Rudens
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.
Enter SCEPARNIO, with a spade on his shoulder.SCEPARNIO
Enter PLESIDIPPUS, at a distance, talking with three CITIZENS.PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS DÆM. PLESIDIPPUS SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO DÆM. SCEPARNIO
Enter PALÆSTRA, at a distance, with her clothes torn and drenched.PALAESTRA
Enter AMPELISCA, at a distance, on the other side of the stage, in a similar condition.AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA AMPELISCA
Enter PTOLEMOCRATIA, the Priestess, from the Temple of Venus.PTOLEMOCRATIA PALAESTRA PTOLEMOCRATIA PALAESTRA PTOLEMOCRATIA PALAESTRA PTOLEMOCRATIA PALAESTRA PTOLEMOCRATIA AMPELISCA PTOLEMOCRATIA PALAESTRA PTOLEMOCRATIA
Ente some FISHERMEN, with lines and nets.A FISHERMAN.
Enter TRACHALIO, at a distance, in haste.TRACHALIO FISHERMEN of Cyrene. TRACHALIO FISHERMEN of Cyrene. TRACHALIO FISHERMEN of Cyrene. TRACHALIO FISHERMEN of Cyrene. TRACHALIO TRACHALIO
Enter AMPELISCA, from the Temple.AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TEACH. AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TEACH. AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO AMP. GO.
Enter SCEPARNIO, from the cottage of DÆMONES.SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA SCEPARNIO AMPELISCA
Enter SCEPARNIO, from the cottage.SCEPARNIO
Enter LABRAX, dripping wet, followed by CHARMIDES, at a distance, in the same plight.LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES
Enter SCEPARNIO, from the Temple.SCEPARNIO LABRAX SCEPARNIO LABRAX SCEPARNIO LABRAX SCEPARNIO LABRAX SCEPARNIO LABRAX SCEPARNIO LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES SCEPARNIO CHARMIDES SCEPARNIO CHARMIDES SCEPARNIO CHARMIDES
Enter DÆMONES, from his house.DÆM.
Enter TRACHALIO, in haste, from the Temple.TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO
Enter PALÆSTRA and AMPELISCA, in haste, from the Temple, with dishevelled locks.PALAESTRA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA AMPELISCA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA AMPELISCA PALAESTRA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA TRACHALIO AMPELISCA TRACHALIO PALAESTRA TRACHALIO
Enter DÆMONES, from the Temple, with his two SERVANTS dragging out LABRAX.DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX TRACL. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX TRACHALIO LABRAX DÆM. SERV. DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. TPACH. DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO DÆM. TRACHALIO
DÆMONES, LABRAX, PALÆSTRA, AMPELISCA, and SERVANTS.DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX DÆM. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX SERV. LABRAX
Enter PLESIDIPPUS and TRACHALIO, at a distance, on the other side of the stage.PLESIDIPPUS TRACHALIO PLESIDIPPUS TRACHALIO PLESIDIPPUS TRACHALIO LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS TRACHALIO PLESIDIPPUS TRACHALIO PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS SERV. PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX SERV. PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX PLESIDIPPUS LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES LABRAX CHARMIDES
Enter DÆMONES, from his cottage.[*](Echard remarks that the interval between the last Act and this is filled up with Plesidippus carrying Labrax before the Prætor and his trial, an, likewise with what passes in Dæmones' house.) DÆM.