Miles Gloriosus

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

  1. Not yet; you say so too soon.
CARIO
  1. Shall I have at this fellow now?
PERIPLECOMENUS
  1. Aye,—but first let him be thrashed with cudgels.
CARIO
  1. True, right lustily.
PERIPLECOMENUS
  1. Why have you dared, you disgraceful fellow, to seduce another man’s wife?
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. So may the Gods bless me, she came to me of her own accord.
PERIPLECOMENUS
  1. It’s a lie. Lay on. They are about to strike.
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. Stay, while I tell—
PERIPLECOMENUS
  1. Why are you hesitating?
PYRGOPOLINICES
  1. Will you not let me speak?