By Niccolò Machiavelli
Notwithstanding greater recognized this day as a political theorist than as a dramatist, Machiavelli secured his repute as a huge within the historical past of Italian comedy greater than fifty years prior to Shakespeare's comedies thrilled English-speaking audiences. This bilingual version comprises all 3 examples of Machiavelli's comedic artwork: gleaming translations of his farcical masterpiece, The Mandrake; of his model of Terence's the lady From Andros; and of his Plautus-inspired Clizia--works whose style afforded Machiavelli a distinct car not just for exciting audiences yet for reading advantage amid the twists and turns of fortune.
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D A V O : Honestly, I don't get you. SIMO:Oh, no? DAVO:I'm Davo, not D a ~ i d .
Immediately I felt my spirit tighten up: aha, that's it! That's why his tears,3 that's why his compassion! SOSIA:I dread what this is leading up to! S I M O : Meanwhile, the funeral procession was moving ahead. We were following it and arrived at the grave. They hoisted her onto the burning funeral pyre and the weeping began. While this was going on, the sister, whom I mentioned, carelessly got dangerously close to the flames. " Then, you could see that they had become comfortable with one another's love; the woman fell into his arms crying hard, the way close friends might.
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