Andria · 166 BC
Act III, Scene I
Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
Enter SIMO and DAVUS from the house of the former. MYSIS and LESBIA are coming toward the house of GLYCERIUM.
MYS. (not seeing SIMO and DAVUS.) Upon my faith, the fact is really as you mentioned, Lesbia, you can hardly find a man constant to a woman.
SIM. (apart to DAVUS.) This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.
DAV. (apart to SIMO.) What do you say?
SIM. (apart to DAVUS.) It is so.
MYS. But this Pamphilas----
SIM. (apart to DAVUS.) What is she saying?
MYS. Has proved his constancy.
SIM. (apart.) Hah!
DAV. (apart to himself.) I wish that either he were deaf, or she struck dumb.
MYS. For the child she brings forth, he has ordered to be brought up.
SIM. (apart.) O Jupiter! What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
LES. You mention a good disposition on the part of the young man.
MYS. A most excellent one. But follow me in-doors, that you mayn’t keep her waiting.
LES. I’ll follow. (MYSIS and LESBIA go into GLYCERIUM’S house.)
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