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The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-incestuous seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.

The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-incestuous seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.

Excerpt from The Comedy of ErrorsAct iii opens with the sweating return of the parasite, Peniculus, who has lost his patron in the crowd of the forum, and is barking back with pangs in his belly for the belated luncheon. Upon him, out of Erotium's doorway, tumbles the Traveller-twin; who has eaten and been entertained, and, moreover, carries perplexedly a rich mantle on his arm, on an errand to the dyer's. 'this Epidamnus is a fine place egad! Where the strumpets not only feast you for nothing, but let you loose with a gage d'amour of this value The parasite, promptly mistaking him for his twin, at once assails him with reproaches. 'sir, this is outrageous! You gave me the slip: you have doubled back and cheated me of my promised luncheon. Close upon this altercation Erotium' s maid comes running out to overtake the stranger with another commission, 'and please Menaechmus, my mistress desires you, with her love, to take this bracelet to the jeweller's to be smartened up with an extra ounce of gold.' 'better and better!' thinks Sosicles Menaechmus, and walks off with his double booty, having first taken care to toss his festal garland down another street, to mislead pursuit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.