Andria · 166 BC
Act III, Scene VII
Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
DAVUS alone.
DAV. (to himself.) I’m a lost man! What reason is there why I shouldn’t take my departure straightway hence for the mill? There’s no room left for supplicating; I’ve upset every thing now; I’ve deceived my master; I’ve plunged my master’s son into a marriage; I’ve been the cause of its taking place this very day, without his hoping for it, and against the wish of Pamphilus. Here’s cleverness for you! But, if I had kept myself quiet, no mischief would have happened. (Starting.) But see, I espy him; I’m utterly undone! Would that there were some spot here for me, from which I might this instant pitch myself headlong! (Stands apart.)
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Terence. Andria, Act III, Scene VII. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/terence-andria-riley/21/.
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Terence. Andria, Act III, Scene VII. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/terence-andria-riley/21/.