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T. Maccius Plautus, Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) 4 0 Browse Search
T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) 2 0 Browse Search
T. Maccius Plautus, Bacchides, or The Twin Sisters (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) 2 0 Browse Search
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T. Maccius Plautus, Rudens, or The Fisherman's Rope (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) 2 0 Browse Search
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T. Maccius Plautus, Rudens, or The Fisherman's Rope (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 5, scene 2 (search)
he Gods prosper you with your shorn pateYour shorn pate: Madame Dacier suggests that Labrax has had his hair cut off in consequence of having escaped from shipwreck, which, indeed, was often done during the continuance of a storm by those at sea.. LABRAX What's going on? GRIPUS A spit being cleaned. LABRAX How do you do? GRIPUS What are you? Prithee, are you a medicantA medicant: He plays upon the resemblance of the words "medicus" and "mendicus." To give effect to the pun, we have, with Thornton, coined the word "medicant," in the sense of "doctor" or "physician."? LABRAX No, i' faith, I am more than a medicant by one letter. GRIPUS Then you are a "mendicant." LABRAX You've hit it to a nicetyHit it to a nicety: "Tetigisti acu." Literally, "you've hit it with the point"--that is, "exactly.". GRIPUS Your appearance seems suitable to it. But what's the matter with you? LABRAX Troth, this last night I was shipwrecked at sea the vessel was cast away, and to my misfortune I lost there e