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T. Maccius Plautus, Amphitryon, or Jupiter in Disguise (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) 2 0 Browse Search
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T. Maccius Plautus, Amphitryon, or Jupiter in Disguise (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 1, scene 1 (search)
Enter SOSIA, with a Lantern. SOSIA to himself. What other person is there more bold than I, or who more stout of heart, who know the humours of young menOf young men: He alludes to the broils of the night, occasioned by the vagaries of wild and dissolute young men--perhaps not much unlike the Mohawks, whose outrageous pranks are mentioned in the Spectator and Swift's Journal to Stella., and who am walking at this hour of night alone? What shall I do, if now the officers of the watchOfficers of the watch: Literally, the "Tresviri." As usual, though the Scene is laid in Greece, Roman usages are introduced by Plautus. The officers here mentioned were called "nocturni Tresviri." It was their province to take up all suspicious characters found abroad during the night. They were attended, probably, by lictors, or subordinate officers, who are here referred to as 'homines octo validi," "eight sturdy fellows." should thrust me into prison. To-morrow shall I be dealt out from thereDealt out