Chapter XV: Epilogue: (Spoken by the Company)

Hic senex si quid clam uxorem suo animo fecit volup,
neque novum neque mirum fecit nec secus quam alii solent;
nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro nec tam firmo pectore,
quin ubi quicque occasionis sit sibi faciat bene.
nunc si voltis deprecari huic seni ne vapulet,
remur impetrari posse, plausum si clarum datis.

If this old gentleman has indulged his inclinations a bit
without informing his wife, he has done nothing new or
strange, or different from what other men ordinarily do.
No one has such an iron nature, such an unyielding heart,
as not to do himself a good turn whenever he has any chance.
So now in case you wish to beg the old fellow off from a
beating, we opine that you can succeed, if you--give us some
loud applause.

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[Footnote 1: Leo brackets following v., 25-26:
_ita me obstinate adgressu’s, ut non audeam_
_profecto, percontanti quin promam omnia._]

[Footnote 2: Leo brackets following v., 33:
_ubi flent nequam homines, qui polentam pinsitant._]

[Footnote 3: Corrupt (Leo): _obsequellam_ MSS:
_obsequellam eam_ Acidalius.]

[Footnote 4: Leo brackets following v., 77:
_volo amori obsecutum illius, volo amet me patrem._]

[Footnote 5: Corrupt (Leo): _venari autem rete iaculo_ MSS:
_reti, iaculo venari autem_ Vahlen.]

[Footnote 6: Leo notes lacuna here: _atqui ibi_ MSS:
_ibo atque ibi_ Camerarius.]

[Footnote 7: Corrupt (Leo): _experiri_ MSS: _experi_ Skutsch.]

[Footnote 8: Leo brackets following v., 252:
_igitur inveniundo argento ut fingeres fallaciam._]

[Footnote 9: Leo notes lacuna here: _istuc_ MSS:
_istuc, istuc_ Palmer.]

[Footnote 10: Corrupt (Leo): _exasciato_ Acidalius:
_exasceatum_ MSS.]

[Footnote 11: Leo notes lacuna here: _da_ MSS:
_dare_ Fleckeisen.]

[Footnote 12: Leo brackets following vv., 480-483:

_in ius voco te._
Leon.
_Non eo._
Merc.
_Non is? memento._
Leon.
_Memini._
Merc.
_Dabitur pol supplicum mihi de tergo vostro._
Leon.
_Vae te_
_tibi quidem supplicum, carnufex de nobis detur?_
Merc.
_Atque etiam_
_pro dictis vostris maledicis poenae pendentur mi hodie._]

[Footnote 13: _etiam nunc dico_ MSS: Lindsay excises _nunc dico._]

[Footnote 14: Leo brackets following v., 508:

Cle.
_An decorum est adversari meis te praeceptis?_
Phil.
_Quid est?_ ]

[Footnote 15: Corrupt (Leo): _nobis_ excised by Bothe.]

[Footnote 16: _quo est_ Leo: not in MSS.]

[Footnote 17: Leo brackets following v., 547:
_scapularam confidentia, virtute ulmorum freti._]

[Footnote 18: _advorsum stetimus_ Ussing:
_qui advorsum stimulos_ MSS.]

[Footnote 19: _Inductoresque_ Acidalius and others:
_indoctoresque_ MSS.]

[Footnote 20: Leo brackets following v., 552--
_qui saepe ante in nostras scapulas cicatrices indiderunt_--
and assumes lacuna following.]

[Footnote 21: Corrupt (Leo): _collegae_ MSS: _collegae mei_ Leo.]

[Footnote 22: Leo brackets following v., 570:
_ubi periuraris, ubi sacro manus sis admolitus._]

[Footnote 23: Leo brackets following v., 573:
_ubi amicae quam amico tuo fueris magis fidelis._]

[Footnote 24: Corrupt (Leo): _interioris_ MSS: _interior_ Bothe.]

[Footnote 25: Corrupt (Leo): _atque ad me adgredire_ Langen.]

[Footnote 26: Leo notes slight lacuna here:
_amicae suae_ Gulielmius.]

[Footnote 27: Leo brackets following v., 828, 829:

Argyr.
_Age, decumbamus sis, pater._
Dem.
_Ut iusseris,_
_mi gnate, ita fiet._
Argyr.
_Pueri, mensam adponite._

_Argyr._
Come father, let’s take our places, please.
_Dem._
Just as you say, my dear boy.
_Argyr._ (_to slaves_)
Bring the table, my lads. ]

[Footnote 28: _et_ Pius: _ut_ MSS.]

[Footnote 29: Corrupt (Leo): _fui_ Pylades: _fueram_ Leo.]

[Footnote 30: Corrupt (Leo). _hominem (aut)_ Camerarius.]

[Footnote 31: _non mirandumst_, (_Artemona._ Art.). _In_ Havet.]

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[Transcriber’s Corrections: _Asinaria_ (_The Comedy of Asses_)

Prologue, l. 11
Maccus vortit barbare
Maccus translated it
spelling of name unchanged

II. 2.
not with a chariot and four, white horses
punctuation unchanged

II. 3.
He’ll be here soon, I fancy.
text reads _soon, I, fancy._

II. 4.
_Trader_: ... I don’t know, by gad.
text reads _know by, gad._ ]

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AULULARIA

THE POT OF GOLD

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ARGVMENTVM I

ARGUMENT OF THE PLAY (I)

Senex avarus vix sibi credens Euclio
domi suae defossam multis cum opibus
aulam invenit, rursumque penitus conditam
exanguis amens servat. eius filiam
Lyconides vitiarat. interea senex
Megadorus a sorore suasus ducere
uxorem avari gnatam deposcit sibi.

A miserly old man named Euclio, a man who would hardly trust
his very self, on finding a pot full of treasure buried
within his house, hides it away again deep in the ground,
and, beside himself with terror, keeps watch over it. His
daughter had been wronged by Lyconides. Meanwhile an old
gentleman, one Megadorus, is persuaded by his sister to
marry, and asks the miser for his daughter’s hand.

durus senex vix promittit, atque aulae timens
domo sublatam variis abstrudit locis.
insidias servos facit huius Lyconidis
qui virginem vitiarat; atque ipse obsecrat 10
avonculum Megadorum sibimet cedere
uxorem amanti. per dolum mox Euclio
cum perdidisset aulam, insperato invenit
laetusque natam conlocat Lyconidi.

The dour old fellow at length consents, and, fearing for his
pot, takes it from the house and hides it in one place after
another. The servant of this Lyconides, the man who had
wronged the girl, plots against the miser; and Lyconides
himself entreats his uncle, Megadorus, to give up the girl,
and let him, the man that loves her, marry her. After a time
Euclio, who had been tricked out of his pot, recovers it
unexpectedly and joyfully bestows his daughter upon
Lyconides.

ARGVMENTVM II

ARGUMENT OF THE PLAY (II)

*A*ulam repertam auri plenam Euclio
*V*i summa servat, miseris adfectus modis.
*L*yconides istius vitiat filiam.
*V*olt hanc Megadorus indotatam ducere,
*L*ubensque ut faciat dat coquos cum obsonio.
*A*uro formidat Euclio, abstrudit foris.
*R*e omni inspecta compressoris servolus
*I*d surpit. illic Euclioni rem refert.
*A*b eo donatur auro, uxore et filio.

Euclio, on finding a pot full of gold, is dreadfully
worried, and watches over it with the greatest vigilance.
Lyconides wrongs his daughter. This girl, undowered though
she is, Megadorus wishes to marry, and he cheerfully
supplies cooks and provisions for the wedding feast. Anxious
about his gold, Euclio hides it outside the house.
Everything he does having been witnessed, a rascally servant
of the girl’s assailant steals it. His master informs
Euclio of it, and receives from him gold, wife, and son.

PERSONAE.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

LAR FAMILIARIS PROLOGVS
EVCLIO SENEX
STAPHYLA ANVS
EVNOMIA MATRONA
MEGADORVS SENEX
PYTHODICVS SERVVS
CONGRIO COCVS
ANTHRAX COCVS
STROBILVS SERVVS
LYCONIDES ADVLESCENS
PHAEDRIA PVELLA
TIBICINAE

THE HOUSEHOLD GOD OF EUCLIO, _the Prologue._
EUCLIO, _an old gentleman of Athens._
STAPHYLA, _his old slave._
EUNOMIA, _a lady of Athens_
MEGADORUS, _an old gentleman of Athens, Eunomia’s brother._
PYTHODICUS, _his slave_
CONGRIO, _cook._
ANTHRAX, _cook._
STROBILUS, _slave of Lyconides._
LYCONIDES, _a young gentleman of Athens, Eunomia’s son._
PHAEDRIA, _Euclio’s daughter._
MUSIC GIRLS.

_Scene:--Athens. A street on which are the houses of
Euclio and Megadorus, a narrow lane between them, in
front an altar._

PROLOGVS