Perde 3
[Textpart 2]
Upon my word, the old gentleman Demaenetus, has been very obliging to us. How cleverly he pretended that I was Saurea. With the greatest difficulty did I withhold my laughter, when he rebuked the stranger, because in his absence he had been unwilling to put confidence in me; and with what readiness did he call me Saurea the chamberlain.
580
LIBANUS
Stop a moment.
585
LEONIDA
What’s the matter?
585
LIBANUS
Isn’t this Philenium that’s coming from in-doors, and Argyrippus with her.
585
LEONIDA
Keep silence, ’tis he; let’s listen quietly to them.
In tears, she holds him, weeping, by the lappet of his garment; what, I wonder, am I to say is the matter?
LIBANUS
Let’s listen in silence.
LEONIDA
Dear me, a thought, I’ faith, has just come into my mind; I very much wish I had a long stick here.
LEONIDA
With which to beat these assesTo beat these asses: He means the money which was to have been paid for the asses., if perchance they should begin to bray out here, from within the bag.
[Textpart 3]
Why are you holding me back?
PHILENIUM
Because, as I love you, I cannot bear your departing.
PHILENIUM
I should fare somewhat better, if you were to remain here.
ARGYRIPPUS
Blessings on you.
PHILENIUM
Do you wish for blessings on me, to whom you are bringing disease by your departure?
ARGYRIPPUS
Your mother has bid me the last farewellBid me the last farewell: The word vale, farewell, is here understood, and reference is made, figuratively, to the usage of exclaiming vale when fire was set to the funeral pile. In saying that she bade him go home he refers to the expression with which the ceremony concluded, ilicet, you may go away, or you may go home.; she has requested me to go home.
PHILENIUM
A bitter death will she cause her daughter, if I must part from you.
595
LIBANUS
Troth now, the man has been turned out of doors there.
LEONIDA
Such is the fact.
