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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 15
Section 2,096 of 2,141
Canonical reference 122.15
Latin
Perseus canonical Latin TEI
Pcdonem Pedonem Albinovanum narrantem audieramus, erat autem fabulator elegantissimus, habitasse se supra domum S. Papini. Is erat ex hac turba lucifugarum. Audio, inquit, circa horam tertiam noctis flagellorum sonum. Quaero, quid faciat; dicitur rationes accipere. Audio circa horam sextam noctis clamorem concitatum; quaero, quid sit; dicitur vocem exercere. Quaero circa horam octavam noctis, quid sibi ille sonus rotarum velit; gestari dicitur.
French
Baillard 1914
J’ai ouï rapporter par Pedo Albinovanus, conteur très-agréable, qu’il avait habité, à l’étage supérieur, la maison de Sp. Papinius, l’un de ces hommes qui fuyaient le jour. « Vers la
troisième heure de la nuit, disait-il, j’entends des coups de fouets qui résonnent ; je demande ce que fait mon homme : « C’est, me répond-on, qu’il règle les comptes de ses gens. » Trois heures après, s’élèvent des vociférations précipitées « Qu’est cela ? » On me dit : « Papinius exerce sa voix. » Vers la dixième heure, j’entends un bruit de roues, et j’apprends qu’il va sortir en voiture.
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
I heard Pedo Albinovanus, that most attractive story-teller, speaking of his residence above the town-house of Sextus Papinius. Papinius belonged to the tribe of those who shun the light. “About nine o’clock at night I hear the sound of whips. I ask what is going on, and they tell me that Papinius is going over his accounts. About twelve there is a strenuous shouting; I ask what the matter is, and they say he is exercising his voice. About two a.m. I ask the significance of the sound of wheels; they tell me that he is off for a drive.
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