whole Family upo ' your account had â—â—been aware of that she should have staid and you packed off i'faith Pray see Wife what small rrason ye have to vex me thus I retired into the Country gave way to ye afforded ye enough for your Necessities and your Pleasures too and that my Estate might the better bear it I 've weary'd and toil'd my self more than 's convenient for my Age and cou'dn't ye after all this have took care that nothing disturb'd my repose Soft By all that 's good what has happen'd was not through my means or fault Lach. No Yes but 't was For you 're sele Mistress here and you 're only to be blamed Sure you might ha' looked after things in your own House since I 've taken all other Cares off your hands An old Woman to stand squabbling with a Girl Fie fie You won't lay the Fault upon her sure Soft No Dear Husband I lay nothing to her charge Lach. O' my Soul I 'm glad o' that for poor Pam's sake But as for you do the worst ye can I can't think worse of ye than I do Soft But good Husband how d' ye know but she may only pretend a displeasure against me to be the more at home with her Mother Lach. Ne're tell me that Wasn't yesterday's shutting the Door against ye sufficient proof of her hatred Soft They told me she was very faint and weak therefore ' twasn't convenient to disturb her Lach. She 's sick I fancy of your ill Conditions more than of any thing else And no wonder introth for there 's not a Mother of ye all but would have your Sons marry And whoever is the Person that pleases you they must have And when to comply with your Humour they are married to comply with your Humour again they must turn their Wives out of doors Phidippus appeâ—rs at his Door Phid. to Philumena within Tho' I 'm satisfy'd I've Authority to force you to obey what I Command yet my Fatherly Affection prevails with me rather to give way to ye and not cross ye in your Humour Lach. Oh! here 's my Brother Phidiâ—pus in good time I shall know all from him They meet one another I confess Brother I 'm as indulgent to all my Family as any Man yet I suffer not my easiness to corrupt their Morals Were you as careful I 'm perswaded 't would be more for your advantage as well as ours But now I find you suffer 'em to ride ye as they list Phid. Look ye there now Aside Lach. Yesterday I waited upon ye about your Daughter you sent me away as wise as I came But let me tell ye you don't do well to conceal the Cause of your Anger if ye design a lasting Alliance between us If any of us have offended ye pray make it out that so either by disproving or justifying what 's done we may give as ample Satisfaction as you shall require If Sickness ' be the Cause of keeping your Daughter at home let me tell ye Brother t is too great a Reflection upon us to imagine she shou'dn't have due attendance at my House As I hope to be saved tho you are her Father you shan't out-do me in this nor can you be more desirous of her Health than I am and that for my poor Boys sake who I perceive loves her more than his life and am confident will highly resent it when he comes to know on 't therefore pray let 's have her home before he comes back from his Voyage Phid. I 'm satisfied Brother of your extraordinary Care and Affection for my Daughter and am apt to believe ev'ry Word you 've said but then I 'd ha' ye believe me too that 't is my hearty desire to have her to your House if I could prevail with her by any means Lach. Why what hinders ye Softly Hark ye does she object any thing against her Husband Phid. Nothing in the World for when I urg'd it home to her and seem'd as tho' I 'd force her to return she vowed by all that 's good She wasn't able to endure your House while her Pamphilus was away Every one has his failings for my part I 'm so soft-natured I can't cross and thwart my own Flesh and Blood Lach. Dye hear that Mistress Aside to Sostrata Sost Ay to my Sorrow Aside Lach. Is that your Resolution then Brother Phid. As the Case stands 't is so But ha' ye any thing else to say For I 've a little business calls me in haste to the Piazza Lach. I 'll bear ye Company if ye please Exeunt Phidippus and Laches Sostrata alone In good faith we poor Wives have got a very ill Name with our Husbands because of a few bad Creatures that make the World judge hardly of us all For as I hope for Heav'n I 'm as innocent of what my Husband accuses me of as the sucking infant Yet 't is next to impossible to be believ'd there 's such a common Scandal sticks upon all Mother-in-Laws But let me die if I 'm one that deserve it for I 've been as tender of this same Creature as if she had been a Daughter of my own I can t imagine why this Misfortune should light upon my head However upon many accounts I am extreamly desirous of my Sons return Exit The End of the Second Act. ACT III. Enter Pamphilus and Parmeno at the farther end of the Stage Pam. WAs ever Man so perplexed in his love as I Unhappy Wretch Have I been such a good Husband o' my Life for this Was 't this which made me so desirous of returning home Thad been better for me to have spent my days any where in the World than to come back hither and find my self so unhappy here For whatever Misfortune befals a Man the longer 't is before he knows it is so much time clearly gained Par. However Sir by your return you 'll be able the sooner to make your self easie Had you staid away the Breach wou'd ha' been far wider Now Sir I 'm confident that your presence will have a great Influence upon them all So you 'll learn the whole Business rectifie Misunderstandings and make all Friends again All these dreadful Apprehensions of yours are in themselves but very slight things Pam. Why d' ye pretend to comfort me when I 'm the greatest Wretch alive Before I marry d this Woman my Heart was engag d elsewhere how much I suffered upon that account any one may easily guess without my telling and yet I never was the Man that dared to refuse the Match my Father put upon me I had but just weaned my self from Bacchis and disengaged my Affections but just fixed my Love on Philumena when alas a new Business happens which forced me to leave her too Then I 'm afraid I shall find either my Mother or Wife to blame and if so the Consequence must be that I shall be miserable still For Duty Parmeno binds me to bear
if ye be fully bent 〈◊〉 on 't e'en take your own course but then 〈◊〉 lay the blame at mâ— door afterwards Che. I won't then Par. And is it your will to have it so Che. T is my will to have it so and it must 〈◊〉 so and it shall be so and what I have said I wâ—â— stand by Par. Nay then follow me Che. Venus and Cupid favour the Design Exeunt 〈◊〉 The end of the Second Act. ACT III. Thraso and Gâ—atho Thr. WELL but was she so very thankfâ—l then Gna. O yes Sir most hugely Thr. And glad at Heart say ye Gna. O yes but not so much for the Gift as the Giver and for that let me tell ye she 's plaguilâ— proud on 't Enter Parmeno at a distance Par. to himself I 'm come to watch a fair Opportunity to bring my Presents in too But hold Here 's Captain Bellswagger Retires to one side Thr. Really I have the luck on 't every thing that I do is most wonderfully taking Gna. I have observ'd as much Thr. The King of Persia whenever I did him a kindness was always very sensible of it He wasn't so to every body Gna. A smart Tongue so well hung as yours makes all that Glory his own which others so long have toil'd for Thr. Right Boy Gna. The King has you in his Eye then Thr. Right again Gna. And loves to have you there Thr. No doubt on 't Nay more he trusted his whole Army to my Conduct and follows my Advice in every thing Gna. Prodigious Thr. Then if he chanc'd to be weary of Compâ—ny or Business and had a Mind to take a little ease as the you know what I mean Gna. Yes Sir As tho' when he had a mind to clear his Stomach as a body may so say of all Concerns Thr. Right then would he take me to him Hand to First Gna. Ay marry Sir this is a King indeed Thr. Oh! He 's a man of a Thousand Gna. Yes one of a million if he chuse you for his Companion Aside Thr. All the Officers envy'd me and grumbl'd at me behind my back I didn't value it a Straw they envy'd me damnably But above all one who had the Charge of the Indian Elephants This Fellow being more troublesome than the rest Prithee Strato said I why so plaguy Big Is it because you are Lord o're a parcel of Beasts Gna. Neatly said i'faith and shrewdly Bless me You overthrew Man and Beast What said he Sir Thr. Not a word Gna. Nay I don't know how he should Par. Bless me This Captain 's the blindest Coxcomb and the other the vilest Rascal I ever saw Aside Thr. What think ye Gnatho Did I ever tell ye how sharp I was upon the young Rhodian Spark at a Feast Gna. Never Sir let 's hear it I pray He has told it me a thousand times Aside Thr. This Rhodian Spark I told ye of was with me at a Feast where by chance I had a small Girl this Strippling began to be sweet upon her anâ— waggish upon me too How now you impudent Saucebox said I you 're Man's meat your self and yet have a mind to a Tit-bit Gna. Ha ha he Thr. What 's the matter Hah Gna. Very fine sharp and delicate that could not be mended But pray Sir was this aâ—l your own I took it for an old one Thr. Why did you ever hear 't before Gna. Yes Sir very often And it takes extreamly Thr. I 'll affure you 't was all my own Gna. I am sorry you were so sharp upon the foolish young Gentleman Par. Ah the De'el take thee for a Rascal Aside Gna. Pray Sir what did he say then Thr. He was quite dash'd out of Countenance And the whole Company was ready to die with Laughing After that every body was plaguy wary of meddling with me Gna. And well they might Thr. But hark ye Gnatho had I best clear my self to Thais from the jealousie she has of my being in love with Pamphila Gna. Let that be the least of your Thoughts but rather give her more cause to be jealous Thr. Why so Gna. That 's a Question Don't ye apprehend me Sir Should she but speak a word of Phedrie or offer to commend him on purpose to plague you Thr. That Gna. Your only way to prevent that is whenever she names Phedrie be sure you hit her in the Teeth with Pamphila if she cries let 's have Phedrie to be merry with us do you answer And Pamphila to give us a Song If she praise his shape extol her Face And be sure give her a Rowland for her Oliver and that wil vex her to the Heart Thr. Ay if she loved me this might do Gnatho Gna. As long as she desires and loves your Presents you may lay your Life she loves you So 〈◊〉 you may venture to teaze her she 'll always 〈◊〉 lest any angry word should turn the 〈◊〉 of your Bounty another way Thr. Thou say'st right Why I never so much as dream'd of this before Gna. A good Jest i'faith Sure you didn't give your Mind to 't for had you set your Wits about it your Contrivance wou'd ha' been worth fifty of mine To them enter Thais attended by Pythia Tha. I fancy'd I heard the Captain 's Tongue just now Oh here he as My dear Heroe welcom Hugs him Thr. Oh my sweet Thais my dear Honey how is' t Don't ye love me now for giving you this pretty Wench Par. Admirable i'faith how nobly he opens the Campagne Aside Tha. Oh Sir I 'm eternally obliged to you for 't Gna. Let 's in to Supper I say why this dallying Par. Here 's another too Faith one wou'd swear he is the Captain 's Bastard they 're so like one â—nother Aside Thr. to Gnatho As soon as you will for I am ready Par. advancing nigher I 'll to her and make as tho I just came from home Are you going a broad Madam Aside to Thais Tha. to him Oh Parmeno troth you are coâ—â— very lucky I was just a going out â—ar Whither Madam Tha. Why don't ye see this Gentleman here Aside to him Par. I do see him with a pox to my sorrow When you please Madam my Master's Presents aâ—â— at your Service Aloud Thr. What do weâ—stay for why don 't we â—â—â— on Par. to Thraso May it please your Honour by your leave first let me make my Presents as I was ordered and go and have a little harmless Chat with the Lady Thr. Special Presents I 'll warrant ye not to â—â— nam'd the same day with mine Jeerinâ— Par. The Trial 's all Goes towards Lach House So-ho within there send out the peâ—son I ordered Enter the Blackamoor Here advanâ—â—â— forward Here 's a Lass come from as far as Prester John's Country Thr. I can have as good for Seven or Eight Guineas Gna. Ay and a better too Par. to them within You Sir Doras where are ye stand forth Boy Here 's your Eunuch for
Phe. You won't believe me then Dor That 's weâ— guess'd Phe. Suppose I pass my Word Dor. Meer Stuff Phe. You 'd say 't was one of the best days work ye er made in yâ—â—r Life Dor. Idle Stories Phe. Do but trust me and you shan't repent it you 'll find it tâ— be as I say Dor. Silly Phansies Phe. Good now try me the time isn't so long Dor. Cuckoo Cuckoo Phe. You are my Relation you are my Father you are my Friend you Dor. interrupting Tattle on tattle on Phe. Are ye of such a barbarous and inflexible Nature that neither Pity nor Intreaties can mollifie ye Dor. And are you Sir so senseless and shameless as to think your gay Words and fine flourishes shall chouse me out of what 's my own for nothing Ant. to Geta. Troth I 'm sorry for him Phe. Alas I am convinc'd he 's i' th' right on 't Aside Get. to Antipho I think they both come up each to his proper Character Phe. And must this Misfortune needs light upo ' me in a time when my Cousin Antipho is in the very same trouble himself Antipho and Geta go up to them Ant. to Phedrie Ha! Cousin what 's the Matter Phe. turning to him My Cousin Antipho's the happiest Man alive Ant. Who I Phe. In having what you love in your own Custody not torâ—â—ented like me with such a Villain as this Ant. In my Custody say ye Ay indeed I have as the saying is A Wolf by the Ears How to part from her I know not and how to keep her I can't tell Dor. My very Case by the Mackins Ant. to Dorio Courage Man don't play the Bawd by halves To Phedrie But prithee what has he done Phe. That Rascal Why like a hard-hearted wretch as he is he has gone and sold my dearest Pamphila Get. How Sold her Ant. Sold her say ye Phe. He has so Dor. A mighty business indeed for a Man to make Money of his own Wares Phe. I can't prevail upon him to stay but three days for me and break off the Bargain with him till such time as I shall receive the Money my Friends promis'd to lend me To Dorio If I don't pay it ye then you shan't stay a minute longer for me Dor. You 'll crack my Brain-pan presently Ant. He desires but a very little time Dorio Prithee ben't so hard-hearted The favour shall be requited to you double take my Word for 't Dor. Meer Shams Ant. to Phedrie Can you suffer your Mistress to be Ravish'd from this pleasant Town To Dorio And can you ha' the heart to part such fervent Lovers Dor. That 's neither my Fault nor yours Get. A plague on thee for a Rascal Aside Dor. Look ye many a month have I born with you against the grain you ' ye brought me nothing but Court Promises Crocodile's Tears and a Beggar 's Purse Now on the other hand I 've gâ—t me a Chapman that will pay me freely without snivelling Therefore Sir cede majoribus I say Ant. In good earnest as I remember there was a day set for my Cousin to have her Phe. There was so Dor. Do I deny 't Ant. Is that day past then Dor. No but another's day came before it Ant. Arn't ye asham'd of your Knavery Dor. Not as long as I can get by 't Get. Sordid Villain Phe. Dorio Is that your conscience now Dor. 'T is so if you like me make use o' me Ant. Why should you cheat him thus Dor. Rather I faith Mr. Antipho 't is he cheats me he knew well enough what I was but I took him for another sort of a Gentleman so that he has deceiv'd me I am just for all the World as I us'd to be But let that pass thus much I 'll do To morrow Morning the Captain says he 'll bring me the Money Now Mr. Phedrie if you 'll bring it first I ll follow my own Rule First come first serv'd and so good bu'y t' ye Phe. What shall I do now Where shall poor I now that am worse than nothing scrape up such a Sum at so short a warning If I cou'd but ha' got him to have stay'd three days the Money was promis'd me by that time Walks to and fro dejectedly Ant to Geta What shall we leave our Friend in such a miserable case who but just now as you told me pleaded my Cause so handsomly Shant we requite his Courtesie in time of need Get. 'T is but right and reason we should I confess Ant. Come on then you are the Man that can keep his Head above Water Get. What wou'd ye ha' me do Ant. Procure him the Money Get. That I wou'd with all my heart but where must I have it Ant. My Father 's at home Get. That I know but what then Ant. Po A word to the Wise is enough Get. Is it so Sir Ant. Yes indeed Get. Very pretty Counsel I faith You may do 't your self if you please shan't I come off with flying Colours if I scape with a whole Skin upo ' your account But I must needs venture my Neck upon his account too Ant. That 's true I own Phe. What Geta Am I no body wi' ye then Get. Not so neither But is it nothing in your Esteem that we 've stirr'd up the old Gentleman's Anger against us all unless we provoke him again beyond all hopes of Reconcilement Phe. Shall my Rival carry away my dearest beyond Sea and I be the Spectator too Ah Cousin speak with me while you may take one farewel Look before I leave ye Ant. Why Sir what crotchet comes in your Head now Prithee tell me Phe. I 'll traverse Sea and Land after her or perish in the Attempt that I 'm resolv'd on Get. A good Journey to ye Sir but soft and fair goes far Ant. Prithee Geta see if thou canst help him a little Get. Help him pray how Ant. Good now try however for fear he do what may make us both repent more or less hereafter Get. My Invention's upo'th ' Tenter-hooks â—tudies He 's out oâ— danger or I am mistaken but still I 'm afraid my poor Hide will smart for 't Ant. Don't be afraid we 'll stand and fall with thee upon all accounts â— Get. to Phedrie Well how much Money d' ye want Tell me Phe. Fourscore Guinea's or so That 's all Get. Fourscore Guineas Whoop Whoop She 's a plaguy dear bit Mr. Phedrie Phe. No she 's an extraordinary Penny-worth Get. Come no more you shall ha the Moneâ— Phe. hugging him Rare Rogue Get. Come let me alone Phe. I want it just now Phe. And you shall have it just now but I shall want Phormio to second me i' th' design Phe. to Gâ—ta Pray step and desire him to be at home Ant. He 's ready I warrant ye lay what load you will upo ' him he 'll bear 't Hes the only Man of a thousand that 's true to his Friend Get. Let 's away to him out
she dyâ—d she might ha' carry'd away some Token of our kindness This Passage is grounded upon an old Heathen Custom of those Times for they believed it a very great Crime for a Child to die without posfessing some part of its Parents Goods Ibid. line ult So you saved the Childs Life and had your own Humour into the Bargain Conservasti te atque illam This is a difficult Passage but the former Remark help to explain it so it is Paraphrastically thus Besides the saving of your Daughter you 've had the Satisfaction of discharging your Conscience in not parting from her empty-handed ACT IV. PAge 154. line 6. Yes for I was by at the Discovery This Passage plainly shews Syrus went in with Chremes and Sostrata and so left the Stage clear consequently the Fourth Act must needs begin where we have made it Page 158 line 34. Clinie has told his Father that Bacchis is your Sons Mistress c. This is the beginning of a cunning Artifice chiefly to amuse Chremes and the more ingeniously to bring in what he says Page 160 line 2 3. But for the Money I told ye your Daughter owes to Bacchis c. and likewise to create a Pretence for Clitipho's carrying the Money himself without which the Cheat might have been discover'd too soon ACT V. PAge 164. line 13. This same Assistant Counsellor and sage Director o' mine Sed hic Adutor meus Minitor Premonstrator These three Words Adjutor Monitor Premonstrator are taken from the Theatres signifying such a teach and prompt the Actors We have given the natural Sense but their Beauty consists in the Figurative Sense for which we want suitable Words only Prompter might perhaps have done well enough if we had made one Word serve for three as the French Lady in effect has done Page 169 line 7 8. I ll be hanged if the Rascal dare ha' serv'd a poor Friendless Widow so as he served me Viduae mulieri where lies the Emphasis Widows among the Ancients were looked upon as the most shiftless helpless Creatures of all therefore the force of Viduae mulieri is much weakened in our Language The meanest Slave upon Earth would have better come up to the Original Page 171. line 3 4. For my part I don't believe you are any of their Son Here is an excellent Contrivance of Terence in making Syrus propose such a business to Clitipho as to question his Parents which does not only much heighten the Character of Clitipho but most dextrously and naturally brings all to an end in due time Page 172. line penult What because he 's so like my new-found Daughter Quod silia est Inventa This is a very difficult Passage and if we had come nigher to the Original we could have scarce made it Sense however not clear and intelligible Page 173 line penult ult No! tho' you had sprung out of my fertile Brain as Pallas they say did from mighty Jove's Non si ex capite sis meo natus item ut aiunt Minervam esse ex Jove This may be thought too lofty for Comedy but if we consider it proceeds from Chremcs's extream Passion we shall see 't is not only fine but also natural Upon this Horace in his Art of Poetry lays down this Rule Interdum tamen vocem Comedia tollit Iratusque Chermes tumido delitigat ore Page 174. line 11 12. I 'm asham'd to name the filthy Word before your Mother The Greeks and Romans were obliged both by their Religion and Policy not to mention any thing that so much as savoured of obscenity before their Wives Page 175. line 25 26. That Carrat-pated Wall-ey'd Pimple-fac'd Hook-nos'd Creature Rufamne illam virginem cesiam sparso cre adunco naso Here is a Happiness in our Language which in composition of Words far excels all other Languages that are known to these Western parts of the World the Greek indeed surpasses it Remarks upon the Brothers ACT I. PAge 179. line 5. That went to bring him home Qui adversum ierant Adversum is an extraordinary proper word in this place for Waiting-men were call'd Adversitores Our Tongue seems to want a good Word for it except the Usher will do which is not so proper in this place neither Page 184. line 25. He told me he would take up and marry Here Micio discovers a very material thing to the Audience and knows little of it himself For as yet Eschine had not told him whom he design'd to marry This seems to be a meat Cast of our Poets Skill ACT II. PAge 185. line 17 18. San I am a Woman-Merchant Esch A Cock-Bawd you mean San. Pgo Leno Sum. Esch Scio. These Women-Merchants had peculiar Priviledges in Athens and were Persons of some Repute but because such People are more scandalous among us we have taken the liberty of translating Sico according to the Notion we have of those Creatures Page 186. line 32. D' ye know who I am Sir Nostion qui sim These words have a peculiar Meaning in the Original which is lost in the Translation For Nosti me and Nosti qui sim Are the usual and common words between Debtors and Creditors at the Bar. Therefore Sannio in saying Nostin qui sim Did in effect say Do I owe you any Money Sir Page 188. line 31 c. 1 hear my Master and you have had a kind of a Scuffle San. A Scuffle d' ye call it Never was the like surely Cum Hero nescio quid concertasse San. Nunquam vidi iniquius concertationem comparatam The Grace of the Original consists in the words Concertasse and Comparatam the first being a proper Term to imply an Equality between Eschine and Sannio and the latter a word borrow'd from the Gladiator's measuring their Swords the Beauty of both which is lost in the Translation Page 191. line 21 c. He has taken upon himself all the Curses Scandals Love-Matters and Miscarriages that belong to me Eschine in taking all upon himself designed purely to oblige his Brother but the Poet designed it to bring about the main Incident Viz. Eschine's Marriage most naturally and dexterously This Under-Plot of Clitipho and the Musick-Girl is admirably woven into the plot and is an excellent instance to shew how useful and beautiful an Under-Plot may be and still preserve the Unity of Action Page 192. line ult I 'll march home with Plenty of Provisions Convortam me domum cum obsonio Here Syrus speaks as great as he can for the word Convortam belongs to Magnificence and Triumph which is almost lost in our Tongue Indeed the word March would have been better were it not now us'd upon every slight and trivial account ACT III. PAge 195. line 1 Pish Don't trouble me whoever you are Madam D'acier says that the Greeks took delight in staying the Slaves in the Streets and amusing 'em that so their Masters might beat them for loytering when they come home It seems Geta thought