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.
Author
Plautus, Titus Maccius.
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London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and T. Child ...,
1694.
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SCENE XIV.

Pleusidippus, Labrax, and Charmides.
Pleu.

Come along, Hang-Dog.

Lab.

Honest Boarder!

Char.

I'm none o' your Boarder; I renounce your Bed and Board.

Lab.

What d'ye throw m' off at last?

Char.

Yes, I've enough o' your Salt Meats, I thank

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Lab.

Then the Devil rot your Bones.

Char.

And your Corps in Prison.—

[To himself, following them at a distance.]
Troth, I fancy Men are of∣ten metamorphos'd into one Brute or another; and I believe the Merchant's chang'd to a Stock-Dove; for by and by, he'll be stock'd into the Pigeon Holes, where I'm affraid the poor Devil must make his Nest to night.—However, I'll endeavour to plead for him, and help over his Trial, as soon as I can.
[Exeunt omnes.

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