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 am all attention to you.
PALAESTRIO
  1. Take care of this. When the Captain comes home, do you remember not to call Philocomasium by her name.
PLEUSICLES
  1. What am I to call her?
PALAESTRIO
  1. Glycera.
PLEUSICLES
  1. The same, you mean, that was agreed upon a little time since.
PALAESTRIO
  1. Hush!—Be off.
PLEUSICLES
  1. I’ll remember; but still I don’t know what use it is to keep it in my mind.
PALAESTRIO
  1. But I will tell you, at the time, when occasion shall require. Meanwhile, be quiet; so that, bye and bye, when he too shall be acting his part[*](Acting his part: He alludes to Periplecomenus, who has just left him.), you may, on the instant, be minding your cue.
PLEUSICLES
  1. I’ll go in then.
PALAESTRIO
  1. Go, and do take care steadily to follow my instructions. PLEUSICLES goes into the house of PERIPLECOMENUS.