Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher
Chapter 87
“_Pup._ _Di._ It is not profane.
_Lan._ It is not profane, he says.
_Boy._ It is profane.
_Pup._ It is not profane.
_Boy._ It is profane.
_Pup._ It is not profane.
_Lan._ Well said, confute him with Not, still.”
An imitation of the quarrel between Bacchus and the Frogs in Aristophanes:—
“Χορός. ἀλλὰ μὴν κεκραξόμεσθά γ’, ὁπόσον ἡ φάρυνξ ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνη δι’ ἡμέρας, βρεκεκεκὲξ, κοὰξ, κοὰξ.
Διόνυσος. τούτω γὰρ οὐ νικήσετε.
Χορός. οὐδὲ μὴν ἡμᾶς σὺ τάντως.
Διόνυσος. οὐδὲ μὴν ὑμεῖς γε δή μ’ οὐδέποτε.”
“The Devil Is An Ass.”