The Comedies of Terence

Scene II.

Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley translation

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THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE.ANDRIA; THE FAIR ANDRIAN.ANDRIA; THE FAIR ANDRIAN.

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EUNUCHUS; THE EUNUCH.EUNUCHUS; THE EUNUCH.

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HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS; THE SELF-TORMENTOR.HEAUTONTIMORUMENOS; THE SELF-TORMENTOR.

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ADELPHI; THE BROTHERS,ADELPHI; THE BROTHERS,

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HECYRA; THE MOTHER-IN-LAW HECYRA; THE MOTHER-IN-LAW

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PHORMIO; OR, THE SCHEMING PARASITE PHORMIO; OR, THE SCHEMING PARASITE

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Parmeno alone.

Par. (to himself.) Good Gods! What a malady is this! That a man should become so changed through love, that you wouldn’t know him to be the same person! Not any one was there41 less inclined to folly than he, and no one more discreet or more temperate. But who is it that’s coming this way? Heyday! surely this is Gnatho, the Captain’s Parasite; he’s bringing along with him the damsel as a present to her. Heavens! How beautiful! No wonder if I make but a sorry figure here to-day with this decrepit Eunuch of mine. She surpasses Thais herself.

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