Miles Gloriosus
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.
- I can be so no longer; I have lost all inclination[*](Lost all inclination: A pun is thought to be intended here on the word lubidnem, but of so wretched a nature that it is not worth any further allusion to it.).
- Go, follow them; don’t linger.
- Fare you right well.
- And heartily fare you well.
- Prithee, do remember me; if perchance I should happen to be made free, I’ll send the news to you; don’t you forsake me[*](don’t you forsake me: He hypocritically entreats his master not to desert him in need, should he be made free, and be thereby thrown entirely upon his own resources.).
- That is not my habit.
- Consider every now and then how faithful I have been to you. If you do that, then at last you’ll know who is honest towards you and who dishonest.
- I know it; I have often found that true, as well before as to-day in especial.
- Do you know it? Aye, and this day I’ll make you hereafter say still more how true it is.
- I can hardly refrain from bidding you to stay.