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Andria · 166 BC

Act II, Scene V

by Terence c. 195 – c. 159 BC

Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1853)


Enter SIMO, at a distance.

SIM. (apart to himself.) I’ve come back to see what they are about, or what scheme they are hatching.

DAV. (to PAMPHILUS.) He has no doubt at present but that you’ll refuse to marry. Having considered his course, he’s come from a retired spot somewhere or other; he hopes that he has framed a speech by which to disconcert you; do you take care, then, to be yourself.

PAM. If I am only able, Davus.

DAV. Trust me for that, Pamphilus, I tell you; your father will never this day exchange a single word with you, if you say that you will marry.

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Terence. Andria, Act II, Scene V. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/terence-andria-riley/12/.

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Terence. Andria, Act II, Scene V. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/terence-andria-riley/12/.

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