Miles Gloriosus

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

  1. Aye, I know now. You’ve now made the matter level for me instead of steep. But is there a certain person here?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Either he is or he is not.
MILPHIDIPPA
  1. Come aside with me alone, in private.
PALAESTRIO
  1. For a short or for a lengthy conversation?
MILPHIDIPPA
  1. For three words only.
PALAESTRIO
  1. to PYRGOPOLINICES. I’ll return to you this instant.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. What? Shall I be standing here in the meanwhile, with such charms and valorous deeds, thus to no purpose?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Submit to it and wait; for you am I doing this service.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. Make haste; I am tortured with waiting.
PALAESTRIO
  1. You know that commodities of this kind are only wont to be reached step by step.