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FIVE ACTS.

FIRST PERFORMED WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY THE 7TH, 1801.

APOECIDES. Quis hoc scit factum?

EPIDICUS. Ego ita esse factum dico.

PERIPHANES. Scin' tu istuc?

EPIDICUS. Scio.

PERIPHANES. Qui tu scis?

EPIDICUS. Quia ego vidi.

PERIPHANES. [Ipse vidistine [Tragediam?]] Nimis factum bene!

EPIDICUS. Sed vestita, aurata, ornata, ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove! [Proh Dii immortales! tempestatem (plausuum Populus) nobis nocte hac misit!][1060:2]

(Plaut. Epidicus. Act 2. Scen. 2, ll. 22 sqq.)

LONDON.

PRINTED FOR T. N. LONGMAN AND REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1801.