

What you do not ſo well ſee becauſe of your youth,

What you more earneſtly deſire, and little conſider,

That I ſhould find fault with and redreſſe theſe things,

And humor you when occaſion ſerveth; lo I am here that will do it for you.

Aeſ.

line 45 We yield our ſelves to your father; you better know what is requiſite

To be done. But what ſhall be done concerning my brother?

D.

I permit him,

Let him have her; let him make an end (of his wenching) in (having) her.

Aeſ.

That is well ſaid. Clap hands for joy.

Act. V. Scen. IX.

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SYRUS. DEMEA. MITIO. AESCHINUS.

S.

FActum eſt quod juſſiſti, Demea.

D.

Frugi homo es.

Ergo aedipol hodie meâ quidem ſententiâ

Judico, Syrum fieri, eſſe aequum, liberum.

M.

Iſtunc liberum? quodnam ob factum?

D.

Multa.

Sy.

O n [...] ſter Demea,

line 5 Aedipol vir bonus es. Ego iſtos vobis uſque à pueris curavi

Ambos ſeduló; docui, monui, bene praecepi ſemper

Quae potui omnia.

D.

Res apparet; & quidem porrò

Haec, obſona [...]e, cum fide ſcortum adducere, apparare

line 10 De die convivium: Non mediocris hominis haec ſunt officia.

S.

O lepidum caput!

D.

Poſtremó hodie in pſaltria iſtac

Emunda, hic adjutor fuit, hic curavit: prodeſſe aequum eſt:

Alii meliores [...]runt; denique, hic vult fieri.

M.

Vin' tu hoc

[Page] Fieri.

Aeſch.

Cupio.

M.

Siquidem tu vis hoc; [...]ho Syre,

Accede huc ad me, liber eſto.

S.

Bene facis, omnibus

line 15 Gratiam habeo, & ſeorſim tibi praeterea, Demea.

D.

Gaudeo.

Aeſch.

Et ego.

Sy.

Credo; utinam hoc perpetuum

Fiat gaudium, Phrygiam uxorem meam unà videam

Liberam.

D.

Optimam quidem mulierem.

Sy.

Et quidem

Tuo nepoti hujus filio, hodie primam mammam

line 20 Dedit haec.

D.

Hercle verò ſeriò, ſiquidem prima

Dedit, haud dubium eſt, quin emitti aequum ſiet:

M.

Ob eam rem?

D.

Ob eam. Poſtremò, à me argentum, quanti eſt,

Sumito.

Sy

Dii tibi, Demea omnes ſemper optata omnia

Offerant.

M.

Syre, proceſſiſti hodie pulchrè.

D.

Siquidem

line 25 Porrò, Mitio, tuum officium facies, atque huic aliquid

Paululum prae manu dederis, unde utatur, reddet tibi

Citó.

M.

Iſtoc vilius.

Aeſch.

Frugi homo eſt.

Sy.

Reddam

Herclé. Da modó.

Aeſch.

Age, pater.

M.

Pòſt conſulam.

D.

Facies.

Sy.

O vir optime.

Aeſch.

O pater feſtiviſſime.

M.

line 30 Quid iſtuc? quae res tam repente mores mutavit tuos?

O Demea quod proluvium? quae iſta ſubita eſt largitas?

D.

Dicam tibi. Ut id oſtenderem, quòd te iſti facilem

Et feſtivum putant; id non fieri [...]x verâ vitâ,

Neque adeo ex aequo & bono, ſed ex aſſentando,

line 35 Indulgendo, & largiendo, Mitio; nunc adeo

Si ob eam rem vobis mea vita inviſa eſt, Aeſchine,

Quia non iſta injuſta prorſus omnia omnino

Obſequor, miſſa facio, effundite, emittite,

Facite quod vobis lubet. Sed ſi id vultis potiùs,

line 40 Quae vos propter adoleſcentiam minus videtis,

Magis impenſè cupitis, conſulitis parùm,

Haec reprehendere, & corrigere me, &

Obſecundare in loco; ecce me, qui faciam vobis.

Aeſch.

Tibi pater permittimus: plus ſcis quid opus

line 45 Facto eſt. Sed de fratre quid fiet?

D.

Sino,

Habeat, in iſtac finem faciat.

Aeſch.

Iſtuc recté.

Plaudi [...]e.

§

§

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HECYRA TERENTII Anglo-Latina.

TERENCES HECYRA Engliſh and Latine.

§

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HECYRA A Comedy of Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

Acted At the Roman ſhowes in the honour of Ceres, when Sextus Julius Caeſar, and Cneius Cornelius Dolabella were Aediles Curules.

It was not all quite Acted.

But Flaccus the ſon of Claudius played on pipes that had even holes.

When Cneius Octavius, and Titus Manlius were Conſuls, it was brought in again, at a Funeral Show; it did not pleaſe:

It was Acted again the third time,

When Quintus Fulvius, and Lucius Marcus, were Aediles Curules.

Lucius Ambivius Turpio Acted it.

It took.

The Greek Comedie is Apollodorus's.

Acted in the year

ſince Rome was built 588.

before Chriſt was born 163.

Acted again, in the year ſince Rome was built 589.

HECYRA Publii Terentii Carthaginienſis A [...]i,

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Acta Ludis Romanis, Sexto Iulio Caeſare; & Cneio Cornelio Dolabella, Aedilibus Curulibus:

Non eſt Acta tota: Modos autem fecit [...]lacous Claudi tibiis parilibus.

Cneio Octavio, & Tito Manlio Conſulibus, relata eſt iterum, Ludis funebribus; non eſt placita.

Relata eſt tertiò,

Quinto Fulvio, & Lucio Marco, Aedilibus Curulibus.

Egit

Lucius Ambivius Turpio.

Placuit.

Graeca eſt Apollodori.

Anno ab urbe condita DLXXXVIII.

Ante Chriſtum natum CLXIII.

Iterata A. V. DLXXXIX.

§

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Bacchis, A Whore.

Laches, An Old-man.

Myrrhina, A Married Woman.

Pamphilus, A Young-man.

Parmeno, A Servant.

Phidippus, An Old-man.

Philotis, A Whore.

Soſia, A Servant.

Soſtrata, A Married Woman.

Syra, An Old-woman.

Fabulae Interlocutores.

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Bacchis, Meretrix.

Laches, Senex.

Myrrhina, Mulier.

Pamphilus, Adoleſcens.

Parmeno, Servus.

Phidippus, Senex.

Philotis, Meretrix.

Soſia, Servus.

Soſtrata, Mulier.

Syra, Anus.

§

The Argument or Plot of Hecyra, by Caius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

PAmphilius took Philumena to wife,

Whom he before time defloured, not knowing who ſhe was,

And he had given her ring, which he had plucked off by force,

To his ſweet-heart Bacchis a very whore,

line 5 Afterwards he went a journey to Imbrus: he lay not with her after ſhe was married:

Her mother took her home to her ſelf, being great with child,

As if ſhe were ſicklie. Pamphilus returns,

He finds there is a childe born; he conceals it, yet would not

Take his wife again. The father layeth blame on his love

[...]. With Bacchis: as Bacchis was clearing her ſelf, Myrrhina

The mother of the maid that was defloured, by chance owneth the ring:

Pamphilus takes his wife again with a ſon.

Hecyrae Argumentum, Q. Sulpitio Appollinari Authore.

UXorem duxit Pamphilus Philumenam,

Cui quondam ignorans virgini vitium obtulit,

Ejuſque per vim quem detraxerat annulum,

Dederat amicae Bacchidi meretriculae.

line 5 Dein profectus in Imbrum eſt: nuptam haud attigit.

Hanc mater utero gravidam, ne id ſciat ſocrus,

Ut aegram ad ſe transfert. Revertitur Pamphilus,

Deprehendit partum: celat: uxorem tamen

Recipere noluit. Pater incuſat Bacchidis

line 10 Amorem: dum ſe purgat Bacchis, annulum

Mater vitiatae fortè agnoſcit Myrrhina.

Uxorem recipit Pamphilus cum filio.

§

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The Prologue.

HEcyra is the name of this Comedie; when this was firſt

Acted, a ſtrange fault and miſerie befell it.

The people being whollie intent upon a rope dancer,

Had ſo buſied their minde, that it could neither be looked at, nor taken notice on.

line 5 Now this is altogether quite new;

And he that writ this was not therefore unwilling

To ſhew it again, that he might ſell it again.

You have known other Comedies of his; now I pray you approve this.

I come as an humble ſuiter to you in a Prologues weed▪

line 10 Let me obtain my requeſt: that I may retain the ſame priviledge

Being old, which priviledge I had being younger,

Who have cauſed new Comedies that were hiſſed off the ſtage, to come into requeſt again,

Leſt Poetry together with the Poet ſhould decay.

In thoſe Comedies of Caecilius which I firſt learned new,

line 15 In ſome of them I was driven out, in ſome of them I had much adoe to pleaſe.

And becauſe I knew that Players fortune on the ſtage was dubious,

I undertook to my ſelf a certain labour in an uncertain hope;

I began to act the ſame, that I might diligentlie learn of him

Other new ones, left I ſhould cauſe him to forſake his ſt [...]die.

line 20 I brought it about, that they were ſeen. When they were taken notice on.

They pleaſed; thus I reſtored the Poet to his former ſtate,

Who was now almoſt diſcouraged by the injurie of his adverſaries,

From ſtudie and pains, and the Art of Po [...]trie.

But if I had ſlighted his writing at preſent, and

line 25 Would have taken pains to diſcourage him,

That he might rather ſit ſtill and do nothing, then imploy himſelf,

I could eaſilie have diſcouraged him, from writing any other.

Now for my ſake conſider equitably what I requeſt.

I bring you Hecyra again, which I could never act

line 30 In ſilence, misfortune did ſo overbear it.

Your wiſedom will mitigate that misfortune,

If it ſhall be aiding to our induſtrie.

[Page] When I firſt began to act it, a ſhew of them that went to fiſtie cuffs,

And the looking upon a rope-dancer befel at the ſame place:

line 35 The croud of them that followed, the noiſe and out cryes of women,

Cauſed that I went forth before the time.

I began to uſe my old cuſtom in a new Comedie,

That I might make tr [...]l, I bring it in again;

In the firſt Act I pleaſed you, when in the mean time a report comes,

line 40 That ſword-players ſhould be ſhewed, the people ſlock together,

They make a hurlie burlie, they cry out, and ſight for their places;

In the mean time I could not keep my place.

Now there is no ſtir, all is quiſht and ſilent.

I have now time granted me to Act, you have a power

line 4 4 [...]. Given you to grace enterludes.

Do not ſuffer Poetrie through your default,

To come to the uſe of few; ſee that your authoritie

May be favourable and aſsiſting to my authoritie.

If I never greedilie ſet a price of my Art,

line 50 And perſwaded my ſelf that that was my greateſt gain,

To ſerve your profit, as much as may be:

Suffer me to prevail, that naughtie men may not laugh at him,

Being wickedly circumvented, who hath committed his labours

To my defence, and himſelf to your protection.

line 55 For my ſake take upon you to defend this cauſe, and keep ſilence,

That others may have pleaſure to write, and it may be profitable for m [...]

To learn new Comedies hereafter, bought at my own price.

Prologus.

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HEcyra eſt nomen huic fabulae: haec cum data eſt

Nova, novum intervenit vitium & calamitas,

Ut neque ſpectari, neque cognoſci potuerit;

Ita populus ſtudio ſtupidus in funambulo

line 5 Animum occupârat; nunc haec planè eſt pernova:

Et is qui ſcripſit hanc ob eam rem noluit

Iterum referre, ut iterum poſſit vendere.

Alias cognoſtis ejus, quaeſo [...]c hanc noſcite.

Orator ad vos venio ornatu prologi;

line 10 Sinete exorator ſim, eodem ut jure uti ſenem

Liceat, quo jure ſum uſus adoleſcentior,

Novas qui exactas feci ut inveteraſcerent,

Ne cum Poeta ſcriptura evaneſceret:

In his quas primù [...] Caecilii didici novas,

line 15 Pa [...]tim ſum earum exactus, par [...]im vix ſteti;

Quia ſciebam dubiam eſſe fortunam ſcenicam,

Spe incertâ certum mi [...]i laborem ſuſtuli;

Eaſdem agere caepi, ut ab eodem alias diſcerem

Novas ſtudioſe, ne illum ab ſtudio abducerem,

line 20 Perfeci, ut ſpectarentur; ubi ſunt cognitae,

Placitae ſunt, ita Poetam reſtitui in locum,

Propè jam remotum injuriâ adve [...]ſariûm

Ab ſtudio, atque à labore, atque ar [...]e muſi [...]â.

Quod ſi ſcripturam ſpreviſſem in praeſentiâ, &

line 25 In deterrendo voluiſſem operam ſumere,

Ut in otio eſſe [...], potiùs quàm in negotio:

Deterruiſſem faci [...]è, ne alias ſcriberet.

Nunc quid petam, meâ cauſâ, aequo animo attendite,

Hecyram ad vos refero, quam mihi per ſilentium

line 30 Nunquam agere licitum eſt, ita eam oppreſſit calamitas;

Eam calamitatem veſtra intelligentia

Sedabit, ſi erit adjutrix noſtrae induſtriae.

[Page] Cùm primùm eam agere caepi, pugilum gloria,

Funambuli eodem acceſſit ſpectatio;

line 35 Comitum conventus, ſtrepitus, clamor mulierum,

Fe [...]êre ut ante tempus exirem fo [...]âs;

Vetere in novâ caepi uti conſuetudine,

In experiundo ut eſſem, refe [...]o denuo;

Primo actu placeo, cùm interea ru [...]or venit,

line 40 Datum iri gladiarores, populus convolat;

Tumultuantur, clamant pugnant de loco:

Ego interea meum [...]on potui tutari locum.

Nunc turba nulla eſt, otium & ſilentium eſt,

Agendi tempus mihi datum eſt; vobis datur

line 45 Poteſtas condecorandi ludo [...] ſcenicos.

Nolite ſinere per vos artem Muſicam

Recidere ad paucos; facite ut veſtra autoritas

Meae autoritati ſautrix adjutrixque ſit.

Si nunquam avarè ſtatui pretium arti meae,

line 50 Et cum eſſe quaeſtum in animum induxi maxumum,

Quàm maxumè ſervire veſtris commodis;

Sinite impetrare me, qui in tutelem meam

Studium ſuum, & ſe in veſtram commiſit fidem,

Ne eum circumventum iniquè iniqui irrideant.

line 55 Meá cauſâ ca [...]ccipite, & date ſilentium,

Ut lubeat ſcribere aliis, mihique ut diſcere

Novas expediat poſthac, pretio emptas meo.

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Act. I. Scen. I.

PHILOTIS. SYRA.

Ph.

TRulie Syra you can finde but very few lovers,

Which prove conſtant to their paramours.

Even this Pamphilus how often did he ſwear to Bacchis,

And how devoutlie, that any body might eaſilie believe him,

line 5 That whileſt ſhe lived he would never marry,

Loe he is married.

S.

Therefore becauſe of that I ſeriouſlie

Both warn and exhort you, that you would not take pi [...]ty of any man,

But pillage, maim, rend in pieces, whomſoever you get.

Ph.

Will you that I ſhould have no b [...]dy exempted?

S.

No body,

line 10 For be ſure that no one of them comes to you,

But he ſo prepares himſelf, that by his flattering ſpeeches

He may ſatisfie his pleaſure at a very ſmall rate.

Will not you I pray you on the other hand ſeek to beguil theſe?

Ph.

Yet indeed it is unreaſonable to carry alike towards all.

S.

line 15 [...]ut is it unreaſonable to be revenged of our enemies?

Or what way they catch you, that they ſhould be caught by the ſame?

Ah me poor woman, why have n [...]t I

That youth and beautie, or you this reſolution?

Act. I. Scen. I.

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PHILOTIS. SYRA.

Ph.

PEr Pol quàm paucos reperias meretricibus

Fidelis evenire amatores, Syra.

Vel hic Pamphilus jurabat quoties Bacchidi,

Q [...]à [...]n ſanctè, uti quivis facilè poſſit credere,

line 5 Nunquam illâ vivâ uxorem ducturum domum!

En duxit.

S.

Ergò propterea te ſedulò

Et moneo & hortor, ne cujuſquam te miſerea,

Quin ſpolies, mutiles, laceres, quemquem nacta ſis.

Ph.

Utin' eximium neminem ha [...]eam?

S.

Neminem.

line 20 Nam nemo quiſquam illo um ſcito ad te veni [...],

Quin ita paret ſeſe, abs te ut [...]landitiis ſuis

Quàm minimo pretio ſuam voluptatem expleat.

H [...]ſcine tu amabò non cont [...] à inſidiabere?

Ph.

Tamen Pol eandem injurium eſt eſſe omnibus.

S.

line 15 Injurium autem eſt ulciſci adverſarios?

Aut quâ viâ te captent illi, eâdem ipſos capi?

E [...]eu me miſeram, cur non aut iſtaec mihi

Aetas & forma eſt, aut tibi haec ſententia?

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Act. I. S [...]en. II.

PARMENO. PHILOTIS. SYRA.

Pa.

IF the old man ask for me, tell him I am newly gone

To the haven to enquire of Pamphilus's coming.

Do you hear what I ſay Syra? if he ask for me, be ſure that

You tell him then; if he ſhall not ask, do not tell him,

line 5 That I may make uſe of this excuſe, yet never made another time,

But do not I ſee Philotis? whence doth ſhe come?

Philotis, God ſave you heartilie.

Ph.

O Parmeno, God ſave you.

S.

In troth God ſave you Parm [...]no.

Pa.

And you Syra in good ſooth,

Tell me Philotis, where have you ſolac [...]d your ſelf ſo long a time?

[Page]Ph.

line 10 Trulie I have not ſolaced my ſelf, who went

Hence to Corinth with a moſt unkinde ſouldier;

I poor woman endured him there two whole years together.

Par.

Trulie Philotis I think you had often a good minde

To ſee Ath [...]ns again, and that you reperted

line 15 Of the courſe you had taken.

Ph.

It cannot be ſaid,

How deſirous I was to come hither again, and get away from the ſouldier,

And ſee you here, that according to our old accuſtomed manner

I might freelie feaſt it amongſt you.

For there I might not ſpeak, but by appointment,

line 20 What words might pleaſe him.

Par.

I do not think

The ſouldier did hand ſomelie bound your diſcourſe.

Ph.

But what buſineſs is this? what ſtories did Bacchis

Tell me erewhile within here? a thing which I never thought

Would come to paſſe, that he could frame his minde

line 25 To have a wife, whileſt ſhe is alive.

Pa [...]

What to have one?

Ph.

Oh you, hath he [...] o [...]e?

Par.

He hath one, but I fear this marriage will not hold.

Ph.

God gra [...] it may not, if it be for Ba [...]chis good.

But how ſhould I believe that it is ſo? tell me Parmeno.

Par.

There is no need it ſhould be ſpoken; forbear

line 30 To ask me this.

P [...].

Verilie for that reaſon (I could forbear) that it may not come abroad;

I ſwear I do not ask you therefore that

I may diſcloſe this thing, but that I may ſilentlie rejoyce with my ſelf.

Par.

You ſhall never ſpeak ſo handſomelie, as that I will truſt

My back with you.

P [...] ▪

Ah Parmeno, do not ſay ſo,

line 35 As though you had not rather tell me this,

Then I who ask, would know.

Par.

She ſpeaks the truth.

And this is a very great fault that I have; if you will promiſe me on your word

That you will ſay nothing of it, I will tell you.

Ph.

You come to your old by as:

I plight you my faith: ſpeak.

Par.

Hearken.

Ph.

I am whollie intent upon you.

Par

As Pa [...] philus

line 40 Loved this Ba [...]his very dearlie, ſo then eſpeciallie

When his father began to intreat him to take a wife,

And to tell him theſe things, which are common to all fathers,

[Page] That he was an old man, and that he was onelie ſon,

And that he deſired he might be his ſuccour in his old age.

line 45 He at firſt ſaid he would not marry, but after that his father

Was more earneſtlie urgent upon him, he put him into a quandarie,

Whether he ſhould rather yield to ſhame or love.

At the laſt by importuning and wearying the old man brought it about:

He handfaſted this next neighbours daughter to him.

line 50 That ſeemed no whit at all troubleſome to Pamphilus all the while,

Till he was juſt upon the marriage: after he ſaw

It was provided, and that there was no delay made, but he muſt marry:

He then at length took it ſo heavilie, that I believe

Bacchis her ſelf, if ſhe had been there, would then have pittied him.

line 55 Whenſoever he had leiſure graented to be alone,

That he might talke with me, (he would ſay) O Parmeno,

I am undone, what have I done? into what miſchief have I plunged my ſelf?

I ſhall never be able to endure this, Parmeno, I am undone poor man.

Ph.

But God confound thee Laches with that thy wearying him.

Par.

line 60 That I may make ſhort: he brings his wife home;

He had nothing to do with the maid that firſt night:

The night following, he did as little to her.

Ph.

What ſay you? could a young man lye in a bed with a maid,

Being ſoundlie tipled, and ſo as to refrain himſelf from her?

line 65 You do not tell a thing likely to be true, neither do I think it to be true.

Par.

I believe it ſeems ſo to you; for no body comes to you,

Except he have a deſire to you; he had married her againſt his will.

Ph.

What fell out afterwards?

Par.

Truly within a very few days

After Pamphilus drew me alone out of the doors,

line 70 And tells me how the maid was even then clear from him,

And that he, before he had married her and brought her home,

Did hope he ſhould be able to abide the marriage.

But, Parmeno (ſaith he) it is neither honeſt for me, nor good for the maid,

That ſhe, whom I concluded, I ſhould not be able to keep any longer

line 75 With me, ſhould be made a laughing-ſtock:

But that I ſhould deliver her again undeſteined, as I received her from her friends.

Ph.

You tell me of the honeſt and chaſte nature of Pamphilus.

Par.

I think it very unfitting for me to publiſh this;

[Page] And that ſhe ſhould be reſtored to her father, againſt whom you can a Redge no fault,

line 80 It is an unjuſt thing; but I hope that ſhe will go away at laſt,

When ſhe knoweth this, that ſhe cannot abide with me.

Ph.

What did he in the mean time? did he go to Bacch is?

Par.

Everie day.

But, as it fell out, after ſhe ſaw him eſtranged from her,

She preſentlie became a great deal more froward, and more malapert.

Ph.

line 85 No marvail indeed.

Par.

And that matter did moſt of all

Separate him from her, after he ſufficientlie underſtood himſelf,

And her, and this woman which was at home,

Conſidering both their behaviours by way of compariſon:

This woman, as becometh one that is of u good nature,

line 90 Being ſhamefac' t and modeſt, did bear all the inconveniences and wrongs

Of her husband, and concealed his taunting words.

Hereupon his affection being partlie engaged by the pittie

Of his wife, and partlie overcome by the injuries of this Bacchis,

By little and little ſtole away from Bacchis, and ſet his love

line 95 On this woman, after he had got one of a like diſpoſition.

In the mean time an old-man a kinſman of theſe

Died in Imbrus, the inheritance fell to theſe by law:

His father packt Pamphilus being in love thither againſt his will;

He left his wife here with his mother; for the old man

line 100 Kept himſelf cloſe in the countrie; he ſeldome comes hither into the citie.

Ph.

What inſtabilitie hath the marriage hitherto?

Par.

You ſhall now hear; at firſt indeed for a few daies

The women agreed verie well amongſt themſelves:

In the mean time ſhe began wonderfully to diſtaſte Soſtrata,

line 105 And yet there was no wrangling betwixt them, never was there

Anie complaining.

Ph.

What then?

Par.

If at anie time ſhe came to her,

To talk with her, ſhe preſentlie got out of her ſight,

She would not ſee her: at laſt when ſhe could not abide it,

She made as though ſhe was ſent for by her mother to a ſacrifice; ſhe went away.

line 110 When ſhe had been there a good manie daies, ſhe bids ſhe ſhould be ſent for.

They then alledged I know not, what excuſe; ſhe bids again.

[Page] No bodie ſent her back. After ſhe had ſent for her ſomewhat often,

They pretend that the woman was ſick. Our miſtreſs preſentlie

Goes to her to viſit her: no bodie gave her admiſsion. When the old man underſtood this;

line 125 He came yeſterday for that reaſon out of the countrie hither,

And talk't with Philumena's father out of hand.

I do not yet know what they did amongſt themſelves;

But indeed I am ſollicitous, what this may come to.

You know all the matter; I will go on this journie, whither I began.

Ph.

line 130 And indeed ſo will I; for I appointed with a ſtranger,

That I would come and ſpeak with him.

Par.

God ſpeed you

In what you do.

Ph.

Fare you well.

Par.

And fare you well heartilie, Philotis.

Act. I. Scen. II.

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PARMENO. PHILOTIS. SYRA.

Pa.

SEnéx ſi quaeret me, modò iſſe dicito

Ad portum percontatum adventum Pamphili.

Audin quid dicam Syra? ſi quaeret me, uti

Tum dicas; ſi non quaeret, nullus dixeris,

line 5 Aliâs ut uti poſſim cauſâ hâc integrâ.

Sed videon' ego Philotin? unde haec advenit?

Philot is, ſalve multùm.

Ph.

O ſalve Parmeno.

S.

Salve mecaſter Parmeno.

Pa.

Et tu aedipol Syra.

Dic mihi Philoti, ubi te oblectâſti tam diu?

[Page]Ph.

line 10 Minimè equidem me oblectavi, quae cum milite

Corinthum hinc ſum profecta inhumaniſſimo;

Biennium ibi perpetuum miſera illum tuli.

Par.

Aedipol te deſiderium Athenarum arbitror

Philotium cepiſſe ſaepe, & te tuum

line 15 Conſilium contempſiſſe.

Ph.

Non dici poteſt,

Quàm cupida eram huc redeundi, abeundi à milite,

Voſque hic videndi, antiquâ ut con [...]uetudine

Agitarem inter vos liberè convivium;

Nam illic haud licebat, niſi praefinitò loqui

line 20 Quae illi placerent.

Par.

Haud opinor commodè

Finem orationi ſtatuiſſe militem.

Ph.

Sed quid hoc negotii eſt? modò quae narrav [...] mihi

Hic intus Bacchis? quod ego nunquam credidi

Fore, ut ille hâc vivâ poſſet animum inducere

line 25 Uxorem habere.

Pa.

Habere autem?

Ph.

Eho tu, an non habet?

Pa.

Habet, ſed firmae hae vereor ut ſint nuptiae.

Ph.

Ita Dii Deaeque faxint, ſi in rem eſt Bacchidis.

Sed quî iſtuc credam ita eſſe? dic mihi, Parmeno.

Pa.

Non opus eſt prolato; hoc percontatier

line 30 Deſiſte.

Ph.

Nempe eâ cauſâ, ut ne id fiat palàm;

Ita me Dii bene ament, haud propterea te rogo, ut

Hoc proferam, ſed tacita ut mecum gaudeam.

Par▪

Nunquam tam dices commodè, ut tergum meum

Tuam in fidem committam.

Ph.

Ah, noli, Parmeno,

line 35 Quaſi tu non multò malis narrare hoc mihi,

Quàm ego quae percontor ſcire.

Pa.

Vera haec praedicat,

Etillud mihi vitium eſt maximum. Simihi fidem

Das te tacituram, dicam.

Ph.

Ad ingenium redis:

Fidem do: loquere.

Par.

Auſculta.

Ph.

Iſtic ſum.

Par.

Hanc Bacchidem

line 40 Amabat ut cùm maximè tum Pamphilus,

Cùm pater uxorem ut ducat orare occipit,

Et haec, communia omnium quae ſunt patrum,

[Page] Se ſenem eſſe dicece, illum autem eſſe unicum,

Praeſi [...]um velle ſe ſenectuti ſuae.

line 45 Ille primè ſe negare, ſed poſt quam acriùs

Pater inſtat, ſecit animi ut incertus foret,

Pudorin' anne amori obſequeretur magis.

Tundendo atque odio denique effecit ſenex:

Deſpondit ei gnatam hujus vicini proxumi.

line 50 U [...]que illud viſum eſt Pamphilo neutiquam grave,

Donec jam in ipſis nuptiis: poſtquam videt

Paratas, nec moram ullam, quin ducat, dari:

Ibi demum ita aeg [...]è tulit, ut ipſam Bacchidem,

Si adeſſet, credo ibi ejus commiſereſceret.

line 55 Ubicunque datum erat ſpatium ſolitudinis,

Ut conloqui mecum unà poſſet; Parmeno,

Perii. Quid ego egi? in quod ego me conjeci malum?

Non potero ferre hoc, Parmeno; perii miſer.

Ph.

At te Dii Deae (que) perduint cum iſtoc odio, Laches.

Par.

line 60 Ut ad pauca redeam: uxorem deducit domum.

Nocte illâ primâ virginem non attigit:

Quae conſequu [...]a eſt nox, eam nihilo magis.

Ph.

Quid aid? cum virgine unà adoleſcens cubuerit

Plùs potus, ſe illâ abſtinere ut potuerit?

line 65 Non veriſamile dicis, neque verum arbitror.

Par.

Credo ita videri tibi: nam nemo ad te venit,

Niſi cupiens tui: ille invitus illam duxerat.

Ph.

Quid deinde fit?

Par,

Diebus ſanè pauculis

Pòſt Pamphilus me ſolum ſubduxit foras,

line 70 N [...]r átque ut virgo ab ſe integra etiam tum ſiet,

Seque antequam eam uxorem duxiſſet domum,

Sperâſſe eas tolerare poſſe nuptias:

Sed quam decreverim me non poſſe diutius

Habere, eam ludibrio habere, Parmeno,

line 75 Quin integram itidem reddam, ut accepi à ſuis,

Neque honeſtum mihi, neque utile ipſi virgini eſt.

Ph.

Pium & pudicum ingenium narras Pamphili.

Par.

Hoc ego profe [...]re incommodum mihi eſſe arbitror,

[Page] Reddi patri autem, cui tu nihil dicas vitii,

line 80 Superbum eſt: ſed illam ſp [...]ro, ubi hoc cognoverit,

Non poſſe ſe mecum eſſe, abituram denique.

Ph.

Quid interea? ibatne ad Bacchidem?

Par.

Quotidie:

Sed, ut fit, poſtquam hunc alienum ab ſe videt,

Maligna multò & magis procax facta illico eſt.

Ph.

line 85 Non aedipol mirum.

Par.

Atque ea res multò maxumè

Disjunxit illum ab illâ, poſtquam & ipſe ſeſe

Et illam, & hanc quae domi erat cognovit ſatis,

Ad exemplum ambarum mores earum aeſtimans;

Haec, ita uti liberali eſſe ingenio decet,

line 90 Pudens, modeſta, incommoda atque injurias

Viri omnes ferre, & tegere contumelias.

Hîc animus, partim uro: is meſericordiâ

D [...]v [...]ctus, partim victus hujus injutiâ,

Paulatim elapſus eſt Bacchide, atque huic tranſtulit

line 95 Amorem, poſtquam paringenium nactus eſt.

Interea in Imbro moritur cognatus ſenex

Horum, ad hos redibat lege haereditas:

Eò amantem in [...]itum Pamphilum extrudit pater;

Reliquit cum matre hîc uxorem; nam ſenex

line 100 Rus abdidit ſeſe: huc rarò in urbem commeat.

Ph.

Quid adhuc habent infirmitatis nuptiae?

Par.

Nunc audies; primùm dies compluſculos

Bene conveniebat ſânè inter [...]as:

Interim mitis modis odiſſe cepit Soſtratam,

line 105 Neque lites ullae inter has, poſtulatio

Nunquam.

Ph.

Quid igitur?

Par.

Si quando ad eam acceſſerat

Confabulatum, fugere è conſpectu illico,

Videre nolle: denique ubi non quivit pati,

Simulat ſe à matre accerſi ad rem divinam: abiit.

line 110 Ubi illic dies eſt complures, accerſi jubet,

Dixêre cauſam tunc neſcio quam; iterum jubet.

[Page] Nemo remiſit, poſtquam accerſivit ſaepius,

Aegram eſſe ſimulant mulierem. Noſtra illico

It viſere ad eam: admiſit nemo. Hoc ubi ſenex reſcivit,

line 125 Heri eâ cauſâ de rure hu [...] advenit,

Patrem continuò conveni [...] Philumenae.

Quid egerint inter ſe nondum etiam ſcio,

Niſi ſanè [...]urae eſt, quorſum eventurum hoc ſiet.

Habes omnem re [...], pergam, quo cep [...], hoc iter.

Ph.

line 130 E▪ q [...]em ego. Nam conſtitui cum quodam hoſpite

Me eſſe ill [...] conventuram.

Par.

Dii vortant bene

Quod agas.

Ph.

Vale.

Par.

Et tu bene vale, Philo [...]i.

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Act. II. Scen. I.

LACHES. SOSTRATA.

La.

O Strange, what a ſort of women is this? what conſpiracie is this?

That all women ſhould alike affect the ſame things, and be unwilling to all things?

Nor ſhall you find anie that hath ſwerved anie whit from others diſpoſition;

And therefore thus with one conſent all mothers in law have hated their daughters in law.

line 5 They ſtudie all alike to be croſſe to their husbands, their obſtinacie is alike.

Me thinks they are all inſtructed to naughtineſs in the ſame ſchool:

And I am ſure, if anie be, this woman is the miſtreſs of that ſchool.

So.

O wretched woman that I am, who do not know now, wherefore I am accuſed.

La.

Ha,

Do not you know?

So.

No, I ſwear my Laches;

line 10 And therefore we may lead our lives together.

La.

God forbid thoſe evils.

So.

And you ſhall know after a while that I am wrongfully accuſed by you.

La.

I know

That you are wrongfully accuſed. Can anie thing be ſpoken as you deſerve for thoſe pranks,

Who doſt diſgrace me & your ſelf, & our family, & breed yovr ſon ſorrow?

[Page] And beſides you make our marriage-kindred of friends to become our enemies;

line 15 Who deemed him worthie to whom they might commit their children.

You alone are ſtarted up, to put theſe things out of order by your impudence.

So.

What I?

Lach.

You, I ſay woman, who judgeſt me to be a ſtone altogether, and not a man.

Do you think, becauſe I uſe to be often in the countrie, that I know not,

How everie one of you leads his life here?

line 20 I know far better, what things are done here, then there where I am daily.

Therefore becauſe as you ſhall be to me at home, ſo I ſhall be by report abroad.

Trulie I heard long agoe that Philumena hated you,

And it is no marvail; and if ſhe had not done it, it had been a greater marvail:

But I did not believe withall, that ſhe hated his whole houſe;

line 25 Which if I had known, ſhe ſhould rather have tarried here, and you have packt hence out of doors.

But ſee how undeſervedly this grief befalls me through you, Soſtrata;

I went hence to dwell in the countrie, giving way to you, and ſtriving to get ſomething,

That my means might be able to bear your coſt and idleneſſe,

Not ſparing my pains, above what was meet for me, and my age.

line 30 See how you took no care for theſe things, that I might not be iroubled.

So.

Trulie it came not to paſſe by my means, nor through my default.

La.

Yes moſt of all.

You was here alone. Soſtrata, all the fault lieth upon you.

You ſhould have looked to what was here, ſeeing I acquitted you of all other eares.

Are you not aſhamed being an old-woman to fall out with a girl?

line 35 You will ſay It was through his default.

So.

Trulie I do not ſay ſo, my Laches.

La.

I am glad, I ſwear, for my ſon's ſake. For as for you, I know verie well,

No dammage can be done you by your doing amiſſe.

So.

How do you know, my husband, whether ſhe made as though ſhe hated me for that cauſe,

[Page] That ſhe might be more with her mother?

La.

What ſay you? is it not [...] token ſufficient,

line 40 That no bodie would let you in to her yeſterday when you came to viſit her?

So.

No, for they then ſaid ſhe was verie faint-ſick, and ſo I was not admitted to her.

La.

I think that your manners are rather a ſickneſſe to her then a [...] other thing.

And good cauſe why; for there is none of you, but would have her ſon

Marrie a wife; and what offer pleaſeth you, is granted.

line 45 After they have married by your ſetting on, by your ſetting on they drive the ſame wives away.

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LACHES. SOSTRATA.

La.

PRob D [...]û [...] atque hominum fidem, quod hoc genus eſt? quae hae [...] conju [...]at [...]?

Ut omnes mulieres eadem aequè ſtudeant, noli [...] que omnia?

Neque de [...]linatam quicquam ab alia [...]um ingenio ullam reperies.

Itaque adeo uno animo omnes ſocrus oderunt nurus.

line 5 Vi [...]i, eſſe adverſas aequè ſtudium eſt, ſimilis pertinacia.

In eodem omnes mihi viden [...]u [...] ludo doctae ad malitiam:

Et ei ludo, ſi ull [...]s eſt, magiſtram ha [...]c eſſe ſatis certò ſcio.

So.

Me miſeram, quae nunc, quamobrem accuſer, neſ [...]io.

La.

Hem,

Tu neſ [...]is?

So.

Non ita me Dii ament, mi Laches;

line 10 Itaque unà inter nos agere aetatem liceat.

La.

Dii mala prohibeant.

So.

Meque abs te immeritò eſſe accuſatam poſtmodum r [...]ſciſces.

Lach.

S io,

Te immerito; an quicquam pro iſtis factis dignum te dici poteſt

Quae me, & te, & familiam ded [...]coras, filio luctum paras?

[Page] Tum autem ex amicis inimici ut ſint nobis affines facis;

line 15 Qui illum decrerunt dignum, ſuos cui liberos committerent.

Tu ſola exorere, quae perturbas haec tuâ impudentiâ.

So.

Egóne?

La.

Tu, inquam, mulier, quae me omnino lapidem, non hominem putas.

An quia ruri crebrò eſſe ſoleo, neſcire arbitramini,

Quo quiſque pacto hîc vitam veſtrorum exigat?

line 20 Multò meliùs, hîc quae fiùnt, quàm illic ubi ſum affiduè, ſcio.

Ideò quia ut vos mihi domi eritis, proinde ego pro famâ foris.

Jampridem equidem audivi cepiſſe odium tui Phil [...]men [...]m:

Miniméque adeò mi [...]um; & ni id feciſſet, magis mi [...]um foret.

Sed non credidi adeò, ut etiam hanc totam odiſſet domum;

line 25 Quod ſi ſciſſem, illa hîc mane [...]et po [...]iùs, tu hinc iſſes forás.

At vidè quàm immeritò aeg [...]itudo haec oritur mihi abs te, Softrata;

Rus habitatum abii, concedens vobis, & rei ſerviens,

Sumptus veſtros otiúmque ut noſtra res poſſet pati,

Meo labori haud parcens, praeter aequum atque a tatem meam.

line 30 Non te pro his cu [...]âſſe rebus, ne quid aeg [...]è eſſet mihi.

So.

Non meâ operâ, neque pol culpâ evenit.

La.

Immo maximé.

Sola hîc fuiſti, in te omnis haeret culpa, Soſtr [...].

Quae hîc erant, curares, cùm ego vos ſolvi c [...] caeteris.

Cum puellâ anum ſuſcepiſſe inimicitias non pudet?

line 35 Illius dices culpâ factum.

So.

Haud equidem dico, mi Laches.

La.

Gaud [...]o, ita me Dii ament, gnati cauſa. Num de te quidem

Satis ſcio, peccando detrimenti nihil fieri poteſt.

So.

Qui ſcis, an [...]â cauſa, mi vir, me odiſſe ſe a [...]. verit,

[Page] [...] cum matre unà plus eſſet?

La.

Quid ais? non ſigni ſat eſt,

line 40 Quod heri nemo voluit viſentem ad [...]am te intrò admittere?

So.

Etenim laſſam [...]am oppidò tum ai [...]bant: eò ad [...]am non admiſſa ſum.

La.

Tuos eſſe illi mo [...]es mo [...]bum magis quàm aliam rem arbitror:

Et meritò adeò; nam veſtrarum nulla eſt, quin g [...]atum velit [...]

Ducere uxorem; & quae vobis placita eſt conditio, datur.

line 45 Ubi duxêre impulſu veſtro, veſtro impulſu eaſdem exigunt.

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Act II. Scen. II.

PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. SOSTRATA.

Ph.

ALthough I know, Philum [...]na, I have authoritie to compell you,

To do what I command you; yet I being [...]vercome with a fatherly affection

Will willingly yield to you, neither▪ will I croſſe your will.

La.

And look I ſee Phidippus in verie good time; n [...]w I ſhall know of him what the matter is.

line 5 Phidippus, though I know that I am verie yielding to all mine,

Yet not ſo far as my gentle nature ſhould corrupt their minds;

Which ſame thing if you would be, it would do more for your good and ours alſo.

Now I ſee you have your head under their girdles.

Ph.

Soft for ſo [...]th.

La.

I came to you yeſterday concerning your daughter, you ſent me away as uncertain as I came.

line 10 It is not meet, if you mean this our affinitie ſhould be laſting,

For you to conceal your anger; if we have done anie thing amiſſe, out with it:

For we will make you amends, either by confuting, or excuſing it,

You your ſelf being the judge: but if that be the cauſe of keeping her with you,

[Page] Becauſe ſhe is ſick, I ſuppoſe you do me wrong, Phidippus,

line 15 15▪ If you fear, ſhe may not be ſufficiently looked to at my houſe.

Bu [...] ſwear, I do not yield this unto you, though you be her father,

That you ſhould deſire her ſafetie more then I; and that the rather for [...] ſon's ſake,

Whom [...] conceive doth eſteem her no leſſe then himſelf.

Ne [...]r is it ſo unknown to me, how heavily I think he may take it,

line 20 If he knew this; therefore I deſire ſhe may return home, before [...] come hither again.

Ph.

Laches, I acknowledge both your diligence and kindneſſe towards my daughter,

And perſwade my ſelf, that all things which you ſay, is as you ſay:

And I deſire you to believe me this, I labour that ſhe may return to you,

If I may effect it by anie means.

La.

What thing hindereth you from doing it?

line 25 Why, doth ſhe blame her husband for anie thing?

Ph.

No. For after I minded

More, and began to conſtrain her by force to return, ſhe ſwore ſolemnly

That ſhe could not abide it out at your houſe, whilſt Pamphilus was away.

Another man perhaps hath another fault. I am naturally of a ſoft diſpoſition.

I cannot thwart anie of mine.

La.

Ho Soſtrata!

So.

Woe is me poor woman!

Lach.

line 30 Is this thing certain?

So.

Trulie, as now it ſeems. But would you have anie thing?

For there is cauſe why I muſt now ſtep to the market.

Lach.

[...] will go with you.

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PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. SOSTRATA.

Ph.

ETſi ſ [...]io, Philumena, meum jus eſſe ut te cogam,

Quae ego imperem facere: ego tamen patrio animo victus faciam

Ut tibi concedam, neque tuae libidini adverſabor.

La.

Atque eccum Phidippum optimè video; jam ſcibo ex ho [...] quid ſi [...]t.

[...] Phidippe, etſiego meis me omnibus ſcio eſſe adprimè obſequentē,

Sed non adeò ut mea facilitas corrumpat illorum animos:

Quod ſi tu idem faceres, magis in rem & veſtram & noſtram id eſſet.

Nunc video in illarum poteſtate eſſe te.

Ph.

Eja veró.

La.

Adii te h [...]ri de filiâ; ut veni itidem incertum amiſiſti.

line 10 Haud ita decet, ſi perpetuam hanc vis eſſe affinit [...]tem,

Celare te iras: ſi quid eſt peccatum a nobis, profer:

Aut [...]a refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus,

Tejudice ipſo: ſin [...]a eſt cauſa retinendi apud vos,

[Page] Quia aegra eſt, te mihi injuriam facere arbitror, Phidippe,

line 15 Si metuis, fatis ut meae domi curetur diligenter,

At ita me Dii ament, haud tibi hoc concedo, etſi illi pater es,

Ut tu illam ſalvam magis velis, quàm ego; id adeò gnati cauſâ,

Quē ego intellexi illam haud minùs quàm ſeipſum, magni facere.

Neque adeò clam me eſt, quàm eſſe eum graviter laturu credam,

line 20 Hoc ſi reſcierit; eò domum, ſtudeo haec, priuſquam ille huc redeat.

P.

Laches, & diligentiam veſtram & benignitatem erga meam filiam

Novi, & quae dicis omnia, eſſe ut dicis, animum induco:

Et te hoc mihi cupio credere; illam ad vos redire ſtudeo,

Si facere poſſim ullo modo.

La.

Quae res te id facere prohibet?

line 25 Eho, numquid-nam accuſat virum?

Ph.

Minimè: nam poſtquam attendi

Magis, & vi cepi cogere ut rediret, ſanctè adjurat,

Non poſſe apud vos, Pamphilo, ſe, abſente perdurare.

Aliud ſortaſſe alii vitii eſt. Ego ſum animo leni natus:

Non poſſum adverſari meis.

Lach.

Hem Soſtrata?

So.

Heu me miſeram!

Lach.

line 30 Certúmme eſt iſtuc?

Ph.

Nunc, quidem, ut videtur. Sed nunquid vis?

Nam eſt quod me tranſire ad ſorum jam oportet.

Lach.

Eò tecum uná.

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Act. II. Sc [...]n. III.

SOSTRATA.

So.

IN good ſooth we women are all alike hated by our [...]usbands,

Becauſe of a few: which makes us all ſeem wor [...]ie of miſchief.

For I ſwear, as for this that my husband new accuſeth me, I am blameleſſe,

[Page] But it is not an eaſie thing to be cleared: they have ſo perſwaded themſelves, that all

line 5 Mothers-in-law are naught: trulie I know nothing by my ſelf; for I never dealt with her

Otherwiſe, then if ſhe had been born of my own bodie; neither do I know, how this ſhould befall me.

But indeed I earneſtly expect my ſon, that he ſhould return home.

Act. II. Scen. III.

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SOSTRAA.

So.

AE Dipol nos ſumus mulieres aequè omnes inviſae viris,

Propter paucas: quae omnes faciunt dignae ut videamur malo.

Nam, ita me Dii ament, quod me accuſat nunc vir, ſum extra noxiam,

[Page] Sed non facile eſt expurgare: ita animum induxerunt; ſocrus

line 5 Omneis eſſe iniquas; haud pol m [...] quidem: nam nunquam ſecus

Habui illam, ac ſi ex me eſſet nata: nec quî hoc mihi eveniat, ſ [...]io.

Niſi pol filium multis modis jam expecto ut redeat domum.

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Act. III. Scen. I.

PAMPHILUS. PARMENO. MYRRHINA.

Pam.

I Believe never more bitter things befell any man for love

Then me▪ O unfortunate man I! have I forborn to make an end of this life?

Was I for this cauſe ſo deſirous to return home?

For whom how much better had it been to have lived aniewhere in the world,

line 5 Then to return hither? and that I poor man ſhould know that things are ſo?

For to all of us, unto whom anie trouble is offered from anie place,

All that time of the interim, before it be known, is as gain.

Par.

But be it ſo: I can ſooner finde a means how you may rid your ſelf of theſe troubles.

If you had not returned, theſe fallings out had been made a great deal more.

line 10 But I know, Pamphilus, that now both of them will reverence your coming:

You ſhall know the matter; you ſhall end their anger; you ſhall make them friends again.

Theſe things are light, which your have perſwaded your ſelf to be verie heavie.

Pam.

Why do you comfort me? is anie man in the world ſo wretched as I am?

Before I married her, I had my minde engaged in love elſewhere.

line 15 Now though I be ſilent in this matter, anie one may eaſilie know, how miſerable I have been.

Nevertheleſs I dur [...] never refuſe her, whom my father thruſts upon me.

[Page] I have ſcarcely withdrawn my ſelf thence, and ſet my minde free which was entangled with her,

And I had ſcarcely got hither; loe, a new matter is a-broach, which may alſo withdrawn me from this woman.

Beſides I think my mother or my wife is in fault about tha [...] thing:

line 20 Which when I ſhall finde to be ſo, what remaineth but that I ſhould become more miſerable?

For dutie, Parmeno, commands me to bear with my mother's wrongs;

Beſides; I am beholden to my wife, ſhe did heretofore out of her own good nature

Bear ſo manie wr [...]ngs of mine, which ſhe never diſcloſed in anie place.

But it muſt needs be, Parmeno, that ſome great matter, I know not what, hath hapned,

line 25 Whereupon there hath been a falling out betwixt them, which yet hath laſted a long time.

Par.

Trulie it is no ſmall matter▪ but if you will reaſon rightly,

The greateſt fallings out that are ſometimes, do not cauſe

The greateſt wrongs; for it often falls out, when in what things one man is not angrie at all,

An haſtie man becommeth an utter enemie for the ſame cauſe.

line 30 For what ſmall offences do children quarrel amongſt themſelves?

Wherefore? becauſe they carrie a weak ſpirit, which governs them.

In like manner thoſe women are almoſt, as children are, of an unſtable minde.

Perhaps ſome one word may have raiſed this anger betwixt them.

Pam.

Go thy way in, Parmeno: and tell them I am come.

Par.

Ha, what is this adoe?

Pam.

Hold youo peace.

Par.

line 35 I perceive there is a whiſpering, and a running to and fro. Come a little to the door.

Come neerer: how now, have you perceived it?

Pam.

Do not prate.

O Jupiter! [...] hear an outcry▪

Par.

You ſpeak your ſelf, & do you forbid me?

Myr.

Peace, I pray you, my daughter.

Pam.

It ſeems to be Philum [...] ▪ na's mother's tongue.

I am undone.

Par.

Why ſo?

Pam.

Becauſe I am loſt.

Par.

Wherefore?

Pam.

Trulie Parmeno,

line 40 They conceal from me ſome great evil, I know n [...]t wh [...]t.

Par.

They ſaid your wife

Philum [...] was troubled at I know not what; except that be it, I cannot tell.

[Page]Pam.

I am undone, why did you not tell me that?

Par.

Alas, becauſe I could not tell you all at once.

Pam.

What diſeaſe is it?

Par.

I know not.

Pam.

What hath no bodie brought a phyſician?

Par.

I know not.

Pam.

Do I linger to go in hence, that I may know the certainty whatever it is as ſoon as may be?

line 45 O my Philumena, how ſhall I now finde you affected?

For if there be anie danger in you, there is no doubt but I ſhall die with you

Par.

There is no need for me now to follow him in;

For I perceive they cannot endure to look upon us.

Yeſterday no bodie would ſuffer Soſtrata to come in.

line 50 If perchance her ſickneſs do more increaſe,

Which truly I ſhould beloth, eſpecially for my maſter's ſake,

They will preſently ſay▪ ſtrata's ſervant is come in,

And will imagine that he hath brought ſome ill with him,

Whereby the ſickneſſe may be increaſed, which I wiſh may light on their own head and age.

line 55 My miſtreſs ſhall come in blame, and I to ſome great ſmart.

Act. III. Scen. I.

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PAMPHILUS. PARMENO. MYRRHINA.

Pam.

NEmini plura ego acerba credo eſſe ex amore homini unquam oblata,

Quàm mihi. Heu me infelicem! hanccine vitam parſi perdere?

Hâccine cauſâ ego eram tantopere cupidus redeundi domum?

Cui quanto fuerat praeſtabilius, ubivis gentium agere aetatem,

line 5 Quàm huc redire? atque haec ita eſſe miſerum me reſciſcere?

Nam nos omnes, quibus eſt alicunde aliquis objectus labos,

Omne quod eſt interea t [...]mpus, priuſquam id reſcitū eſt, lucro eſt.

Par.

At ſit; citiùs quî te expedias his aerumnis reperiam;

Si non rediiſſes, hae irae factae eſſent multò ampliores;

line 10 Sed nunc adventum tuum ambas, Pamphile, ſcio reveri [...]uras;

Rem cognoſces; iram expedies; rurſum in gratiam reſtitues.

Levia ſunt, quae tu pergravia eſſe in animum induxiſti tuum.

Pam.

Quid conſolare me▪ an quiſquam aequè miſer eſt gentium?

Priuſquam hanc uxorem duxi, habebā animū alibi amori deditū:

line 15 Jam in hac re ut taceam, cuivis fa [...]ile ſcitu eſt quàm fuerim miſer:

Tamen nunquā auſus ſum recuſare eam, quā mihi obtrudit pater▪

[Page] Vix me illinc abſtraxi, atque impeditum in eâ expedivi animum meum,

Vixque huc contuleram: hem, nova res orta eſt, porrò ab hac quae me abſtrahat▪

Tum matrem ex eâ re aut uxorem in culpâ eſſe arbitror;

line 20 Quod cùm ita eſſe invenero, quid reſtat niſi ut porrò [...]iam miſer?

Nam matris ferre injurias, Parmeno, pi [...]tas jub [...];

Tum uxori ob noxius ſum: ita olim ſuo me ingenio pertulit

Tot meas injurias, quae nunquam in ullo patefecit loco.

Sed magnum, neſcio quid, neceſſe eſt eveniſſe, Parmeno,

line 25 Unde ira inter eas interceſſit, quae tamen permanſit diu.

Par.

Haud quidem hercle, parvum eſt; ſi vis verò veram rationem exſequi,

Non maxumas, quae maxumae interdum ſunt irae, injurias

Faciunt: nam ſaepe eſt, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem eſt,

Cùm de eâ dem cauſâ eſt iracundus factus inimiciſſimus.

line 30 Pueri inter ſeſe quàm pro levibus noxis iras gerunt?

Quapropter? quia enim, quieos gub [...]rnat animus, infirmū gerunt.

Itidem illae mulieres ſunt ferme, ut pu [...]ri, levi ſententiâ,

Fortaſſe unum aliquod ve [...]b [...]m inter eas i [...]am hanc conſciverit.

Pam.

Abi, Parmeno, intro; ac me veniſſe nuncia.

Par.

Hem, quid hoc?

Pam.

Tace.

Par.

line 35 Trepidari ſ [...]ntio, & cu [...]ſari rurſum prorſum; agedum ad fores.

Accede propius: hem, ſenſiſti [...]'?

Pam.

Noli fabularier.

Proh Iupiter! clamorem au [...]io.

Par.

Tute loqueris, me v [...]tas?

Myr.

Tace, obſecro, mea gnata.

Pam.

Matris vox viſa eſt Philumenae.

Nullus ſum.

Par.

Qui dum?

Pam.

Q [...]a perii.

Par.

Quamobrem?

Pam.

Neſcio quod magnum malum

line 40 Profectò, Parmeno, me celant.

Par.

Uxorem Philumemenam

Pavitare, neſcio quid, dixerunt; id ſi fortè eſt, neſ [...]io.

[Page]Pam.

Interii, cur id mihi non dixiſti?

Par.

Ah, quia non poteram uná omnia.

Pam.

Quid morbi eſt?

Par.

Neſcio.

Pam.

Quid? nemon' medicum adduxit?

Par.

Neſcio.

Pam.

Ceſſo, hinc ire intró, ut hoc quàm primùm quicquid eſt certum ſciam?

line 45 Quonam modo, Philumena mea, te nunc offendam affectam?

Nam ſi periculum ullum in te ineſt, periiſſe me unà haud dubium eſt.

Par.

Non uſus facto eſt mihi nunc hunc intrò ſequi:

Nam inviſos nos eſſe illis ſentio.

Heri nemo voluit Soſtratam intrò admittere.

line 50 Si fortè morbus amplior factus ſiet,

Quod ſanè nolim, maxumè heri cauſa mei,

Servum illicò introiſſe dicent Soſtratae;

Aliquid tul [...]e comminiſcentur mali,

Capiti atque aetati illorum morbus qui auctus ſiet.

line 55 Hera in crimen veniet, ego verò in magnum malum.

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Act. III. Scen. II.

SOSTRATA. PARMENO. PAMPHILUS.

So.

I Poor woman heard a buſtle here a while agoe, I know not about what;

I greatly fear, leſt Philumena's ſickneſs ſhould be increaſed;

For which I beſeech thee Aeſculapius, and thee Salus, that no ſuch thing may be.

Now I will go to her to viſit her.

Par.

Ho Soſtrata.

So.

What now?

Par.

line 5 You will be ſhut out thence again.

So.

O Parmeno, was you here? I am undone; what ſhall I do poor woman?

Shall not I go ſee Pamphilus wife, when ſhe is ſick hard by?

Pa.

Do not go to ſee her, neither ſend anie one at all to viſit her.

For he that loves her, that hateth him, I think he playeth a double fool:

line 10 [Page] He waſteth his own labour, and doth but trouble he [...] ▪

And beſides your ſon, as ſoon as he came, went in to ſee how ſhe doth.

So.

What ſay you? is Pamphilus come?

Par.

He is come.

So.

I thank God.

Lo my ſpirit is revived with that word, and care is gone from my heart.

So.

Now for that reaſon moſt of all I would not have you go in hither:

line 15 For if Philumenas pains ſhall any whit ſtake,

I know ſhe will preſentlie tell him all the matter alone by themſelves,

Which hapned betwixt you; and how your falling out firſt began;

And lo I ſee him come forth, how ſad he is?

So.

O my ſon.

Pam.

O my mother, God ſave you.

So.

I am glad you come ſafe, is Philumena

line 20 Well?

Pam.

She is ſomewhat better then ſhe was.

So.

God grant it be ſo.

Why do you weep then? or why are you ſo ſad?

Pam.

All is well enough mother.

So.

What ſtir, was that? tell me, did the pain take her on a ſuddain?

Pam.

So it was:

So.

What is her diſeaſe?

Pam.

An ague.

So.

A quotidian?

Pam.

So they ſay.

Go in I pray you, mother, I will follow you.

So.

Be it ſo.

Pam.

line 25 Parmeno do you run to meet the boys, and help them with their burdens.

Par.

What? do not they know the way home themſelves, which way they may come back again?

Pam.

Do you loiter?

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SOSTRATA. PARMENO. PAMPHILUS.

So.

NEſcio quid jamdudum audio hic tumultuari miſera:

Malè metuo, ne Philnmenae magis morbus aggraveſcat;

Quod te Aeſculapi & te Salus, ne quid ſit hujus, o [...].

Nunc ad eam viſam.

Par.

Heus Soſtrata.

So.

Hem.

Par.

line 5 Iterum iſtinc excludêre.

So.

Ehem Parmeno, tun' hic eras? perii; quid faciam miſera?

Non viſam uxorem Pamphili, cùm in proximo hîc ſit aegra?

Par.

Non viſas, nec mittas quidem viſendi cauſâ quenquam.

Nam qui amat, cui odio ipſus eſt, bis facere ſtultè duco:

line 10 [Page] Laborem inanem ipſus capit, & illi moleſtiam affert.

Tum autem filius tuus introiit videre, ut venit, quid agat.

So.

Quid ais? an venit Pamphilus?

Par.

Venit.

So.

Diis gratias habeo.

Ehem iſtoc verbo animus mihi rediit, & cura ex corde receſſit.

Par.

Jam eâ te cauſâ maxumè nunc huc introire nolo;

line 15 Nam ſi remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

Omnem rem narrabit ſcio continuò ſola ſoli,

Quae inter vos intervenit; unde ortum eſt initium itae.

Atque eccū video ipſum egredi; quàm triſtis eſt?

So.

O mi gnate.

Pam.

Mea mater, ſalve.

So.

Gaudeo veniſſe ſalvum: ſalva n'

line 20 Philumena eſt?

Pam.

Meliuſcula eſt.

So.

Utinam iſtuc Dii faxint.

Quid tu igitur lacrumas? aut quid es tam triſtis?

Pam.

Rectè, mater.

So.

Quid fuit tumulti? dic mihi, an dolor repente invaſit?

Pam.

Ita ſactum eſt.

So.

Quid morbi eſt?

Pam.

Febris.

So.

Quotidiana n'?

Pam.

Ita aiunt.

I ſodes intrò, conſequar te, mea mater.

So.

Fiat.

Pam.

line 25 Tu pueris curre, Parmeno, obviam, atque his onera adjuta.

Par.

Quid? non ſciunt ipſi viam domum quà redeant?

Pam.

Ceſſas?

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Act. III. Scen. III.

PAMPHILUS.

Pam.

I Cannot finde any handſome entrance of my buſineſs,

Whence I may begin to tell, what things befel me at unawares;

Partlie what I beheld with theſe eyes, and partlie what I heard.

Wherefore I got my ſelf, being aſtoniſhed, the ſooner out of doors.

line 5 For as I ſt pt in even now being in a fear, ſuppoſing

I ſhould ſee her ſick of another diſeaſe, then I perceive my wife to be: wo is me,

[Page] After the maids ſaw I was come, they preſentlie altogether

Merrilie cried out, He is come; that was becauſe they had eſpied [...]e [...] a ſuddain:

But preſentlie I ſaw all their countenances to be changed,

line 10 Becauſe I had luck to come ſo unſeaſonably to them.

One of them by chance in the mean time ran haſtilie before, and told them I wus come.

I being deſirous to ſee her, follow on ſtreight; after I came in, I quicklie knew her diſeaſe

Poor man. For neither did time give anie ſpace that it might be concealed,

Nor was ſhe able to complain in another voice, then the matter advertiſed her.

line 15 After I ſaw it, O unworthy fact, ſaid I, and preſentlie conveighed

My ſelf thence weeping, being heart-ſtruck with a thing ſo incredible and heinous.

Her mother follows me; and juſt as I was going out over the threſhold, ſhe fell down at my knees

Weeping poor woman; it pitied me to ſee her. Trulie it is ſo as I think,

So we are high or humble-minded as things offer themſelves to all of us.

line 20 Shee continued to have this ſpeech with me from the beginning:

O my Pamphilus, you ſee the reaſon wherefore ſhe went from you,

For the maid was defloured long ſince by I know not what lewd fellow,

Now ſhe is fled hither, that ſhe might conceal her birth from you and others.

But when I remember her intreaties, I cannot but weep poor man.

line 25 Whatſoever f [...]e it is, ſaith ſhe, which brought you to us this day,

We both beſeech you by it, if it be right and lawful,

That her misfortunes may be by your means covered, and concealed towards all folks;

If ever you perceived her, Pamphilus, to bear a loving affection towards you,

She now intreats you, that you would grant her this favour without much adoe.

line 30 But for bringing her back again, do that which may be for your own good.

[Page] You onlie are privie that ſhe is in travail, and was not with childe by you;

For they ſay ſhe lay with you full two months after,

And now this is the ſeventh month ſince ſhe came to you,

Which that you know the thing it ſelf ſheweth; now if it can be, Pamphilus,

line 35 I earneſtlie deſire and labour, that the child-birth may happen unknown to her father,

And everie bodie alſo; but if it cannot be, but they muſt perceive it,

I will ſay that ſhe miſcarried; I know no bodie will ſuſpect otherwiſe,

But, which is verie likelie to be true, they will judge ſtreight that you are the father.

It ſhall be put out forthwith; here is no leſſe likelie to be fall you,

line 40 And ſhall cover the wrong unworthilie done to her poor woman.

I promiſed her, and I am reſolved to keep my promiſe in that which I ſaid.

For as for bringing her back, I think that is not anie whit convenient,

Neither will I do it, though her love and familiaritie greatlie engage me.

I can but weep, when I remember, what a life I ſhall have hereafter,

line 45 And lonelie condition. O fortune, how thou art never [...]cnſta [...]lie good!

But now my former love hath made me uſed to this thing,

Which I purpoſelie let paſſe; I will now endeavour to do the like in this matter.

Parmeno is here with the boyes; it is not requiſite he ſhould be by

In this buſineſs: for heretofore I told him onelie,

line 50 That I refrained from her at the firſt when ſhe was given me.

I am afraid, if he ſhall hear her skriek often,

Leſt he ſhould perceive ſhe is in labour; I muſt needs ſend him hence

On ſome errant ſomewhither, till Philumena be brought in bed.

Act. III. Scen. III.

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PAMPHILUS.

Pam.

NEqueo mearum rerum initium ullum invenire idoneum,

Unde exordiar narrare, quae nec opinanti accidunt.

Partim quae perſpexi his oculis partim quae accepi auribus.

Qua me propter exanimatum citiùs eduxi ſoras.

line 5 Nam modò intrò me ut corripui timidusm allo ſuſpicans

Morbo me viſurum ad fectam, ac ſenſi uxorem eſſe; hei mihi,

[Page] Poſtquam me aſpexere ancillae adveniſſe, illico omnes ſimul

Laetae exclamant, Venit: id quod me repente adſpexerant,

Sed continuò vultum earum ſenſi immutari omnium,

line 10 Quia tam incommodè illis fors obtulerat adventum meum.

Una illarum fortè interea properè praecucurrit nuntians me veniſſe;

Ego ejus videndi cupidus, rectâ conſequor: poſteaquam introii, extemplo ejus morbum

Cognovi miſer. Nam neque ut celari poſſet tempus ſpatium ullum dabat:

Neque voce aliâ, ac res mon [...]bat, ipſa poterat conqueti.

line 15 Poſtquam aſpexi, O facinus indignum, inquam; & corripui illicò

Me inde lacrumans, incredibili re atque atroci percitus.

Mater conſequitur: jam ut limen exirem, ad genua accidit

Lacrumans miſera; miſeritum eſt. Profectò ſic eſt ut puto,

Omnibus nobis, ut res dant ſeſe, ita magni atque humiles ſumus.

line 20 Hanc habere orationem mecum à principio inſtitit;

O mi Pamphile, abs te quam ob rem abierit, cauſam vides:

Nam vitium eſt oblatum virgini olim ab neſcio quo improbo;

Nunc huc confugit, te atque alios partum ut celaret ſuum.

Sed cùm orata ejus reminiſcor, nequeo quin lacrumem miſer.

line 25 Quaequae fors fortuna eſt, inquit, nobis quae te hodie obtulit,

Per eam te obſecramus ambae, ſi jus, ſi fas eſt, uti

Adverſa ejus per te tecta tacitaque apud omnes ſiet;

Si unquam erga te animo eſſe amico ſenſiſti eam, Pamphile,

Sine labore hanc gratiam te uti ſibi des, illa [...]un [...] rogat.

Caeterùm de reducendâ, id facias quod in rem ſit tuam.

[Page] Partutire eam neque gravidam eſſe ex te ſolus conſcius;

Nam aiunt tecum pòſt duobus concubuiſſe eam menſibus:

Tum poſtquam ad te venit, menſis agitur hic jam ſeptimus,

Quod te ſcire ipſa indicat res; nunc ſi potis eſt, Pamphile,

line 35 Maximè volo doque operam, ut clam partus eveniat patrem,

Atque adeò omnes; ſed ſi fieri id non poteſt, quin ſentiant,

Dicam abortam eſſe: ſcio nemini aliter ſuſpectum ſore,

Quin, quod veriſimile eſt, ex te rectè eum natum putent.

Continuò exponetur; hic' tibi nihil eſt quicquam incommodi,

line 40 Et illi miſerae indignè factam injuriam contexeris.

Pollicitus ſum, & ſervare in eo certum eſt, quod dixi, fidem.

Nam de reducendâ, id verò neutiquam honeſtum eſſe arbitror.

Nec faciam, etſi amor me graviter, conſuetudo que ejus tenet.

Lachrymo, quae poſt hac futura eſt vita, cùm in mentem venit,

line 45 Solitudoque. O fortuna, ut nunquam pepetuò es bona!

Sed jam prior amor me ad hanc rem exercitatum reddidit,

Quem ego conſilio miſſum feci: idem nunc huic operam dabo.

Adeſt Parmeno cum pueris: hunc minimè eſt opus

In hac re adeſſe: nam olim ſoli credidi,

line 50 Eâ me abſtinuiſſe in principio cum data eſt.

Vereor ſi clamorem ejus hic crebro audiat,

Ne parturire intelligat. Aliquò mihi eſt

Hinc abl [...]gandus, dum parit Philumena.

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Act. III. Scen. IV.

PARMENO. SOSIA. PAMPHILUS.

Par.

DO you ſay you had an ill journey of this?

So.

Trulie Parmeno it cannot be expreſſed in words,

So much, as it is indeed incommodious to ſayl.

Par.

Is it ſo?

So.

O happie man, you know not what evil▪

line 5 You have eſcaped, who never adventured upon the ſea.

For that I may omit other miſeries, conſider but this one,

I was thirtie days or more then that, in the ſhip,

When in the mean time I poor man ever looked for death:

We had ſuch a tempeſt continual [...]ie againſt us.

Par.

line 10 That was a tedious thing.

So.

It is not unknown to me; to conclude, I would run away

Rather then return, if I knew I was to return thither.

Par.

Heretofore indeed ſlight occaſions moved you

To do, Soſia, that which you now threaten to do.

But I ſee Pamphilus himſelf ſtand before the door;

line 15 Goye in, I will go to him, to ſee if he would have ani [...] thing with me.

Maſter, what do you ſtand here?

Pam.

Trulie I am looking for you.

Par.

What is the matter?

Pam.

One muſt needs ſtep in to the Caſtle.

Par.

Who?

Pam.

You.

Par.

Into the Caſtle, why thither?

Pam.

Go meet with Callidemides my hoſte,

Who was brought hither together with me.

Par.

line 20 Woe is me; I may ſay he hath made a vow, that if ever he ſhould come

Home ſafe, he would quite burſt me with walking-up and down.

Pam.

Why do you loyter?

Par.

What would you have me ſay? ſhould I onelie meet him?

Pam.

Yes, tell him that whereas I appointed to meet with him to day.

I cannot do it; and that he may not in vain tarrie for me there, make haſte.

Par.

line 25 But I do not know the mans face.

Pam.

But I will teach you how to know him.

He is a big-man, ruddie, curled, groſſe, gray-eyed,

[Page] A ghaſtlie face.

Par.

A deſtruction light upon him.

What if he will not come? ſhall I tarrie till the evening?

Pam.

Don' tarrie: run.

Par.

I cannot; I am ſo wearie.

Pam.

line 30 He is gone, what ſhall I unfortunate man do? I know not in the world

How I ſhould conceal this, which Myrrhina intreated me,

The child birth of her daughter: for I pitty the woman,

I will do what I can, yet ſo as to ſhew my dutie,

For I ought rather to give way to my mother, then the love of her.

line 35 Ah ah, loe yonder I ſee Phidippus and my father,

They come on hitherwards; I know not what I ſhould ſay to theſe.

Act. III. Scen. IV.

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PARMENO. SOSIA. PAMPHILUS.

Par.

AIn'tu tibi incommodum hoc eveniſſe iter?

So.

Non hercle verbis, Parmeno, dici poteſt

Tantum, quàm re ipſa navigare incommodum eſt.

Par.

Itáne eſt?

So.

O fortunate, neſcis quid mali

line 5 Praeterieris, qui nunquam es ingreſſus mare.

Nam alias ut mittam miſerias, unam hanc vide;

Dies triginta aut plus eo, in navi fui,

Cum interea ſemper mortem expectabam miſer;

Ita uſque advorſâ tempeſtate uſi ſumus.

Par.

line 10 Odioſum.

So.

Haud clam me eſt; denique hercle au▪ fungerim

Potiùs, quam redeam, ſi eò mihi redeundum ſciam.

Par.

Olim quidem te cauſae impellebant leves,

Quod nunc minitare facere, ut faceres, Soſia.

Sed Pamphilum ipſum video ſtare ante oſtium;

line 15 Ite intrò, ego hunc adibo, ſi quid me velit.

Here, etiam tu hic ſtas?

Pam.

Equidem te exſpecto.

Par.

Quid eſt?

Pam.

In arcem tranſcurſo opus eſt.

Par.

Cui homini?

Pam.

Tibi▪

Par.

In arcem, quid cò?

Pam.

Callidemidem hoſpitem

Qui mecum unà advectus eſt, conveni.

Par.

line 20 Perii: voviſſe hunc dicam, ſi ſalvus domum

Rediiſſet unquam, ut me ambulando rumperet.

Pam.

Quid ceſſas?

Par.

Quid vis dicam? an conveniam modo?

Par.

Imò quod conſtitui me hodie conventurum cum,

Non poſſe: & ne me fruſtra illic exſpectet: vola.

Par.

line 25 At non novi hominis faciem.

Pam.

At faciam ut noveris,

Magnus, rubicundus, criſpus, craſſus, caeſius,

[Page] Cadaveroſa facies.

Par.

Dii illum perduint.

Quid ſi non veniat? man [...]ámne uſque ad veſperem?

Pem.

Maneto; curre.

Par.

Non queo; ita defeſſus ſum.

Pam.

line 30 Ille abiit, quid agam infaelix? pro [...]ſus neſcio

Quo pacto hoc celem, quod me oravit Myrrhina,

[...]uae g [...]atae partum; nam me miſeret mulieris.

Quod potero faciam, tamen ut pietatem colam:

Nam me parenti potiùs quàm amori obſequi

line 35 Oportet. Atat, eccum Phidippum & patrem

Video, horſum pergunt; quid dicam hiſce incertus ſum.

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Act. III. Scen. V.

LACHES. PHIDIPPUS. PAMPHILUS.

La.

Did not you ſay a while ago that ſhe ſaid ſhe looked for her ſon?

Ph.

It is ſo.

La.

They ſay he is come. Let her come home aga [...]

Pam.

I know not what reaſon I can alledge to my father,

Why I ſhould not bring her back again.

La.

Whom did I hear ſpeak here?

Pa [...].

I am reſolved to go on forward in my way, and to purſue the courſe I have intended.

line 5 It is juſt he about whom I talked this with you.

Pam.

God ſave you, my father.

La.

My ſon, God ſave you.

Ph.

It is well done that you are come, Pamphilus.

And ſo ſound and luſtie, which is the main matter.

Pam.

I believe you.

Lach.

Are you but now come?

Pam.

Yes.

La.

Tell me what hath Phania my ſiſters ſon

Left behinde him?

Pam.

To ſay trulie, he was a man given to his pleaſure

line 10 Whileſt he lived; and they that are ſo, do not much advantage their heir:

But they leave themſelves this commendation; He lived merrilie, whileſt he lived.

La.

Have you brought nothing then hither more then one ſentence?

[Page]Pam.

What ever it is, that which he left, hath done us good.

La.

Nay rather, it hath done us hurt:

For I could wiſh he were alive and in health.

Pb.

You may wiſh that without any danger,

line 15 He will now never revive again; and yet I know whether you had rather have.

La.

This man commanded Philumena yeſterday to be ſent for: ſay you did command.

Ph.

Do not hit me on the ſide: I did command.

La.

But he will now ſend her back.

Ph.

Yes that he will.

Pam.

I know all the matter how it is carried, I heard all even now as I came.

La.

But a miſchieflight on thoſe envious perſons, that are ready to tell you theſe things.

Pam.

line 20 I know I have taken heed, that you might not deſervedlie

Work me any reproach; and if I would now make rehearſal of that here,

What a faithful kinde, and gentle minde I have born towards her,

I might trulie doe it, but that I had rather you ſhould know theſe thing from her;

For by that means you ſhall moſt of all give credit to my condition,

line 25 When ſhe who is now ſet againſt me, ſhall ſpeak the truth of me.

And I call God to witneſs that this falling out did not happen through my default.

But foraſmuch as ſhe thinks her ſelf unworthy of my mother,

Whom ſhe ſhould yield to, and whoſe conditions ſhe ſhould bear with through her own modeſtie,

And ſeeing a reconcilement can by no other means be made betwixt them;

line 30 Either, Phidippus, I muſt part with my mother, or Philumena.

Now dutte bids me rather to look after my mothers good.

La.

Pamphilus, I have not been unwilling to hear your diſcourſe,

Seeing I perceive you ſet light by every thing in reſpect of your mother:

But Pamphilus, have a care, leſt being moved by anger you go ſtubbornlie on.

Pam.

line 35 With what anger being moved ſhould I now be ſet againſt her,

Who never did any thing againſt me, father,

Which I would not have done? and I kn [...], ſhe hath often done, what I deſired:

I both love and commend her, and greatlie deſire her:

I have tried her to be of a wonderful good nature to me ward,

[Page] And I wiſh to her, that ſhe may ſpend the reſt of her life

With that husband, who may be more fortunate then I,

Foraſmuch as neceſsitie parteth me from her.

Ph.

What is in your power, that it may not be.

La.

If you be well in your wits,

Bid her to return.

Pam.

That is none of my purpoſe, father:

line 45 I w [...]ll attend my mothers good.

La.

Whither go you? tarrie,

Tarrie, I ſay, whither go you?

Ph.

What a ſtubborn trick is this?

La.

Did not I tell you, Phidippus, that he would take this matter impatientlie?

Wherefore I intreated you, that you would ſend your daughter back again.

Ph.

Trulie I did not think that he would be ſo churliſh;

line 50 Doth he now ſo think that I will come and beſeech him?

If it be, that he is willing to bring his wife back, he may.

But if he be of another minde, let him pay back her portion hither; let him go.

La.

But loe, you alſo are peeviſhlie teaſtie.

Ph.

Pamphilus, you are returned to us hither very ſtubborn▪

La.

line 55 This angrie fit will be gone, though he be juſtlie angrie.

Ph.

Becauſe ye have got a little money,

Your minds are grown loftie.

La.

Do you fall out with me too?

Ph.

Let him conſider, and bring me word again to day.

Whether he will, or he will not, that ſhe may be for another man, if ſhe be not for him.

La.

line 60 Phidippus, come hither, hear me in a word or two: he is gone: what is it to me?

Let them end it at laſt amongſt themſelves, as they pleaſe:

Seing neither my ſon nor this man will be ruled by me:

They care not a pin for what I ſay. I will carry this chi [...]ing fit

To my wife: by whoſe advice all theſe things are done:

line 65 And will utter all this upon her, which troubleth me.

Act. III. Scen. V.

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LACHES. PHIDIPPUS. PAMPHILUS.

La.

DIxtin' dudum illam dixiſſe ſe exſpectare filium?

Ph.

Factum.

La.

Veniſſe ajunt. Redeat.

Pam.

Quam cauſam dicam patri,

Quamobrem non reducam, neſcio.

La.

Quem ego hic audivi loqui?

Pam.

Certum obfirmare eſt viam me, quam decrevi, perſequi.

[...].

La.

Ipſus eſt, de quo hoc agebam tecum.

Pam.

Salve, mi pater.

La.

Gnate mi, ſalve.

Ph.

Bene factum te adveniſſe, Pamphile.

Et adeò, quod maxumum eſt, ſalvum atque validum.

Pam.

Creditur.

La.

Advenis modó?

Pam.

Admodum.

La.

Cedò, quid reliquit Phania

Conſobrinus noſter?

Pam.

Sanè hercle homo voluptati obſequens

line 10 Fuit dum vixit; & qui ſic ſunt haud multum haeredem adjuvant;

Sibi verò hanc laudem relinquunt; vixit, dum vixit, bene.

La.

Tum [...] igitur nihil attuliſti huc plu [...] unâ▪ ſententiâ?

[Page]Pam.

Quicquid eſt, id quod reliquit, profuit.

La.

Imò, obfuit:

Nam illum vivum & ſalvum vellem.

Ph.

Impune optare iſtuc licet.

line 15 Ille reviviſcet jam nunquam; & tamen, utrum malis, ſcio.

La.

Heri Philumenam ad ſe accerſi hic juſſit: dic juſſiſſe te.

Ph.

Noli ſodere; juſſi.

La.

Sed cam jam remittet.

Ph.

Scilicet.

Pam.

Omnem rem ſcio ut ſit geſta, adveniens audivi omnia modò.

La.

At iſtos invidos Dii perdant, qui haec libenter nunciant tibi.

Pam.

line 20 Ego me ſcio caviſſe, ne ulla merito contumelia

Fieri à vobis poſſet; idqu▪ ſi nunc memorare velim,

Quàm fideli & be [...]igno animo in illam & clementi fui,

Verè poſſim; ni [...] ex [...]â haec magis velim reſciſ [...]ere;

Namque eo pacto maxu [...] apud te meo erit ingenio fides,

line 25 Cum i [...]la quae in me [...]nc iniqua eſt, aequa de me dixerit,

Neque meâ culpâ hoc diſſidium eveniſſe id teſtor Deos.

Sed quando ſeſe eſſe indignam deputat matri meae,

Cui concedat, cujuſque mores toleraret ſuâ modeſtiâ;

Neque alio pacto componi poteſt inter eas gratia;

line 30 Segreganda aut mater à me eſt, Phidippe, aut Philumena: Nunc pietas matris potiùs commodum jubet ſequi.

La.

Pamphile, haud invitò ad aures ſermo mihi acceſſit tuus,

Cùm te poſt pu▪ âſſe omnes res prae parente intelligo.

Verùm vide ne impulſus irâ pravè inſiſtas, Pamphile.

Pam.

line 35 Quibus iris impulſus nunc in illam iniquus ſim,

Quae nunquam quicquam erga me commerita eſt, pater,

Quod nollem? & ſaepe meritam, quod vellem, ſcio.

Amoque & laudo, & vehementer▪ deſidero:

Nam fuiſſe erga me miro ingenio expertus ſum,

line 40 [Page] Illique exopto, ut reliquam vitam exigat

Cum eo viro, me qui ſit fortunatior,

Quandoquidem illam à me diſtrahit neceſſitas.

Ph.

Tibi id in manu eſt, ne fiat.

La.

Si ſanus ſatis ſies,

Jabe illam redire.

Pam.

Non eſt conſilium, pater:

line 45 Matris ſervibo commodis.

La.

Quò abis? mane,

Mane, inquam; quo vadis?

Ph.

Quae eſt haec pertinacia?

La.

Dixin', Phidippe, hanc rem aegrè laturum eſſe eum?

Quamobrem orabam ut filiam remitteres.

Ph.

Non credidi aedipol adeò inhumanum fore;

line 50 Ita nunc is ſibi me ſupplicaturum putat?

Si eſt, ut velit reducere uxorem, licet:

Sin alio eſt animo, renumeret dotem huc, eat.

La.

Ecce autem, tu quoque protervè irracundus es.

Ph.

Percontumax rediſti huc▪ nobis, Pamphile.

La.

line 55 Decedet ira haec, etſi metitò iratus eſt.

Ph.

Quia paulum vobis acceſſit pecuniae,

Sublati animi ſunt.

La.

Etiam mecum litigas?

Ph.

Deliberet, renunciétque hodie mihi,

Velitne, an non; ut alii, ſi huic non ſit, ſiet.

La.

line 60 Phidippe, ades, audi paucis; abiit: quid meâ?

Poſt [...]emò inter ſe tranſigant ipſi, ut lubet;

Quando nec guatus neque hic mihi quicquam obtemperant:

Quae dico parvi pendunt: porto hoc jurgium

Ad uxorem; cujus haec fiunt conſilio omnia:

line 65 Atque in eam hoc omne, quod mihi aegrè eſt, evomam.

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Act. IV. Scen. I.

MYRRHINA. PHIDIPPUS..

My.

I Am undone, what ſhall I doe? which way ſhall I turn my ſelf? what anſwer

Shall I poor wretch make to my husband? for he ſeemed to have heard the voice of the crying childe:

He got himſelf away on ſuch a ſuddain to my daughter & ſaid nothing:

But if he ſhall perceive ſhe is brought to bed, trulie I do not know,

line 5 For what reaſon I ſhould ſay I concealed it.

But the door creeks; I believe he comes forth to me. I am undone.

Ph.

My wife, as ſoon as ſhe ſaw I went to my daughter, got her ſelf out of doors; and loe I ſee her.

What ſay you, Myrrhina? Ho, I ſpeak to you.

My.

To me, my husband?

P.

Am I your husband? do you verilie account me to be a husband or a man?

line 10 For if ever, woman, I ſeemed to you to be one of theſe,

I ſhould not have been thus made a laughing ſtock by your doings.

My.

By what?

Ph.

Do you ask?

Is my daughter delivered? ha do you not ſpeak? of whom?

My.

Is it fit for a father to ask the queſtion?

I am undone; of whom think you but of him to whom ſhe was married, I pray you?

Ph.

I believe it, neither is it for a father to think otherwiſe. But I wonder,

line 15 What the matter ſhould be, that you ſo much deſire to conceal this child-birth from us,

Eſpecially ſeeing ſhe was both ſafelie delivered, and according to her counts:

That you ſhould be ſo croſſe-minded, as to wiſh the child to be loſt,

By whom you might underſtand the friendſhip amongſt us would hereafter be more ſtable,

Rather then ſhe ſhould be married with him againſt your will.

line 20 I alſo thought this to be their fault, which is whollie in you.

My.

I am a wretched woman.

Ph.

I wiſh I knew that was ſo. But now I remember,

What you ſaid about this matter heretofore, when we took him to be our ſon in law,

[Page] For you ſaid you could not abide that your daughter ſhould be married

With him which loved an harbor, who lodged out of doors.

Myr.

line 25 I had rather have him to ſuſpect anie reaſon, then the true one it ſelf.

Ph.

I knew long before you, Myrrhina, that he had a ſweet-heart,

But I never judged that to be a fault of youth;

For that is ingrafted in all men; but trulie the time will be ſhortly, when he will alſo diſlike himſelf.

But as heretofore you have ſhewed your ſelf to be the ſame, you have not ceaſed hitherto

line 30 To withdraw your daughter from him, leſt what I had done, ſhould be eſtabliſhed.

Now this thing plainly diſcovereth, how you would have it done.

My.

Do you think I am ſo [...]art towards [...], to whom I am a mother,

That I ſhould be of that minde, if this marriage might be for our good?

Ph.

Are you able to foreſee or judge what may be for our benefit?

line 35 You have heard perhaps of ſome bodie, that might ſay he ſaw him

Going out or coming in to his ſweet-heart: what then of all this,

If he have done this modeſtly and ſeldome? is it not more friendlie

For us to diſſemble, then to labour to know thoſe things, whereby he ſhould bete us?

For if he can on a ſuddain withdraw himſelf from her

line 40 With whom he hath been acquainted ſo manie years, I ſhould judge him

Neither a man nor a husband conſtant enough to my daughter.

My.

Let the young man alone, I pray you,

And thoſe things which you ſay I have done amiſſe: go your way, talk you alone by your ſelves.

Ask him whether he will have his wife or not; if it be that he ſay he will,

Let him have her again; but if it be that he will not, then have I well provided for my daughter.

Ph.

line 45 If truly he will not, and you Myrrhina perceived there was a fault

In him, I was by, by whoſe advice it was fitting thoſe things ſhould have been ordered.

Wherefore I am inflamed with anger that you ſhould dare to do theſe things without my bidding,

I charge you, that you carrie not the child anie whither out of the houſe.

[Page] But I am the more fool that require her to obey my commands:

line 50 I will go in, and charge my ſervants, that they do not ſuffer it [...] be carried out anie whither.

Myr.

I think trulie no woman▪ [...]th more miſerable then I.

For indeed it is not unknown to me, how he will take this,

If he underſtand the matter it ſelf, how it is; ſeeing he takes this ſo impatiently, which is a lighter thing.

Neither do I know which way his minde may be changed.

line 55 Of verie manie miſeries this one miſchief was left me,

If he ſhall conſtrain me to bring up the childe, whoſe father we know not, who he is.

For when my daughter was raviſhed, his feature could not be known in the dark:

Neither was then ani [...] thing pluckt from him, whereby ſhe might afterwards know who he was:

He himſelf when he went away ſnatch't away a ring by force from the maid, which ſhe had on her finger.

line 60 Withall I am afraid leſt Pamphilus cannot conceal what we intreated him

Anie longer, when he ſhall know another man's childe to be brought up inſtead of his.

Act. IV. Scen. I.

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MYRRHINA. PHIDIPPƲS.

My.

PErii, quid agam? quo me vortam? quid viro meo reſpondebo

Miſera? nam audiſſe vocem pueri viſus eſt vagientis;

Ita corripuit de repente tacitus ſeſe ad filiam:

Quod ſi reſciverit peperiſſe eam, id quâ cauſâ

line 5 Clam habuiſſe dicam, non aedipol ſcio.

Sed oſtium concrep [...]credo ipſum exire ad me; nulla ſum▪

Ph.

Uxor, ubi me ad filiam ire ſenſit, ſe duxit foras; atque eccam video.

Quid ais, Myrrhina? Heus tibi dico.

My.

Mihine, mi vir?

Ph.

Vir ego tuus ſum? túne virū me aut hominē deputas adeò eſſe?

line 10 Nam ſi utrumvis horum, mulier, unquam tibi viſus forem,

Non ſic ludibrio tuis factis habitus eſſem.

My.

Quibus?

Ph.

Rogitas?

Peperit filia? hem taces? ex quo?

My.

Iſtuc patrem rogare aequum eſt?

Perii: ex quo cenſes, niſi ex illo cui data eſt nuptum, obſecro.

Ph.

Credo, neque arbitrari patris eſt aliter. Sed demiror

line 15 Quid ſit, quamobrem tantopere hunc omnes nos celare volueris

Partum, praeſertim cum & rectè & tempore ſuo peperit;

Adeón' pervicaci eſſe animo, ut puerum peroptares perire,

Ex quo firmiorem inter nos fore amicitiam poſthac ſcires,

Potiùs, quàm advorſum animi tui libidinem eſſet cum illo nupta?

Ego etiam illorum eſſe hanc culpam credidi, quae te eſt penes.

Myr.

Miſera ſum.

Ph.

Utinam ſciam ita eſſe iſtuc. Sed nunc mihi in mentem venit,

Ex hac re quod loquuta es olim, cùm illum generum cepimus,

[Page] Nam negabas nuptam filiam poſſe tuam te p [...]i

Cum eo qui meretricem amaret, qui pernoctaret fo [...]is.

My.

line 25 Quamvis cauſam hunc ſuſpicari, quàm ipſam veram, malo.

Ph.

Multò priùs ſcivi, quàm tu, illum habere [...]micam, Myrrhin [...],

Verùm id vitium ego nunquam decrevi eſſe adoleſcentiae:

Nam id omnibus innatum eſt; at pol jam aderit tempus, ſe quoque etiam cùm oderit;

Sed ut olim oſtendiſti te eandem eſſe, nihil ceſ [...]viſti uſque adhuc,

line 30 Ut filiam ab eo abduceres, ne quod ego egiſſem eſſet ratum.

Id nunc indicium haec res facit, quo pacto factum volueris.

My.

Adeon' me eſſe pervicacem cenſes, cui mater ſiem,

Ut eo eſſem animo, ſi ex uſu eſſet noſtro hoc matrimonium?

Ph.

Tun' proſpicere, aut judicare, noſtram in rem quod ſit, potes?

line 35 Audiſti ex aliquo fortaſſe, qui vidiſſe cum diceret

Exeuntem aut introeuntem ad amicam: quid tum poſtea,

Si mode [...] è ac rarò hoc fecit? non diſſimulare nos

Magis humanum eſt, quàm dare operam id ſcire, qui [...]os oderit?

Nam ſi ipſe poſſet ab eâ ſ [...]ſe de repente avellere,

line 40 Quicum tot conſueſſet annos; non eum hominem ducerem

Nec virum ſatis firmum gnatae.

Myr.

Mitte adoleſcentem, obſecro,

Et quae me peccâſſe ais: abi, ſolus ſolum conveni.

Rogas, velitne an non uxorem; ſi eſt, ut dicat velle ſe,

Redde ſin eſt autem ut nolit, rectè confului meae.

Ph.

line 45 Siquidem ille ipſe non vult, & tu ſenſiſti in eo eſſe, Myrrhina,

Peccatum; aderam, cujus conſilio fuerat ea parproſpici.

Quamobrem incendor irâ te eſſe auſam facere haec injuſſu meo.

Interdico, ne extuliſſe extra aedes puerum uſquam ve [...]s.

[Page] Sed ego ſtultior meis dictis pare [...]e hanc qui poſtulem:

line 50 Ibo intrò, a [...]que edicam ſervis, ne quoquam efferri ſinant.

Myr.

Nullam pol credo mulierem me miſeriorem vivere,

Nam ut hic laturus hoc ſit, ſi ipſam [...]em ut [...], reſciverit,

Non aedipol clam me eſt, cùm hoc quod leviùs eſt, tam animo i [...]acu [...]d [...] tulit,

Nec quâ viâ ſententia ejus poſſit mutari ſcio.

line 55 Hoc mihi unum ex pluribus miſeriis reliquum fuerat malum,

Si, puerum ut tollam, coget, cujus, nos, qui ſit, neſcimus, pa [...]er:

Nam cùm compreſſa eſt gnata, forma in tenebris, noſ [...]i non quita eſt;

Neque d [...]ractum [...]i nunc quic quam eſt, quî póſt poſſit noſcere, qui ſiet:

Ipſe erip [...]it vi, in digito quem habuit virgini abiens annulum.

line 60 Simul vereor Pamphilum ne orata noſtra nequeat diutiùs

Celare, cùm ſciet alienum puerum tolli pro ſuo.

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Act. IV. Scen. II.

SOSTRATA. PAMPHILUS.

So.

IT is not unknown to me, my ſon, that I am ſuſpected by you, that your wife

Is gone away hence becauſe of my demeanour, although you diſſemble thoſe things all you can.

But, I ſwear, and ſo let thoſe things which I wiſh befall me from you,

As I never wittingly deſerved, that ſhe ſhould juſtlie diſtaſte me:

line 5 And as I ſuppoſed you loved me heretofore, you have ſetled my belief for that matter.

For your father told me even now within, how you preferred me

Before your love▪ now I am reſolved on the other ſide to requite your good [...],

[Page] That you may know there is a reward [...]aid up for your dutifull [...] ction.

My Pamphilus, I think this will be good for you, and for my credit▪

line 10 I am certainli [...] determined to go hence into the countrie with your father,

Laſt my preſence ſhould be a let; and that no other cauſe may be left remaining,

But that your Philum [...]na may return to you.

P.

What reſolution is this, I pray you?

Should you being over [...]ome by her follie remove out of the citie into the countrie to dwell?

You ſhall not do it; neither will I ſuffer, that he, mother, that would ſay ill of us,

line 15 Should ſay it was done through my ſtabbornneſſe, and not through your modeſtie.

Beſides, I will not have you to forſake your friends, and kinſwomen & holie-daies

For my ſake.

So.

Trulie thoſe things afford me no pleaſure now;

I diſcharged my dutie ſufficientlie, whilſt the time of my age ſerved; now I am glutted

With thoſe employments; this is now my great care, that the length of my age

line 20 May be no hinderance to anie bodie, or that one ſhould wiſh my death.

I ſee I am here hated undeſervedlie; it is time to depart;

Thus, as I ſuppoſe, I ſhall verie well cut off all alledgments from everie bodie,

And acquit myſelf of this ſuſpition, and give way to them.

I pray you let me avoid this thing, for which the common ſort of wo [...] is ill ſpoken of.

P.

line 25 How happie am I in other things, if this one thing were not,

Having this ſuch a [...], and her ſuch a wife!

So.

I pray you, [...] Pamphilus,

[...] you perſwade your ſelf to ſuffer an inconveni [...]xcie, as anie one is offered:

If other things be ſo as you deſire, and ſhe ſo, as I judge her to be?

Grant [...] this, my ſon, bring her back again.

Pam.

Woe is me poor man.

So.

line 30 And woe is me indeed: for this thing doth no leſſe trouble me, [...] i [...] doth you, my ſ [...]n.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

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SOSTRATA. PAMPHILUS.

So.

NAm clam me eſt, gnate [...]i, tibi me eſſe ſuſpectam, uxo [...]em tuam

Propter meos mores hinc abiiſſe, etſi ea diſſimu [...]as ſeduló.

Verùm, ita me Dii ament, itáque ob [...]ingant ex te quae opto mihi,

Ut nunquam ſciens commerui, meritò ut caperet odium illa mei;

line 5 Téque, antè quàm me amare rebar, ei r [...]i firmâſti fidem:

Nam mihi intus pater tuus narravit modò, quo pacto me habueris

P [...]aepoſitum amoti tuo; nu [...]c tibi me ce [...]tum eſt contrà gratiam referre

[Page] Ut apud me praemium eſſe poſitum pietati ſcias.

Mi Pamphile, hoc & vobis, & meae [...]omn odum [...]a [...]ae arbittor▪

line 10 Ego rus [...]bit ram hinc cum tuo me eſſe cer [...]è decrevi patre,

Ne mea praeſentia obſtet; neu cauſa ulla reſtet reliqua,

Quin tua Philumena ad te redeat.

P.

Quaeſo quid iſtuc conſilii eſt

Illius ſtultitiâ victa, ex urbe tu rus habitatum mig [...]es?

Haud facies: neque ſinam, ut qui robis, mater, maledictum velit,

line 15 M [...]â pertinaciâ eſſe dicat factum, haud t [...]à modeſtiâ.

Tum tuas amicas te, & cognatas deſerere & f [...]ſtos dies

Meá cauſâ nolo.

So.

Nihil pol jam iſtaec mihi res voluptatis ſerunt;

Dum aetatis tempus tulit, perfuncta ſatis ſum; ſatias jam me tenet

Studiorum iſtorum; haec mihi nunc cura eſt [...]axima, ut ne c [...]i meae

line 20 Longinquitas aetatis ol ſtet, mo [...]ve exoptet meam.

Hîc video me eſſe inviſam in meritô: tempus eſt concedere;

Sic optumé, ut ego opino [...], omnes cauſas praecidam omnibus,

Et m [...] hac ſuſpicione exſolvam, & illis morem geſſro.

Sine me obſecro hoc efſugere, vulgus quod malè audit mulierum.

P.

line 25 Quàm fortunatus caeteris ſum rebus, abſque una haec for [...]t,

Hanc matrem habens talem, illam autem [...]xor [...]m!

So.

Ob [...]o, mi Pamphile,

Non tute incon m [...]dam rem, ut quaeque eſt, in ani [...]m indu [...] as pati:

Si caetera ita ſunt ut tu vis, itáque ut eſſe ego illam exiſtimo:

Mignate, da [...]eniam hanc mihi, reduce illam.

Pa.

Vae mifero mihi.

So.

line 30 Et mihi quidem; nam haec res non minus me ma [...] bet, quàm te, g [...] mi.

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Act. IV. Scen. III.

LACHES. SOSTRATA PAMPHILUS.

La.

I Have heard, wife, what talk you had with him, as I ſtood aloof off from hence.

This is wiſdome, how you may be able to turn your minde, whereſoever there is need;

If you now ſhall do that ſame thing, which you muſt perhaps do afterwards.

So.

God ſpeed us well.

Lach.

Go into the countrie then, there I will bear with you, and you with me.

So.

line 5 I hope ſo indeed.

Lach.

Go in then, and pack up, what you are to carrie with you.

I have told you.

So.

I will do as you bid me.

Pam.

Father.

Lach.

What would you have, Pamphilus?

P.

That my mother go hence? by no means.

Lach.

Why would you have that ſo?

P.

Becauſe I am yet unreſolved what to do coucerning my wife.

Lach.

What is the matter?

What will you do, but bring her back?

Pam.

Trulie I deſire it, and can ſcarcelie be withheld,

line 10 But I will not a whit alter my reſolution; I will proſecute that which is for my turn.

I believe for that reaſon they will better agree, if I do not bring her back again.

Lach.

You know not, you cannot; but it makes no matter to you, whether they do it or no.

When ſhe ſhall be gone: this age is lothſome to young folks:

It is but reaſon we depart into an other world. Laſtly, we are now become a tale,

line 15 Pamphilus, an old man, and an old woman. But I ſee Phidippus to come forth

In good time. Let us go to him.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

[Page]

LACHES. SOSTRATA. PAMPHILUS.

La.

QUem cum iſtoc ſermonem habueris, procul hinc ſtans accepi, uxor.

Iſtuc eſt ſapere, qui, ubicunque opus ſit, animum poſſis flectere;

Quod faciendum poſt fortaſſe, idem hoc nunc ſi feceris.

So.

line 5 Spero ecaſtor.

Lach.

I ergo intrò, & compone, quae tecum ſimul ferantur:

Dixi.

So.

Ita ut jubes faciam.

P.

Pater.

La.

Quid vis, Pamphile?

P.

Hinc abire mattem? minime.

Lach.

Quid ita iſtuc vis?

P.

Quia de uxore incertus etiam quid [...] facturus.

La.

Quid eſt?

Quid vis facere, niſi reducere?

P.

Equidem cupio, & vix contineor.

line 10 Sed non minuam meum conſilium; ex uſu quod eſt, id proſequar.

Credo eâ gratiâ, magis concordes, ſi non reducam, fore.

Lach.

Neſcias, nequeas; verùm id tuâ refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint.

Quando haec abierit: odioſa haec ae [...]as eſt adoleſcentulis.

E medio aequmn excedere eſt. Poſtremò, nos jam fabu [...]ae ſumus,

line 15 Pamphile, ſenex atque anus. Sed video Phidippum egredi

Per tempus. Accedamus.

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Act. IV. Scen. IV.

PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. PAMPHILUS.

Ph.

TRulie, Philumena, I am angrie alſo with you,

And verie much indeed; for in truth it is diſhoneſtlie done of you,

Although you have had an excuſe for this matter, a mother that enforced you;

But ſhe hath no excuſe.

La.

Phidippus you preſent your ſelf to me verie fitlie,

line 5 In the verie nick of time.

Ph.

What is the matter?

Pam.

What ſhall I anſwer theſe? or how ſhall I lay open this thing?

La.

Tell your daughter that Soſtrata is going hence into the countrie,

That ſhe may not fear, that ſhe cannot now return home.

Ph.

Alas,

Your wife hath deſerved no blame about theſe matters:

line 10 All theſe things are riſen from my wife Myrrhina.

Pam.

Here is an alteration made.

Ph.

She troubles us, Laches.

Pam.

Let them trouble on as much as they will, ſo that I may not bring her back.

Ph.

Pamphilus, trulie I would have this affinitie to be long-laſting Amongſt us, if it can be done.

line 15 But if it be, that your minde is otherwiſe;

Do you take the childe.

Pam.

He knoweth ſhe is brought in bed, I am undone.

Lach.

The childe? what childe?

Ph.

We have a grand-childe born us.

For my daughter was brought great with childe from your houſe,

Neither did I ever know before this day that ſhe was great with childe.

Lach.

line 20 You tell me good news, I ſwear: and I am glad

That he is borne you, and that ſhe is in health; but what kinde of woman

Have you to wife? or with what conditions is ſhe manoured?

That we ſhould have this concealed from us ſo long: I cannot ſufficiently

Viter how badlie me thinks this is done.

Ph.

line 25 That deed doth not leſſe pleaſe you, then me, Laches.

Pam.

Though a good while ago this was doubtfull to me,

Now it is not; ſeeing another man's childe follows her.

[Page]La.

Pamphilus, there is now no conſultation for you here.

Pam.

I am undone.

Lach.

We did oftentimes wiſh to ſee this day,

line 30 When you might have one of your own, who might call you father.

It is now come to paſſe, I thank God.

Pam.

I am undone.

Lach.

Bring your wife back again, and be not againſt me.

Pam.

Father, if ſhe meant to have children by me,

Or was willing to be married to me, I know verie well,

line 35 She would not keep from me, what things I underſtand ſhe hath concealed.

Now when I perceive her minde is eſtranged from me,

And I think that we ſhall not hereafter agree betwixt our ſelves,

Why ſhould I bring her back again?

Lach.

The young woman did,

What her mother perſwaded her to; is that to be wondred at?

line 40 Do you think you can finde anie woman,

Which is without a fault? or is it becauſe men do not amiſſe?

Ph.

Do ye your ſelves conſider now, Laches, and you, Pamphilus,

Whether it be requiſite for you, that ſhe be ſent back, or brought home again.

What my wife doth, is not in my power.

line 45 I will be no hinderance to you in either matter.

But what ſhall we do with the childe?

La.

You ask fondlie;

Whatever become of it, give it him, his own I ſay,

That we may bring up ours.

Pam.

Whom the father himſelf hath neglected,

Should I bring it up?

Lach.

What ſaid you? what, ſhall we not bring it up, Pamphilus?

line 50 Shall we expoſe it rather, I pray you? what a madneſſe is this?

Trulie I cannot now at all hold my peace,

For you make me ſpeak thoſe things which I am loth, whilſt he is by,

Do you think that I am ignorant why you weep?

Or what that is at which your are troubled on this manner?

line 55 Firſt, when you made this alledgement, that you could not have

This wife home, becauſe of your mother,

She promiſed that ſhe would go out of the houſe.

Now, after you ſee this excuſe will not ſerve your turn;

Becauſe the childe is born unknown to you, you have got another excuſe.

line 60 You are miſtaken, if you think I am ignorant of your meaning.

What a long time have I given you to love your paramour,

[Page] That once now at laſt you might encline your minde hitherward?

How quietlie I have endured the coſts which you have beſtowed on her?

I have dealt with you, and intreated you to marrie a wife;

line 65 I told you it was time, by mine enforcement you have married.

Wherein you yielded to me, you did as it became you;

Now again have you ſet your minde on a where?

Whom you ſtriving to pleaſe do wrong to your wife,

For, Pamphilus, I ſee you are tumbled back again

line 70 Into the ſame kinde of life.

Pam.

What I?

Lach.

You your ſelf, and you do wrong,

When you feign lying excuſes, to cauſe variance,

That you may live with her, when you have removed this woman being a witneſſe from you.

And your wife hath alſo perceived it; for what other reaſon had ſhe,

Why ſhe ſhould go from you?

Ph.

He gueſseth verie right, for that is it.

Pam.

line 75 I will give mine oath it is none of theſe.

Lach.

Ha,

Bring back your wife again, or tell me, why there is no need of it.

Pam.

It is not now time.

Lach.

Take the childe, for he indeed

Is in no fault: I will afterwards take order for the mother.

Pam.

I am miſerable all kinde of waies; neither doe I know what I ſhould do,

line 80 My father doth now pen me up poor man with ſo manie things.

I will be gone hence, ſeeing I do little good being preſent.

For I believe they will not take away the childe without my bidding,

Eſpeciallie ſeeing my mother-in-law is my helper in that matter.

Lach.

Are you running away? ho, will you give me no certain anſwer?

line 85 Do you think him to be well in his wits? let him alone.

Give me the childe Phidippus, I wil bring it up.

Ph.

Yes.

My wife did no wonder, if ſhe took this ill.

Women are ſpitefull, they do not eaſilie bear theſe things.

Therefore is this falling out, for ſhe herſelf told me

line 90 That which I was loth to tell you, whilſt he was by:

Neither did I at firſt believe her: but now it is manifeſt;

For I ſee his minde is quite ſet againſt marriage.

Lach.

What ſhall I do then, Phidippus? what advice do you give me?

Ph.

What ſhould you do? I think we muſt firſt goe to this where.

line 95 [Page] Let us intreat her, let us accuſe her, laſtly, let us threaten [...] heartily,

If ever ſhe have to do with him hereafter.

Lach.

I will do as you adviſe. Ho boy, run to this Bacchis

Our neighbour, call her forth hither in my [...] ▪

And I intreat you further that you would be an aſsiſtant to me in this matter.

Ph.

Ah,

line 100 I told you long time ſince, and now I ſay the ſame, Lac [...]es,

I would have this affinitie to laſt betwixt us,

If it be by anie means that it can be, as I hope it will.

But would you have me be by with you, whilſt you talk with her?

Lac.

Nay rather, go your way, and provide ſome nurſe for the childe.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

[Page]

PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. PAMPHILUS.

Ph.

TIbi quoque aedipol ſum iratus, Philumena,

Graviter quidem; nam hercle abs te eſt factum turpiter.

Etſi tibi cauſa eſt de hac re, mater quae te impulit;

Huic verò nulla eſt.

La.

Opportunè te mihi

line 5 Phidippe, in ipſo tempore oſtendis.

Ph.

Quid eſt?

Pam.

Quid reſpondebo his? aut quo pacto hoc aperiam?

La.

Dic filiae hinc conceſſuram rus Soſtratam,

Ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum.

Ph.

Ah,

Nullam de his rebus culpam commeruit tua:

line 10 A Myrrhinâ haec ſunt meâ uxore exorta omnia.

Pam.

Mutatio fit.

Ph.

Ea nos perturbat, Laches.

Pam.

Dum ne reducam, turbent po [...]ò, quàm velint.

Ph.

Ego, Pamphile, eſſe inter nos, ſi fieri poteſt,

Affinitatem hanc ſanè perpetuam volo;

line 15 Sin eſt, ut aliter tua ſit ſententia,

Accipias puerum.

Pam.

Senſit peperiſſe, occidi.

La.

Pu [...]rum? quem puerum?

Ph.

Natus eſt nobis nepos.

Nam abducta à vobis praegnans fuerat filia,

Neque fuiſſe praegnantem unquam ante hunc ſ [...]ivi diem.

La.

line 20 Bene, ita me Dii ament, nuncias, & g [...]udeo

Natum illum tibi, & illam ſalvam; ſed quid mulieris

Uxorem habes? aut quibus moratam moribus?

Nos nè hoc celatos tam diu; nequeo ſatis

Quam hoc mihi videtur factum pravè, proloqui.

Ph.

line 25 Non tibi illud factum minus placet, quàm mihi, Laches.

Pam.

Etſi jam dudum fuerat ambig [...]um hoc miai,

Nunc non eſt, cùm eam conſequitur alienus pue [...] ▪

[Page]La.

Nulla tibi, Pamphile, hîc jam conſultatio eſt.

Pa.

Perii.

Lae.

Hunc videre ſaepe optabamus diem,

line 30 Cùm ex te eſſet aliquis qui te appellaret patrem.

Evenit, habeo gratiam Diis.

Pam.

Nullus ſum.

La.

Reduc uxorem, ac noli adverſari mihi.

Pam.

Pater, ſi illa ex me liberos vellet ſibi,

Aut ſe eſſe mecum nuptam, ſatis certò ſcio,

line 35 Non clam me haberet, quae ce [...]ſſe intelligo.

Nunc cum ejus alienum à me animum ſentiam,

Neque conventurum inter nos poſthac eſſe arbitror,

Quam ob rem reducam?

La.

Mater quod ſuaſit ſua,

Adoleſcens mulier fecit: mirandúmne id eſt?

line 40 Cenſésne te poſſe ullam [...]epe [...]ire mulierem

Quae careat culpâ? an quia non delinquunt viti?

Ph.

Voſmet videte jam, Laches, & tu Pamphile,

Remiſſan' opus ſit vobis, reductan' domum:

U [...]or quid faciet in manu non eſt meâ.

line 45 Neutrâ in re vobis difficultas à me [...]rit.

Sed quid faciemus puero?

La.

Ridiculè rogas?

Quicquid futurum eſt, huic reddas; ſuum ſcilicet,

Ut alamus noſtrum.

Pam.

Quem ipſe neglexit pater,

Ego alam?

Lach.

Quid dixti? eho, annon alemus, Pamphile?

line 50 Prodemus, quaeſo, potius? quae haec amentia eſt?

Enimvero prorſus jam tacere non queo,

Nam cogis ea quae nolo, ut, praeſente hoc, loquar.

Ignarum cenſes tuarum lachrymarum eſſe me?

Aut quid ſit hoc id quod ſolicitêre ad hunc modum?

line 55 Primùm hanc ubi dixti cauſam, te propter tuam

Matrem non poſſe habere hanc uxorem domi;

Pollicita eſt ea ſe conceſſuram aedibus.

Nunc, poſtquam ademptā hanc quoque cauſam vides,

Puer quia clam te eſt natus, nactus alteram es;

line 60 Erras, tui animi ſi me eſſe ignarum putas.

Aliquando tandem huc animum ut adducas tuum,

[Page] Quàm longum ſpacium amandi amicam tibi dedi?

Sumptus, quos feciſti in eâ, quàm animo aequo tuli?

Egi atque oravi tecum uxorem ut duceres,

line 65 Tempus dixi eſſe, impulſu duxiſti meo.

Quae tum obſecutus mihi, feciſti ut decuerat,

Nunc animum rurſum ad meretricem induxiſti tuum:

Cui tu obſequutus facis huic adeò injuriam,

Nam in eandem vitam te revolutum denuo

line 70 Video eſſe.

Pam.

Méne?

Lach.

Teipſum. Et facis injuriam

Cùm fingis falſas cauſas ad diſcordiam,

Uttu cum illâ vivas, teſtem hanc cùm abs te amoveris.

Senſitque adeò uxor; nam ei cauſa alia quae fuit,

Quamobrem abs te abiret?

Ph.

Planè hic divinat: id eſt.

Pam.

line 75 Dabo jusjurandum nihil eſſe iſtorum tibi.

Lach.

Ha,

Reduc uxorem, aut quamobrem non opus ſit, cedo.

Pam.

Non eſt nunc tempus.

Lach.

Puerum accipias, nam is quidē

In culpâ non eſt; pòſt de matre videro.

Pam.

Omnibus modis miſer ſum; nec quid agam, ſcio.

line 80 Tot me nunc rebus miſerum concludit pater;

Abibo hinc, praeſens quando promoveo parúm.

Nam puerum injuſſu credo non tollent meo [...]

Praeſertim in eâ re cùm ſit mihi adjutrix ſocrus.

Lach.

Fugis? hem, nec quicquam certi reſpondes mihi?

line 85 Num tibi videtur apud ſeſe? ſine;

Puerum, Phidippe, mihi cedo, ego alam.

Ph.

Maxume.

Non mirum fecit uxor mea, ſi hoc aegrè tulit:

Amarae mulieres ſunt, non facilè haec [...]erunt.

Propterea haec ira eſt, nam ipſa narravit mihi:

line 90 Id ego, praeſente hoc, tibi nolueram dicere;

Neque illi credebam primó; nunc verò palàm eſt;

Nam omnino abhor [...]ere animum huic video à nuptiis.

Lach.

Quid ergo agam, Phidippe? quid das conſilii?

Ph.

Quid agas? meretricem hanc primùm adeunda [...] cenſeo.

line 95 [Page] Oremus, accuſemus, gratius denique minitemur

Si cum illo habuerit rem poſtea.

La.

Faciam ut mones; eho puer, curre ad Bacchidem hanc

Vicinam noſtram; huc evoca verbis meis.

Et te oro porrô in hac re adjutor ut ſis mihi.

Ph.

Ah,

line 100 Jam dudum dixi idemqu [...] nunc dico, Laches,

Manere affinitatem hanc inter nos volo,

Si ullo modo eſt, ut poſſit, quod ſpero fore.

Sed viſne me adeſſe unà, dum iſtam convenis?

La.

Immo abi, aliquam puero nutricem para.

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Act. V. Scen. I.

BACCHIS. LACHES.

Bac.

THis is not for nothing, that Laches deſireth not to ſpeak with me,

And trulie I am not much miſtaken, but it is that which I ſuſpect what he would.

Lach.

I muſt have a care, l [...]ſt I obtain leſs through anger, then I may [...]

And that I do nothing more, which may afterwards be better for me not to have done.

line 5 I will accoſt her. Bacchis, God ſave you.

B.

God ſave you,

L.

ches:

La.

Trulie: Bacchis,

I believe you ſomewhat marvail what the matter is, wherefore I commanded the boy

To call you out of doors hither.

Bac.

I am indeed alſo fearfull, when I remember

Who I am, left the report of gain ſhould prejudice me with you. For

I can eaſilie juſtifie my conditions.

La.

If you ſay true, I will do you no harm, woman,

line 10 For I am of thoſe yeares now, that it were not reaſonable I ſhould be pardoned if I did amiſſe,

[Page] Wherefore I do the more warilie conſider everie thing, that I may do nothing raſhlie.

For if now you do, or are likelie to do, that which it becomes honeſt women to do,

It were unjuſt for me unwittinglie to offer you a wrong who do not deſerve it.

Ba.

Trulie it is great thanks that I give you for this matter.

line 15 For he that excuſeth himſelf after a wrong done, can do me little good.

But what is the matter?

La.

You entertain my ſon Pamphilus to your houſe.

Ba.

Alas.

La.

Let me ſpeak. Before he married this wife, I bore with your love.

Tarrie, I have not yet ſaid what I would: he now hath a wife,

Seek for your ſelf another and ſurer friend, whileſt you have time to conſult.

line 20 For he will not be of this minde verie long, nor you indeed of that ſame age.

Ba.

Who ſaith it?

La.

His mother in law.

Ba.

That I entertain him?

La.

That you your ſelf do it, and ſhe hath had away her daughter;

And would for that reaſon have privilie made away the childe, which is born.

Ba.

If I knew anie other thing, whereby I might make you believe me,

More holie then an oath, I would aſsure you, Laches,

line 25 That I parted Pamphilus from me, ever ſince he married a wife.

La.

You are a lovelie woman, but do you know what I would rather have you do?

Ba.

Tell me, what would you have?

La.

That you go in hither to the women, and there offer that ſame oath to them:

Satisfie their minds, and acquit your ſelf of this fault.

Ba.

I will do it, but if indeed it were another of this trade, ſhe would not do it, I know;

line 30 That upon ſuch an occaſion ſhe ſhould ſhew her ſelf to a married woman.

But I am loth to have your ſon ſuſpected on a falſe report,

Or to ſe [...]m without cauſe more inconſtant to you, who ought not to think him ſo;

For he hath deſerved of me, that I ſhould pleaſure him, [...]l I can.

[Page]La.

Your diſcourſe hath made us favourable and well willing [...] towards you,

line 35 For they alone did not ſuppoſe this thing, but I alſo believed it,

Now ſeeing I have found you to be otherwiſe then we thought you were,

See you be the ſame woman you were, and further make uſe of our friendſhip as you pleaſe.

If yo do otherwiſe—But I will refrain my ſelf, that you may not hear anie thing unkindlie from me.

But this one thing I adviſe you, that you would rather [...] what [...] friend I may be,

line 40 Or what I may do for you, then what an enemie.

Ba.

I will do my utmoſt.

Act. V. Scen. I.

[Page]

BACCHIS. LACHES.

Ba.

NOn hoc de nihilo eſt, quod Laches me nunc contentam eſſe expetit.

Nec pol me multùm fallit, quin ſit, quod ſuſpicor quid velit.

La.

Videndum eſt, ne minus propter iram impetrem quàm poſſim,

Aut ne quid faciam plus, quod me pòſt minus feciſſe ſatiùs ſit.

line 5 Aggrediar. Bacchis, ſalve.

Ba.

Salve, Laches.

La.

Credo aedipol

Te nonnihil mirari Bacchis, quid ſit quapropter te huc ſoras puerum

Evocare juſſi.

Ba.

Ego pol quoque timida ſum, cum venit mihi

Inmentem quae ſum, ne nomen mihi quaeſtûs obſtet apud te; nam mores

Facilè tutor.

La.

Si vera dicis, nihil tibi eſt à me pericli, mulier.

line 10 Nam jam aetate eâ ſum, ut non ſiet peccato mihi ignoſci aequum:

[Page] Quò magis res omnes cautiùs, n [...] temerè faciam, accuro:

Nam ſi id nunc facis, facturáve es, bonas quod par eſt facere,

Inſcitum offerre injuriam me tibi immerenti iniquum eſt.

Ba.

Eſt magna ecaſtor gratia de hac re quam tibi habeam,

line 15 Nam qui poſt factam injuriam ſe expurget, parum mihi proſit.

Sed quid iſtuc eſt?

La.

Meum receptas filium ad te Pamphilum.

Ba.

Ah.

La.

Sine dicam, Uxorem priuſquam hanc duxit, veſtrum amorem pertuli.

Mane: nondum etiam dixi hoc quod volui; hic nunc uxorem habet,

Quaere alium tibi firmiorem amicum, dum tempus conſulendi eſt.

line 20 Nam neque ille hoc animo erit aetatem, neque pol tu eâdem iſtâ aetate.

Ba.

Quis id ait?

La.

Socrus.

Ba.

Méne?

La.

Teipſam, & filiam abduxit ſuam,

Puerumque ob eam rem clàm voluit, natus qui eſt, extinguere.

Ba.

Aliud ſi ſcirem, qui firmare meam apud vos poſſem fidem,

Sanctius quàm juſjurandum, id pollicerer tibi, Laches;

line 25 Me ſegregatum habuiſſe, uxorem ut duxit, à me Pamphilum.

La.

Lepida es, ſed ſcin' quid volo potius facias?

Ba.

Quid vis, cedò?

La.

Eas ad mulieres huc intiò, atque iſtuc juſjurandum idem

Polliceare illis: exple animum his, teque hoc crimine expedi.

Ba.

Faciam, quòd pol ſi eſſet alia ex hoc quaeſtu, h [...]d faceret, ſcio;

line 10 Ut de tali cauſâ nuptae mulieri ſe oſtenderet.

Sed nolo eſſe falſâ famâ gnatum ſuſpectum tuum,

Nec leviorem vobis, quibus eſt minimè aequum, viderier

Immeritò: nam meritus de me eſt, quod queam, illi ut commodem.

[Page]La.

Facilem benevolumque lingua tua me jam tibi reddidit;

line 35 Nā non ſunt ſolae arbitratae hae, ego quo (que) etiam hoc credidi.

Nunc cùm ego te eſſe praeter noſtram opinionem comperi,

Pac eadem ut ſis, porrò noſtrâ utere amicitiâ ut velis.

Aliter ſi facis—Sed reprimam me, ne aegrè quidquam ex me audias;

Verùm hoc te moneo unum, qualis ſim amitus, aut quid poſſiem,

line 40 Potiùs quàm inimicus periculum facias.

Ba.

Faciam ſeduló.

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Act. V. Scen. II.

PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. BACCHIS.

Ph.

I Will not ſuffer you to want anie thing from me, but it ſhall be bountifullie afforded, what you ſtand in need of,

But when you ſhall have eaten and drunken enough, ſee that the childe be filled.

La.

Our ſons father in law comes, I ſee him; he hath brought a nurſe for the childe.

Phidippus, Bacchis ſwears verie devoutlie.

Ph.

Is this ſhe?

La.

This is ſhe.

Ph.

line 5 Trulie theſe wom [...]n neither feare God, nor doth God regard them I think.

Ba.

I deliver you my maids, ſearch it out by anie torment for me; you may do it,

This matter is here in hand; I muſt bring it about, that his wife return

To Pamphilus: which if I do effect, the report doth not i [...]k me,

That I alone have done that, which other whores ſhun to do.

La.

line 10 Phidippus, we finde in the thing it ſelf, that our women

Have been falſlie ſuſpected by us; now let us further try this [...] man,

[Page] For if your wife ſhall finde out that ſhe hath falſlie believed accuſation;

She will let go her anger; but if my ſon be angry for that matter,

Becauſe his wife was brought a bed unknown to him, that is a ſ [...] matter, this anger will quicklie be gone from him,

line 15 Trulie there is no harm in this thing, which is worth a falling out.

Ph.

I wiſh indeed it were ſo.

La.

Examine her, here ſhe is: ſhe will do what may be ſufficient.

Ba.

I will.

Ph.

Why do you tell me theſe things? is it becauſe you your ſelf,

Laches, heard long ago,

How my minde ſtands concerning this matter? onelie ſatisfie their mindes, that they may believe.

La.

I pray you Bacchis, that what your ſelf have promiſed me, you would perform it.

Ba.

line 20 Would you have me go in then about that matter?

La.

Co, and ſatisfie their minds, that they may believe.

Ba.

I go, although I know indeed, they will not abide the ſight of me to day.

For a married woman is an enemie to a whore, when ſhe is parted from her husband.

La.

But theſe will be your friends, when they ſhall know, wherefore you are come.

Ph.

But I engage to you that they will be your friends, when they ſhall know the matter.

line 25 For you ſhall acquit them from error, and your ſelf alſo from ſuſpition.

Ba.

I am undone, I am aſhamed of Philumena: do ye both follow me in hither.

La.

What [...]it that I deſire rather to my ſelf, then that which I perceive doth befal her,

That ſhe may get favour without anie hinderance to her, and do me good?

For if it be that ſhe hath now really parted Pamphilus from her,

line 30 She knoweth that ſhe hath got gentilitie, riches, and renown thereby;

And ſhe will recompence him, and make us friends to her all under one.

Act. V. Scen. II.

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PHIDIPPUS. LACHES. BACCHIS.

Ph.

NIhil apud me tibi de [...]ieri patiar, quin, quod opus ſit, benignè praebeatur.

Sed cùm ſatura atque ebria eris, puer ut ſatur ſit, facito.

La.

Noſter ſocer, video, venit: puero nutricem adduxit.

Phidippe, Bacchis dejerat perſanctè.

Ph.

Haeccine [...] eſt?

La.

Haec eſt.

Ph.

line 5 Nec pol iſtae metuunt Deos; nec has reſpicere Deos opinor.

Ba.

Ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu per me exquire, licet,

Haec res hîc agitur: Pamphilo me facere ut redeat uxor

Oportet; quod ſi perficio, non poenitet me famae,

Solam [...]eciſſe id quod aliae meretrices facere fugitant.

La.

line 10 Phidippe, noſtras mulieres ſuſpectas fuiſſe falſò

Nobis in re ipſâ invenimus: porrò hanc nunc experiamur.

[Page] Nam ſi compererit crimini tua ſe uxor falſò credidiſſe,

Miſſam iram faciet; ſin autem eſt ob eam rem iratus g [...]tus,

Quòd peperir uxor clàm, id leve eſt, citò ab eo haec ira abſcedet.

line 15 Profectò in hac re nihil mali eſt quod ſit diſſidio dignum?

Ph.

Velim quidem her [...]le.

La.

Exquire, adeſt: quod ſatis ſit faciet ipſa.

Ba.

Faciam.

Ph.

Quid mihi iſtaec narras? an quia non tute ipſe audiſti dudum,

De hac re animus meus ut ſit, Laches? illis modò exple animum, ut credant.

La.

Quaeſo aedipol Bacchis, quod mihi es pollicita tute ut ſerves.

Ba.

line 20 Ob eam rem vis ergo intro eam?

La.

I, atque exple animum his, ut credant.

Ba.

Eo, etſi ſcio pol his fore meum conſpectum inviſum, hodie,

Nam nupta meretrici hoſtis eſt, à viro ubi ſegregata eſt.

La.

At hae amicae erunt, ubi quamobrem adveneris, reſciſcent.

Ph.

Atqui eaſdem amicas fore tibi promitto, rem ubi cognoverin [...]

line 25 Nam illas errore, & te ſimul ſuſpicione exſolves.

Ba.

Perii, pudet Philumenae me, ſequimini me intrò huc ambae:

La.

Quid eſt quod mihi malim, quàm quod huic intelligo evenire,

Ut gratiam ineat ſine ſuo diſpendio, & mihi proſit?

Nam ſi eſt ut haec nunc Pamphilum verè ab ſe ſegregârit,

line 30 Scit ſibi nobilitatem ex eo, & rem natam, & gloriam eſſe;

Referetque gratiam ei, unaque operâ nos ſibi amicos junget.

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Act. V. Scen. III.

PARMENO. BACCHIS.

Par.

TRulie my maſter accounts my labour to be little worth,

Who hath ſent me a ſleeveleſs errant to no purpoſe, where I ſate idelie all the day,

Whileſt I expected Callimedes the Myconian hoſte in the Tower;

And ſo whileſt I ſate there to day like a fool, as anie one came,

line 5 I went to him, and ſaid; Young-man, I pray you, tell me, are you a Myconian?

(He ſaid) I am not. But are you Callimedes? No. Have you a gueſt here

One Pamphilus? They all ſaid nay, nor do I think he was any man at all.

At laſt trulie now I was aſhamed; I went away: but why do I ſee Bacchis

Coming out from our kinſmans? what buſineſs hath ſhe here?

Ba.

line 10 Parmeno, you come in good time; run with all ſpeed to Pamphilus.

Par.

Why thither?

Ba.

Tell him I intreat him to come.

Par.

To you?

Ba.

Nay to Philumena.

Par.

What is the matter?

Ba.

Forbear to ask, that which nothing concerns you.

Par.

Should I ſay

Nothing elſe?

Ba.

Yes, that Myrrhina owned that ring

line 15 To be her daughters, which he gave me a good while ago.

Par.

I know it.

Is that ſuch a weightie matter?

Ba.

Such a weightie matter. He will be here preſentlie, after he hath heard this from you.

But do you boyter?

Par.

No indeed, for I have no ſuch abilitie granted me to day,

I have ſo ſpent this whole day in running and walking up and down.

Ba.

What jollitie have I brought Pamphilus to day by, my coming?

line 20 How many good things have I brought him? and how many cares have I rid him of?

I reſtore him his ſon, who was almoſt loſt by their means and his;

[Page] I help him to his wife again, whom he thought he ſhould never have hereafter.

I have freed him from that for which he was ſuſpected by his father and Phidippus.

Thus the ring was the firſt occaſion of the finding out theſe things;

line 25 For I remember, about ten months ago, he came running to me to my houſe,

As ſoon as it was night, puffing and blowing, without anie bodie with him, full of wine,

With this ring; I was affraid preſentlie; O my Pamphilus, ſaid I, of all love

I pray you, why are you diſmaied? or whence got you this ring?

Tell me; he minded other matters, and diſſembled: after I ſaw

line 30 That he ſuſpected I know not what, I began the more to urge him to tell.

The fellow confeſſed that he had raviſhed a maid, I know not whom, by the way,

And that he pulled off her ring whileſt he ſtrugled with her:

This Myrrhina owned it even now on my finger; ſhe asked me as I had it,

Whence I got it; I tell her all theſe paſſages; thence it comes to be known,

line 35 That Philumena was defloured by him, and that this ſon was born thereupon:

I am glad that theſe ſo many joyes are befaln him through me;

Although other wheres are unwilling to this; for it is not for our profit,

That any lover ſhould have joy in his marriage; but indeed

I will give my minde to bad dealing for lucre ſake.

line 40 I, whileſt it was lawful, found him loving, and pleaſant, and courteous;

It fals out ill for me from the marriage; I confeſſe it is done,

But trulie I think I have done it, leſt that ſhould juſtlie befal me;

It is but reaſon to bear ſome loſſes of him, from whom you have received many benefits.

Act. V. Scen. III.

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PARMENO. BACCHIS.

[...].

AE Dipol nae meam herus eſſe operam deputat parvi pretii,

Qui ob rem nullam miſit fruſtra ubi totum d [...]di diem,

Myconium hoſpitem dum exſpecto in arte Callidomide [...]

Itâ que ineptus hodie dum illic ſedeo, ut quiſque v [...]

line 5 Accedebam: Adoleſcens, dic dum, quaeſo, [...] tu Myconius?

Non ſum. At Callidemides? Non. hoſpitem ecquem Pamphilum

Hîc habes? omnes negabant, neque cum quenquam eſſa arbitror.

Denique hercle jam pudebat: abii, ſed quid Bacchidem

Ab noſtro affine exeuntem video? quid huic hîc eſt rei?

Ba.

line 10 Parmeno, opportunè te offers; properè cutre ad Pamphilum.

Par.

Quid eó?

Ba.

Dic me orare ut veniat.

Par.

A [...]?

Ba.

Immo ad Philumenam.

Par.

Quid rei eſt?

Ba.

Tuâ quod nihil refert, percontari deſinas.

Par.

Nihil aliud

Dicam?

Ba.

Etiam: cognôſſe annulum illum Myrrhinam,

line 15 Gnatae ſuae fuiſſe; quem ipſe olim mihi dederat.

Par.

Scio.

Tantúmne eſt?

Ba.

Tantum. Aderit continuò, hoc ubi ex te audierit.

Sed ceſſas?

Par.

Minimè equidem. Nam hodie mihi poteſtas haud data eſt,

Ita curſando atque ambulando totum hunc contrivi diem.

Ba.

Quantam obtuli adventu meo laetitiam Pamphilo [...]odie?

line 20 Quot commodas res attuli? quot autem ademi curas?

[...]natum ei reſtituo, qui penè harum ipſiuſque operâ periit;

[Page] U [...]orem, quam nunquam eſt poſthac ratus ſe habiturum, reddo.

Quare ſuſpectus ſuo patri & Phidippo fuit, exſolvi.

Hic adeò his rebus annulus fuit initium inveniundis;

line 25 Nam menimi ab hinc menſes decem ferè ad me, nocte primâ,

Confugere anh [...]lantem domum, ſine comite, vini plenum,

Cum hoc annulo; extimui illico; mi Pamphile, inquam, amabò,

Quid es examinatus, obſecro? aut unde annulum iſtum nactus?

Dic mihi: ille alias res agere, ſimulare; poſtquam video,

line 30 Neſcio quid ſuſpicatier, magis cepi inſtare, ut dicat.

Homo ſe fatetur vi in viâ virginem neſciò quam compreſſiſſe,

Dicitque ſeſe illi annulum dum luctatur detraxiſſe:

Eum haec cognovit Myrrhina in digito modò; me habentem

Rogat unde ſit; narro omnia haec: inde eſt cognitio facta,

line 35 Philumenam eſſe compreſſam ab eo, & filium inde hunc natum.

Haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigiſſe laetor:

Etſi hoc meretrices aliae nolunt, neque enim eſt in rem noſtram,

Ut quiſquam amator nuptiis laetetur; verùm ecaſtor,

Nunquam animum quaeſti gratiâ ad malas adducam partes,

line 40 Ego dum, illo, licitum eſt, uſa ſum benigno, & lepido, & comi,

Incommodè mihi nuptiis evenit; factum fateor;

At pol me feciſſe arbitror, ne id meri [...] Ò mihi eveniret;

Multa ex quo fuerint commoda, ejus incommoda aequum eſt ferre.

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Act. V. Scen. IIII.

PAMPHILUS. PARMENO. BACCHIS.

Pam.

Look to it, my Parmeno, again I pray thee, that thou bring me theſe things true and evident,

Leſt you caſt me for this ſhort time into a fools paradiſe.

Par.

I have look't to it.

Pam.

Is it true?

Par.

True indeed.

Pam.

I am happie, if it be ſo.

Par.

You will finde it true.

Pam.

Tarrie a while, I pray you; I am affraid, left I believe one thing, and you tell me another.

Par.

line 5 I tarrie.

Pam.

I think you ſaid thus: that Myrrhina hath found

That Bacchis hath her ring.

Par.

I did ſo.

Pam.

That which I gave her long ago;

And did ſhe bid you to tell me this? is it done ſo?

Par.

Yes ſo, I ſay.

Pam.

Who is more happie then I? and fuller alſo of good luck?

What ſhould I beſtow on you for this news? what? what? I know not.

Par.

line 10 But I know.

Pam.

What?

Par.

Nothing forſooth;

For I know not what benefit there is to you, either in my meſſage, or in my ſelf.

Pam.

Should I ſuffer you to go away from me without a reward,

Who have fetcht me back, being a dead man, from hells darkneſs to light? ab, you think me too ingrateful.

But behold I ſee Bacchis ſtand before the door,

line 15 I think ſhe tarries for me, I will go to her.

Ba.

God ſave you, Pamphilus,

Pam.

O Bacchis, O my Bacchis, the preſerver of my life.

Ba.

It is well done, and it is a pleaſure to me.

Pam.

You make me believe you by your doings,

And withal you keep your old grace,

That your meeting, your diſcourſe, your coming, is always pleaſant,

line 20 Whitherſoever you come.

Ba.

And you indeed keep your old w [...]nt and diſpoſition,

That there is not any one man among all men alive more fair-ſpoken then you.

[Page]Pam.

Ha, ha, he, tell you me that?

Ba.

You have done well, Pamphilus, to love your wife.

For I never, that I know on, beheld her with my eyes before this day;

She looks like a verie good gentle-woman.

Pam.

Say true.

Ba.

I ſwear, Pamphilus.

Pam.

line 15 Tell me, have you told anie of theſe things to my father alreadie?

Ba.

Nothing.

Pam.

Neither is it needful.

So be whiſht. I like that this may not be done as it is in Comedies,

Where everie bodie knows all things; thoſe know, for whom it is meet

They ſhould know; but they for whom it is not fitting they ſhould know, neither ſhall hear it, nor know it.

Ba.

Nay verilie, I will tell you, how you may more eaſilie believe this may be kept cloſe.

line 30 Myrrhina ſaid thus to Phidippus, that ſhe gave credit to my oath,

And that you therefore was out of all ſuſpition with her.

Pam.

It is verie well.

And I hope this thing will come to paſs according to our minde.

Par.

Maſter, may I know from you what good that is that I have done you to day?

Or what that is that you are about?

Pam.

You may not.

Par:

Yet I gueſſe.

line 35 Have I fetcht back this dead man from hells-darkneſs? by what means?

Pam.

You know not, Parmeno,

How much good you have done me to day, and from what great trouble you have rid me.

Par.

Yes indeed I know it, neither did I do this unwittinglie.

Pam.

I know that well enough.

Par.

Can

Any thing paſſe by Parmeno raſhlie, which is needful to be done?

Pam.

Follow me in Parmeno.

Par.

I follow you. Trulie I have done more good to day

line 40 Vnwittinglie, then ever I did wittinglie before this day. Do ye clap hands.

Act. V. Scen. IIII.

[Page]

PAMPHILUS. PARMENO. BACCHIS.

Pam.

VIde, mi Parmeno etiam ſodes, ut mihi haec certa & clara attuleris:

Ne me in breve hoc conjicias tempus, gaudio hoc falſo frui.

Par.

Viſum eſt.

Pam.

Certéne?

Par.

Certè.

Pam.

Deus ſum, ſi hoc ita eſt.

Par.

Verum reperies.

Pam.

Manedum, ſodes, timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nuncies.

Par.

line 5 Maneo.

Pam.

Sic te dixiſſe opinor: inveniſſe Myrrhinam

Bacchidem annulum ſuum habere.

Par.

Factum.

Pam.

Eum quem ei olim dedi:

Eaque haec te mihi nunciare juſſit? itáne eſt factum?

Par.

Ita, inquam.

Par.

Quis me eſt fortunatior, venuſtatiſque adeò plenior?

Egóne pro hoc te nuncio quid donem? quid? quid? neſcio.

Par.

line 10 At ego ſcio.

Pam.

Quid?

Par.

Nihil enim;

Nam neque in nuncio, neque in meipſo, tibi quid ſit boni, ſcio.

Pam.

Egóne, qui ab Orco mortuum me in lucem reducem feceris,

Sinam ſine munere à me abire? ah, nimium me ingratum putas.

Sed Bacchidem ectam video ſtare ante oſtium,

line 15 Me exſpectat credo, adibo.

Ba.

Salve, Pamphile,

Pam.

O Bacchis, ô mea Bacchis, ſervatrix mea.

Ba.

Bene factum & volupe eſt.

Pam.

Factis ut credam facis;

Antiquamque adeò tuam venuſtatem obtines,

Ut voluptati obitus, ſermo, adventus tuus, quocumque adveneris,

line 20 Semper ſiet.

Ba.

At tu ecaſtor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

Ut unus hominum homo te vivat nunquam quiſquam blandior.

[Page]Pam.

Ha, ha, he, tun' mihi iſtuc?

Ba.

Rectè amaſti, Pamphile, uxorem tuam;

Nam nunquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam quòd nôſſem, videram.

Perliberalis viſa eſt.

Pam.

Dic verum.

Ba.

Ita me Dii ament, Pamphile.

Pam.

line 25 Dic mihi, harum nunquid rerum dixti jam patri?

Ba.

Nihil.

Pam.

Neque opus eſt.

Adeò mutito. Placet non fieri hoc itidem ut in Comoediis,

Omnia ubi omnes reſciſcunt; hi, quos par fuerat reſciſcere,

Sciunt: quos non autem eſt aequum ſcire, neque reſciſcent, neque ſcient.

Ba.

Immò etiam, qûi hoc occultari faciliùs credas, dabo.

line 30 Myrrhina ita Phidippo dixit, jure-jurando meo

Se fidem habuiſſe, & propterea te ſibi purgatum.

Pam.

Optumè eſt.

Speroque hanc rem eſſe eventuram nobis ex ſententia.

Par.

Here, licetne me ſcire ex te hodie quid ſit quod feci boni?

Aut quid iſtuc eſt quod vos agitis?

Pam.

Non licet.

Par.

Tamen ſuſpicor.

line 35 Egóne hunc ab orco mortuum? quo pacto?

Pam.

Neſcis, Parmeno,

Quantum hodie profueris mihi, & ex quantâ aerumnâ extraxeris.

Par.

Immo verò ſcio, neque hoc imprudens feci.

Pam.

Ego iſtuc ſatis ſcio.

Par.

An

Temerè quicquam Parmenonem praetereat, quod facto uſus ſit?

Pam.

Sequere me intrò, Parmeno.

Par.

Sequor. Equidem plus hodie boni

line 40 Feci imprudens, quàm ſciens ante hunc diem unquam. Vos Plaudite.

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PHORMIO TERENTII Anglo-Latina.

TERENCES PHORMIO Engliſh and Latine.

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PHORMIO, A Comedie of Publius Terentius an African of Carthage.

Acted

At the Roman ſhows, when Lucius Poſthumius Albinus and Lucius Cornelius Merula were Aediles Curul [...]s:

Lucius Ambivius Turpio and Lucius Attilius Praeneſtinut

Acted it.

Flaccus the ſon of Claudius played on Pipes that had odd holes:

It is a whole Greek Comedie of Apollodorus's called Epidicazomenos.

It was acted four times,

When Cn [...]ius Fannius Strabo, and Marcus Valerius Meſſala were Conſuls.

In the Year

Since Rome was built 593.

Before the birth of Chriſt 159.

PHORMIO Publii Terentii Carthaginienſis Afri,

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Acta

Ludis Romanis, L. Poſthumi [...] Albino▪ & L. Cornelio Meruld [...]dilibus Curulibus:

Egerunt

L. Ambivius Turpi [...], & L. Attilius Praeneſtinus.

Modos fecit Flaccus Claudii, Tibiis imparibus.

T [...]ta Graeca Apollodori Epidicazomenos.

Acta quater,

[...]n. Fannio Strab [...]ne, & M. Valerio Meſſala Conſulibus.

Anno ab Urbe condita DXCIII.

Ante Chriſtum [...]atum CLIX.

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The Actors or Speakers in this Comedie.

Antipho, A Young-man.

Chremes, An Old-man.

Cratinus, An Advocate.

Crito, An Advocate.

Davus, A Servant.

Demipho, An Old-man.

Dorio, A Bawd.

Geta, A Servant.

Hegio, An Advocate.

Nauſiſtrata, A Matron.

Phaedria, A Young-man.

Phormio, A Paraſite.

Sophrona, A Nurſe.

Fabula Interlocutores.

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Antipho, Adoleſcens.

Chremes, Senex.

Cratinus, Advocatus.

Crito, Advocatus.

Davus, Servus.

Demipho, Senex.

Dorio, Leno.

Geta, Servus.

Hegio, Advocatus.

Nauſiſtrata, Matron [...].

Phaedria, Adoleſcens.

Phormio, Paraſitus.

Sophrona, Nutrix.

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The Argument or Plot of Phormio, by Caius Sulpicius Apollinaris.

DEmipho the brother of Chremes was gon into another countrey,

Having left his ſon Antipho at Athens:

Chremes had cloſely a wife and a daughter at Lemnus,

And another wife at Athens, and a ſon that entirely loved

line 5 A ſinging-wench: the mother comes from Lemnus

To Athens; ſhe dieth, and the maid alone (Chremes was abſent)

Takes charge of the burial: when Antipho fell in love with her,

Having there got a ſight of her, he by means of a paraſite took her to wife.

line 10 His father and Chremes being returned chafed at it [...]; afterwards they gave

The paraſite thirtie pounds, that he himſelf might

Have her to wife: the ſinging-wench is bought with the [...]ie.

Antipho retaineth his wife being owned by his uncle.

Phormionis Argumentum, C. Sulpitio Apollinari Authore.

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CHremetis frater aberat peregrè Demipho,

Relicto Athenis Antiphone filio;

Chremes clàm habebat Lemni uxorem at filiā,

Athenis aliam conjugem, & amantem uni [...]è

line 5 Gnatum fidicinam: mater e Lemno advenit

Athenas, moritur; virgo ſola (aberat Chremes)

Funus procurat: ibi eam viſam Antipho

Cùm amaret, operâ paraſiti uxorem accipit.

line 10 Pater & Chremes reverſi fremere; dehinc minas

Triginta dant paraſito, ut illam conjugem

Haberet ipſe: argento emitut fidicina.

U [...]orem retinet Antipho à patruo ag [...]i [...]am.

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The Prologue.

SInce the old Poet is not able to withdraw our Poet

From his endeavours, and make the man to ſit idle,

He goeth about by ill-words to affright him, that he may not write.

Who often ſaith thus; that the Comedies which he made heretofore

line 5 Are of [...]n mean ſtyle, and ſlight kinde of writing;

Becauſe he nowhere writ that a diſtracted young-man

Saw the hinde in chace, and the dogs to be in purſuit;

And that ſhe made moan, and intreated ſome bodie to help her.

But if he underſtood, that when that Comedie being now long ago pleaſed,

line 10 It rather pleaſed by the actor's means, then his own,

He would be far leſs bold to cenſure, then he is now to cenſure,

And what comedies he made would pleaſe better.

Now if there be anie one, who ſaith or thinketh thus,

If the old Poet had not provoked him firſt,

line 15 The new one could not have invented anie Prologue

To ſay, unleſſe he had ſome bodie to rail on:

Let him take this for an anſwer to him; that the prize

Is publickly propounded to all that profeſſe Poetrie.

He ſtrove to drive this man from his ſtudie to ſtarve;

line 20 This man was willing to anſwer him, not to provoke him.

If he had ſtriven in better words, he had had good words:

Let him conſider, that what he brought is paid him again.

I will now make an end of ſpeaking of him,

Seeing he makes no end of offending concerning himſelf.

line 25 Now I pray you conſider what I deſire: I bring you

A new Comedie, which the Greeks call Epidicazomenos,

And the Latines name Phormio:

Becauſe that he ſhall act the chiefeſt parts, will be Phormio

The Paraſite, by whom the matter will eſpecially be carried on.

line 30 If you bear anie good will towards our Poet,

Do your endeavour, attend patientlie in ſilence;

That we may not have ſuch fortune as we had

When our companie was driven from their ſtanding by a tumult,

Which ſtanding our actors excellencie, and your goodneſs

line 35 And favour aſsiſting hath reſtored unto us.

Prologus.

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POſtquam Poeta vetus Poetam non poteſt

Retrahere à ſtudio, & tradere hominem in otiū,

Maledictis deterrere, ne ſcribat, parat:

Qui ita dictitat; quas antehac fecit fabulas,

line 5 Tenui eſſe oratione, & ſcripturâ levi;

Quia nuſquam inſanum ſcripſit adoleſcentulum

Cervam videre fugere, & ſectari canes;

Et eam plorare, orare ut ſubveniat ſibi.

Quod ſi intelligeret, cùm ſtetit olim nova,

line 10 Actoris operâ magis ſtetiſſe quàm ſuâ,

Minus multò audacter, quàm nunc laedit, laederet,

Et magis placerent quas feciſſet fabulas.

Nunc ſi quis eſt qui hoc dicat, aut ſic cogitat,

Vetus ſi poeta non laceſſiſſet prior,

line 15 Nullum invenire Prologum potuiſſet novus,

Quem diceret, niſi haberet cui malediceret:

Is ſibi reſponſum hoc habeat; in medio omnibus

Palmam eſſe poſitam, qui a [...]tem tractant muſicam.

Ille ad famem hunc ab ſtudio ſtuduit rejicere;

line 20 Hic reſpondere voluit, non laceſſere.

Benedictis ſi certâſſet, audiſſet bene:

Quod ab ipſo allatum eſt, ſibi eſſe id relatum pute [...].

De illo jam finem faciam dicundi mihi,

Peccandi cùm ipſe de ſe finem non facit.

line 25 Nunc quid velim, animū advortite: adporto novā

Epidicazomenon quam vocant Comoediam

Graeci; Latini Phormionem nominant;

Quia primas partes qui aget, is erit Phormio

Paraſitus, per quem res geretur maximé.

line 30 Voluntas veſtra ſi ad Poetam acceſſerit,

Date operam, adeſte aequo animo per ſilentium;

Ne ſimili utamur fortunâ atque uſi ſumus,

Cùm per tumultum noſter grex motus à loco eſt;

Quem actoris virtus nobis reſtituit lo [...]um,

line 35 Bonitásque veſtra adjutans atque aequanimitas.

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Act. I. Scen. I.

DAVUS.

D.

MY ſpecial friend and countrie-man Geta

Came to me yeſterday; there remained to him

A verie little monie of a ſmall reckoning with me

A good while agoe, that I might get it up; I have got it up, I bring it him.

line 5 For I hear his maſter's ſon hath married

A wife; I believe this preſent is ſcraped together for him.

How ill it is ordered, that they who have leſſe,

Should alwaies add ſomething to them that are richer?

For that which he poor man ſpared with much adoe inchmoal

line 10 From his own allowance, pinching his own bellie,

She will ſnatch it all away, not conſidering

With what great pains it was gotten: and beſides Geta

Shall be charged with another preſent, when his miſtreſs is brought to bed,

And then with another, when the childe's birth-day ſhall be kept,

line 15 When they ſhall initiate him: the mother ſhall carrie all this away:

The childe ſhall be the cauſe of ſending. But do I not ſee Geta?

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DAVUS.

D.

AMicus ſummus meus & popularis Geta

Heri ad me venit; erat ei de ratiunculâ

Jampridem apud me reliquum pauxillulum

Nummorum; id ut conficerem, confeci; affero.

line 5 Nam herilem filium ejus duxiſſe audio

Uxorem, ei credo munus hoc conraditur.

Quàm iniquè comparatum eſt; hi qui minus habent,

Ut ſemper aliquid addant ditioribus!

Quod ille nunciatim vix de demenſo ſuo,

line 10 Suum defraudans genium comparſit miſer,

Id illa univerſum abripiet, haud exiſtumans

Quanto labore partum: porrò autem Geta

Ferietur alio munere, ubi hera pepererit,

Porrò alio autem, ubi erit puero natalis dies,

line 15 Ubi initiabunt: omne h [...]ter aufert:

Puer cauſa erit mittundi. Sed videon' Getam?

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Act. I. Scen. II.

GETA. DAVUS.

G.

IF anie red-haired man ſhall ſeek me—

D.

He is here at hand, ſay no more.

G.

Oh?

But Davus I endeavoured to meet you:

D.

Take it, here;

It is pickt monie, there is the full ſumme, as much as I ought you.

G.

I like you, and give you thanks that you have not neglected.

Dav.

line 5 Eſpeciallie as the world goeth now; the matter is come to this,

[Page] If one reſtore a thing, he muſt have great thanks given him.

But why are you ſad?

G.

What I? You wot in what fear,

And in how great peril we are.

D.

What is that?

G.

You ſhall know,

So that you can keep it cloſe.

D.

Go your way, you fool,

line 10 Are you afraid to credit him with words, whoſe truſt

You have ſeen in monie? wherein, what advantage is it for me

To deceive you?

G.

Nearken then.

D.

I will do ſo much for you.

G.

Davus, do you know Chremes our old man's elder brother?

D.

What elſe?

G.

What? do you know his ſon Phaedria?

D.

line 15 As well as I know you.

G.

It fell out that both the old men had a journie

At one time, he into Lemnus, and our maſter into Sicily,

To an old acquaintance; he allured the old man by letters

Promiſing him almoſt golden mountains.

D.

To him that had ſo much, and more then enough?

G.

Say no more,

line 20 Such is his diſpoſition.

D.

Oh, I ſhould have been a King.

G.

Then both the old men departing hence left me

As it were a tutor to their ſons.

D.

O Geta, you undertook

A heavie charge.

G.

I am uſed to this, I know.

I remember I was left, becauſe my God was diſpleaſed with me.

line 25 At the firſt I began to croſs them; what need manie words?

Whilſt I am faithfull to the old man, I have loſt the uſe of my armes.

D.

I conſidered thoſe things; for it is a follie

To hit ones heels againſt the Prick.

G.

I began to do everie thing

For them, to humor them in what they would have.

D.

You know how to make your market.

G.

line 30 Ours at the firſt did no harm. This Phaedria

Out of hand got a certain minſtrelleſs: he began to be deep in love with her;

She was ſervant to a moſt filthie hawd;

Neither had their fathers taken order, that they ſhould have anie thing to give.

There was nothing elſe for them to do, but to feed their eyes,

line 35 To follow her, to lead her to the ſchool, and fetch her back again.

We having little to do attended upon Phaedria.

In this ſchool where ſhe learned, over againſt the place

Was a kinde of barber's ſhop; here commonly we uſed

For the moſt part to tarrie for her, till ſhe came home thence;

line 40 [Page] In the mean time, as we ſate there, there came upon us

A young-man weeping, we wondered;

We ask [...] him what the matter was; Never did poverty, ſaith he,

Seem to me ſuch a miſerable and beavie burden;

I ſaw even now in this ſtreet a poor maid

line 45 Lamenting for her mother that was dead:

She was ſet over-againſt her; neither was there any body with her,

Neither one that wiſhed her well, nor acquaintance, nor kinſman,

Except a ſilly old woman, that might help the burial; I pitied her;

The maid her ſelf is very fair; what needeth many words?

line 50 He had moved us all. Then ſaith Antipho preſentlie,

Are you willing we ſhould go ſee her? I think it meet, ſaith another.

Let us go, bring us thither we pray you; we go, we come,

We ſee; the maid was fair, and that you may the rather ſay it,

She had nothing to help her beautie,

line 55 Her hair hung looſe, ſhe was bare-footed, ſhe her ſelf was undreſſed;

She was all tears, her clothes were foul, ſo that unleſſe there had been a force of grace

In her beautie, theſe things would have extinguiſhed it by force.

He that loved the ſinging-wench, ſaid onlie,

She is prettie enough. But our youngſter.

D.

I know already;

line 60 He began to fall in love with her.

G.

Do you know with whom? minde what it may come to;

The day after he goes on ſtraight to the old-woman, he beſeecheth her;

That ſhe would grant him the libertie on her; but ſhe ſaid ſhe would not,

Neither did ſhe do what was fitting; that ſhe was a citizen of Athens,

A good women, born of good parents; If he would marry her,

He might do it by law, but if otherwiſe, ſhe ſaid nay.

line 65 Our young-man knew not what to do, be had both a minde

To marry her, and be was afraid of his father that was abſent.

D.

Would his father, if he had returned, have given him leave?

G.

What he? would he beſtow on him a maid that had no portion, and

line 70 One that was meanly born? he would never do it.

D.

What became of it at laſt?

G.

What ſhould come of it? There is one Phormio a paraſite,

An audacious fellow, who, a miſchief take him.

D.

What did he?

G.

He gave this advice which I will tell you.

There is a law, that the fatherleſſe & motherleſſe maids ſhould be married

line 75 [Page] To them that are next a-kin, and the ſame law enjoyneth the [...] to marrie them.

I will ſay you are her kinſ-man, and will entertain an action againſt you;

I will feign that I am the maid's father's friend,

We will come before the judges; I will deviſe all theſe things,

Who was her father, who who was her mother, how ſhe is a-ki [...] [...] you,

line 80 Which will be good and profitable for me.

When you ſhall gainſay none of theſe things, I ſhall overcome to be ſure.

Your father will be here, ſuits ſhall be commenced againſt me. What is that to me?

She ſhall be ours indeed.

D.

A merrie bold-trick!

G.

He perſwaded the man, it is done; we come, we are caſt;

line 85 He hath married her.

D.

What ſay you?

G.

That which you hear.

D.

O Geta,

What will become of you?

Get.

Trulie I know not; this one thing I know,

What fortune ſhall afford, we will take patientlie.

D.

Content.

Oh that is the dutie of a man.

G.

All my hope is in my ſelf.

D.

I commend you.

G.

I think I muſt go to ſome ſpoke [...]n that may

line 90 Thus intercede for me; now let him go I pray you, but hereafter

If he ſhall do anie thing, I will not intreat for him; onely

Let him not add; when I am gon hence, even kill him quite out.

D.

What doth that Vſher that loveth the minſtrelleſs?

What doth he?

G.

Thus, poorly.

D.

He hath not much.

line 95 To give her perchance.

G.

No nothing, but mere hope.

D.

Is his father returned, or no?

G.

Not yet.

D.

What?

How long do you look for the old-man?

G.

I know not certainlie,

But I hear that a letter was brought us lately from him,

And that it was carried to the cuſtome-houſe men; I will goe fetch it.

D.

line 100 Will you have anie thing elſe with me, Geta.

G.

That you may do well.

Boy, he, doth no bodie come forth hither? Take it, give this to Dorcius.

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GETA. DAVUS.

G.

SI quis me quaeret rufus—

D.

Praeſtò eſt, define.

G.

Oh!

At ego obviàm conabar tibi,

Dave.

D. Accipe, hem▪

Lectum eſt, conveniet numerus, quantum debui.

G.

Amo te, & non neglexiſſe, gratiam habeo.

D.

line 5 Praeſertim, ut nunc ſunt mores; adeò nunc ſunt res,

[Page] Si quis quid reddit, magna habenda gratia eſt.

Sed quid tu es triſtis?

G.

Egóne? ſcis quo in metu, &

Quanto in periculo nos ſumus?

D.

Quid iſtuc eſt?

G.

Scies,

Modò ut tacere poſſis.

D.

Abi ſis, inſciens,

line 10 Cujus tu fidem in pecuniâ proſpexe [...]

Verere ei verba credere? ubi quid mihi lucri eſt

Te fallere?

G.

Ergo auſculta.

D.

Hanc operam tibi dico.

G.

Senis noſtri, Dave, fratrem majorem Chremem

Noſtin'?

D.

Quidni?

G.

Quid? Ejus gnatum Phaedriam?

D.

line 15 Tanquam te.

G.

Evenit ſenibus ambobus ſimul

Iter, illi in Lemnum, ut eſſet, noſtro in Siciliam,

Ad hoſpitem antiquum; is ſenem per epiſtolas

Pellerit; modò non montes auri pollicens.

D.

Cui tanta erat res, & ſuperaret?

Get.

Deſinas.

line 20 Sic eſt ingenium.

D.

O, regem me eſſe oportuit.

D.

Abeuntes ambo hinc tum ſenes, me filiis

Relinquunt quaſi magiſtrum.

D.

O Geta,

Provinciam cepiſti duram.

G.

Mihi uſu venit hoc, ſcio.

Memini relinqui me Deo irato meo.

line 25 Cepi adverſari primô; quid [...]bis opus eſt?

Seni fidelis dum ſum, ſcapulas perdidi.

D.

Venêre in mentem mihi iſthaec; namque inſcitia eſt

Advorſum ſtimulum calces.

G.

Cepi his omnia

Facere, obſequi quae vellent.

D.

Sciſti uti foro.

G.

line 30 Noſter mali nihil quicquàm primó. Hic Phaedria

Continuò quandam nactus eſt puellulam

Ci hariſtriam; hanc amare cepit perdité;

Ea ſerviebat lenoni impuriſſimo;

Neque, quod daretur quicquam, id cu [...]â [...] tres:

Reſtabat aliud nihil, niſi oculos paſcere;

line 35 Sectari, in ludum ducere, & [...]educere,

Nos otioſi operam dabamus Phaedriae.

In quo haec diſcebat ludo, ex adverſo ei loco▪

Tonſtrina erat quaedam; hic ſolebamus [...]

Plerunque eam operiri, dum inde iret do [...];

line 75 [Page] Iiis nubant, & illos ducere eadem lex haec jubet.

Ego te cognatum dicam, & tibi ſcribam dicam,

Paternum amicum me aſſimilabo virginis;

Ad judices veniemus qui fuerit pater,

Quae mater, qui cognata tibi ſit, omnia haec

line 80 Confingam; quod erit mihi bonum atque cominodum.

Cùm tu horum nihil refelles, vincam ſcilicet.

Pater aderit, mihi paratae lites. Quid meâ?

Illa quidem noſtra erit.

D.

Joculam audaciam!

G.

Perſuaſit homini; factum eſt; ventum eſt; vincimur;

line 85 Duxit.

D.

Quid narras?

G.

Hoc quod audis.

D.

O Geta,

Quid te defuturum eſt?

G.

Neſcio hercle, unum hoc ſcio,

Quod fors feret. feremus aequo animo.

D.

Placet.

Ehem iſtuc viri eſt officium?

G.

In me omnis mihi ſpes eſt.

D.

Laudo.

G.

Ad precatorem abeam credo, qui mihi

line 90 Sic oret; nunc omitte, quaeſo, hunc; caeterum

Poſthac ſi quicquam, nihil precor; tantummodo

Non addat; ubi ego hinc abiero, vel occidito.

D.

Quid paedagogus ille qui cithariſtriam?

Quid rei gerit?

G.

Sic, tenuiter.

D.

Non multum habet

line 95 Quod det fortaſſe.

G.

Immo nihil, niſi ſpem meram.

D.

Pater ejus rediit an non?

G.

Nondum.

D.

Quid? ſenem

Quoad exſpectatis voſtrum?

G.

Non certum ſcio;

Sed epiſtolam ab eo allatam eſſe audivi modò,

Et ad portitores eſſe latam: hanc petam.

D.

line 100 Nunquid, Geta, aliud me vis?

G.

Ut bene ſit tibi.

Puer, heus, nemón' huc prodit? Cape, da hoc Dorcio.

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Act. I. Scen. III.

ANTIPHO. PHAEDRIA.

A.

THat the matter ſhould come to this paſſe, Phaedria, that I ſhould be afraid of my father,

Who would have me verie well provided for, when I think of his coming?

Whereas, if I had not been ſo inconſiderate, I might have expected him, as it was meet.

Ph.

What is the matter?

An.

Do you aske, that art privie with me to ſo bold a prank?

line 5 Which I wiſh it had never come into Phormio's minde to perſwade me to it,

And that he had not forced me being deſirous thitherward, which is the beginning of miſchief;

Had I not obtained her, then it had gon heavily with me for ſome daies,

But this daily care would not have troubled my minde.

Ph.

I heare you.

An.

Whilſt I expect how quickly he may come, that may take ſrom me this familiaritie with her.

Ph.

line 10 It grieveth others, becauſe what they love is wanting; it grieveth you, becauſe you have too much.

Antipho, you are glutted with love; for trulie this kinde of life of yours

Is to be deſired and wiſhed; I wiſh I were ſo fairly bleſſed,

As that I might enjoy that which I love ſo long.

Now I deſire to die; do you ſuppoſe the reſt:

line 15 What I now get by this want, or what you get by that abundance.

That I may not add that you have without coſt got one that is honeſt and well-favoured,

That you have as you deſired, a wife of no ill report abroad,

You are happie, except this one thing be wanting, a minde that may bear theſe things-moderatelie,

But if you had to do with that bawd that I have to deal with, then you would perceive it.

line 20 We are all for the moſt part of that diſpoſition, that we are not contented with our ſelves.

[Page]An.

But you, Phaedri [...], on the contrarie me thinks are fortunate,

That have power yet in your hand to adviſe what you deſire;

To hold her, to love her, or let her go, I unhappie man am fallen int [...] that condition,

That I have neither power to let her go, nor libertie to keep her.

line 25 But what is this? do not I ſee Ge [...] come running hither?

It is juſt he, I am affraid poor man what thing he now comes to tell me.

Act. I. Scen. III.

[Page]

ANTIPHO. PHAEDRIA.

An.

ADeo [...]' rem rediiſſe, qui mihi conſultum optimè velit eſſe,

Phaedria, patrem ut extimeſcam, ubi in mentem ejus adventus venit?

Quod ni fuiſſem incogitans, ita [...]um exſpectarem, ut par fuit.

Ph.

Quid iſtuc eſt?

An.

Rogitas, qui tam audacis facinoris mihi conſcius ſis?

line 5 Quod utinam ne Phormioni id ſuadere in mentem incidiſſet,

Neu me cupidum eò impuliſſet, quod mihi principium eſt mali.

Non potitus eſſem, fuiſſet tum illos mihi aegrè aliquot dies:

At non quotidiana haec cura angeret animum.

Ph.

Audio.

An.

Dum expecto, quàm mox veniat, qui hanc mihi adimat conſuetudinem.

P.

line 10 Aliis, quia defit quod amant, aegrè eſt; tibi, quia ſupereſt, dolet;

Amore abundas, Antipho; nam tua quidem hercle certò

Vita haec expetenda optandaque eſt. Ita me Diibene ament,

Ut mihi liceat tam diu quod amo frui.

Jam depaciſci morte cupio: tu conjicito cae [...]era;

line 15 Quid ego ex hac inopiâ nunc capiam, & quid tu ex iſtâ copiâ.

Ut ne addam, quòd ſine ſumptu, ingenuam, liberalem nactus es;

Quòd habes ut voluiſti, uxorem ſine malâ famâ palàm,

Beatus es, ni unum hoc deſit, animus qui modeſtè iſtae [...] ferat;

Quod ſi tibi res cum eo lenone ſit, quocum mihi eſt, tum ſentias.

line 20 Ita plerique ingenio ſumus omnes, noſtri noſmet paenitet.

[Page] [...].

At tu mihi contrà nune videre fortunatus, Phaedria,

Cui de integro eſt poteſtas etiam conſulendi quid velis:

Retinere, amare, amittere: ego in cum incidi infaelix locum,

Ut neque mihi vis ſit amittendi, nec retinendi copia.

line 25 Sed quid hoc eſt? videon' ego Getam currentem huc adve [...]ire?

Is eſt ipſus: timeo miſer quam hic mihi nunc nunciet rem.

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Act. I. Scen. IV.

GETA. ANTIPHO. PHAEDRIA.

G.

YOu are undone, Geta, except you can quicklie finde out ſome ſhift for you,

So manie miſchiefs on a ſuddain hang over you being unprovided,

Which I neither know how to avoid, nor how to get my ſelf out of them;

For our boldneſs can be concealed no longer,

line 5 Which evils if they be not wiſelie prevented, will ruine me or my maſter.

An.

Why comes he in a chafe?

G.

I have but a moment of time

For this matter. Here is my maſter.

An.

What miſchief is that?

G.

Which when he ſhall hear, what remedie ſhall I finde for his anger?

Should I ſpeak? I ſhall incenſe him; ſhould I hold my peace? I ſhould ſet him on: ſhould I clear my ſelf? I ſhould loſe my labour.

line 10 Woe is mee poor man! I am both affraid for my ſelf, and Antiph [...] troubleth my minde;

I pittie him, I am affraid for him: he now holds me, for but for him,

I would have looked well to my ſelf, and would have been revenged of the old-mans anger,

I would have packed up ſomething, and betaken my ſelf hence to my heels forthwith,

Ant.

What running away or theeving doth he provide for?

G.

But where ſhall I finde Antipho?

line 15 Or which way ſhould I go to ſeek him?

Ph.

He nameth you.

An

I know not

[Page] What great miſchief I expect by this meſſenger.

Ph.

Are you in your wits?

G.

I will go on homeward,

There he is the moſt.

Ph.

Let us call the fellow back.

An.

Stand preſentlie.

G.

Ho, imperiouſlie enough ſpoken, whoſoever you are.

An.

Geta, it is he himſelf

Whom I would meet with.

An.

Tell me, I pray you, what news you bring, and if you can, diſpatch in a word.

G.

line 20 I will do it.

An.

Speak out.

G.

I ſaw your father juſt now at the port.

An.

What mine?

G.

Have you underſtood me.

An.

I am undone.

Ph.

What now?

An.

What ſhould I do?

Ph.

What ſay you?

G.

That I ſaw this mans father your uncle.

An.

For what remedie can I poor man finde on a ſuddain for this undoing?

But if my fortunes come to this Phanium, that I be parted from you,

I ſhall deſire to live no longer.

G.

Seing then theſe things are ſo, Antipho,

line 25 It is ſo much more fit for you to look about you. Fortune aideth ſtout men.

An.

I am not my ſelf.

G.

But now Antipho it is verie needful you ſhould be;

For if your father perceive you to be fearful, he will think

You have deſerved blame.

Ph.

This is true.

An.

I cannot be altered.

G.

What would you do, if you were to do ſome weightier matter?

An.

line 30 Seeing I cannot do this, I ſhould leſse do that.

G.

O Phaedria, this is nothing; you may be gone.

Why do we ſpend our labour in vain? but I muſt be gone.

Ph.

And ſo muſt I trulie.

An.

I pray you, what if I counterfeit? is this enough?

G.

You prate.

An.

Look me in the face,

Is it enough thus?

G.

No.

An.

What if I look thus?

G.

It is almoſt well enough.

An.

What if I look thus?

G.

That is enough.

Ho, hold you there: and be ſure you anſwer word for word, like for like,

line 35 Leſt being angry he baffle you with his fierce ſpoken words.

A.

I know your meaning.

G.

Tell him you were conſtrained by force againſt your will, by Law, by judgement; do you underſtand me?

But what old man is this that I ſee in the further end of the ſtreat?

An.

It is he himſelf.

[Page] I cannot abide to be by.

G.

Alas, what ſay you? whither go you, Antipho?

Tarrie, tarrie, I ſay.

An.

I know my ſelf, and my own offence;

line 40 I commend Phanium and my life unto you.

Ph.

Geta, what ſhall we do now?

G.

You ſhall now hear his chiding, I ſhall be hanged, unleſs I be miſtaken.

But that which erewhile we adviſed Antipho here, we muſt do it our ſelves,

Phaedria.

Ph.

Away with this Muſt, and rather do you will me what I ſhall do.

G.

Do you not remember what your ſpeech was heretofore in beginning the matter,

line 45 For the defending the fault? that that excuſe was juſt, eaſie,

Able to overcome, verie good.

Ph.

I remember it.

G.

Lo, now

We have need of it, or if you can do anie thing, a better and more tra [...] tie one.

Ph.

It ſhall be done

With all dillgence.

G.

Now do you go firſt to him; I will be here in ambuſh

Readie to make a ſupply, if you ſhall fail in any thing.

Ph.

Go to then.

Act. I. Scen. IV.

[Page]

GETA. ANTIPHO. PHAEDRIA.

G.

NUllus es, Geta, niſi [...]am aliquid tibi conſilium c [...]l [...]è reppereris,

Ita nunc imparatum ſubitò tanta te impendent mala:

Quae neque uti devitem ſcio, neque quo modo me indè extraham;

Nam non poteſt celari noſtra diutius audacia;

line 5 Quae ſi non aſtu providentur, me aut herum peſſum dabunt.

An.

Quidnam ille commotus venit?

G.

Tunc [...]emporis mihi punctū

Ad hanc rem eſt. Herus adeſt.

Ant.

Quid illud mali eſt?

G.

Quod cùm audierit, quod ejus remedium inveniam īracundiae?

Loquárne? incendam; taceam? inſtigem; purgem me? laterem lavem.

line 10 Heu me miſerum! tum mihi paveo, tum Antipho me excruciat animi;

Ejus me miſcret, ei nunc timeo; is nunc me retinet; namque abſque eo eſſet,

Rectè ego mihi vidiſſem, & ſenis eſſem ultus iracundiam:

Aliquid convaſiſſem, atque hinc me conjicerem protinus in pedes.

Ant.

Quam hic fugam, aut furtum parat?

G.

Sed ubi Antiphonem reperiam?

line 25 Aut quâ quaerere inſiſtam via?

Ph.

Te nominat.

An.

Neſcio quod

[Page] Magnum hoc nuncio expecto malum.

Ph.

Sanus es?

G.

Domum ire pergam:

Ibi plurimùm eſt.

Ph.

Revocemus hominem.

An.

Sta illico.

G.

Hem, ſatis pro imperio, quiſquis es.

An.

Geta.

G.

Ipſe eſt quem volui

Obviam.

An.

Cedò, quid portas, obſecro? atque id ſi potes verbo expedi:

G.

line 20 Faciam.

An.

Eloquere.

G.

Modò apud portum patrem.

An.

Meúmne?

G.

Intellex [...]in'.

An.

Occidi.

P.

Hem.

An.

Quid agam?

Ph.

Quid ais?

G.

Hujus patrem vidiſſe me patruum tuum.

An.

Nam quod ego huic nunc ſubitò exitio remedium inveniam miſer?

Quod ſi eò meae fortunae redeunt, Phanium, abs te ut abſtrahar,

Nulla eſt mihi vita expetenda.

G.

Ergo iſtaec cùm ita ſint, Antipho,

line 25 Tantò magis te advigilare aequum eſt. Fortes fortuna adjuvat.

An.

Non ſum apud me.

G.

Atqui opus eſt nunc cùm maxumè ut ſis, Antipho:

Nam ſi ſenſerit te timidum pater eſſe, arbitrabitur

Commeruiſſe culpam.

Ph.

Hoc verum eſt.

An.

Non poſſum immutarier.

G.

Quid faceres, ſi aliud quid gravius tibi nunc faciendum foret?

An.

line 30 Cùm hoc non poſſum, illud minus poſſum.

G.

Hoc nihil eſt Phaedria, ilicet.

Quid conterimus operam fruſtrà? quin abeo.

Ph.

Et quidem ego.

An.

Obſecro, quid ſi aſſimulabo? ſatin' eſt?

G.

Garris.

An.

Vultum contemplamini;

Satin' ſic eſt?

G.

Non.

An.

Quid ſi ſic?

G.

Propemodum.

An.

Quid ſi ſic?

G.

Sat eſt.

Hem iſtuc ſerva: & verbum verbo, par pari ut reſpondeas,

line 35 Ne te iratus ſuis ſaevidicis dictis protelet.

An.

Scio.

G.

Vi coactum eſſe te invitum, lege, judicio: tenes?

Sed quis hic eſt ſenex quem video in ultimâ plateâ.

An.

Ipſus eſt.

[Page] [...] poſſum adeſſe.

G.

Ah, quid ais? quò a [...]is, Antipho?

Mane, mane, inquam.

An.

Egomet me novi & peccatum meum;

line 40 Vobis commendo Phanium, & vitam meam.

Ph.

Geta. Quid nunc fiet?

G.

Tu jam lites audies; ego plectar pendens, niſi quid me fefellerit.

Sed quod modò h [...]c nos Antiphonem monuimus, id noſmetipſos facere

Oportet, Phaedria.

Ph.

Aufer mihi Oportet; quin tu quid faciam

Impera.

G.

Meminiſtin' olim ut [...]uerit voſtra oratio in re

line 45 Incipiundâ ad defendendam noxiam? juſtam illam cauſam, facilem,

Vincibilem, optumam.

Ph.

Memini.

G.

Hem, nunc

Ipſâ eſt opus, aut ſi quid potes, meliore & callidiore.

Ph.

Fiet

Sedulò.

G.

Nunc prior adito tu; ego in inſidiis hîc ero

Succenturiatus, ſi quid deficies.

Ph.

Age.

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Act. II. Scen. I.

DEMIPHO. GETA. PHAEDRIA.

D.

Is it ſo at laſt, hath Antipho married a wife without my bidding?

And did he not fear my authoritie? well, I let authority go; did he not fear my diſpleaſure

At the leaſt, was he not aſhamed? O bold attempt, O Geta

The prompter on.

G.

With much ado at laſt.

D.

What will they ſay to me, or what excuſe will they finde?

I wonder.

G.

But I have found one alreadie, care you for ſomething elſe.

D.

Will they ſay this to me?

I did it againſt my will, the law conſtrained me, I hear and I confeſs it.

G.

It liketh me well.

[Page]D.

But that he ſhould wittinglie and holding his peace betray his cauſe to his adverſaries,

What did the law force him to that?

Ph.

That is a hard thing to anſwer.

G.

I will help you out with it, let him alone.

D.

I know not what to do, becauſe this hath befallen me beſides what I looked for, and as a thing not to be believed,

line 10 I am ſo cha [...]ed that I cannot bring my minde to think of anie thing.

Wherefore it behooveth all when they are moſt in proſperity, to think verie much

With themſelves, how they can endure the miſerie of adverſitie;

Let him that returneth from a ſtrange countrey, always conſider of dangers, baniſhments, loſſes,

Or his ſons miſdemeanour, or his wives death, or his daughters ſickneſſe,

line 15 That theſe things are common, and may fall out: that nothing may be new to his minde.

That he reckon all that as gained, whatſoever happeneth beyond expectation.

G.

O Phaedria, it is a thing not to be believed, how far I exceed my maſter in wiſedom,

I have thought on all the diſcommodities that may come to me; that if my maſter return,

I muſt grinde continuallie in the bake-houſe; I muſt be beaten; I muſt have ſhackles on;

line 20 I muſt do work in the countrey: none of theſe things ſhall happen now to my minde.

I will reckon all that as gained, whatſoever ſhall happen beyond my expectation.

But why do you forbear to go to the man, and at firſt to ſalute him kindelie?

D.

I ſee my brothers ſon Phaedria coming to meet me,

Ph.

O my uncle, God ſave you.

D.

God ſave you. But where is Antipho?

Ph.

line 25 I am glad you are come ſafe.

D.

I believe you; anſwer me this.

Ph.

He is well, he is here. But are all things ſufficientlie according to your minde?

D.

I wiſh indeed they were.

Ph.

What is that?

D.

Do you ask, Phaedria?

You have made a good marriage here, whileſt I was away.

[Page]Ph.

Why, are you angrie with him for that now?

G.

O gallant craftsman!

D.

line 30 Should I not be angry at him, I beartilie wiſh

I had him brought me into my ſight, that he may know now, that through his own default

That gentle father of his is become a verie ſharpe man.

Ph.

But he hath done nothing, uncle, for which you ſhould be angry.

D.

But [...]o all things are alike, they are all of a [...]eather,

line 35 Know one, and you may know all.

Ph.

It is not ſo.

D.

This my ſon is in the fault, and he is here to defend his cauſe,

When he is in the fault, this my ſon is readie at hand; they help one another.

G.

The old-man at unawares hath finelie painted out their doings.

Ph.

For except theſe things were ſo, you would not take his part, Phaedria.

Ph.

line 40 If it be, uncle, that Antipho hath committed a fault againſt himſelf,

Whereby he might be leſſe reſpectful of an eſtate or good name,

I do not plead his cauſe, but let him ſuffer what he hath deſerved.

But if anie one perhaps preſuming on his own naughtie ſi b [...]ilitie,

Hath laid waite for our youth,

line 45 And hath got the better, is that our fault or the judges,

Who do often through envie take away from a rich man,

Or for pittie give to a poor man?

G.

But that I know the cauſe, I ſhould think this man ſpake true.

D.

Is there anie judge, that can kn [...]w your juſt matters,

line 50 When you your ſelf do not anſwer a word,

So as he hath done?

Ph.

He hath done the dutie

Of an ingenuous man, after he came to the judges,

He could not utter what he thought,

Baſhfulneſs did ſo daunt him being fearful.

G.

line 55 I commend this man; but do I forbear to go to the old-man as ſoon as can be?

Maſter, God ſave you: I am glad you are come ſafe.

D.

O, good keeper, God ſave you, the main ſtay indeed of our houſe,

To whom I committed my ſon at my going hence.

G.

I heard erewhile that you accuſe us all

line 60 Vndeſervedlie, and me of all theſe that have leſt deſerved it.

For what would you have me to do for you in this buſineſs?

The laws permit not a man that is a ſervant to plead.

[Page] Neither hath he libertie to bear witneſs.

D.

I let all thoſe things paſs,

Put in this too; the indiſcreet young man was affraid, I grant it:

line 65 You are a ſervant; but though ſhe be never ſo near a kin,

It was not neceſſarie for him to have her, but that which the law commandeth,

You ſhould have given her a portion, ſhe ſhould have ſought another husband.

For what reaſon did he rather marrie a woman that had nothing, and bring her home?

G.

A reaſon was not wanting, but money.

D.

He ſhould have taken it up

line 70 Somewhere or other.

G.

Somewhere or other? There is nothing more eaſie to be ſaid.

D.

At laſt, if by no other means, yet upon uſurie.

G.

Whoo.

You have ſpoken finelie, if ſo be anie bodie would truſt him,

Whileſt you are alive.

D.

No. It is not like to be thus: it cannot be.

Should I ſuffer her being married with him one day?

line 75 She hath deſerved no courteſie: I would have that fellow

Beſhewed to me, or that it be ſhown me where he dwelleth.

G.

You mean Phormio.

D.

That the womans defendant.

G.

I will cauſe that he ſhall be here by and by.

D.

Where is Antipho now?

Ph.

Abroad.

D.

Go your way, Phaedria, ſeek for him, and bring him hither.

Ph.

I go,

line 80 Straight way indeed thither.

G.

You mean to Pamphila.

D.

And I will ſtep aſide home hence to pray to my houſhold-Gods.

Thence will I go to the market, and call ſome

Friends to me, who may be by at the handling this matter,

That I may not be unprovided when Phormio cometh.

Act. II. Scen. I.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. GETA. PHAEDRIA.

D.

ITáne tandem uxorem duxit Antipho injuſſ [...] meo?

Nec meum imperium? age, mitto imperium, non ſimultatem meam

Revereri ſaltem, non pudere? O facinus audax, O Geta

Monitor.

G.

Vix tandem.

Dem.

Quid mihi dicem, aut quam cauſam reperient,

Demiror.

G.

Atqui repperi jam, aliud cura.

D.

A [...] hoc dicent mihi?

Invitus feci, lex coegit'; audio, & fateor.

G.

Placet.

[Page]D.

Verùm ſcientem, tacitum cauſam tradere adverſariis,

Etiámne id lex coegit?

Ph.

Illud durum.

G.

Ego expediam, ſine.

D.

Incertum eſt quid agam, quia praeter ſpem atque incredibile hoc mihi obtigit,

line 10 Ita ſum irritatus animum, ut nequeam ad cogitandum inſtituere,

Quamobrem omnes, cum ſecundae res ſunt maxumè, tum maxumè

Meditari ſecum oportet, quo pacto advorſam aerumnam ſerant:

Pericula, exilia, damna, peregrè redien [...] ſemper cogit [...]t,

Aut filii peccatum, aut uxoris mortem, aut morbum filiae;

line 15 Communia eſſe haec, fieri poſſe; ut ne quid animo ſit novum:

Quidquid praeter ſpem evenit, omne id deputare eſſe in lucro.

G.

O Phaedria, incredile eſt, quantâ herum anteo ſapientiâ,

Meditata ſunt mihi omnia mea incommoda: herus ſi redierit,

Molendum eſſe uſque in piſtrino; vapulandum: habendae compedes:

line 20 Opus ruri faciendum; horum nihil quidquam accidet animo novum.

Quicquid praeter ſpem evenie [...], omne id deputabo eſſe in lucro.

Sed quid ceſſas hominem adire, & blandè in principio alloqui?

D.

Phaedriam mei fratris video filium mihi ire obviám.

Ph.

Mi patrue, ſalve.

Dem.

Salve; ſed ubi eſt Antipho?

Ph.

line 25 Salvum te advenire.

Dem.

Credo: reſponde hoc mihi.

Ph.

Valet; hîc eſt. Sed ſatin' omnia ex ſententiâ?

D.

Vellem quidem.

Ph.

Quid iſtuc eſt?

D.

Rogitas, Phaedria? Bo [...]s, me abſente, hîc confeciſtis nuptias.

[Page]Ph.

Eho, an id ſuccenſes nunc illi?

G.

O artificem probum!

D.

line 30 Egon' illi non ſucenſeam? ipſum geſtio

Dari mihi in conſpectum, nunc ſuâ culpâ ut ſciat

Lenem patrem illum factum eſſe acerrimum.

Ph.

Atqui nihil fecit, patrue, quod ſuccenſeas.

D.

Ecce autem ſimilia omnia, omnes congruunt,

line 35 Unum cognôris, omnes nôris.

Ph.

Haud ita eſt.

D.

Hic in noxia eſt, ille ad defendendam cauſam adeſt.

Cùm ille eſt, hic praeſtò eſt; tradunt operas mutuas.

G.

Probè horum facta imprudens depinxit ſenex.

D.

Nam ni haec ita eſſent, cum illo haud ſtares, Phaedria.

Ph.

line 40 Si eſt, patrue, culpam ut Antipho in ſe admiſerit,

Ex quâ re minus rei foret aut famae temperans,

Non cauſam dico, quin quod meritus ſit, ferat.

Sed ſi quis fortè, malitiâ fretus ſuâ,

Inſidias noſtrae fe [...]it adoleſcentiae,

line 45 Ac vicit, noſtran' culpa ea eſt an judicum?

Qui ſaepe propter invidiam adimunt diviti,

Aut propter miſericordiam addunt pauperi?

G.

Ni nôſſem cauſam crederem vera hunc loqui,

D.

An quiſquam judex eſt, qui poſſit noſcere

line 50 Tua juſta, ubi tute verbum non reſpondeas,

Ita ut ille fecit?

Ph.

Functus adoleſcentuli eſt

Officium liberalis, poſtquam ad judices

Ventum eſt, non potuit cogitata proloqui.

Ita eum tum timidum obſtupefecit pudor.

G.

line 55 Laudo hunc; ſed ceſſo adire quamprimum ſenem?

Here, ſalve: ſalvum te adveniſſe gaudeo.

D.

Oh, bono cuſtos, ſalve, columen verò familiae.

Cui commendavi filium hinc abiens meum.

G.

Jamdudum te omnes nos accuſare audio

line 60 Immeritò, & me omnium horum immeritiſſimum.

Nam quid me in hac re facere voluiſt [...] tibi?

Servum hominem cauſam dicere leges non ſinunt,

[Page] Neque teſtimonii dictio eſt.

D.

Mitto omnia.

Adde iſtuc, imprudens timuit adoleſcens, ſino:

line 65 Tu ſervus; verùm ſi cognata eſt maxumè,

Non fuit neceſſe habere, ſed id quod lex jubet,

Dotem daretis, quaereret alium virum.

Quâ ratione inopem potiùs ducebat ad domum?

G.

Non ratio, verùm argentum deerat.

D.

Sumeret

line 70 Alicunde.

G.

Alicunde? nihil eſt dictu facilius.

D.

Poſtremò, ſi nullo alio pacto, vel faenore.

G.

Hui,

Dixti pulcrè, ſiquidem quiſquam crederet

Te vivo.

D.

Non, non ſic futurum eſt, non poteſt.

Egóne illam cum illo ut patiar nuptam unum diem?

line 75 Nihil ſuave meritum eſt. Hominem cōmonſtrarier

Mihi iſtum volo, aut ubi habitat demonſtrarier.

G.

Nempe Phormionem.

D.

Iſtum patronum mulieris.

G.

Jam faxo aderit.

D.

Antipho ubi nunc eſt?

Ph.

Foris.

D.

Abi, Phaedria, eum require, at (que) adduce huc.

Ph.

Eo,

line 80 Rectâ viâ equidem illuc.

G.

Nempe ad Pamphilam.

D.

At ego Deos penates hinc ſalutatum domum divortar.

Indè ibo ad forum, atque aliquot mihi

Amicos advocabo, ad h [...]nc rem qui adſient,

Ut ne imparatus ſim cùm adveniat Phormio.

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Act. II. Scen. II.

PHORMIO. GETA.

Ph.

SAy you ſo, that [...]e being affraid of the ſight of his father, went hence away?

G.

He was verie much affraid.

Ph.

And that Phanium was left alone.

G.

Yes.

Ph.

And that the old man was angry?

[Page]G.

Verie greatlie.

Ph.

The weight of the buſineſs is laid upon thee onlie, Phormio,

Thou thy ſelf haſt ſtamped this, you muſt eat it up: buckle to thy work.

G.

line 5 I pray you.

Ph.

If he ſhall ask?

G.

My hope is in thee.

Ph.

Behold the matter,

What if he ſhall reſtore her?

G.

You forced him to her.

Ph.

So I think.

G.

Help us.

Ph.

Give me the old man, now all my deviſes are fitted in my minde.

G.

What will you do?

Ph.

What would you have me to do, but that Phanium may tarrie, and that I may acquit

Antipho of this fault, and derive all his fathers anger upon my ſelf.

G.

line 10 O valiant man and our friend! but Phormio, I am often in fear of this,

Leſt this ſtrengh of your ſinews break at laſt.

Ph.

Tuſh,

It is not ſo, I have made trial: I know which way to ſhift alreadie,

How many m [...]n do you think now I have beaten almoſt to death,

Strangers? then Citizens? the better I knew them, ſo much the oftner I beat them.

line 15 Tell me now; did you ever hear any action of treſpaſs was laid againſt me?

G.

Why that?

Ph.

Becauſe the net is not laid for the hawk, and the kite,

That do harm to us, but it is ſpread for thoſe that do us no harm;

Becauſe in theſe there is profit, in thoſe we fool away our pains.

Others are in danger from others, from whom ſomething may be gotten:

line 20 They know that I have nothing; you will ſay, they will have you home being caſt;

They will not maintain a greedie fellow: and they are wiſe in my judgement,

If they will not do a main good turn for an ill turn.

G.

Thanks can never be given ſufficientlie according to your deſert.

Ph.

Nay indeed no man requites his King ſufficientlie according to his deſerts.

line 25 That you ſhould come to the club from the bath an [...]ted and trim,

Having your heart at eaſe, when he is ſpent both with care and co [...];

Whileſt you have what delighteth you, he is fretted; you may laugh,

You may drink firſt, you may ſit down firſt; a doubtful ſupper is ſet before you.

[Page]G.

What word is that?

Ph.

Where you may doubt, what you ſhould take firſt.

line 30 When you reckon how delectable theſe things are, and how dear they are:

To him that beſtoweth them, would not you account him altogether? God at hand.

G.

The old man is here; have a care what you do; the firſt brunt is verie ſharpe,

If you can abide it, after it, you may play as you pleaſe.

Act. II. Scen. II.

[Page]

PHORMIO. GETA.

P.

ITáne patris ais conſpectum veritum hinc abiiſſe.

G.

Admodum.

Ph.

Phanium relictam ſolam?

G.

Sic.

Ph.

Et iratum ſenem?

[Page]G.

Oppidò.

Ph.

Ad te ſumma ſolum Phormio rerum redit.

Tute hoc intriſti, tibi omne eſt exedendum: accingere.

G.

line 5 Obſecro te.

Ph.

Si rogitabit.

G.

In te ſpes eſt.

Ph.

Eccere.

Quid ſi reddet?

G.

Tu impuliſti.

Ph.

Sic opinor.

G.

Subveni.

Ph.

Cedò ſenem: jam mihi inſtructa ſunt corde conſilia omnia.

G.

Quid ages?

Ph.

Quid vis? niſi ut maneat Phanium, atque à crimine hoc

Antiphonem eripiam, atque omnem in me iram derivem patris?

G.

line 10 O vir fortis, atque amicus! verùm hoc ſaepe, Phormio.

Vereor, ne iſthaec fortitudo nervorum erumpat denique.

Ph.

Ah,

Non ita eſt, factum eſt periculum; jam pedum viſa eſt via.

Quot me cenſes homines jam deverberâſſe uſque ad necem,

Hoſpites? tum cives? quò magis novi, tantò ſaepius.

line 15 Cedò dum, an unquam injuriarum audiſti mihi ſcriptum dicam?

G.

Quid iſthuc?

Ph.

Quia non rete accipitri tenditur, neque milvo,

Qui malè faciunt nobis, illis qui nihil faciunt tenditur.

Quia enim in illis fructus eſt, in illis opera luditur.

Aliis aliunde eſt periculum, unde aliquid abradi poteſt:

line 20 Mihi ſciunt nihil eſſe, dices, ducent damnatum domum:

Alere nolunt hominem adacem: & ſapiunt meâ quidem ſententiâ,

Pro maleficio ſi beneficium ſummum nolunt reddere.

G.

Non poteſt ſatis pro merito ab illo tibi referri gratia.

Ph.

Imò enim nemo ſatis pro merito gratiam regi refert.

line 25 Tene ad ſymbolam venire unctum atque lautum è balneis,

Otioſum ab animo, cum ille & curâ & ſumptu abſumitur;

Dum tibi ſit quod placeat, ille ringitur; tu rideas,

Prior bibas, prior decumbas: coena dubia adponitur.

[Page]G.

Quid iſtuc verbi eſt?

Ph.

Ubi tu dubites quid ſumas potiſſimum.

line 30 Haec cùm rationem ineas, quam ſint ſuavia, & quàm cara ſint:

Ea qui praebeat, num tu hunc habeas planè praeſentem Deum?

G.

Senex adeſt, vide quid agas: prima coitio eſt acer [...]ima.

Si eam ſuſtinueris, poſt illam, jam ut lubet, ludas licet.

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Act. II. Scen. III.

DEMIPHO. PHORMIO. GETA.

D.

LOe! have you ever heard, that an injurie was ever done

More deſpitefullie to anie man, then is done to me?

Come ye hither, I pray you.

G.

He is angry.

Ph.

But will you minde this buſineſs.

I will vex him by and by. O monſtrous ſtrange!

line 5 Doth Demipho denie Phanium to be a kin to him?

Doth Demipho denie this woman to be a kin to him?

G.

He doth deny it

Ph.

And doth he ſay that he knew not her father, who he was?

G.

He ſaith, not.

D.

I think this is he, of whom I ſpake, follow ye me.

Ph.

And doth he ſay, he knew not Stilpho, who he was?

G.

He ſaith, not.

Ph.

line 10 Because the poor woman is left in want, her father is unknown,

She is neglected; See, what covetouſneſs doth.

G.

If you ſhall accuſe my maſter of that is naught, I will tell you your name.

D.

O the boldneſs of a fellow, what doth he come of his own accord to accuſe me?

P.

For now there is no cauſe why I ſhould be angry with the young man,

line 15 If he knew him not, becauſe he being now an elderlie man,

And poor; one that got his living by his labour, he kept himſelf

Commonlie in the countrey, there he had ground of my father

To till; in the meantime the old man did oftentimes

[Page]Tell me, that his kinſman neglected him:

line 20 But what a man did he neglect? the beſt man that ever I ſaw in my life.

G.

See how you commend him and your ſelf.

Ph.

Get you gone and be hanged.

For unleſſe I thought him to be ſuch a one, I would never procure ſuch heavie diſpleaſure

For this woman's ſake againſt our familie,

Which he now ſcorneth ſo diſhoneſtlie.

G.

line 25 You baſe knave, do you go on to rail on him, when my maſter is abſent.

Ph.

But he deſerveth this.

G.

Say you ſo, you goal-bird.

D.

Geta.

G.

You extortioner of goods, you wreſter of lawes.

D.

Geta.

Ph.

Anſwer him.

G.

What man is this, ho?

D.

Hold your tongue.

G.

Demipho,

He hath never ceaſed to give out railing ſpeeches,

line 30 Such as you have not deſerved, and ſuch as he hath deſerved himſelf,

Againſt you when you were abſent.

D.

Give over.

Young-man, firſt of all I deſire this of you by your good leave,

If it may pleaſe you to make me an anſwer.

What friend of yours do you ſay that man was? make it plain to me.

line 35 And how did he ſay that I was his kinſman?

Ph.

You fiſh it out ſo, as if you did not know him.

D.

Did I know him?

Ph.

Yes.

D.

But I ſay I did not: do you that ſay I knew him, bring him to my remembrance.

Ph.

Ho! did not you know your couſin-german?

D.

You kill me quite out.

Tell me his name.

Ph.

His name? yes.

D.

Why do you now hold your peace?

Ph.

line 40 Trulie I am undone, I have quite forgot his name.

D.

Ho. what do you ſay?

Ph.

Geta,

If you remember that which I once told you, put me in minde. Ho,

I will not tell you, as though you did not know you come to pump me.

D.

Do I pump you?

G.

Stilpho.

Ph.

And indeed what is it to me?

It is Stilpho.

D.

Whom did you mention?

Ph.

I ſay, did not you know Stilpho?

D.

line 45 I neither knew him, nor was anie man of that name

A kin to me.

Ph.

What ſo? are you not aſhamed of theſe things?

[Page] But if he had left an eſtate of ten talents.

D.

A miſchief light on thee.

Ph.

You would be the firſt man

To reckon your pedigree by heart as far as your grandfather and greatgrandfather.

D.

line 50 Yes as you ſay; if I had come then I could have told

How ſhe had been my kinſwoman.

G.

Ho! our maſter, well done; ho you! look to your ſelf.

Ph.

I made it clear to the judges, to whom I ought,

If then it had been falſe, why did not your fon

Refute it?

D.

Do you tell me of my ſon?

line 55 Concerning whoſe follie one cannot ſpeak as it deſerveth.

Ph.

But you, that are a wiſe man, go to the magiſtrates;

That they may give you a ſentence again of the ſame matter.

Foraſmuch as you alone bear ſway, and it is lawfull for you onely,

To get a judgement twice here concerning the ſame caſe.

D.

line 60 Though an injurie be done me, yet nevertheleſſe

Rather then I would follow ſuiters, or rather then I would hear you,

Iuſt as ſhe were my kinſwoman, becauſe the law enjoineth,

To give her a portion, have her away, and take five pounds.

Ph.

Ha, ha, he, a merrie world!

D.

What is the matter? do I deſire anie thing that is not fair?

line 65 Should not I indeed obtain this; which is mine by common law?

Ph.

Is it ſo forſooth I pray you, when you have abuſed her, like a whore,

Doth the law bid you give her a reward and let her go?

Or, that being a citizen ſhe might not commit anie lewdneſſe

Through want of means, is ſhe commanded to be given to her next kinſman,

line 70 That ſhe might live with one man? which you forbid.

D.

Yes indeed, to the next kinſman: but whence are we? or wherefore?

Ph.

Enough.

Do not try a ſuit, they ſay, when a judgement is paſsed.

D.

Should I not try? nay, I will not give over,

Till I have brought this matter to an end.

D.

You play the fool.

P.

Do but let me alone.

Ph.

Laſtly Demipho, we have nothing to do with you,

line 75 It is your ſon that is caſt, not you, for your age

For marrying was paſt alreadie.

D.

Suppoſe him

To ſay all theſe things that I have now ſaid;

Or elſe trulie I will forbid him my houſe with this wife of his.

[Page]G.

He is angrie.

Ph.

You your ſelf will do better then ſo.

D.

line 80 Are you ſo provided to do everie thing againſt use,

You unhappie wretch.

Ph.

He is afraid of us, although he diſſembleth it

All that he can.

G.

You have made a good beginning.

Ph.

But you muſt ſuffer

What is to be ſuffered; you ſhould do as is meet for you to do,

That we may be friends betwixt our ſelves.

D.

Should I crave

line 85 Your friendſhip; or ſhould I be willing to ſee or hear you.

Ph.

If you will agree with her, you ſhall have one

To delight your old age: conſider your own age.

D.

Let her delight you: have her to your ſelf.

Ph.

Aſſwage your anger.

D.

Minde this.

There have been now words enough; unleſſe you make haſte

line 90 To take away the woman; I will pack her out. I have told you my minde, Phormio.

Ph.

If you lay a hand on her, otherwiſe then is fitting for a free-born woman,

I will bring a huge action againſt you, I have told you my minde, Demipho.

If there ſhall be anie need, ho, you ſhall finde me at home.

G.

I underſtand you.

Act. II. Scen. III.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. PHORMIO. GETA.

D.

EN! unquam cuiquam contumelioſius

Audiſtis factam injuriam, quàm eſt mihi?

Adeſte, quaeſo.

G.

Iratus eſt.

Ph.

Quin tu hoc ages?

Jam ego hunc agitabo. Proh Deûm immortaliū fidē!

line 5 Negat Phanium hanc ſibi eſſe cognatam Demipho!

Hanc Demipho negat eſſe cognatam?

G.

Negat.

P.

Neque ejus patrem ſe ſcite, qui fuerit?

G.

Negat.

D.

Ipſum eſſe opinor de quo agebam, ſequimini.

P.

Neque Stilphonem ſcire, qui fuerit?

G.

Negat.

Ph.

line 10 Quia egens relicta eſt miſera, ignoratur parens,

Negligitur ipſa; vide avaritia quid facit.

G.

Si herum inſimulabis malitiae, malè audies.

D.

O audaciam! etiámne ultro accuſatum ad [...]enit.

Ph.

Nam iam adoleſcenti nihil eſt quod ſuccenſeam,

line 15 Si illum minus nôrat, quippe homo jam grandior,

Pauper, cui in opere vita erat, ruri ferè

Se continebat: ibi agrum de noſtro parente

Colendum habebat: ſaepe interea mihi ſenex

[Page] Narrabat, ſe hunc negligere cognatum ſuum.

line 20 At quem virum? quem ego videro in vita optumum.

G.

Videas te atque illum ut narras.

Ph.

Abi hinc in malam crucem.

Nam ni ita eum exiſtumaſſem, nunquam tam graves

Ob hanc inimicitias caperem in noſtram familiam,

Quam is aſpernatur nunc tam inliberaliter.

G.

line 25 Pergin', hero abſente, malè loqui, impuriſſime?

P.

Dignum autem hoc illo eſt.

G.

Ain' tandem, carcer?

D.

Geta.

G.

Bonorum extortor, legum contortor.

D.

Geta.

P.

Reſponde.

G.

Quis homo eſt? ehem.

D.

Tace.

G.

Abſenti tibi

Te indignas, ſéque dignas contumelias

line 30 Nunquam ceſſavit dicere, Demipho.

D.

Deſine.

Adoleſcens, primùm abs te hoc bonâ veniâ expeto,

Si tibi placere potis eſt, mihi ut reſpondeas.

Quem amicum tuum ais fuiſſe iſtum? explana mihi?

line 35 Et qui cognatum me ſibi eſſe diceret.

Ph.

Proinde expiſcare, quaſi non nôſſes.

D.

Nôſſem?

Ph.

Ita.

D.

Ergo me nego; tu qui ais redige in memoriam.

Ph.

Eho tu ſobrinum tuum non nôras?

D.

Enecas.

Dic nomen.

Ph.

Nomen? maxumé.

D.

Quid nunc taces?

Ph.

line 40 Perii hercle; nomen perdidi.

D.

Hem, quid ais?

Ph.

Geta,

Si memiuiſti id quod olim dictum eſt, ſubjice. Hem,

Non dico, quaſi non noris, tentatum advenis.

D.

Egon' autem tento?

G.

Stilpho.

Ph.

Atque adeò quid meâ?

Stilpho eſt.

D.

Quem dixti?

P.

Stilphonem, inquam, non nôras

D.

line 45 Neque ego illum nôram, neque mihi cognatus fuit

Quiſquam iſto nomine.

Ph.

Itáne? non te horum pudet?

[Page] At ſi talentum rem reliquiſſet decem.

D.

Dii tibi malè faciant.

Ph.

Primus eſſes memoriter

Progeniem veſtram uſque ab avo atque atavo proferens.

D.

line 50 Ita ut dicis; ego tum ſi adveniſſem, quî mihi

Cognata eſſet ea dicerem: itidem tu face.

Cedò, qui eſt cognata?

G.

Heus noſter rectè; heus tu, cave.

Ph.

Dilucidè expedivi, quibus me oportuit

Judicibus; tum id ſi falſum fuerat, filius

line 55 Cur non refellit?

D.

Filium narras mihi?

Cujus de ſtultitia dici, ut dignum eſt, non poteſt.

Ph.

At tu, qui ſapiens es, magiſtratus adi:

Judicium de eadem cauſa reddant tibi.

Quandoquidem ſolus regnas, & ſoli licet

Hîc de eadem cauſa bis judicium adipiſcier.

line 60 Etſi mihi facta injuria eſt, veruntamen,

Potiùs quàm lites ſecter, aut quàm te audiam,

Itidem ut cognata ſi ſit, id quod lex jubet

Dotem dare, abduce hanc, minas quinque accipe.

P.

Ha, ha, he, homo ſuavis!

D.

Quid eſt? num iniquum poſtulo?

line 65 Anne hoc quidem ego adipiſcar, quod jus publicum eſt?

Ph.

Itáne tandem, quaeſo, item meretricem ubi abuſus ſis illam,

Mercedem dare lex jubet ei, atque amittere;

An, ut ne quid civis turpe in ſe admitteret,

Propter egeſtatem, proximo juſſa eſt, dari,

line 70 Ut cum uno aetatem degeret? quod tu vetas.

D.

Ita proxumo quidem; at nos unde, aut quamobrem:

Ph.

Ohe,

Actum, aiunt, ne agas.

D.

Non agam? immo haud deſinam,

Donec perfecero hoc.

Ph.

Ineptis.

D.

Sine modó.

Ph.

Poſtremò tecum nihil rei nobis, Demipho, eſt,

line 75 Tuus eſt damnatus natus, non tu; nam tua

Praeterierat jam ad ducendum aetas.

D.

Omnia haec

Illum putato quae ego nunc dico dicere:

Aut quidem cum uxore hac ipſum prohibebo domo.

[Page]G.

Iratus eſt.

Ph.

Tute idem melius feceris.

D.

line 80 Itáne es paratus facere me advorſum omnia

Infelix.

Ph.

Metuit hic nos tametſi ſedulò

Diffimulat.

G.

Bene habent tibi principia.

P.

Quin quod eſt

Ferendum feras: tuis dignum factis feceris,

Ut amici inter nos ſimus.

D.

Egon' tuam expetam

line 85 Amicitiam? aut te viſum aut auditum velim?

Ph.

Si concordabis cum illa, habebis quae tuam

Senectutem oblectet; reſpice aetatem tuam.

D.

Te oblectet: tibi habe.

Ph.

Minue verò iram.

D.

Hoc age.

Satis jam verborum eſt: niſi tu properes mulierem

line 90 Abducere, ego illam ejiciam. Dixi, Phormio.

Ph.

Si illam attigeris ſecus quàm dignum eſt, liberam:

Dicam tibiimpingam grandem. Dixi, Demipho.

Si quid opus fuerit, heus domi me.

G.

Intelligo.

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Act. II. Scen. IV.

DEMIPHO. GETA. CRATINUS. HEGIO.

D.

WHat care and trouble hath my ſon brought upon me?

Who hath entangled me and himſelf by this marriage?

Neither doth he come forth into my ſight, that I may know at leaſt,

What he can ſay concerning this matter, or what his minde is.

line 5 Do you go and ſee, whether he be returned home or not:

G.

I go.

D.

Ye ſee in what ſtate this matter ſtandeth.

What ſhould I do? tell me, Hegio.

H.

I think Cratinus had beſt tell you,

If you think good.

D.

Tell me, Cratinus.

C.

Would you have me tell you?

D.

Yes you.

[Page] I would have you do thoſe things, which may be for your own good▪ this is

line 10 My opinion, it is both right and honeſt, that what your ſon hath done,

Whilſt you was away, be reſtored to it's former eſtate,

And this you will obtain. I have ſpoken my minde.

D.

Now ſpeak you, Hegio.

H.

I think he hath trulie ſpoken his minde: but thus it is,

So manie men, ſo manie mindes: everie one hath his own way.

line 15 I do not think, that what is done by law

Can be revoked; and it is an uglie thing to go about it.

D.

Speak, Crito.

Cr.

I think it is to be deliberated more on.

It is a weightie matter.

H.

Will you have anie thing elſe with us?

D.

Ye have done verie well,

I am much more uncertain, then I was erewhile.

G.

They ſay he is not

line 20 Returned.

D.

I muſt wait for my brother;

What advice he ſhall give me, I will follow it.

I will go ask for him at the port, until he come back.

G.

But I ſeek Antipho, that he may know, what things are done here.

But behold I ſee him coming hither in good time.

Act. II. Scen. IV.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. GETA. CRATINUS. HEGIO.

D.

QUantâ me curâ & ſollicitudine affecit

Gnatus, qui me & ſe hiſce impedivit nuptiis?

Neque mihi in conſpectum prodit, ut ſaltem ſciam,

Quid de hac re dicat, quidve ſit ſententiâ.

line 5 Abi tu, viſe redieritne jam, an nondum, domum.

G.

Eo.

D.

Videtis quo in loco res haecſict.

Quid ago? dic, Hegio,

H.

Ego Cratinum cenſeo,

Si tibi videtur.

D.

Dic, Cratine.

C.

Mene vis?

D.

Te.

[Page] Ego quae in rem tuam ſint, ea velim facias: mihi

line 10 Sic hoc videtur; quod te abſente hic filius

Egit; reſtitui in integrum aequum ac bonum eſt.

Et id impetrabis. Dixi.

D.

Dic nunc Hegio.

H.

Ego ſedulò hunc dixiſſe credo; verum ita eſt,

Quot homines▪ tot ſententiae; ſuus cuique mos eſt.

line 15 Mihi non videtur, quod ſit factum legibus

Reſcindi poſſe, & turpe inceptum eſt.

D.

Dic Crito.

Cr.

Ego amplius deliberandum cenſeo,

Res magna eſt.

H.

Numquid nos vis?

D.

Feciſtis probè,

Incertior ſum multò quàm dudum.

G.

Negant

line 20 Rediſſe.

D.

Frater eſt expectandus mihi;

Is quod mihi dederit de hac reconſilium id exſequar.

Percontatum ibo ad portum, quoad ſefe recipiat.

G.

Atque Antiphonem quaeram, ut quae acta hîc ſint, ſciat.

Sed eccum ipſum video in tempore huc ſe recipere.

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1

Act. III. Scen. I.

ANTIPHO. GETA.

An.

TRulie, Antipho, you are much to be diſcommended with that faint heart,

That you ſhould thus go away hence, and commit your life to others to be preſerved?

Did you think other men would better minde your buſineſſe then your ſelf?

For however other things were, you might ſurely have conſulted for her, who is now at your houſe,

line 5 Leſt ſhe being deceived becauſe of your aid ſhould endure ſome ill;

Which poor woman's hopes and riches do all depend upon you alone.

G.

Trulie, maſter, we blamed you here even now, in your abſence, becauſe you went away.

An.

I was looking for you.

G.

But we failed never the more for that reaſon.

[Page]A.

Speak, I pray you, in what ſtate do my matters and fortunes ſtand?

line 10 Doth my father perceive anie thing of the matter?

G.

Nothing at all.

A.

Is there anie further hope?

G.

I know not.

A.

Alas.

G.

But that Phaedria did not ceaſe to labour for you.

A.

He hath no new thing.

G.

Beſides Phormio in this, as in other matters,

Shewed himſelf a ſtout man.

A.

What did he?

G.

He confuted

Your father that was verie angrie with words.

A.

O brave Phormio!

G.

line 15 And I did what I could too.

A.

O my Geta, I love you all.

G.

Thus the entrance is made, as I tell you: the matter is yet in quiet;

And your father will tarrie for your uncle, until he come hither.

A.

Why will he tarrie for him?

G.

As he ſaid, he would do according to his advice in that which

Belongeth this buſineſſe.

A.

Geta, How greatlie am I afraid that my uncle

line 20 Will now come hither ſafe! For, as far as I hear, I muſt either live

Or die according to his ſentence.

G.

Here is Phaedria for you.

A.

Where?

G.

Look where he is, he comes forth out of his own wreſtling-ſchool doors.

Act. III. Scen. I.

[Page]

ANTIPHO. GETA.

An.

ENimvero, Antipho, multis modis, cum iſtoc animo vituperandus es,

Itáne te hinc abiiſſe, & vitam tuam tutandam aliis dediſſe?

Alios tuam rem credidiſti, magis quàm tete animadverſuros?

Nam utut erant alia, illi certè, quae nunc tuae domi eſt, conſuleres.

line 5 Ne quid propter tuam fidem decepta pateretur mali,

Cujus nunc miſerae ſpes opéſque ſunt in te uno omnes ſitae.

G.

Equidem, here, nos jam dudum hic te abſentem incuſamus, qui abieris.

A.

Teipſum quaerebam.

G.

Sed eâ cauſâ nihilo magis defecimus.

[Page]A.

Loquere, obſecro, quonam in loco ſint res & fortunae meae?

line 10 Nunquid patri ſubolet?

G.

Nihil etiam.

A.

Ecquid ſp [...]i porrò eſt?

G.

Neſcio.

A.

Ah.

G.

Niſi Phaedria haud ceſſavit pro te eniti.

A.

Nihil ſecit novi.

G.

Tum Phormio itidem hac re, ut in aliis,

Strenuum hominem praebuit.

A.

Quid is fecit?

G.

Confutavit

Verbis admodum iratum patrem.

A.

Eheu Phormio!

G.

line 15 Ego, quod potui, feci porró.

A.

Mi Geta, omnes vos amo.

G.

Sic habent principia ſeſe, ut dico: adhuc tranquilla res eſt;

Manſurúſque patruum eſt pater, dum huc adveniat.

A.

Quid eum?

G.

Ut aiebant, de ejus conſilio ſeſe velle facere quod ad hanc

Rem attinet.

A.

Quantus metus eſt mihi, venire huc nunc

line 20 Salvum patruum, Geta! Nam per ejus unā, ut audio, aut vi [...]ā

Aut moria [...], ſententiam.

G.

Phaedria tibi adeſt.

A.

Ubinan [...]

G.

Eccum, ab ſuâ paleſtrâ exit foras.

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Act. III. Scen. II.

PHAEDRIA. DORIO. ANTIPHO. GETA.

Ph.

DOrio, I pray you, hear me.

D.

I do not hear you.

Ph.

A litle while.

D.

But let me alone.

Ph.

Hear what I will ſay.

D.

But it irketh me now to hear the ſame things a thouſand times.

Ph.

But now I will ſay what you will willingly hear.

D.

Speak, I hear you.

Ph.

Cannot I intreat you to tarrie this three daies? whither go you now?

D.

line 5 I wondered that you ſhould bring me anie news.

A.

Alas I fear the bawd ſhould deviſe ſome miſchief to his overthrow.

G.

I fear the ſame.

[Page]Ph.

Doſt thou not believe me?

D.

Gueſſe.

Ph.

But if I pawn my credit.

D.

Theſe are but tales.

Ph.

You will ſay that you got well by that good turn.

D.

Theſe are but words.

Ph.

Believe me, you will be glad when it is done: verilie this is true.

D.

Theſe are but dreames.

Ph.

line 10 Trie, it is not long.

D.

You ſing the ſame ſong.

Ph.

You ſhall be my couſin, you my parent, you my friend.

D.

Prate▪ on now.

Ph.

That you ſhould be of ſuch a hard and inexorable a nature,

That you can neither be ſoftned by pittie, or praiers!

D.

That you ſhould be ſo inconſiderate and indiſcreet, Phaedria,

line 15 That you ſhould lead me with gaudywords, and lead mine away for nothing.

A.

He pitties him.

Ph.

Alas, I am confuted with your words.

G.

How like either partie is to himſelf!

P.

And that this evil ſhould then befall me,

When Antipho was buſied with ſome other care.

A.

Aias, but what is that, Phaedria?

Ph.

O moſt fortunate Antipho!

A.

What I?

Ph.

Who have that at home, which you love.

line 20 Neither had you ever need to have to do with ſuch a bad fellow as this.

A.

Have I at home? nay, as they ſay, I hold a wolf by the eares,

For neither can I deviſe, how to ſend her away, nor do I know how to keep her.

D.

My caſe is the verie ſame about this man.

A.

Soft, be not too cheap a bawd.

Hath he done anie thing for you?

Ph.

What he? that which a moſt diſcourteous fellow would do.

line 25 He hath ſold my Pamphila.

G.

What hath he ſold her?

A.

Say, you, he hath ſold her?

Ph.

He hath ſold her.

D.

What an unworthie act was it, to ſell a maid that was bought with his own monie?

Ph.

I cannot intreat him that he would tarrie, and alter his promiſe with the man,

This three daies, whilſt I get the monie which is promiſed by my friends.

If I give it you not then, do not ſtay for me one hour longer.

D.

line 30 You deaf me.

A.

That which he intreateth, Dorio, is not long: let him over-intreat you.

[Page] He ſhall doubly requite you this, which you ſhall well deſerve.

D.

Theſe are but words.

A.

Will you ſuffer Pamphila to be deprived of this citie?

And beſides can you be able to endure their love to be pull'd aſunder?

D.

Neither can I nor you ſuffer it.

G.

God reward you according to your deſerts.

line 35 I have ſuffered you contrarie to my nature theſe manie monthes,

Promiſing, and bringing nothing, lamenting; now on the other ſide,

I have found one that will give all things, and not weep; give place to your betters.

A.

In verie truth, if I well remember, there was heretofore a day,

On which being the ſet day you ſhould have given him the monie.

P.

It was ſo.

D.

Do I deny that?

An.

line 40 Is it alreadie paſt?

D.

No, but this day is come before it.

An.

Are you not aſhamed

Of your lightneſſe?

D.

No, ſo it be for my profit.

G.

You dughillraskal.

Ph.

Dorio,

Ought you to do ſo I pray you?

D.

This is my qualitie, if you pleaſe, make uſe of me.

An.

Do you ſo deceive this man?

D.

Nay rather, Antip [...]o, this man deceiveth me.

For he knew I was ſuch a one. I thought him to be otherwiſe;

line 45 He hath beguiled me; I am no otherwiſe to him then I was.

But however theſe things are, yet this will I do; to morrow morning the ſouldier ſaid

He would give me the monie; if you Phaedria, will bring it me the firſt,

I will make uſe of my own law, that he ſhall be the better chapman that payeth me the firſt. Farewell.

Act. III. Scen. II.

[Page]

PHAEDRIA. DORIO. ANTIPHO. GETA.

Ph.

DOrio, audi, obſecro.

D.

Non audio.

P.

Patumper.

D.

Quin omitte n e.

Ph.

Audi quid dicam.

D.

Atenim taedet jam audire eadem millies.

Ph.

At nunc dicam quod lubenter audias.

D.

Loquere, audio.

Ph.

Nequeo orare, ut maneas triduum hoc▪ quo nunc abis?

D.

line 5 Mirabar ſi tu mihi quicquam adferres novi.

A.

Hei metuo lenonem, ne aliquid ſuo ſuat capiti.

G.

Idem metuo.

[Page]Ph.

Non mihi credis?

D.

Hariolare.

Ph.

Sin fidem do.

D.

Fabulae.

Ph.

Foeneratum iſtuc beneficium pulchrè tibi dices.

D.

Logi.

Ph.

Crede mihi, gaudebis facto: verum hercle hoc eſt.

D.

Somnia.

Ph.

line 10 Experire, non eſt longum.

D.

Cantilenam eandem canis.

P.

Tu mihi cognatus, tu mihi parens, tu amicus.

D.

Garri modó.

P.

Adeon' ingenio te eſſe duro atque inexorabili

Ut neque miſericordiâ neque precibus molliri queas▪

D.

Adeon' te eſſe incogitantem atque impudentem, Phaedria,

line 15 Ut phaleratis dictis ducas me, & meam ducas gratis.

A.

Miſeritum eſt.

Ph.

Hei, verbis vincor.

G.

Quam uterque eſt ſimilis ſui▪

Ph.

Neque Antipho aliâ cùm occupatus eſſet follicitudine,

Tum hoc mihi eſſe objectum malum.

A.

Ah, quid iſtuc autem eſt, Phaedria?

Ph.

O fortunatiſſime Antipho!

A.

Egóne?

Ph.

Cui, quod amas, domi eſt.

line 20 Nec cum hujuſmodi unquam tibi uſus venit ut conflictares malo.

A.

Mihin' domi eſt? immo, quod aiunt, auribus teneo lupum.

Nam neque quomodo amittam invenio, neque uti retineam ſcio.

D.

Ipſum iſtuc mihi in hoc eſt.

A.

Eja, ne parum leno ſies.

Numquid hic confecit?

Ph.

Hiccine? quod homo inhumaniſſimus,

line 25 Pamphilam meam vendidit.

G.

Quid? vendidit?

A.

A [...]n', vendi it?

Ph.

Vendidit.

D.

Quod indignum facinus, ancill m [...] emptam ſuo.

Ph.

Neque exorare, ut maneat, & cum illo ut mutet fidem,

Triduum hoc, dum id quod eſt promiſſum ab amicis argentum aufero;

Si non tum dedero, unam praeterea horam ne opertus ſ [...]es.

D.

line 30 Obtundis.

A.

Haud longum eſt id quod orat, Dorio: exoret, ſine.

[Page] Idem hoc, tibi, quod bene promericus fueris, conduplicabit.

D.

Verba iſtaec ſunt.

A.

Pamphulámne hac urbe privati ſines?

Tum praeterea horum amorem diſtrahi poterin' pati?

D.

Neque ego, neque tu.

D.

Dii tibi id quod dignum duint.

D.

line 35 Ego te complures adverſum ingenium meum menſes tuli

Pollicitantem, nihil ſerentem, flentem; nunc contrà, omnia

Repperi qui det, neque lachrymet; da locum melioribus.

A.

Certè hercle, ego ſi ſatis memini, tibi eſt olim dies

Quam ad dares huic, praeſtitutam.

Ph.

Factum.

D.

Num ego iſtuc nego?

A.

line 40 Jamne ea praeteriit?

D.

Non, verùm haec ei anteceſſit.

A.

Non pudet

Vanitatis?

D.

Minimé, dum ob rem.

G.

Sterquilinium.

P.

Dorio,

Itáne tandem facere oportet?

D.

Sic ſum, ſi placet, utere.

A.

Siccine hunc decipis?

D.

Immo enimvero, Antipho, hic me decipit;

Nam hic me hujuſmodi eſſe ſciebat. Ego hunc eſſe aliter credidi;

line 45 Is me fefellit; ego iſti nihilo ſum aliter ac fui.

Sed ut haec ſunt, tamen hoc faciam: cras mane argentum mihi

Miles dare ſe dixit: ſi mihi prior tu attuleris, Phaedria,

Meâ lege utar, ut potior ſit qui prior ad dandum eſt. Vale.

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Act. III. Scen. III.

PHAEDRIA. ANTIPHO. GETA.

Ph.

WHat ſhould I do? whence ſhould I poor man get monie for him on ſuch a ſudd [...]in,

Who have leſſe then nothing? But if he could now have tarried

[Page] This three daies, it was promiſed me.

A.

Should we ſuffer this man, Geta,

To become miſerable, who of late, as you told me, helped me kindlie?

line 5 But rather, ſeeing there is need, let us try how to requite this benefit again.

G.

I know indeed this is but reaſonable.

An.

Go to then, you alone are able to ſave him.

G.

What ſhould I doe?

A.

You muſt get the monie.

G.

I deſire that; but whence, teach me.

A.

My father is hereby.

G.

I know that, but what them?

An.

Ah, a word is enough to a wiſe-man.

G.

Is it ſo?

A.

Yes. Trulie you perſwade me finelie: and do you go hence too?

line 10 Do not I rejoice if I get no harm by your marriage,

Except you alſo now command me to ſeek my death in doing miſchief for this man's ſake?

A.

He ſpeaks truth.

Ph.

What? am I, Geta, a ſtranger to you?

G. I.

do not think it,

But is it a ſmall matter, that the old man is now angrie with us all,

Except we provoke him further, that there may be no place left for intreatie?

Ph.

line 15 Should another have her away hence in an unknown place out of my ſight? Ha,

Therefore whilſt you may, and whilſt I am here, ſpeak with me, Antipho,

Look upon me.

An.

Why ſo? or what are you about to doe? tell me.

Ph.

Into what part of the earth ſoever ſhe ſhall be carried hence, I am reſolved to follow her, or to die.

G.

God proſper what you are to doe, yet go fair and ſoftlie.

An.

See,

line 20 If you can afford him anie help.

G.

If I can, I will, what?

An.

Deviſe I pray you,

Leſt he ſhould deviſe anie thing more or leſſe, which may afterwards grieve us, O Geta.

G.

I am deviſing;

He is well enough, as I ſuppoſe, but indeed I fear the miſchief.

An.

Do not fear.

We will bear the good and bad with you.

G.

How much have you need of?

Speak.

Ph.

But thirtie pounds.

G.

Thirtie! whoo! Phaedria, ſhe it verie dear.

[Page]Ph.

line 25 But ſhe is cheap indeed.

G.

Well, well, I will get them and give you them.

Ph.

Oh,

Merrie fellow.

G.

Get you away hence.

Ph.

I have now need.

G.

You ſhall carrie

The money by and by; but I have need of Phormio to help in this matter.

An.

He is at hand, be verie bold to lay anie burden on him, and he will bear it; he is the onlie man

That is a friend.

G.

Let us go to him then quicklie.

Ph.

Go, bid him be readie at home.

An.

line 30 Is there anie thing wherein you may need my help?

G.

Nothing, but go your way home,

And comfort that poor woman, whom I know to be within aſtoniſhed with fear.

Do you loiter?

An.

There is nothing that I will do ſo willinglie.

Ph.

What way will you do that?

G.

I will tell you by the way; onelie get you aſide hence.

Act. III. Scen. III.

[Page]

PHAEDRIA. ANTIPHO. GETA.

Ph.

QUid faciam? unde ego tam ſubitò huic argentum inveniam, miſer,

Cui [...]us nihil eſt? Quod hic ſi potuiſſet nunc ex [...]ier

[Page] Triduum hoc, promiſſum fuerat.

A.

Itáne hunc patiemur, Geta,

Fieri miſerum, qui me dudum, ut dixti, adjuverit comiter?

line 5 Quin, cùm opus eſt, beneficium rutſus experiamur reddere.

G.

Scio equidem hoc eſſe aequum.

A.

Age ergo, ſolus ſervare hunc potes.

G.

Quid faciam?

A.

Invenias argentum.

G.

Cupio; ſed id unde, edoce.

A.

Pater adeſt hic.

G.

Scio; ſed quid tum?

A.

Ah. Dictum fapienti ſat eſt.

G.

Itáne?

A.

Ita.

G.

Sanè hercle, pulcrè ſuades: etiam tu hinc abis?

line 10 Non triumpho ex nuptiis tuis, ſi nihil nanciſcor mali,

Ni etiam nunc me hujus cauſâ quaerere in malo jubeas crucem?

A.

Verum hic dicit.

Ph.

Quid? ego vobis, Geta, alienus ſum?

G.

Haud puto.

Sed parúmne eſt, quod omnibus nunc nobis ſuccenſeat ſenex,

Ni inſtigemus etiam ut nullus locus relinquatur preci?

Ph.

line 15 Alius ab oculis meis illam in ignotum hinc abducet locum? ehem,

Dum igitur licet, dumque adſum, loquimini mecum, Antipbo.

Contemplamini me.

A.

Quamobrem? aut quidnam es facturus? cedò.

Ph.

Quoquo hinc aſportabitur terrarum, certum eſt perſequi illam aut perire.

G.

Dii bene vortant quod agas: pederentim tan en.

A.

Vide

line 20 Si quid opis potes afferre huic.

G.

Si poſſum faciam; quid?

A.

Quaere, obſecro,

Ne quid plus minúſve faxit, quod nos pòſt pigeat, O Geta.

G.

Quaero.

Salvus eſt, ut opinor: verùm enim metuo malum.

A.

Noli metuere:

Unâ tecum bona malaque tolerabimus.

G.

Quantū opus eſt tibi?

Loquere.

P.

Solae triginta minae.

G.

Triginta [...] hui perchara eſt, Phaedria▪

[Page]Ph.

line 25 I ſta verò vilis eſt.

G.

Age, age: inventas reddam.

Ph.

Oh,

Lepidum caput.

G.

Aufer te hinc.

Ph.

Jam opus eſt.

G.

Jam jam

Feres; ſed opus eſt mihi Phormionem ad hanc rem adjutorem dari.

A.

Praeſtò eſt, audaciſſimè quidvis oneris impone & feret; ſolus eſt homo

Amicus.

G.

Eamus ergo ad eum ocyús.

Ph.

Abi, dic praeſtò ut ſit domi.

A.

line 30 Numquid eſt quod meâ operâ vobis opus ſit?

G.

Nihil, verùm abi domum,

Et illam miſeram, quam ego nunc intus ſcio eſſe exanimatam metu,

Conſolare. Ceſſas?

A.

Nihil eſt aeque quod faciam lubens.

Ph.

Quâ viâ iſtuc facies?

G.

Dicam in itinere: modò te hinc amove.

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1

Act. IV. Scen. I.

DEMIPHO. CHREMES.

D.

WHat? For what reaſon did you go hence to Lemnus, Chremes?

Have you brought your daughter with you?

Ch.

No.

D.

Why have you not done ſo?

C.

After her mother ſaw that I tarried here ſomewhat too long,

And withall that the maids age did not tarrie for

line 5 My negligence, they ſaid that ſhe made a journey to me

With her whole familie.

D.

Why then I pray you,

Did you tarrie there ſo long, after you had heard that?

C.

In truth ſickneſs held me.

D.

Whence, or what was it?

C.

Do you ask?

Old age it ſelf is a diſeaſe: but I heard by the ſea-man

line 10 That carried them, that they are ſafe.

D.

Have you heard, Chremes, what hath happened to my ſon?

D.

Which deed verilie makes me uncertain what to reſolve;

[Page] For if I ſhould make this profer to anie f [...]rainer,

I muſt tell him in order, how, and whence ſhe is my daughter.

line 15 I knew you to be as faithful to me as I am to my ſelf.

If that ſtranger be willing to have me his kinſman,

He will hold his tongue▪ ſo long as we are f [...]iends betwixt our ſelves;

But if he ſlight me, he ſhall know more then is requiſite to be known.

And I am affraid leſt my wife ſhould know this ſome way or other,

line 20 But if ſhe do know, that is my onelie remedie, that I ſhake my ſelf out of all,

And go forth of my houſe: for I alone am my own of all that I have.

D.

I know it is ſo, and therefore that matter is a trouble to me.

Neither will I ceaſe anie time to try all wayes,

Vntil I have effected for you that which I have promiſed.

Act. IV. Scen. I.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. CHREMES.

D.

QUid? quâ profectus cauſâ hinc es Lemmum, Chremes?

Adduxtin' tecum filiam?

C.

Non.

D.

Quid ita non?

C.

Poſtquam vidit me ejus mater eſſe hîc diutius,

Simul autem non manebat aetas virginis

line 5 Meam negligentiam; ipſam cum omni famil â Ad me profectam eſſe aiebant.

D.

Quid illic tamdiu Quaeſo igitur commorabare, ubi id audiveras?

C.

Pol me detinuit morbus.

D.

Unde, aut qui?

C.

Rogas?

Senectus ipſa morbus eſt; ſed veniſſe eas

line 10 Salvas audivi ex nautâ qui illas vexerat.

D.

Quid gnato obtigerit audiſtin' Chreme?

C.

Quod quidem me factum conſilii incertum facit;

[Page] Nam hanc conditionem ſi cui tulero extrario,

Quo pacto aut unde mihi ſic, dicendum ordine eſt.

C.

line 15 Te mihi fidelem atque ego ſum mihi

Sciebam, ille ſime alienus affinem volet,

Tacebit, dum intercedit familiaritas;

Sin ſpreverit me, plus quàm opus eſt ſcito, ſciet.

Vereorque ne uxor aliquâ hoc reſciſcat mea.

line 20 Quod ſi ſcit, uti me excutiam atque egrediar domo,

Idreſtat; nam ego meorum ſolus ſum meus.

D.

Scio ita eſſe, & ideo iſtaec res mihi ſollicitudini eſt,

Neque defetiſcar unquam ego experitier

Donec tibi id quod pollicitus ſum effecero.

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Act. IV. Scen. II.

GETA.

G.

I Never knew a man more crafty

Then Phormio: I come to the man to tell him

We had need of money, and how that might be done,

I had ſcarce ſpoken the half, but he underſtood me.

line 5 He was glad: he commended me; he ſought for the old man.

He thanked God that a time was offered him,

Wherein he might ſhew himſelf to be no leſse

A friend to Phaedria, then he was to Antipho. I bade the man

To tarrie for me at the market, and ſaid, I would bring the old-man thither.

line 10 But lo where he is! who is the other beyond him? a [...] ah, Phaedria's

Father cometh: but why did I fear, a beaſt that I am?

Was it becauſe two are offered me, whom I may deceive in ſtead of one?

I think it more profitable to make uſe of a double hope.

I will ask of him of whom I reſolved from the beginning: if he give, it is ſufficient.

If nothing can be done from him, then I will ſet upon this ſtranger.

Act. IV. Scen. II.

[Page]

GETA.

G.

EGo hominem callidiorum vidi neminem

Quàm Phormionem; venio ad hominem ut dicerem

Argento opus eſſe, & id quo pacto fieret,

Vixdum dimidium dixeram, intellexerat.

Gaudebat: me laudabat: quaerebat ſenem:

Diis gratias agebat, tempus ſibi dari,

Ubi Phaedriae ſe oſtenderit nihilominus

Amicum eſſe, quam Antiphoni. Hominem ad forum

Juſſi operiri, eò me eſſe adducturum ſenem.

Sed eccum ipſum: quis eſt ulterior? atat, Phaedriae

Pater venit: ſed quid pertimui autem bellua?

An quia quos fallam pro uno duo ſunt mihi dati?

Commodius eſſe duco duplici ſpe utier.

Petam hinc unde à primo inſtitui: ſi is dat, ſat eſt.

Si ab hoc nihil fiet, tum hunc adoriar hoſpitem.

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Act. IV. Scen. III.

ANTIPHO. GETA. CHREMES. DEMIPHO.

An.

I Tarrie to ſee how quicklie Geta. returns hither.

But I ſee my uncle ſtanding with my father: woe is me,

How I am affraid whither his coming may drive my father.

G.

I will go to these men, O our Chremes.

C.

God ſave you, Geta.

G.

line 5 It is a joy to me that you come ſafe.

C.

I believe.

G.

What is done?

C.

Many things are new to me at my coming home, as it falleth out, here are a great manie new matters.

G.

Yes, Have you heard concerning Antipho what was done?

C.

I have heard all.

G.

Had you jtold him? it is an unworthy trick, Chremes,

To be thus coſened.

D.

I talked convenientlie about it with my brother.

G.

line 10 For indeed I alſo beating my head verie buſilie about it,

Have found a remedie for this matter, as I ſuppoſe.

D.

What Geta?

What remedie?

G.

As I departed from you, Phormio. by chance

Met me.

C.

What Phormio?

G.

He who pack'd this woman upon us.

C.

I know him.

G.

I thought good to try his minde,

line 15 I caught the fellow alone; why do you not ſee, Phormio, quoth I

That theſe things be compoſed betwixt you

With good will, rather then with ill will?

My maſter is a free-hearted man, and one that avoids ſuites in law:

For trulie all the reſt of our friends erewhile

line 20 With one conſent perſwaded him, that he would throw her head-long.

A.

What doth this fellow begin, or what will he come to to day?

G.

Will you ſay

That he ſhall be puniſhed according to law, if he caſt her out?

That is certainlie known alreadie: ſoft, you shall finde worke enough,

If you begin with the man, he hath ſuch a fine deliverie.

line 25 But ſuppoſe he be caſt; yet nevertheleſs

The matter in queſtion is not concerning his life, but his money.

After I perceived the fellow was ſoftened with theſe words,

We are now here alone, ſay I; he, tell me what would you have

To be given you in hand, that my maſter may let this ſuite fall,

line 30 [Page] That ſhe may go away hence, and that you may not be troubleſome.

A.

Doth God proſper him ſufficientlie?

G.

For I know verie well,

If you will but ſpeak any piece of right and reaſon,

He is ſo good a man, you will not make three words

Today betwixt you.

D.

Who commanded you to ſay thoſe words?

G.

line 35 Verilie we could not better come

Thither whither we deſire.

A.

I am undone.

D.

Go on to tell out your tale.

G.

But at firſt the fellow plaid the mad-man.

D.

Tell me, what doth he demand?

G.

What? too much, as much as he liſted.

D.

Tell me.

G.

If anie bodie would give it,

A great talent (i. e. fourſcore and three pounds.)

D.

Yea indeed a ha [...] ter, how he is aſhamed of nothing:

G.

line 40 Which I told him too; what if he would beſtow his own onelie daughter? it was little advantage;

Not to have begot another; there one found, that can deſire a portion.

That I may be ſhort, and let go his fooleries,

This in fine was his laſt ſpeech;

[...], quoth he, now from the beginning deſired to marry

line 45 My friends daughter, as it was meet.

For I conſidered of her diſcommoditie,

That a poor woman ſhould be given to a rich man to be made a drudge:

But I ſtood in need (that I may tell you the plain ſtorie)

Of one that might bring me ſomewhat, whereby I might pay

line 50 What I owe; If Demipho will juſt now give me as much

As I am to receive of her, which is eſpouſed to me,

I ſhould deſire no woman to be given me to wife, ſooner then her.

A.

I am uncertain whether I ſhould ſay this fellow doth theſe things

Through follie, or miſchievouſneſs, witting or unadviſed.

D.

line 55 What if he owe his life?

G.

His ground, he ſaith, is mortgaged

For ten pounds.

D.

Go to, go to, let him marrie her now, I will give it him.

G.

His little houſe is mortgaged for other ten.

D.

Hui!

It is too much.

C.

Do not cry out, fetch theſe ten from me.

G.

He muſt buy a little maid for his wife, beſides he ſtand [...] in need

line 60 Of a little more houſhold-ſtuffe, and charges for the marriage.

[Page] Suppoſe indeed for theſe things (ſaith he) ten pounds.

D.

Let him now likewiſe rather enter ſix hundred actions againſt me,

I will give him never a penni [...]; that the naughtie knave ſhould alſo mock me?

C.

I pray you be content, I will give it: do but you make your ſon

line 65 To marrie her, whom we would have him.

A.

Woe is me, Geta,

You have quite undone me with your fallacies.

C.

She is packt out for my ſake,

It is but reaſon that I ſhould loſe this.

G.

Let me know from you, ſaith he,

As ſoon as you can, if they will give me her;

That I may let this go, leſt I be held in uncertainties.

line 70 For they have reſolved to give me now a portion.

C.

Let him take his money by and by; let him ſignifie to them the divorcement,

Let him marry her.

D.

Which thing indeed may it never proſper with him.

C.

I have now very fitlie brought money with me,

The rent, which my wives farms at Lemnos yield me;

line 75 I will take it; I ſhall tell my wife, you have need of it.

Act. IV. Scen. III.

[Page]

ANTIPHO. GETA. CHREMES. DEMIPHO.

A.

EXſpecto quàm mox recipiat ſeſe huc Geta.

Sed patruum video cum patre aſtantem: hei mihi,

Quàm timeo adventus hujus quo impellat patrem.

G.

A dibo hoſce. O noſter Chremes.

C.

Salve, Geta.

G.

line 5 Venite ſalvum volupe eſt.

C.

Credo.

G.

Quid agitur?

C.

Multa advenienti, ut fit, nova hîc compluria.

G.

Ita. de Antiphone audiſti quae facta?

C.

Omnia.

G.

Tun' dixeras huic? ſacinus indignum, Chreme,

Sic circumiri.

D.

Id cum hoc agebam commodúm.

G.

line 10 Nam hercle ego quoque id quidem agitans mecum ſedulo,

Inveni ut opinor remedium huic rei.

D.

Quid Geta?

Quod remedium?

G.

Ut abii abs te, fit mihi fortè obviam

Phormio.

C.

Qui Phormio?

G.

Is qui iſtam.

C.

Scio.

G.

Viſum eſt mihi, ut ejus tentarem ſententiam.

line 15 Prêndo hominem ſolum: cur non, inquam, Phormio,

Vides, inter vos haec potiùs cum bonâ

Ut componantur gratiâ, quàm cum ma [...]â?

Herus liberalis eſt, & fugitans litium;

Nam caeteri quidem hercle amici omnes modò

line 20 Uno ore anctores fuêre, ut praecipi [...]em hanc daret.

A.

Quid hic caeptat, aut quò evadet hodie?

G.

An legibus

Daturum poenas dices, ſi illam ejecerit?

Jam id exploratum eſt; eja, ſudabis ſatis,

Si cum illo inceptas homine, eâ eloquentiâ eſt.

line 25 Verùm pone eſſe victum eum: at tandem tamen

Non capitis ejus res agitur, ſed pecuniae.

Poſtquam hominem his verbis ſentio mollirier,

Soli ſumus nunc, inquam, hic; eho, dic quid velis

Dari tibi in manum, ut herus his deſiſtat litibus;

[Page] [...]. Haec hinc faceſſat, tu moleſtus n [...] ſies.

[...].

Satin' illi Dii ſunt propitii?

G.

Nam ſat ſcio,

Situ aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

Ut eſt ille bonus vir, tria non commutabitis

Verba hodie inter vos.

D.

Quis te iſthaec juſſit loqui;

G.

line 35 Immo non potuit melius pervenirier,

Eò quo nos volumus.

A.

Occidi.

D.

Perge cloqui.

G.

At primò homo inſanibat.

D.

Cedò, quid poſtulat?

G.

Quid; nimium, quantum libuit.

D.

Dic.

G.

Si quis daret,

Talentum magnum.

D.

Immo malum hercle, ut nihil pudet.

G.

line 40 Quod dixi adeò ei: quid ſi filiam ſuam unicam locaret? parvi rettulit,

Non ſuſcepiſſe; inventa eſt, quae dotem petat.

Ut ad pauca redeam, ac omittam illius ineptias;

Haec denique ejus fuit poſtrema oratio;

Ego, inquit, jam à principio amici filiam

line 45 Ita ut aequum fuerat, volui uxorem ducere;

Nam mihi veniebat in mentem ejus incommodum,

In ſervitutem pauperem ad ditem dari:

Sed mihi opus erat, ut apertè tibi nune fabuler,

Aliquantulum quae afferret, quî diſſolverem

line 50 Quae debeo: etiam nunc ſi vult Demipho

Dare quantum ab hac accipio, quae ſponſa eſt mihi,

Nullam mihi malim, quàm iſtanc uxorem dari.

A.

Utrum ſtultitiâ facere ego hunc an malitiâ

Dicam, ſcientem an imprudentem, incertus ſum.

D.

line 55 Quid ſi animam debet?

G.

Ager oppoſitus eſt pignori ob

Decem minas, inquit.

D.

Age, age, jam ducat, dabo.

G.

Aediculae item ſunt ob decem alias.

D.

Hui,

Nimium eſt.

C.

Ne clama, petiſto haſce à me decem.

G.

Uxori emunda ancillula eſt, tum autem pluſculâ

line 60 Supellectile opus eſt, ſumptu ad nuptias,

[Page] [...]is rebus pone ſanè decem, inquit, minas.

D.

Sexcentas perinde potiùs ſcribi [...]o mihi jam dicas:

Nihil do; impuratus me ille ut etiam irrideat?

C.

Quaeſo, ego dabo, quieſce: tu modò filius

line 65 Fac ut illam ducat, nos quam volumus.

A.

H [...] mihi, Geta,

Occidiſti me tuis fallaciis:

C.

Meâ cauſâ ejicitur.

Me hoc eſt aequum amittere.

G.

Quantum potes,

Me certiorem, inquit, face, ſi illam dant;

Hanc ut mittam, ne incertus ſiem:

line 70 Nam illi mihi dotem jam conſtituerunt dare.

C.

Jam accipiat: illis repudium r [...]nunciet.

Hanc ducat.

D.

Quae quidem illi res vortat malè.

C.

Opportunè adeò nunc argentum mecum attuli;

Fructum, quem Lemni uxoris reddunt praedia:

line 75 Id ſumam; uxori, tibi opus eſſe, dixero.

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Act. IV. Scen. IV.

ANTIPHO. GETA.

A.

GEta.

G.

How now?

A.

What have you done?

G.

I have wiped the old men of the money.

A.

Is that ſufficient?

G.

Trulie I know not, thus much I was bidden to do.

A.

Oh you whipt-raſcal; you anſwer me another thing then I ask you.

G.

What then do you ſay?

A.

What ſhould I ſay? by your means

line 5 My ſtate is brought to a halter altogether.

I wiſh ſome heavie judgment may light on you

For example to others: Ho, if you would anie thing,

[Page] Which you would have well done, you may commit it to this fellow,

Who may bring you out of a calm place to daſh againſt a rock.

line 10 What was leſſe advantagious, then to touch this ſore,

Or to mention a wife? my father is put in hope

That ſhe may be thruſt out. Tell me now beſides if Phormio

Shall receive the portion, he muſt marrie his wife home to him.

What ſhall be done?

G.

But he ſhall not marrie her.

A.

I know it. But,

line 15 When they ſhall demand the money again, for our ſake for ſooth

He will rather go to the goal.

G.

There is nothing, Antipho,

But it may be corrupted by wrong telling.

You pick out that which is good, and ſpeak that which is naught.

Hear now on the other ſide; if he receive the money,

line 20 He muſt marrie a wife, as you ſay; I yield to you,

A little ſpace at laſt will indeed be granted

In preparing for the wedding to invite folks, and to ſacrifice:

In the mean time friends will give the money which they promiſed,

And he ſhall reſtore it to them.

A.

Wherefore? or what ſhall he ſay?

G.

Do you ask?

line 25 How many things after theſe prodigies have hapned to me?

A ſtrange black dog came into the houſe,

A ſnake fell from the tyles through the ſquare place where the rain falls in.

A hen crew, the wizzard foreſpake it;

The deviner forbad to begin anie ne [...] buſineſs

line 30 Before the deep of winter: which is a very lawfull excuſe.

Theſe things ſhall be done, I warrant you.

Your father cometh forth, go your way, tell Phaedria that I have money for him.

Act. IV. Scen. IV.

[Page]

ANTIPHO. GETA.

A.

GEta.

G.

Hem.

A.

Quid egiſti?

G.

Emunxi argento ſenes.

A.

Satin' eſt id?

G.

Neſcio hercle; tantùm juſſus ſum.

A.

Eho verbero, aliud mihi reſpondes ac rogo.

G.

Quid ergo narras?

A.

Quid ego narrem? operâtuâ

line 5 Ad reſtim mihi quidem res redit planiſſimé.

Utte quidem omnes Dii, Deaeque, ſuperi, inferi,

Malis exemplis perduint: Hem ſi quid velis

[Page] Huic mandes, quod quidem rectè curatum velis,

Qui te ad ſcopuſum è tranquillo inferat.

line 10 Quid minus utile fuit, quàm hoc ulcus tangere,

Aut nominare uxorem? injecta eſt ſpes patri

Poſſe illam extrudi: cedò, nunc porrò Phormio

Dotem ſi accipiet, uxor ducenda eſt domum.

Quid fiet?

G.

Non enim ducer.

A.

No [...]i. Caeterùm

line 15 Cùm argentum repetent, noſtrâ cauſâ ſcilicet

In nervum potiùs ibit.

G.

Nihil eſt, Antipho,

Quin malè narrando poſſit depravarier:

Tu id quod boni eſt excerpis: dicis quod mali eſt.

Audi nunc contrà jam; ſi argentum acceperit,

line 20 Ducenda eſt uxor, ut ais, concedo tibi.

Spatium quidem tandem apparandis nuptiis

Vocandi, ſacrificandi, dabitur paululum.

Interea amici quod polliciti ſunt argentum dabunt,

Idille iſtis reddet,

A.

Quamobrem? aut quid dicet?

G.

Rogitas?

line 25 Quot res poſt illa monſtra evenerunt mihi?

Introiit in aedes ater alienus canis,

Anguis per impluvium decidit de tegulis,

Gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus,

Haruſpex vetuit ante brumam aliquid novi

line 30 Negotii incipere: quae cauſa eſt juſtiſſima.

Haec fient.

A.

Ut modò fiant.

G.

Fient, me vide.

Pater exit, abi, dic, eſſe argentum, Phaedriae.

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Act. IIII. Scen. V.

DEMIPHO. GETA. CHREMES.

D.

BE quiet, I ſay, I will have a care they do not cozen us;

I will never let this go from me raſhlie, but I will take witneſſes to me,

[Page] I will ſet down a memorandum to whom I give, and wherefore I give.

G.

How warie he is, where there is no need!

C.

But he hath need to do ſo; but make haſte, whileſt he is in the ſame minde.

line 5 For if that other woman ſhall be more urgent upon him, perhaps he will caſt us off.

D.

You have thought as the matter is.

D.

Bring me to him then.

G.

I make no delay.

C.

When you have done this,

Step over to my wife, that ſhe may ſpeak with her, before ſhe go hence;

Let her tell her that we will give her in marriage to Phormio, that ſhe be not angry.

And that he [...] a more fit match, who may be more familiar with her.

line 10 That we have not neglected our dutie a whit, that as much portion is given her,

As he deſired.

D.

What doth this concern you, with a miſchief!

C.

Much, Demipho.

D.

Is it not enough for you to have done your dutie, if fame approve it not?

C.

I would have this done alſo with her good will, leſt ſhe ſhould report that ſhe was caſt out.

D:

I my ſelf can do that.

C.

A woman will agree better with a woman.

D.

line 15 I will intreat her.

C.

I am thinking where I may finde theſe women.

Act. IV. Scen. V.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. GETA. CHREMES.

D.

QUietus eſto, inquam: ego curabo ne quid verborum duit.

Hoc temerè nunquam amittam ego à me, quin mihi teſtes adhibeam,

[Page] Cui dem, & quamobrom dem comemorabo.

C.

Ut cautus eſt, ubi nihil eſt opus!

C.

Atqui ita opus eſt facto; at matura, dum libido eadem haec manet.

line 5 Nam ſi altera illa magis inſtabit, forſitan nos rejiciet.

G.

Rem ipſam putâſti.

D.

Duc me ad eum ergó.

G.

Non moror.

C.

Ubi hoc egeris,

Tranſito ad uxorem meam, ut conveniat hanc priùs quàm hinc abeat.

Dicat eam nos dare Phormioni nuptum: nè ſuccenſeat,

Et magis eſſe illum idoneum, qui ipſi ſit familiarior.

line 10 Nos noſtro officio nihil egr [...]ſſo [...]; quantum is voluerit,

Datum eſſe dotis.

D.

Quid tuâ, malùm, id reſert?

C.

Magni Demipho.

D.

Non ſat tuum officium feciſſe, ſi non id [...]ama approbat?

C.

Volo ipſius quoque voluntate hoc fieri, ne ſe ejectum praedicet.

D.

Idem ego iſtuc facere poſſum.

C.

Mulier mulieti magis congruet.

D.

line 15 Rogabo.

C.

Ubi ego illas repperire poſſim, cogito.

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1

Act. V. Scen. I.

SOPHRONA. CHREMES.

S.

WHat ſhould I do? whom ſhall I finde to be my friend poor woman, or to whom

Shall I impart theſe purpoſes? or of whom ſhould I deſire help?

For I am affraid leſt my miſtris through my perſwaſion ſhould be unworthilie wronged.

[Page] I h [...]a [...] the young mans father takes theſe things that are done ſo paſ [...] [...]atelie.

C.

line 5 But what diſmaied old-woman is this, which is come out from my brothers?

S.

Which poverty forced me to do, when I know this was an uncertain

Marriage; that I might take that courſe, that our life might be preſerved in the mean time.

C.

Verilie, except I be miſtaken, or my eyes fail me,

I ſee my daughters nurſe.

S.

Neither is he to be traced out.

C.

What ſhould I do?

S.

line 10 Who is her father?

C.

Had I beſt go to her or tarrie, till I better know what ſhe ſaith?

S.

But if I could but now finde him, there would be nothing that I ſhould fear.

C.

It is juſt ſhe,

I will ſpeak with her.

S.

Who ſpeaks here?

C.

Sophrona.

S.

And doth he name my name too?

C.

Look back to me.

S.

O ſtrange, is this Stilpho?

C.

No.

S.

Do you ſay no?

C.

Go aſide hence from the door a little this way I pray you, Sophrona.

line 15 See you do not call me by this name hereafter.

S.

What I pray you, are not you he,

Whom you have alwayes uſed to ſay you were?

C.

Whiſht.

S.

What, are you affraid of this door?

C.

I have a curſt wife pent up; but concerning that name,

I have told you wrong heretofore to that end, left you peradventure being indiſcreet

Should blab it out, and my wife alſo ſhould come to know it one way or other.

S.

line 20 Alas, by this means we poor women could never be able to finde you here.

C.

Come on, tell me, what have you to do with this familie whence you come? or where are

Thoſe women?

S.

Woe is me.

C.

Ha, what is the matter? are they living?

S.

Your daughter is alive:

But death hath ſeiſed upon the mother for very grief.

C.

This is ill done.

S.

And I who was a forlorn old woman, being in want, and unknown,

line 25 Have beſtowed the maid in marriage as well as I could to this young man, that is the maſter

[Page] Of this houſe.

Ch.

To Antipho?

S.

Ah, to himſelf.

Ch.

What?

Hath be two wives?

S.

Soft, I pray you, he hath indeed this one alone.

Ch.

What is that other woman, which is ſaid to be his kinſwoman?

S.

This is then ſhe.

Ch.

What ſay you?

S.

It was done on purpoſe, how he being in love might have her

line 30 Without a portion.

Ch.

O ſtrange! how often do theſe things fall out by chance unadviſedlie,

Which one dare not wiſh! at my coming I have found my daughter

Placed with him that I deſired, and as I deſired.

That which we both endeavoured with a great deal of pains, that it might be done,

This woman alone hath effected without anie great care of ours.

S.

line 35 Now ſee what is needfull to be done; here comes the young-man's father,

And they ſay he takes it verie impatientlie.

Ch.

There is no danger:

But for God's ſake and man's, take heed that no bodie kno [...]w this is my daughter.

S.

No bodie ſhall know it from me.

Ch.

Follow me, you ſhall hear the reſt within.

Act. V. Scen. I.

[Page]

SOPHRONA. CHREMES.

S.

QUid agam? quem mihi amicum inveniam miſera? aut cui

Conſilia haec referam? aut unde auxilium petam?

N [...]m vereor [...]a ne ob meum ſuaſum indignè injuriâ afficiatur.

[Page] Ita patrem adoleſcentis facta haec tolerare audio violenter.

C.

line 5 Nam quae haec anus eſt exanimata, à fratre quae egreſſa eſt meo?

S.

Quod ut facerē egeſtas me impulit, cùm ſcirē infirmas nuptias

Haſce eſſe: ut id conſulerem, interea vita ut in tuto [...] foret.

C.

Certè aedipol ni [...]i me animus fallit, aut parùm proſpiciūt oculi,

Meae nutricem gnatae video.

S.

Neque ille inveſtigatur.

C.

Quid agam?

S.

line 10 Qui eſt pater ejus.

C.

Adeón' an maneo dum ea quae loquitur, magis cognoſcam?

S.

Quod ſi eum nunc repperire poſſim, nihil ſit, quod verear.

C.

Ea ipſa eſt.

Colloquar.

S.

Quis hîc loquitur?

C.

Sophrona.

S.

Et meum nomen nominat?

C.

Reſpice and me.

S.

Dii, obſecro vos, éſtne hic Stilpho?

C.

Non:

S.

Negas?

C.

Concede hinc à foribus paululum iſtorſum ſodes, Sophrona.

line 15 Ne me iſtoc poſthac nomine apelles ſis.

S.

Quid? nones, obſecro,

Quem ſemper te eſſe dictitaſti?

C.

St.

S.

Quid has metuis fores?

C.

Concluſam hîc habeo uxorem ſaevam: verum iſtoc de nomine,

Eo perperam olim dixi, ne vos forte imprudentes foris

Effutiretis, atque id porrò aliquâ uxor me reſciſceret.

S.

line 20 Hem iſtoc pol nos te hic invenire miſerae nunquam potuimus.

C.

Eho dic mihi, quid rei tibi eſt cum familiâ hac unde exis? aut ubi

Illae ſunt?

S.

Miſeram me!

C.

Hem quid eſt, vivú [...]ne?

S.

Vivit gnata.

Matrem ipſam ex aegritudine miſeram mors conſecuta eſt.

C.

Malè factum.

S.

Ego autem quae eſſem anus deſerta, egens, ignota,

Ut potui nuptum virginem locavi huic adoleſcenti, harum

[Page] Qui eſt dominus aedium.

C.

Antiphonine?

S.

Hem, iſti ipſi.

C.

Quid.

Duaſne is uxores habet?

S.

A [...] obſecro, unā ille quidē hanc ſolā.

C.

Quid illa altera, quae dicitur cognata?

S.

Haec ergò eſt.

C.

Quid ais?

S.

Compoſitò factum eſt, quo modo hanc amans habere poſſet

line 10 Sine dote.

C.

Dii voſtram fidem, quàm ſaepe fortè temerè

Eveniunt, quae non au [...]e; soptare! offendi adveniens,

Quicum volebam, atque ut volebam collocatam filiam.

Quod nos ambo, opere maxumo, dabamus operam, ut fieret,

Sine noſtrâ cur? maximâ ſuâ curâ haec ſola fecit.

S.

line 35 Nunc quid opus facto eſt, vide; pater adoleſcentis venit,

Eúmque animo iniquo oppidò ſerre aiunt.

C.

Nihil per [...]li eſt.

Sed per Deos atque homines, meam eſſe hanc, cave reſ [...]iſcat quiſquam.

S.

Nemo ex me ſcibit.

C.

Sequere me; caetera intus audies.

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Act. V. Scen. II.

DEMIPHO. GETA.

D.

THrough our default we cauſe, that it is better to be evil,

Whilſt we ſtrive too much that we may be reputed good and kinde.

G.

One muſt ſo [...]lie, as they ſay, that he run not beyond his cottage.

D.

Was not that enough,

To take wrong at his hands, but we muſt offer him monie of cur own accord?

line 5 That he may have whereon to live, 'till he diſpatch ſome other villanie?

G.

Verie clearlie.

D.

They are now rewarded, that make right things wrong.

G.

Verie trulie.

D.

How fooliſhlie now have we handled the matter with him:

[Page]G.

Onelie I wiſh we could come off with this device, that he may marrie her.

D.

What is there anie doubt of that?

G.

Trulie I know not, ſuch afellow as he is, how he may alter his minde.

D.

line 10 H [...], change his minde indeed?

G.

I hope not, but if by chance he do, I ſay.

D.

I will do, as my brother adviſed, that I may bring his wife hither,

That ſhe may ſpeak with her. O you Geta, go your way, tell her before-hand that ſhe is coming.

G.

We have got monie for Phaedria; not a word of the chiding.

We have provided that ſhe may not go hence for the preſent; and what further?

line 15 What ſhall be done? you ſtick in the ſame mire: you ſhall but borrow a greater ſumme to pay a leſſe,

Geta; the miſchief which was preſent, is but prolonged to another day; your ſtripes increaſe,

Vnleſſe you look to it before-hand. Now will I go home hence, and inſtruct Phanium.

That ſhe may not anie whit be afraid of Phormio, or his diſcourſe.

Act. V. Scen. II.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. GETA.

D

NOſtrâpte culpâ facimus, ut malos expediat eſſe,

D [...]m nimiùm dici no [...] bonos ſtudemus & benignes.

G.

Ita fugias ne praeter ca [...] quod aiunt.

D.

Nonne id ſaterat,

Accipere ab illo injuriam? etiam argentum eſt ultro objectum,

line 5 Ut ſit qui vivat, aliquid aliud flagitii conficiat?

G.

Planiſſimé.

D.

His nunc praemium eſt, qui recta praya faciunt.

G.

Veriſſimé.

D.

Ut ſtultiſſimè equidem illi rem geſſerimus.

[Page]G.

Modo ut hoc conſilio poſſit diſcedi, ut iſtam ducat.

D.

Etiamne id dubium eſt?

G.

Haud ſcio hercle, ut homo eſt, an mutet animum.

D.

line 10 Hem mutet animum?

G.

Neſcio, verùm ſi fortè, dico.

D.

Ita faciam ut frater cenſuit, ut uxorem huc ejus adducam,

Cum iſta ut loquatur. O tu Geta, abi: praenuntia hanc venturam.

G.

Argentum inventum eſt Phaedriae: de jurgio ſiletur:

Proviſum eſt ne in praeſentiâ haec hinc abeat; quid verò porró?

line 15 Quid fiet? in eodem luto haeſitas; vorſuram ſolves,

Geta; praeſens quod fuerat malum, in diem abiit: plagae creſcunt,

Niſi proſpicis. Nunc hinc domum ibo, ac Phanium edocebo,

Ne quid vereatur Phormionem, aut ejus orationem.

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Act. V. Scen. III.

DEMIPHO. NAUSISTRATA. CHREMES.

D.

COme do [...] you are uſed to do, Nauſiſtrata, ſee that ſhe be friends with us;

That ſhe may do that which muſt be done, of her own good will.

N.

I will do it.

D.

Now help me with your paines, like as heretofore you help't me with the eſtate.

N.

I am willing to do it, and indeed I am able to do leſſe through my husband's fault, then is becomming me.

D.

line 5 And why?

N.

Becauſe indeed he negligently looks after the means

Which my father got honeſtly. For he conſtantly got two talents

Of ſilver by the farmes. Ha, how one man exceeds another!

D.

Two talents, I pray you?

N.

And when things were much cheaper, yet two talents.

D.

Whoo!

[Page]N.

What do theſe ſeem a wonder to you?

D.

Yes.

N.

I wiſh I had been born a man,

line 10 I would have ſhown you.

D.

I know verie well.

S.

Which way?

D.

Forbear I pray you,

That you may be able to talk with her; leſt the young-woman wearie you quite out.

N.

I will do as you bid me, but I ſee my husband come from your houſe.

Ch.

Ho Demipho,

Is the monie given him alreadie?

D.

I took order preſentlie.

Ch.

I would it had not been given. Alas, I ſee my wife; I had almoſt ſaid more then was enough.

D.

line 15 Why would you not, Chtemes?

Ch.

Now all is well.

D.

What ſay you? have you ſpoken with her,

Why we bring this woman?

Ch.

I have diſpatched.

D.

What ſaith ſhe at laſt?

Ch.

She cannot be got away.

D.

Why can ſhe not?

Ch.

Becauſe they both love one another dearly.

D.

What doth that concern us?

Ch.

Verie much.

Beſides theſe things, I have found her to be our kinſwoman.

D.

What? do you do [...]t?

Ch.

No.

line 20 So it will prove, I do not ſpeak raſhlie; bethink your ſelf as I do.

D.

Are you

Well in your wits?

N.

Soft, I pray you, take heed you do nothing againſt our kinſwoman.

D.

She is not our kinſwoman.

Ch.

Do not denie it. Her father is called by another name, herein you have been miſtaken.

D.

Did not ſhe

Know her father?

Ch.

She knew him.

D.

Why did ſhe call him by another name?

Ch.

You will never

Yeild to me to day, neither do you underſtand.

D.

If you tell me nothing.

Ch.

line 25 Do you go on?

S.

I wonder what this is.

D.

Trulie I know not.

Ch.

Would you fain know? verilie, there is no bodie neerer a-kin to her

Then I am and you.

D.

O ſtrange! let all us go together to her,

I will know this off, or on.

Ch.

Ah, ah.

D.

What is the matter?

Ch.

That I ſhould have ſo little belief with you?

D.

Would you have me believe this?

Will you have that to be ſufficientlie enquired by me? well, be it ſo: what, ſhe our friend's

line 20 [Page] Daughter, what will become of it?

C.

Well.

D.

Should [...] ſend this woman away?

C.

What elſe?

D.

Muſt that ot [...]er tarrie?

C.

Yes.

D.

You may go, Nauſiſtrata.

N.

I think indeed it is more convenient for all parties that ſhe tarrie,

Then to do as you began. For ſhe ſeemed to me of a verie good diſpoſition, when I ſaw her.

D.

What buſineſſe is here?

C.

Hath he ſhut the doors alreadie?

D.

Alreadie.

G.

O ſtrange! we roſe [...] our right ſide.

line 25 I have found my daughter married with your ſon.

D.

Ha, how could that be?

C.

This place is not ſafe enough for me to tell you in.

D.

But go your way in.

C.

Ho. Let not our ſonues know this; I am unwilling they ſhould.

Act. V. Scen. III.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. NAUSISTRATA. CHREMES.

D.

AGedum, ut ſoles, Nauſiſtrata; fac illa ut placetur nobis;

Ut ſuâ voluntate id, quod eſt faciendum, faciat.

N.

Faciam.

D.

Pariter nunc operâ me adjuves, ac dudum re opitulata es.

N.

Factum volo, ac pol minus queo viri culpâ, quam me dignum eſt.

D.

line 5 Quid autem?

N.

Quia pol mei patris bene parta indiligenter

Tutatur. Nam ex praediis talenta argenti bina

Statim capiebat. Hem, vir viro quid praeſtat?

D.

Bina, quaeſo?

N.

Ac rebus vilioribus multò, tamen duo talenta.

D,

Hui!

[Page]N.

Quid haec videntur?

D.

Scilicet.

N.

Virum me na [...] vellem,

line 10 Ego oſtenderem.

D.

Certò ſcio.

N.

Quo pacto?

D.

Parce ſodes,

Ut poſſis cum illâ: ne te adoleſcens mulier aff [...] [...]iget.

N.

Faciam ut jubes, ſedmeum virum abs te exire video.

C.

Ehem Demipho,

Jam illi datum eſt argentum?

D.

Curavi illico.

C.

Nollem datum. H [...], video uxorem; penè plus quàm ſat erat.

D.

line 15 Cur nolles, Chreme?

C.

Jam recté.

D.

Quid tu? ecquid loquutus

Cum iſtâ [...]s, quamobrem hanc ducimus?

C.

Tranſegi.

D.

Quid ait tandem?

C.

Abduci non poteſt.

D.

Quid non poteſt?

C.

Quia uterque utrique eſt cordi.

D.

Quid iſtuc noſtrâ?

C.

Magni.

Praeter haec, cognatam comperi eſſe nobis.

D.

Quid? deliras?

C.

Non.

line 20 Sic erit: non temerè dico: redi mecum in memoriam.

D.

Satin'

Sanus es?

N.

Au, obſecro, cave in cognatam pecces.

D.

Non eſt.

C.

Ne nega. Patris nomen aliud dictum eſt, hoc tu [...]rraſti.

D.

Non nôrat

Patrem?

C.

Nôrat.

D.

Cur aliud dixit?

C.

Nunquámne hodie

Concedes mihi, neque intelligis.

D.

Si tu nihil narres.

Ch.

line 25 Pergis?

N.

Miror quid eſt hoc.

D.

Equidem hercle neſcio.

C.

Vin' ſcire? at, ita me ſervet Jupiter, ut proprior illi, quàm ego ſum

Ac [...]u, nemo eſt.

D.

Dii voſtrā fidē! [...]amus ad ipſā unà omnes no [...],

Aut ſcire, aut neſcire hoc volo.

C.

Aha.

D.

Quid eſt?

C.

Itáne parùm mihi fidem eſſe apud te?

D.

Vis me hoc credere?

Vin' ſatis quaeſitum mihi iſtuc eſſe? age, fiat: quid, illa filia

line 20 [Page] Amici noſtri, quid futurum eſt?

C.

Rectè.

D.

Hanc igitur mittimus?

C.

Quid [...]i?

D.

Illa maneat?

C.

Sic.

D.

Ireigitur tibi licet, Nauſiſtrata.

N.

Sic pol commodius eſſe in omnes arbitror, quàm ut coeperas, manere

Hanc. Nam perliberalis viſa eſt, cùm vidi, mihi.

D.

Quid iſtuc negotii eſt?

C.

Jámne operuit oſtium?

D

Jam.

C.

O Jupiter! Dii nos reſpiciunt.

line 25 Gnatam inveni nuptam cum tuo filio.

D.

Hem, quo pacto

Id potuit?

C.

Non ſatis tutus eſt ad narrandum hic locus.

D.

At tu intrò abi.

C.

Heus. Ne filii quidem noſtri hoc reſciſcunt: nolo.

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Act. V. Scen. IV.

ANTIPHO.

An.

IAm glad, howſoever my own matters go, that my brother hath ſped well.

What a fine thing it is to furniſh the minde with ſuch deſires,

As, when adverſitie comes, you may remedie them a little!

As ſoon as he got monie, he rid himſelf of his care.

[...] I cau by no means winde my ſ [...]lf out of theſe turmo [...]s.

But, if this be concealed, I am in fear; if it be diſcovered, I am disgraced.

Neither would I betake my ſelf home now, unleſſe hope was ſhewed me

Of having her. But where can I finde Geta,

That I may aske him what time he will appoint me to meet with my father?

Act. V. Scen. IV.

[Page]

ANTIPHO.

An.

LAetus ſum, ut ut [...]eae res ſeſe habent, ſratri obtigiſſe quod vult.

Quàm ſcitū eſt, ejuſmodi parare in animo cupiditates,

Quas cum res adverſae ſient, paulo mederi poſſis!

Hit ſimul argentum repperit, curâ ſe expedivit.

line 5 Ego nullo poſſum remedio me evolvere ex iſtis tu [...]bis;

Quin, ſi hoc celetur, in metu; ſin patefit, in ptobro ſiem.

Neque me domum nunc reciperem, ni mihi eſſet ſpes oſtenſa

Hujuſce habendae. Sed ubinam Getam invenire poſſum,

Ut rogem quod tempus conveniendi patris capere me jubeat?

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Act. V. Scen. V.

PHORMIO. ANTIPHO.

Ph.

II have received the monie; I have delivered it to the bawd, I have brought away the woman:

I have taken order that Phaedria may enjoy her as his own: for ſhe is ſet free.

Now there is yet one thing behinde for me, which I muſt alſo diſpatch; that I may get

Leiſure of the old men to drink: for I will ſpend theſe few daies.

A.

line 5 But here is Phormio; what ſay you?

Ph.

What?

A.

What doth Phaedria now mean to do?

How doth he ſay he will have his fill of love?

Ph.

He will now on the other ſide act your part.

A.

What?

Ph.

To out-run his father.

He intreated you that you would plead his cauſe again, and ſpeak for him,

For he is going to tipple at my houſe: I will tell the old men,

line 10 That I am going to Sunium to the Mart, to buy a little maid, which Geta ſpake of a while agoe,

Leſt when they ſee me not here, they may think I am ſpending their monie.

But your door creek't.

A.

See who comes forth.

Ph.

It is Geta.

Act. V. Scen. V.

[Page]

PHORMIO. ANTIPHO.

Ph.

ARgentum accepi; tradidi lenoni; abduxi mulierem;

Curavi propriâ ea Phaedria ut potiretur; nam emiſſa eſt manu.

Nune una res reſtat mihi, quae eſt etiam conficiunda; otium

A ſenibus ad potandum ut habeā: nam aliquot hos conſumā dies.

A.

line 5 Sed Phormio eſt; quid ais?

P.

Quid?

A.

Quidnam nunc facturus eſt Phaedria?

Quo pacto ſatietatem amoris ait ſe velle ſumere?

Ph.

Viciſſim partes tuas acturus eſt.

A.

Quas?

Ph.

Ut fugitet patrem.

Te ſuam rogavit rurſum ut ageres cauſam, ut pro ſe diceres,

Nam potaturus eſt apud me: ego me ire ſenibus Sunium

line 10 Dicam ad mercatum, ancillulam emptum, dudum quam dixit Geta,

Ne, cùm hîc non videant me, conficere credant argentum ſuum.

Sed oſtium concrepuit abs te.

A.

Vide quis egrediatur.

P.

Geta eſt.

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Act. V. Scen. VI.

GETA. ANTIPHO. PHORMIO.

Geta

O Fortune! O luckie fortune! with how great commodities

On what ſuddain have you loded this day to my maſter Ansipho through your aſsiſtance!

A.

What doth he mean?

G.

And you disburdened us his friends of our fear.

[Page] But do I loiter with my ſelf, who do not load his ſhoulder with my cloak,

line 5 And make haſte to ſeek the man, that he may know theſe things' which have happened.

An.

Doe you underſtand what he ſaith?

Ph.

Do you?

An.

Not at all.

Ph.

No more do I.

G.

I will go onward hence to the bawd's; there they are now.

An.

Ho Geta.

G.

Loe there's for you. Is it anie wonder or ſtrange thing for you

To be called back again, when you have begun the race?

An.

Geta.

G.

line 10 He holds on trulie, you ſhall never overcome with your wearying.

An.

Do you not tarrie?

G.

You ſhall be beaten: he is ſome little Beadle of the ward that calls me.

An.

That ſhall be done to you by and by, except you ſtay, you whipt raskal.

G.

This muſt be ſome bodie that is more acquainted with me; he threatneth harm.

But is it he whom I am ſeeking or no? it is he.

Ph.

Go talk with him preſentlie.

An.

What is the matter?

G.

line 15 O the moſt honoured man of all men living, as much as can be,

For without controverſie, you are the onely happie man, Antipho.

An.

I wiſh I were: but I would have it told me, why I ſhould believe it is ſo.

G.

Is it not enough, if I make you beſmeared with joy?

An.

You quite kill me.

P.

But do you away with theſe promiſes, & tel me what you bring.

G.

Oh,

line 20 Were you here too, Phormio?

Ph.

I was here. But do you forbear?

G.

Hearken, ha,

As ſoon as I had given you the monie even now at the market: we went home.

Straightway. In the mean time my maſter ſent me to your wife.

An.

Wherefore?

G.

I forbear to utter it, for it is nothing to this matter, Antipho.

When I began to go into the nurſerie, the boy, Mida came running to me,

line 25 He pull' [...] me behind by the cloak, he pull'd me backward, I looked back, I askt him,

Why he held me: he ſaith, that it was forbidden anie bodie to go in to his miſtreſs.

Onely Sophrona ſaith he brought in Chremes hither the old-man's brother.

[Page] And he is now within with them; when I heard this, I went on to go to the door.

Vpon my tip-toes ſoftlie; I came to it; I ſtood,

line 30 I held my breath, and laid mine ear to, ſo I began to minde

Catching at her ſpeech on this faſhion.

A.

O brave Geta.

G.

Here I heard

A moſt fine prank, ſo as trulie I almoſt cryed out for joy.

Ph.

What was it?

G.

What do you think?

A.

I know not.

G.

But it is a moſt wonderfull thing.

Your uncle is found to be the father of your wife Phanium.

A.

Ha,

line 35 What ſay you?

G.

He kept companie with her mother long ago in Lemnus.

Ph.

This is but a dream: is it likely that ſhe ſhould be ignorant of her own father?

G.

Pho [...]mio,

Believe there is ſome reaſon; but do you think that I could underſtand all things

Without the door, which they did within amongſt themſelves?

Ph.

And indeed I have alſo heard that tale.

G.

Nay indeed I will tell you ſomewhat,

line 40 Whereby you may the rather believe it. Your uncle in the mean time came thence hither out of doors:

Not long after hewent in again with your father;

They both ſaid they gave you leave to have her.

At the laſt, I am ſent to ſeek you and bring you to them.

A.

Ho, but then carrie me; why do you leiter?

G.

I will do it.

A.

line 45 O my Pho [...]mio, fare you well.

Ph.

Farewell Antipho.

I ſwear, it is well done, and I am glad

That they had ſo great fortune;

I have now an eſpeciall occaſion to cozen the old-men,

And to take away from Phaedrſa his care concerning the monie,

line 50 That he may not be beholding to anie of his equals.

For as this monie was given with an ill-will,

It ſhall be beſtowed on theſe: I have found out a way indeed, how I can enforce this.

Now I muſt take a new geſture and countenance;

But I will ſtep aſide into this next by-corner:

line 55 From thence I will ſhew my ſelf to theſe men, when they ſhall come forth a-doors.

Whither I pretended to go to the Mart. I do not goe.

Act. V. Scen. VI.

[Page]

GETA. ANTIPHO. PHORMIO.

Geta

O Fortuna! O fors fortuna! quantis commoditatibus

Quàm ſubitò hero meo Antiphoni ope veſtra hunc o [...]erâſtis diem?

A.

Quidnam hic ſibi vult?

G.

Nóſque amicos ejus exone [...]aſtis metu.

[Page] Sed mihi nunc ego ceſſo, qui non humetu hunc onero pallio,

line 5 Atque hominem propero invenire, ut haec quae contigerint, ſciat?

A.

Num tu intelligis quid hic narret?

Ph.

Num tu?

A.

Nihil.

Ph.

Tantundem ego.

G.

Ad lenonem hinc ire pergam; ibi nunc ſunt.

A.

Heus Geta.

G.

Hem tibi. Num mirum tibi aut novum eſt

Revocari, curſum cùm inſtitueris?

A.

Geta

G.

line 10 Pergit hercle; nunquam odio tuo me vinces.

A.

Non manes?

G.

Vapulabis; curialis vernula eſt, qui me vocat.

A.

Id quidem tibi jam fiet, niſi reſiſtis, verbero.

G.

Familiarior [...]m oportet eſſe hunc, minitatur malum.

Sed iſne eſt quem quaero an non? ipſe eſt.

Ph.

Congredere actutum.

A.

Quid eſt?

G.

line 15 Omnium, quantum eſt, qui vivunt hominum bo no honoratiſſime,

Nam ſine controverſiâ ab Diis ſolus diligere, Antipho.

A.

Ita velim; ſed quî iſtuc credam ita eſſe dici mihi velim.

G.

Satin' eſt, ſi te delibutum gaudio reddo?

A.

Enecas.

Ph.

Quin tu hinc pollicitationes aufer, & quod fers cedo.

G.

Oh,

line 20 Tu quoque hîc aderas, Phormio?

Ph.

Aderam. Sed ceſſas?

G.

Accipe, hem,

Ut modò argentum tibi dedimus apud forum: rectá ad domum

Sumus profecti. Interea mittit me herus ad uxorem tuam.

A.

Quamobrem?

G.

Omitto proloqui, nam nihil ad hanc rem eſt, Antipho.

Ubi in gyneceum ire occipio, puer ad me occurrit Mida,

line 25 Pone me apprehendit pallio; reſupinat; reſpicio; rogo,

Quamobrem detineret me: ait eſſe vetitum intrò ad he am accedere.

Sophrona modô fatrem huc, inquit, ſenis introduxit Chremem,

[Page] Eúmque nunc eſſe intus cum illis; hoc ubi ego audivi, ad fores

Suſpenſo gradu placidè ire perrexi, acceſſi, ſteti:

line 30 Animam compreſſi, aurem admovi; ita animū cepi attendere

Hoc modo ſermonem captans.

A.

Euge Geta!

G.

Hic pulcherrimum

Facinus audivi, ita penè hercle exclamavi gaudio.

Ph.

Quid?

G.

Quidnam arbitrare?

A.

Neſcio.

G.

Atqui mirificiſſimum.

Patruus tuus pater eſt inventus Phanio uxori tuae.

A.

Hem,

line 35 Quid ais?

G.

Cum ejus conſuevit olim matre in Lemno clanculúm.

Ph.

Somnium: ut haec ignoraret ſuum patrem?

G.

Aliquid credito

Phormio, eſſe cauſae: ſed me cenſen' potuiſſe omnia

Intelligere extra oſtium, intus quae inter ſeſe ipſi egerunt?

Ph.

Atque hercle ego quoque illam audivi ſabulam.

G.

Immo etiam dabo,

line 40 Quo magis credas; patruus interea inde huc egreditur foras.

Haud multò pòſt cum patre idem ſe recipit intrò denuo:

Ait uterque tibi poteſtatem ejus habendae ſe dare;

Denique ego miſſus ſum, te ut requirerem atque adducerem.

A.

Hem, quin ergo, rape me; quid ceſſas?

G.

Fecero.

A.

line 45 O mi Phormio, vale.

Ph.

Vale Antipho.

Bene ita me Dii ament f [...]ctum, gaudeo

Tantam fortunam de improviſo eſſe his datam.

Summa eludendi occaſio eſt mihi nunc ſenes,

Et Phaedriae curam adimere argentariam,

line 50 Ne cuiquam ſuorum aequalium ſupplex ſiet.

Nam idem hoc argentum ita ut datum eſt ingratis, his

Datum erit; hoc quî cogam, re ipſâ repperi.

Nunc geſtus mihi, vultúſque eſt capiundus novus:

Sed hinc concedam in angiportum hunc proxumum,

line 55 Inde hiſce oſtendam me, ubi erunt egreſſi foras.

Quò me aſſimulāram ire ad mercatum, non eo.

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Act. V. Scen. VII.

DEMIPHO. PHORMIO. CHREMES.

D.

I Have cauſe to give God great thanks, and I do t [...]nk him,

Seeing theſe things, brother, have fallen out well [...]or us.

Now, Phormio is to be met with all as ſoon as may be,

Before he waſtfully ſpend our thirt [...]e pounds,

line 5 That we may take it from him.

Ph.

I will go ſee,

If Demipho be at home, that what—

D.

But we were going to you, Phormio.

Ph.

About this ſame errand perhaps.

De.

Yes indeed.

Ph.

I thought ſo.

Why were you going to me? that is a jeſt; are you afraid

Leſt I ſhould not do that, which I had once undertaken?

line 10 Ho, ho, as poor a man as I am.

I have hither to [...]ad a care of this one thing indeed, that I ſhould be truſted.

Ch.

Is ſhe, as I ſaid, of a good diſpoſition?

D.

Very good.

Ph.

Therefore I come to you to te [...] you, Demipho,

That I am readie, when you will; give me my wife.

line 15 For I ſet all my buſineſſe aſide, as it was meet,

After I had obſerved that you were ſo very willing to it.

D.

But this man hath diſſ [...]aded me, from giving her to you.

For what a rumor will it be, ſaith he, among the people, if you do it?

Heretoſ [...]re when it might be honeſtly done, then ſhe was not giv [...] him;

line 20 Now it is a [...] ugly thing for a widdow t [...] be thruſt out of door: and almoſt all the ſame things,

Which you your ſelf ere [...]ile blamed before my face.

Ph.

You b [...]ool me ſtately enough.

D.

How?

Ph.

Do you ask▪

Becauſe indeed I cannot marrie that other.

For with what face ſhall I return to he [...] again, whom I have ſlighted?

Ch.

line 25 And beſides I ſee Antipho dot [...] let her go from him

With [...]n ill will, ſay▪

D.

And beſides I perceive my ſo [...]

[Page] Is indeed [...]nwilling to let the woman go from him;

But ſtep over to the market, I pray you, and give order

That that money be paid me again by a bill, Phormio▪

P.

line 30 That which I afterwards paid by a bill to thoſe to whom I ought it.

D.

What ſhall we do then?

P.

If you will give me my wife,

Which you have betrothed, I will marrie her; but if it be ſo that you would

Have her to tarrie with you, let all the portion tarrie here with me, Demipho.

For it is not reaſonable that I ſhould be deceived becauſe of you,

line 35 Seing I for your honours ſake have ſent back a divo [...]cement

To another, which gave me as big a portion.

D.

Get you hence and be hanged with that greatneſs,

You runnagate; do you think I do not even now know you,

Or you doings withal?

P.

I am provoked.

D.

Would you marrie this woman,

line 40 If ſhe were given you?

P.

Do but try.

D.

That my ſon

May dwell with her at your [...]ouſe, this was your plot.

P.

I pray you, what do you ſay?

D.

But do you give me my money.

P.

Nay indeed, do you give me my wife.

D.

Walk with me before a Iuſtice.

P.

Before a Iuſtice? trulie if you go on to be fur [...]her troubleſome▪

D.

line 45 What will you do?

P.

What I? you think that I perhaps

Patro [...]ize onelie them that have no portions:

I uſe alſo to do it to them that have portions.

C.

What is that to us?

P.

Nothing.

Here I knew a woman, whoſe husband another—

C.

Ha.

D.

What is the matter?

Wife [...]ad at Lemnus.

C.

I am quite undone.

P.

By whom he [...]ad

line 50 A daughter, and he bringeth her up privatelie.

C.

I am buried.

P.

I will now go tell her theſe things too.

C.

I pray you,

Do not do it.

P.

Oh! was you be?

D.

How he plaies upon us?

C.

We diſmiſse you.

P.

Theſe are but tales.

C.

What will you have?

We forgive you the money which you have.

P.

I hear you.

line 55 Why then, with a miſchief, do ye thus befool me

With your [...]ond childiſh ſaying?

I will not, I will: I will, I will not: give me it again, take it.

[Page] What was ſaid is unſaid; what was before confirmed, is now made void.

C.

How, or whence did he know theſe things?

D.

I know not;

line 60 But I am ſure I told it to no bodie.

C.

This is ſtrange, I ſwear.

P.

I have gravelled them.

D.

Ha,

Is it fit that he ſhould carrie away this ſo much money from us

Jeering us thus openlie! trulie we had better dye.

Therefore prepare to be of a manlie and readie courage.

line 65 Conſider that your fault is carried abroad,

And that-you cannot now conceal it from your wife.

Now, Chremes, what ſhe is likelie to bear from others,

It is more pacifying for us to tell it our ſelves;

Then we may be able to be revenged of this filthy fellow

line 70 After our own faſhion.

P.

Alas, unleſs I look to my ſelf, I am at a ſtay.

Theſe men endeavour to come towards me with a minde to kill or be killed.

C.

But I am afraid ſhe cannot be pacified.

D.

Have a [...]ood heart,

I will make you friends again; preſuming upon this, Chremes,

Seeing ſhe is dead, by whom you had this daughter.

P.

line 75 Do ye deal thus with me? ye ſet upon me verie craftilie;

Trulie, Demipho, you have provoked me not for his good.

Do you ſay at laſt, after you have done what you liſt in another countrey,

And have had no regard to this worthy gentlewoman,

But have offered her diſgrace after a new faſhion;

line 80 That you now come to me to waſh away your fault with intreatie?

I will make her ſo incenſed againſt you with theſe ſayings,

That you ſhall not quench her, though you melt into tears.

D.

A miſchief which I wiſh might light upon him;

That anie man ſhould be ſo verie a [...]dacious?

line 85 Should not this rogue by common conſent be baniſhed hence

Into ſome ſolitarie countrie?

C.

I am now brought to that paſs,

That I know not at all what I ſhould do with him.

D.

I kn [...]w,

Let us go before a Iuſtice.

P.

Before a Iuſtice! hither, if you have anie [...]iſt.

D.

But follow him, and hold him, whilſt I call out the ſervants hence.

C.

line 90 Trulie I cannot alone; come run hither.

P.

Here is one action Againſt you.

C.

Proſecute it by law then.

P.

I have another againſt you, Chremes.

[Page]D.

Carrie this fellow away.

Ph.

Do you do ſo? trulie I have need [...] my voice.

Nauſiſtrata, come [...]orth.

C.

Stop his mouth.

D.

Look you, this baſe knave

How much he is able to do.

P.

Nauſiſtrata, I ſay.

C.

Do you not hold your peace?

P.

line 95 Should I hold my peace?

D.

Except he follow, thump him on the belly with your fiſts,

Or put out his eye.

P.

There is a place, where I will be revenged on you.

Act. V. Scen. VII.

[Page]

DEMIPHO. PHORMIO. CHREMES.

D.

DIis meritò magnas gratias habeo, atque ago,

Quand [...] evenê [...]e hae [...] nobis frater proſpe [...]è.

Quantum poteſt nunc conveniendus Phormio eſt,

Priuſquam dilapidet n [...]ſtras triginta minas,

line 5 Ut auferamus.

P.

Demiphonem ſi d [...]mi eſt,

Viſam; ut quod—

D.

At nos ad te ibamus, Phormi [...].

P.

De eâdem hac fortaſſe cauſâ.

D.

Ita hercle.

P.

Credidi.

Quid ad me ibatis? ridiculum; an veremini,

Ne non id facerem, quod recepîſſem ſe [...]l?

line 10 Heus, heus, quanta haec mea paupertas eſt,

Adhuc curavi unum hoc quidem, ut mihi eſſe [...] fides.

C.

Eſtne ita, ut dixi, liberalis?

D.

Oppidó.

P.

Itaque ad vos venio nunciatum, Demipho.

Paratum me eſſe, ubi vultis▪ uxorem date.

line 15 Nam omnes poſthabui mihi res, ita ut par [...]uit,

Po [...]tquam tantopere id vos velle animum advorteram.

D.

At hic de [...]ortatus eſt me, ne illam tibi darem,

Nam qui erit rumor populi, inquit, ſi id feceris?

Olim cùm honeſte potuit, tunc non eſt data:

line 20 Nunc viduam ex [...]di turpe eſt; [...]rme eadem omnia,

Quae [...]ute dudum coram me incuſaveras.

P.

Satis ſuperbè illuditis me.

D.

Qui?

P.

Rogas▪

Qui [...] ne alteram quidem illam potero ducere.

Nam quo redibo o [...]e ad eam, quam co [...]empſerim?

C.

line 25 Tu [...] autem Antipbonem video ab ſ [...] amittere

Invitum eam, inque.

D.

Tum autem video fi [...]um

[Page] Invitum ſanè mulie [...]em ab ſe [...]mittere.

Sed tranſi ſodes ad forum, atque illud mihi

Argentum rurſum jube reſc [...]ibi, Phormi [...].

P.

line 30 Quodne ego perſcripſi po [...] ipſis quibus debui?

D.

Quid igitur fiet?

P.

Si vis mihi uxorem dare,

Quam deſpondiſti, ducam; ſin eſt, ut velis,

Manere illam apud te, dos hîc omnis maneat, Demipho.

Nam non eſt aequum me propter vos decipi,

line 35 Cùm ego veſtri honoris cauſâ repudium alteri

Remiſerim, quae dotis tantundem dabat.

D.

I in malam rem hi [...]c cum iſtac magnificentiâ▪

Fugitive; etiam nunc credis te ignorarier,

Aut tua facta ade [...]?

P.

Irritor.

D.

Tu hanc duceres,

line 40 Si tibi data eſſet?

P.

Fac periculum.

D.

Ut filius Cum illâ habitet apud te? hoc veſtrum conſilium fuit.

P.

Quaeſo quid narras?

D.

Quin tu argentum cedó.

P.

Immo [...]e ò tu uxorem cedó.

D.

In jus ambula.

P.

In jus? enimverò ſi porrò eſſe odioſi pergitis.

D.

line 45 Quid facies?

P.

Egóne? vos me indotatis modò

Patrocinari fortaſſe arbitramini▪

Etiam dotatis ſoleo.

C.

Quid id noſtrâ?

P.

Nihil.

H [...]c quandam nôram, cujus vir uxorem—

C.

Hem.

D.

Quid eſt?

Lemni habuit aliam▪

C.

Nullus ſum.

P.

Ex quâ filiam

line 50 Suſcepit; & eam clam educat.

C.

Sepultus ſum.

P.

Haec adeò ego illi jam denarrabo.

C.

Obſecro,

Ne facias.

P.

Oh, tun▪ is eras?

D.

Ut ludos [...]acit?

C.

Miſſum te facimus.

P.

Fabulae.

C.

Quid vis [...]ibi?

Argentum quod habes, condonamus te.

P.

Audio:

line 55 Quid vos, malùm, ergo ſic ludificami [...]i

I [...]ptâ veſtrâ puerili ſententia?

Nolo, volo: volo, nolo: [...]urſum cedò, cape:

[Page] Quod dictum, indictum eſt; quod modò erat ratum, irritum eſt.

C.

Quo pacto, aut unde haec hic reſcivit?

D.

Neſcio,

line 60 Niſi me dixiſſe id nemini certò ſcio.

C.

Monſtri, ita me Dii ament, ſimile.

P.

Injeci ſcrupulum.

D.

Hem.

Hiccine ut à nobis tantum hoc argenti auferat

Tam apertè irridens? emori hercle ſatius eſt.

Animo virili praeſentique ut ſis para.

line 65 Vide tuum peccatum eſſe elatum foràs,

Neque id jam celare poſſe te uxorem tuam;

Nunc quod ipſa ex aliis auditura ſit, Chreme,

Id noſmetipſos indicare placabilius eſt,

Tum hunc impuratum poterimus noſtro modo

line 70 Ulciſci.

P.

Atat, niſi mihi proſpicio, haereo.

Hi gladiatorio animo ad me affectant viam.

C.

At vereor ut placa [...]i poſſit.

D.

Bono animo es.

Ego redigam vos in gratiam; hoc ſretus, Chreme,

Cùm è medio exceſſit, unde haec ſuſcepta eſt tibi.

P.

line 75 Itáne agitis mecum? ſatis aſtuti aggredimini:

Non hercle ex re iftius me inſtigâſti, Demipho.

Ain' tu tandem, ubi peregrè tibi quod libitum fuit feceris,

Neque hujus ſis veritus faeminae primariae,

Quin novo modo eifaceres contumelias;

line 80 Venias nunc mihi precibus lautum peccatum tuum?

His ego illam dictis ita tibi incenſam dabo,

Ut ne reſtinguas, lachrymis ſi exſtillaveris.

D.

Malum, quod iſti Dii Deaeque omnes duint,

Tantáne affectum hominem quenquam eſſe audaciâ?

line 85 Nonne hoc publicitus ſcelus hinc deportarier

In ſolas terras?

C.

In id redactus ſum loci,

Ut quid agam ex illo neſciam prorſus.

D.

Ego ſcio,

In jus eamus.

P.

In jus? huc, ſi quid lubet.

D.

At ſequere, ac retine, dum ego hinc ſervos evóco.

C.

line 90 Enim ſolus nequeo: ac curre huc.

P.

Una injuria eſt

Tecum.

C.

Lege agito ergo.

P.

Altera eſt tecum, Chreme.

[Page]D.

Rap [...] hunc.

P.

Itáne agitis [...] enimvero voce eſt opus.

Nauſiſtrata, exi.

C.

Os opprime.

D.

Impurum vide,

Quantum valet.

P.

Nauſiſtrata, inquam.

C.

Non taces?

P.

line 95 Taceam?

D.

Niſi ſequitur, pugnos in ventrem ingere,

Vel oculum exclude.

P.

Eſt, ubi vos ulciſcar, locus.

8

[Page]

Act. V. Scen. VIII.

NAUSISTRATA. CHREMES. PHORMIO. DEMIPHO.

N.

WHo names me?

C.

Ah.

N.

What a ſtir is there, I pray you,

My husband?

P.

How now, why have you now held your peace?

N.

What fellow is this?

Do you not anſwer me?

P.

Would you have him to anſwer you,

Who indeed knoweth not where he is?

D.

Take heed how you believe this fellow in anie thing.

P.

line 5 Go your way, touch him, if he be not all cold, kill me quite.

C.

It is nothing.

N.

What is it then that he ſaith?

P.

You ſhall know by and by:

Hark you.

C.

Do you go on to believe him?

N.

What, I pray you,

Should I believe him who hath ſaid nothing?

P.

The poor man dotes For fear.

N.

Trulie it is not for nothing that you are ſo affraid.

C.

line 10 Am I affraid?

P.

Verie well indeed: if you be not affraid,

And this be nothing that I ſay, do you tell.

D.

You rogue! Should he tell you?

P.

O you Sir, you have taken verie great pains

For you brother.

N.

My husband, do not you tell me?

C.

But.

N.

What but?

C.

It is not needful to tell it.

P.

For you, but it is needful for her to know it.

line 15 In Lemnus.

C.

Ah, what ſay you?

D.

Do not you hold your peace?

P.

Vnknown to you.

C.

Woe is me.

[Page]P.

He married a wife.

N

My husband, God ſent better news.

P.

It is done ſo.

N.

I am undone poor woman.

P.

And by her he hath

One daughter alreadie, whileſt you was aſleep.

C.

What do we?

N.

O ſtrange, an unworthie and naughtie prank.

D

line 20 This is done and paſt.

N.

Was anie thing done to day more unworthilie?

Who when they come to have more wives, then become old men.

Demipho, I appeal to you, for it quite irks me to ſpeak with this man himſelf.

Were theſe things your often journeyings, and long tarryings

At Lemnus? was this the cheapneſs, that leſſened our rent?

D.

line 25 Nauſiſtrata, I do not denie but here is blame deſerved in this matter:

But ſuch as may be pardoned.

P.

You talk to one that is dead.

D.

For he neither did it through neglect, or diſlike of you,

Being full of wine almoſt above fifteen years ago, he got

Her with childe, of whom this daughter is born, and he never touched her afterwards.

line 30 She is dead, ſhe is gone out of the world, who was to be ſcrupled at in this matter.

Wherefore I intreat you, as your other doings are, that you would take it moderatelie.

N.

What I take it moderatelie? I deſire poor woman to be ſhut of this buſineſs.

But what ſhould I hope? ſhould I think he will leſſe offend further hereafter through age?

He was then alreadie an old man; if old age maketh men baſhful.

line 35 Is my beautie and my age now rather to be deſired, Demipho?

What do you now alledge to me, why I ſhould expect or hope that it be no more ſo?

P.

For them that have leaſure to go to the burial of Chremes, hoe, it is time.

I will tell them thus? go to now, go to; let who will provoke Phormio;

I will make him be ſlain with ſuch a misfortune, as this man is.

line 40 Let him indeed come into her favour again: I have now puniſhed him enough.

She hath that, which ſhe may ring in his ear to him, as long as he lives.

N.

Do I think this was done through my deſert? why ſhould I now mention thoſe things, Demipho,

[Page] Severally, what a wife I have been towards him?

D.

I know all things

As well as you.

N.

This ſeems not to be done through my deſert.

D.

No in no wiſe.

line 45 But ſeeing it cannot be now undone by accuſing him,

Pardon him: he increateth; he confeſſeth; he cleareth himſelf; what would you have more?

Ph.

But indeed before ſhe give him his pardon, I will provide for my ſelf, and Phaedtia.

Ho Nauſiſtrata, before you be too haſty to anſwer him, bear me.

N.

What is the matter?

P.

I have got thirtie pounds from him by a trick▪

line 50 I have given it to your ſon: and he hath given it to the bawd for his ſweet-heart.

Ch.

Ha, what ſay you?

N.

Do you think it ſuch an unworthy thing, if your ſon

A young man have one ſweet heart, when you have two wives?

Are you aſhamed of nothing? with what face can you chide him? anſwer me.

D.

You ſhall do as you will.

N.

Nay that you may now know my minde,

line 55 Neither do I pardon, nor promiſe any thing, nor make any anſwer,

Before I ſee my ſon; I leave all to his judgement.

What he ſhall command, I will do.

Ph.

You are a wiſe woman, Nauſiſtrata.

N.

Is this ſufficient for you?

Ph.

Yea truly Ico me off gallantly and and finely, and beyond my hope.

N.

Do you tell me your name, what it is.

Ph.

Mine? Phormio,

Truly a friend to your family, and moſt to your Phaedria.

N.

line 60 Phormio, truly but I will do and ſay for you hereafter any thing I ſhall be able,

And what you ſhall deſire.

Ph.

You ſpeak bountifully.

N.

Indeed it is your deſert.

Ph.

Will you do one thing firſt to day, which I may be glad on, Nauſiſtrata,

And which your husband may not abide to ſee?

N.

I deſire to do it.

Ph.

Invite me to ſupper.

N.

line 65 Truly I do invite you.

D.

Let us go in hence.

N.

But where is Phaedria

Our Umpire?

Ph.

I will cauſe that he ſhall be here by and by. Fare ye well, and clap your hands.

Not unto us, O LORD.

Act. V. Scen. VIII.

[Page]

NAƲSISTRATA. CHREMES. PHORMIO. DEMIPHO.

N.

QUis nominat me?

C.

Hem.

N.

Quid iſtuc turbae eſt, obſecro,

Mi vir?

P.

Ehem, quid nunc obticuiſti?

N.

Quis hic homo eſt?

Non mihi reſpondes?

P.

Hiccine ut tibi reſpondeat,

Qui hercle ubi ſit, neſcit?

D.

Cave iſti quicquam credas.

P.

line 5 Abi, tange, ſi non totus [...]riget, me eneca.

C.

Nihil eſt.

N.

Quid ergo eſt, quod iſtic narrat?

P.

Jam ſcies;

Auſculta.

C.

Pergin' credere?

N.

Quid ego, obſecro,

Huic credam qui nihil dixit?

P.

Delirat miſer Timore.

N.

Non pol temerè eſt, quod tu tam times.

C.

line 10 Egon' timeo?

P.

Rectè ſanè; quando nihil times,

Et hoc nihil eſt, quod dico ego, tu narra.

D.

Scelus! Tibi narret?

P.

Eho tu, factum eſt abs te ſedulò Pro fratre.

N.

Mi vir, non mihi narras?

C.

At.

N.

Quid at?

C.

Non opus eſt dicto.

P.

Tibi quidem; at ſcito huic opus eſt.

In Lemno.

C.

Hem; quid ais?

D.

Non taces?

P.

Clam te.

C.

Hei mihi.

[Page]P.

Uxorem duxit.

N.

Mihomo, Dii melius duint.

P.

Sic factum eſt.

N.

Perii miſera.

P.

Et inde filiam

Suſcepit jam unam, dum tu dormis.

C.

Quid agimus?

N.

Pro Dii immortales, facinus indignum & malum?

D.

line 20 Hoc actum eſt.

N.

An quicquam hodie eſt factum indignius?

Qui mihi, ubi ad uxoros ventum eſt, tum fiunt ſenes.

Demipho, te appello, nam me cum hoc ipſo diſtaedet loqui;

Haeccine erant itiones crebrae, & manſiones diutinae

Lemni? haeccine erat, quae noſtros fructus minucbat, vilitas?

D

line 25 Ego, Nauſiſtrata, eſſe in hac re culpam meritam non nego,

Sed ea quae ſit ignoſcenda.

P.

Verba fiunt mortuo.

D.

Nam neque negligentiâ tuâ, neque odio id fecit tuo.

Vinolentus ferè abhinc annos quindecim mulierculam

Eam compreſſit, unde haec nata eſt, neque poſt illam unquam attigit.

line 30 Ea mortem obiit; è medio abiit; qui fuit in re hac ſcrupulus.

Quam ob rem te oro, ut alia facta tua ſunt, aequo animo hoc feras.

N.

Quid? ego aequo animo? cupio miſera in hac re jam deſungier.

Sed quid ſperem? aetate porrò minus peccaturum putem?

Jam tum erat ſenex, ſenectus ſiquidem verecundos facit.

line 35 An mea forma atque mea aetas nunc magis expetenda eſt, Demipho?

Quid mihi nunc affers, quamobrem exſpectem aut ſperem porrò non fore?

P.

Exequias Chremeti, quibus eſt commodum ire, hem tempus eſt.

Sic dabo; age nunc, age, Phormionem, qui volet, laceſſito.

Faxo tali cum mactatum, atque hic eſt, infortunio.

line 40 Redeat ſanè in gratiam; jam ſupplicii ſatis eſt mihi.

Habet haec, ei quod dum vivat uſque ad aurem obganniat▪

N.

An meo merito credo? quid nunc ea comme norem, Demipho.

[Page] Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fue [...]

D.

Novi aequè omni [...]

Tecum.

N.

Merito non hoc meo videtur factum.

D.

Minime gentium.

line 45 Verùm quando jam accuſando fieri inf [...]ctum non poteſt,

Ignoſce: orat, confitetur, purgat: quid vis amplius?

Ph.

Enimvero priùs quàm haec dat veniam, mihi proſpiciam, & Phaedriae.

Heus Nauſiſtrata, priùs quàm huic reſpondes temerè, audi.

N.

Quid eſt?

Ph.

Ego minas triginta per fallaciam ab illo abſtuli;

line 50 Eas dedi tno gnato: is pro ſua amica lenoni dedit.

C.

Hem quid ais?

N.

Adeon' indignum tibi videtur, filius

Homo adoleſcens unam ſi habet amicam? tu uxores duas.

Nihil pudere? quo ore illum objurgabis? reſponde mihi.

D.

Facies ut voles.

N.

Immo, utjam meam ſcias ſententiam,

line 55 Neque ego ignoſco, ne (que) promitto quicquam, ne (que) reſpondeo,

Priùs quàm gnatum videro; ejus judicio permitto omnia.

Quod is jubebit faciam.

P.

Mulier ſapiens es, Nauſiſtrata.

N.

Satin' eſt tibi?

P.

Immo verò pulchrè diſcedo, & probè, & praeter ſpem.

N.

Tu tuum nomen dic, quod eſt.

P.

Mihin'? Phormio,

line 60 Veſtrae familiae herele amicus, & tuo ſummus Phaedriae.

N.

Phormio, at ego ecaſtor poſtliac tibi quod potero, & qu [...] voles,

Faciam & dicam.

P.

Benignè dicis.

N.

Pol meritum eſt tuum.

P.

Vin' primum hodie facere, quod ego gaudeam Nauſiſtrata,

Et quod tuo viro oculi doleant?

N.

Cupio.

P.

Me ad coenam voca.

N.

line 65 Pol verò voco.

D.

Eamus int [...]ò hinc.

N.

Fiat; ſed ubi eſt Phaedria

Judex noſter?

P.

Jam hic faxo aderit. Vos valete, & plaudite.

Non nobis, DOMINE.

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Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ...Comoediae. Latin and English. 1663

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— Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ..., Comoediae. Latin and English. 1663, Terence., Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667..

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