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THEU. What, _my_ lad, are you off then? Liberty's the overcoat for
your back [5].
PHA. Nothing have I with which to cover my back, except to pay respect
and service to my master.
(_Exeunt_ PHANISCUS and SERVANT.
THEU. (_to himself_). By my troth, I am undone! What need is there
of talking? According to the words I have heard, I surely haven't lately
voyaged hence to Aegypt, but even to some desolate land and the most
remote shores have I been borne about, so much am I at a loss to know
where I now am. But I shall soon know; for see, here's the person of
whom my son bought the house.
[Footnote 1: _Respected sir_)--Ver. 944. "Pater," Literally,
"father."]
[Footnote 2: _An afternoon's whet_)--Ver. 958. "Merendam."
According to some, this meal was the same as the "prandium," or
"breakfast;" while others take it to have been a slight meal or
luncheon, taken at about four or five in the afternoon.]
[Footnote 3: _No, by Apollo_)--Ver. 965. [Greek: Ma ton Apollo]. He
uses a Greek adjuration.]
[Footnote 4: _The revenue of a Hercules_)--Ver. 976. It was the
custom with many to devote to Hercules the tenth part of their
possessions. Consequently, the revenues belonging to the Temples of this
Deity would be especially large.]
[Footnote 5: _The overcoat for your back_)--Ver. 982. Schmieder
thinks this is said insultingly to Phaniscus. It would, however, appear
otherwise: Phaniscus having no "paenula," or "overcoat," on,
Theuropides, who thinks him a very worthy fellow, says, "My good fellow,
your freedom would make you a very fine overcoat.
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