Miles Gloriosus

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

  1. I fear that some one may turn it to your discredit, while all these things are being carried after us through the city.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. I have given away my own property, and not theirs. I care but little for other people. Be off then, go with the blessing of the Gods.
PALAESTRIO
  1. ’Tis for your sake I say it.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. I believe you.
PALAESTRIO
  1. And now farewell!
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. And heartily farewell to you!
PALAESTRIO
  1. to PLEUSICLES and PHILOCOMASIUM as they leave. Go you quickly on; I’ll overtake you directly; I wish to speak a few words with my master. To PYRGOPOLINICES. Although you have ever deemed others more faithful to yourself than me, still do I owe you many thanks for all things; and if such were your feelings, I would rather be a slave to you by far than be the freedman of another.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. Be of good courage.
PALAESTRIO
  1. Ah me! When it comes in my mind, how my manners must be changed, how womanish manners must be learnt, and the military ones forgotten!
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. Take care and be honest.