The Trinummus of Plautus: Translated Into English Verse (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Trinummus of Plautus: Translated Into English Verse Luau Follow me, daughter, to fulfil thy task. Want. I follow - but the end I see not yet. Law. The end is near - here is the house: go - Now, to prevent mistakes, I'll things explain To you, my public, if you '11 list to me. N ow, first of all, who I am, who She is Who entered there, I'll tell you, - ~now, attend! Our author Plautus gave to me the name Of Luxury - to my daughter here, of Want. 10* Now, why she entered there at my command, Listen, I pray you, whilst I tell you all. There is a certain youth who dwelleth there, Who by my help hath squandered all his means. N ow seeing that to him, whose guest I was, There's nothing left, my daughter I have sent With him to dwell the balance of his days. Now, the play's plot expect not me to tell The two old men, who first appear, will this Disclose. The Greek name of the drama was The Treasure, written by Philemon, but By Plautus into Latin travestied. 00 He gave it a new name, The Three Gold Coins. And now he asks of you to let this pass, The name to stand - not fall, - 'tis all he would. Farewell! And listen, silently attent! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.