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Terence · Andria §932b-981b

Recognition of Glycerium and Happy Ending

Passage 18 of 18 · Latin

Summary

Glycerium is confirmed to be Chremes' lost daughter, officially establishing her marriage with Pamphilus along with a large dowry. Together with the newly freed Davus and Charinus, everyone celebrates the happy ending as the play concludes.

§932bNon.
Crito: No.
§932cCuiam igitur?
Chremes: Whose, then?
§932dFratris filiam.
Crito: His brother's daughter.
§933Certe mea est.
Chremes: She is certainly mine.
§933bQuid ais?
Simo: What do you say?
§933cQuid tu ais?
Chremes: What do you say?
§933dArrige aures Pamphile.
Pamphilus: Prick up your ears, Pamphilus.
§934Qui credis?
Simo: Why do you believe so?
§934bPhania ille frater meus fuit.
Chremes: That Phania was my brother.
§934cNoram et scio.
Crito: I knew him and I know it.
§935Is hinc bellum fugiens, meque in Asiam persequens, proficiscitur.
Chremes: He, fleeing from the war here and following me to Asia, set out.
§936Tum illam relinquere hic est veritus; postilla nunc primum audio §937Quid illo sit factum.
At that time, he was afraid to leave her here; since then, I now hear for the first time what became of him.
§937bVix sum apud me, ita animus commotus est metu, §938Spe, gaudio, mirando hoc tanto tam repentino bono.
Pamphilus: I am hardly myself, my mind is so agitated by fear, hope, joy, and this so great, so sudden, wonderful good.
§939Nae istam multimodis tuam inveniri gaudeo.
Simo: Indeed, I rejoice in many ways that she is found to be yours.
§939bCredo pater.
Pamphilus: I believe it, father.
§940At mihi unus scrupulus etiam restat qui me male habet.
Chremes: But one little doubt still remains for me, which troubles me.
§940bDignus es §941Cum tua religione odium: nodum in scirpo quaeris.
Simo: You are worthy, with your scruples, of hatred: you are looking for a knot in a bulrush.
§941bQuid istuc est?
Pamphilus: What is that?
§942Nomen non convenit.
Chremes: The name does not agree.
§942bFuit hercle huic aliud parvae.
Crito: By Hercules, she had another when she was small.
§942cQuid Crito?
Chremes: What, Crito?
§943Numquid meministi?
Do you remember anything?
§943bId quaero.
Crito: I am trying to recall it.
§943cEgone huius memoriam patiar meae §944Voluptati obstare, cum egomet possim in hac re medicari mihi?
Pamphilus: Shall I allow his memory to stand in the way of my pleasure, when I myself can find a cure for myself in this matter?
§945Non patiar.
I will not allow it.
Heus Chreme quod quaeris, Pasibula est.
Ho, Chremes, what you are asking for—it is Pasibula.
§945bIpsa est.
Chremes: It is she herself.
§945cEa est.
Pamphilus: It is she.
§946Ex ipsa millies audivi.
Crito: I have heard it a thousand times from her.
§946bOmnes nos gaudere hoc Chreme §947Te credo credere.
Simo: That we all rejoice at this, Chremes, I believe you believe.
§947bIta me Di ament, credo.
Chremes: So may the Gods love me, I do believe it.
§947cQuid restat, pater?
Pamphilus: What remains, father?
§948Iam dudum res reduxit me ipsa in gratiam.
Simo: Long ago the matter itself restored me to favor.
§948bO lepidum patrem!
Pamphilus: Oh, charming father!
§949De uxore, ita ut possedi, nihil mutat Chremes.
Simo: Concerning the wife, just as I have possessed her, Chremes changes nothing.
§949bCausa optima est, §950Nisi quid pater ait aliud.
Chremes: The reason is excellent, unless my father says anything to the contrary.
§950bNempe.
Pamphilus: Of course.
§950cId scilicet.
Simo: That indeed.
§950dDos Pamphile est §951Decem talenta.
Chremes: Pamphilus, the dowry is ten talents.
§951bAccipio.
Pamphilus: I accept.
§951cPropero ad filiam.
Chremes: I hasten to my daughter.
Eho mecum Crito: §952Nam illam me credo haud nosse.
Ho, Crito, come with me: for I believe she does not know me.
§952bCur non illam huc transferri iubes?
Pamphilus: Why do you not order her to be transferred here?
§953Recte admones.
Chremes: You advise me well.
Davo ego istuc dedam iam negoti.
I will at once entrust that business to Davus.
§953bNon potest.
Pamphilus: He cannot.
§954Qui non potest?
Chremes: Why can he not?
§954bQuia habet aliud magis ex sese et maius.
Pamphilus: Because he has another business more closely concerning himself and greater.
§954cQuidnam?
Chremes: What is it, pray?
§954dVinctus est.
Pamphilus: He is bound.
§955Pater non recte vinctus est.
Pamphilus: Father, he is not rightly bound.
§955bHaud ita iussi.
Simo: I did not order it so.
§955cIube solvi obsecro.
Pamphilus: Order him to be released, I entreat you.
§956Age fiat.
Simo: Well, let it be done.
§956bAt matura.
Pamphilus: But make haste.
§956cEo intro.
Simo: I am going inside.
§956dO faustum et felicem hunc diem!
Charinus: Oh, what a favorable and happy day!
§957Proviso quid agat Pamphilus; atque eccum.
I am looking out to see what Pamphilus is doing; and look, there he is.
§957bAliquis forsan me putet §958Non putare hoc verum: at mihi nunc sic esse hoc verum libet.
Pamphilus: Someone perhaps might think that I do not believe this is true: but it pleases me now that this is so true.
§959Ego Deorum vitam propterea sempiternam esse arbitror §960Quod voluptates eorum propriae sunt; nam mihi immortalitas §961Parta est, si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit.
I think that the life of the Gods is everlasting for this reason, because their pleasures are their own; for immortality is won for me, if no sorrow interrupts this joy.
§962Sed quem ego mihi potissimum optem nunc cui haec narrem dari?
But whom should I most wish to be thrown in my way now, to whom I may relate this?
§963Quid illud gaudi est?
Charinus: What joy is that?
§963bDavum video: nemo est quem mallem omnium; §964Nam hunc scio mea solide solum gavisurum gaudia.
Pamphilus: I see Davus: there is no one of all whom I would prefer; for I know that he alone will sincerely rejoice in my joys.
§965Pamphilus ubinam hic est?
Davus: Where is Pamphilus here?
§965bDave.
Pamphilus: Davus!
§965cQuis homo est?
Davus: Who is that?
§965dEgo sum.
Pamphilus: It is I.
§965eO Pamphile.
Davus: Oh, Pamphilus.
§966Nescis quid mihi obtigerit.
Pamphilus: You do not know what has happened to me.
§966bCerte; sed quid mihi obtigerit scio.
Davus: True; but I know what has happened to me.
§967Et quidem ego.
Pamphilus: And I too.
§967bMore hominum evenit ut quod sim nactus mali §968Prius rescisceres tu quam ego illud quod tibi evenit boni.
Davus: It happens after the manner of men, that what evil I have met with you should know sooner than I the good that has happened to you.
§969Mea Glycerium suos parentes repperit.
Pamphilus: My Glycerium has found her parents.
§969bO factum bene!
Davus: Oh, well done!
§969cHem!
Charinus: Ha!
§970Pater amicus summus nobis.
Pamphilus: Her father is our greatest friend.
§970bQuis?
Davus: Who?
§970cChremes.
Pamphilus: Chremes.
§970dNarras probe.
Davus: You tell a fine story.
§971Nec mora ulla est quin eam uxorem ducam.
Pamphilus: And there is no delay but that I shall marry her.
§971bNum ille somniat §972Ea quae vigilans voluit?
Charinus: Is he dreaming those things which he wished for when awake?
§972bTum de puero Dave?
Pamphilus: Then about the child, Davus?
§972cAh desine.
Davus: Oh, have done.
§973Solus est quem diligunt Di.
Davus: He is the only one whom the Gods love.
§973bSalvus sum si haec vera sunt.
Charinus: I am safe if these things are true.
§974Colloquar.
I will speak to them.
§974bQuis homo est? O Charine in tempore ipso mihi advenis.
Pamphilus: Who is that? Oh, Charinus, you come to me at the very nick of time.
§975Bene factum.
Charinus: Well done!
§975bAudistine?
Pamphilus: Have you heard?
§975cOmnia: age me in tuis secundis respice.
Charinus: Everything: come, look upon me in your prosperity.
§976Tuus est nunc Chremes: facturum quae voles scio esse omnia.
Pamphilus: Chremes is yours now: I know he will do everything you wish.
§977Memini: atque adeo longum est nos illum expectare dum exeat.
Charinus: I remember: and indeed it is too long for us to wait for him until he comes out.
§978Sequere hac me intus ad Glycerium nunc.
Pamphilus: Follow me this way inside to Glycerium now.
Tu Dave abi domum: §979Propere arcesse hinc qui auferant eam.
You, Davus, go home: quickly summon people from there to carry her over.
Quid stas? quid cessas?
Why do you stand? Why do you delay?
§979bEo.
Davus: I am going.
§980Ne expectetis dum exeant huc: intus despondebitur; §981Intus transigetur si quid est quod restet.
Pamphilus: Do not expect them to come out here: the betrothal will take place inside; whatever remains to be done will be transacted inside.
§981bPlaudite.
Davus: Applaud!

Notes

  1. 941nodum in scirpo quaeris — A Latin proverb meaning "to look for a knot in a bulrush." Since a bulrush (scirpus) naturally has no knots (nodus), the phrase refers to searching for difficulties, problems, or doubts where none exist. Here Simo is mocking Chremes' excessive caution or scrupulousness (religiosa) regarding the discrepancy in the names.
  2. 943cEgone huius memoriam patiar meae — An accusative with infinitive construction (patiar meae voluptati obstare) used in a negative rhetorical question with the enclitic `-ne` on `egone` ("Should I allow...?"). `egomet` is an emphatic form of `ego`. `cum` introduces a clause of concession or cause with the subjunctive `possim`.
  3. 949ita ut possedi — Meaning "just as I have possessed (her)." Using the perfect tense `possedi` of `possidere` (to possess). This refers to the current situation where Pamphilus already has Glycerium in his possession as his de facto wife. Chremes accepts this accomplished fact as it is, without changing any conditions (nihil mutat) of the marriage.
  4. 967but quod sim nactus mali — In this structure, the `ut` clause functions as the subject clause of the impersonal verb `evenit`. Inside it, the relative pronoun `quod` (with the omission of its antecedent `id`) takes the partitive genitive `mali` ("what of evil"). Through the comparative `prius... quam`, this phrase is contrasted with `quod tibi evenit boni` (which also features the partitive genitive `boni`).

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Terence, Andria §932b-981b. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0134.phi001.humanitext-lat2:932b-981b

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