Miles Gloriosus

Plautus, Titus Maccius

Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.

  1. For what reason so?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Just look on your left hand; who is that lady?
SCELEDRUS
  1. looking. O ye immortal Gods, it really is the lady of my master!
PALAESTRIO
  1. I’ faith, so she seems to me as well. Do then, now, since so you would have it—
SCELEDRUS
  1. Do what?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Die this very instant.
PHILOCOMASIUM
  1. advancing. Where is this faithful servant, who has falsely accused me in my innocence of this most heinous crime?
PALAESTRIO
  1. See, here he is; ’tis he that told it me,—assuredly ’twas he.
PHILOCOMASIUM
  1. Villain, did you say that you had seen me next door here kissing?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Besides, he said it was with some strange young man.