<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="prologue" subtype="act"><div type="textpart" n="pr" subtype="scene"><sp><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="1">Vt vos in vostris voltis mercimoniis</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="2">emundis vendundisque me laetum lucris</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="3">adficere atque adiuvare in rebus omnibus</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="4">et ut res rationesque vostrorum omnium</l><lb ed="actscene" n="5"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="5">bene <add>me</add> expedire voltis peregrique et domi</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="6">bonoque atque amplo auctare perpetuo lucro</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="7">quasque incepistis res quasque inceptabitis,</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="8">et uti bonis vos vostrosque omnis nuntiis</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="9">me adficere voltis, ea adferam, ea uti nuntiem</l><lb ed="actscene" n="10"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="10">quae maxime in rem vostram communem sient</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="11">(nam vos quidem id iam scitis concessum et datum</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="12">mi esse ab dis aliis, nuntiis praesim et lucro):</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="13">haec ut me voltis adprobare adnitier,</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="14"><del>lucrum ut perenne vobis semper suppetat</del></l><lb ed="actscene" n="15"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="15">ita huic facietis fabulae silentium</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="16">itaque aequi et iusti hic eritis omnes arbitri.</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="17">Nunc cuius iussu venio et quam ob rem venerim</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="18">dicam simulque ipse eloquar nomen meum.</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="19">Iovis iússu venio, nomen Mercurio est mihi.</l><lb ed="actscene" n="20"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="20">pater huc me misit ad vos oratum meus,</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="21">tam etsi, pro imperio vobis quod dictum foret,</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="22">scibat facturos, quippe qui intellexerat</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="23">vereri vos se et metuere, ita ut aequom est Iovem;</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="24">verum profecto hoc petere me precario</l><lb ed="actscene" n="25"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="25">a vobis iussit, leniter, dictis bonis.</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="26">etenim ille, cuius huc iussu venio, Iuppiter</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="27">non minus quam vostrum quivis formidat malum:</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="28">humana matre natus, humano patre,</l><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="29">mirari non est aequom, sibi si praetimet;</l><lb ed="actscene" n="30"/><l xml:base="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi001.perseus-lat2" n="30">atque ego quoque etiam, qui Iovis sum filius,</l></sp></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>