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Eight Comedies, Tr. Into Rhymed Metres by L.h. Rudd
Eight Comedies Tr Into Rhymed Metres by Lh Rudd Author:Aristophanes General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1867 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Gladly do I chant to thee. Gladly I my borough greet; I have had the hap to treat; Wars no more shall trouble us, Politics, nor Lamachus, All is past and I am free. Drink with us, and in the morning Draughts of Peace shall cool your tongue ; Then my buckler, service scorning, In the chimney shall be hung. [As soon as Dicopolis has finished h is hymn, the Chorus rush out from their hiding- place and pelt him with a volley of stones. diorus. 'Tis the very rogue at last! At him ; hit him ; knock him down ; All together, straight and fast Volley him from shin to crown. Die. Hercules ! but what is this ? You will crack the holy jar.1 Cho. You at least we shall not miss, dirty rascal as you are. Die. Wherefore ? tell me what's the matter, ancients of Acharnsc borough ? Cho. Shameless fellow, dare you chatter ? Scoundrel utter, rank and thorough ! When you've made a truce, you traitor, and your guilt is very plain, Can you dare to stand and prate, or look me in the face again ? Die. Hear me : for you do not know why I made that truce alone, Sir. Cho. Hear you ? hang you! never ! go, we will bury you with stones, Sir. Die. Wait until you understand, worthy fellows, I beseech. 1 In which was the porridge referred to by the Daughter. C Cho. No, I will not hold my hand; do not think to make a speech, For I hate you altogether more than I do Cleon, whose Hide I mean to turn to leather, which shall find the Knights in shoes.' Do not think to make excuses; it were only waste of breath. With the Spartans you have truces, therefore you shall die the death. Die. Put the Spart...« less