ABSTRACT
The Menaechmi of Plautus 23 MEN. Prethee tell me, what is thy name? PEN. Well, well, mock on sir, mock on; doo ye not know my
know thee. PEN. Fie, awake Meneclrmus, awake; ye oversleepe your selfe. MEN. I am awake, I know what I say. PEN. Know you not Peniculus? MEN. Peniculus, or Pediculus, I know thee not. PEN. Did ye filch a cloake from your wife this morning, and
bring it hither to Erotium? MEN. Neither have I wife, neither gave I any cloake to Erotium,
neither filcht I any from any bodie. PEN. Will ye denie that which you did in my company? MEN. Wilt thou say I have done this in thy company? PEN. Will I say it? yea, I will stand to it. MEN. Away filthie mad drivell, away; I will talke no longer with
thee. PEN. Not a world of men shall staie me, but ile go tell his wife
of all the whole matter, sith he is at this point with me. I will make this same as unblest a dinner as ever he eate.
