SI.primo haec pudice vitam parce ac duriter
agebat, lana ac tela victum quaeritans; 75
sed postquam amans accessit pretium pollicens
unus et item alter, ita ut ingeniumst omnium
hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem,
accepit condicionem, de(h)inc quaestum occipit.
qui tum illam amabant forte, ita ut fit, filium 80
perduxere illuc, secum ut una esset, meum.
egomet continuo mecum "certe captus est:
habet". observabam mane illorum servolos
venientis aut abeuntis: rogitabam "heus puer,
dic sodes, quis heri Chrysidem habuit?" nam Andriae 85
illi id erat nomen. SO. teneo.
SI. At first, this girl led a chaste, frugal, and hardy life, seeking her living by working in wool; but after one lover came her way, promising a reward, then another likewise, just as human nature is prone (to be enticed, I guess) from work to lust, she accepted the condition, hence began making a profit. They who loved her then perhaps, as it happens, led my son there to be together with them. I repeatedly told myself, "Surely he is trapped; she's pregnant." In the morning, I used to watch their young servants coming and going. I frequently asked, "Hey boy, tell me, please, who had Chrysis yesterday?" For this was her name, Andria.
SO. I understand.
agebat, lana ac tela victum quaeritans; 75
sed postquam amans accessit pretium pollicens
unus et item alter, ita ut ingeniumst omnium
hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem,
accepit condicionem, de(h)inc quaestum occipit.
qui tum illam amabant forte, ita ut fit, filium 80
perduxere illuc, secum ut una esset, meum.
egomet continuo mecum "certe captus est:
habet". observabam mane illorum servolos
venientis aut abeuntis: rogitabam "heus puer,
dic sodes, quis heri Chrysidem habuit?" nam Andriae 85
illi id erat nomen. SO. teneo.
SI. At first, this girl led a chaste, frugal, and hardy life, seeking her living by working in wool; but after one lover came her way, promising a reward, then another likewise, just as human nature is prone (to be enticed, I guess) from work to lust, she accepted the condition, hence began making a profit. They who loved her then perhaps, as it happens, led my son there to be together with them. I repeatedly told myself, "Surely he is trapped; she's pregnant." In the morning, I used to watch their young servants coming and going. I frequently asked, "Hey boy, tell me, please, who had Chrysis yesterday?" For this was her name, Andria.
SO. I understand.