William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Nov. 28, 2017)
Excerpt from The Comedy of Errors
Act 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.
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Act 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 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.
- ISBN
- 1333718144 / 9781333718145
- Pages
- 164
- Weight
- 8.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.4 in.
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