Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ...
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Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ...
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Terence.
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London :: Printed for the Company of Stationers,
1663.
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"Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afris poëtae lepidissimi comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae in usum ludi-discipulorum, quo Feliciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur / a Carolo Hoole ... = Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine : for the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse / by Charles Hoole ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64394.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Act. IV. Scen. I.
CTESPHO. SYRUS.
Ct.
DO you say my father is gone hence into the countrey?
S.
Long agoe.
Ct.
I pray thee tell me truly:
Sy.
He is at his farm-house. And I believe he is verie hard now at some work.
Ct.
I wish indeed, so it may be with his safetie, that he may so weary himself,As that he may not be able at all to rise out of his bed for these three dayes together.
S.
[line 5] I wish it may be so, and anie thing that he can do more commo∣dious then that.
Ct.
Ey! forI earnestly desire to spend all this day in merriment, as I have begun; and I utterly dislikeThat countrie-farm for no reason so much, as because it is neer-hand; but if it wereFurther off, the night would overtake him there, before he could return hitherAgain. Now when he shall not see me there, he will come running hi∣ther again by and by, [line 10] I am certain. He will ask me where I have been, because I have not seen him to dayAll the day long. What should I say?
S.
Is no excuse come into your minde?
Ct.
No nothing at all.
S.
You are so much the worse. Have you no client, friend, or guest?
Ct.
I have; what then?
S.
Tell him, you attended on these.
Ct.
Which attendance was not given;This cannot be done.
S.
It may.
Ct.
On the day time. But if I tarrie here all night, [line 15] What excuse shall I make▪ Syrus?
S.
Oh, how heartilie I could wish it were a custome
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To attend our friends also by night. But do you rest your self secure,I know his pulse very well. When he is as hot as a roste, I make himAs quiet as a lamb.
Ct.
How?
S.
He delighteth to hear you commended,I set you out as a little God to him, I tell him of all your good quali∣ties.
Ct.
Mine?
S.
[line 20] Yours: the man will weep like a childe for joy.Oh but see yonder for you?
Ct.
What is the matter?
Sy.
Here's the man we talk of.
Ct.
Is my father here?
S.
It is just he.
Ct.
Syrus, what shall we do?
Sy.
Get you but in now,I will look to it.
Ct.
If he ask you any thing concerning me, say you saw me no where. Do you hear?
Sy.
Can you commaud your self to give over your prate?
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Act. IV. Scen. I.
CTESIPHO. SYRUS.
Ct.
A In' patrem hinc abiisse rus?
S.
Jam dudum.
Ct.
Dic sodes,
S.
Apud villam est. Nunc autem maximè operis ali∣quid facereCredo.
Ct.
Utinum quidem, quod cum salute ejus fiat, ita se defatigârit;Velim, ut triduo hoc perpetuo è lecto prorsus nequeat sur∣gere.
S.
[line 5] Ita fiat, & istoc si quid potis est rectius.
Ct.
Ita; nam hunc diem•…•…serè cupio, ut cepi, perpetuum in laetitiâ degere; & illud rusNullá al â causâ tam malè odi, nisi quia prope est; quod si ab∣essetLongiùs, priùs nox oppressisset illic, quàm huc reverti possetIterum. Nunc ubi me illic non videbit, jam huc recurret, [line 10] Sat scio. Rogabit me ubi fuerim, quem ego hodie toto nonVidi die, quid dicam?
S.
Nihilne in mentem?
Ct.
Nunquam quidquam:
S.
Tantò nequiores. Cliens, amicus, hospes nemo est vobis?
Ct.
Sunt, quid postea?
Sy.
Hisce opera ut data sit.
Ct.
Quae nonData sit? non potest fieri.
Sy.
Potest.
Ct.
Interdiu; sed si hîc [line 15] Pernocto, causae quid dicam, Syre?
S.
Vah, quàm vellem etiam
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Noctu amicis operam mos esset dari. Quin tu otiosus es, egoIllius sensum pulchrè calleo. Cum fervet maximè, tam placi∣dumQuàm ovem reddo.
Ct.
Quo modo?
Sy.
Laudarier te auditLubenter, facio te apud illum Deum, virtutes narro:
Ct.
Meas?
Sy.
[line 20] Tuas: homini cadunt lachrymae, quasi puero pr••••••audio.Hem tibi autem?
Ct.
Quidnam?
Sy.
Lupus est in fabula.
Ct.
Pater adest?
S.
Ipsus est.
Ct.
Syre, quid agimus?
S.
Fuge modò intró.Ego videro.
Ct.
Si quid rogabit, nusquam tu me: audistin'?
S.
Potin' es, ut desinas?
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