SCENE VIII.
Amphitryon alone.
Ruin'd for ever! Abandon'd by my Friends and and Counsellors. But by Heaven, this damn'd Impostor
Plautus's comedies ... made English, with critical remarks upon each play.
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- Plautus's comedies ... made English, with critical remarks upon each play.
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- Plautus, Titus Maccius.
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- 1694.
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sha'n't abuse me unreveng'd, whoe'er he be. I'll imme∣diately to the King, and acquaint him with the whole Bus'ness. As I hope to live, I'll severely punish this Hellish Sorcerer. who has play'd such villanous Tricks wi' my whole Family.—
[Looking round about him.]
But where is he?—O' my Soul, gone in; and I be∣lieve, to my Wife.—Did Thebes e'er produce a great∣er Wretch?—What Course can I take? All the World deny me, and make a Mock o' me as they please. 'Tis fix'd at last; I'll break in upon 'em, and the first living Creature I meet, whether Maid or Man, Wife or Stallion, nay Father or Grandfather, I'll mur∣der upo' the Spot. Tho' mighty Iove, and all the Gods, shou'd interpose, I'd perfect my Design. Now I'll enter the House.—
He goes to the Door; it thunders; he shakes, and falls into a Swoon.
The End of the Fourth Act.