The Comedies of Terence

 Table of Contents

 Prologue.

 Act the First.

 Scene I.

 Scene II.

 Scene III.

 Act the Second.

 Scene I.

 Scene II.

 Scene III.

 Scene IV.

 Scene V.

 Act the Third.

 Scene I.

 Scene II.

 Scene III.

 Scene IV.

 Scene V.

 Scene VI.

 Scene VII.

 Scene VIII.

 Act the Fourth.

 Scene I.

 Scene II.

 Scene III.

 Scene IV.

 Scene V.

 Scene VI.

 Scene VII.

 Scene VIII.

 Scene IX.

 Scene X.

 Scene XI.

 Scene XII.

 Scene XIII.

 Scene XIV.

 Act the Fifth.

 Scene I.

 Scene II.

 Scene III.

 Scene IV.

 Scene V.

 Scene VI.

Scene X.

Demea alone.

Jove, what a life! what manners! what distraction! A bride just coming home without a portion; A Music-Girl already there in keeping: A house of waste; the youth a libertine; Th' old man a dotard! - 'Tis not in the pow'r Of Providence herself, howe'er desirous, To save from ruin such a family.