6 The Rev. J. Hamilton on the Punic Passage in Plautus, 



" Ego re perpensa accuratius sentio e sedecim versibus decern priores esse Punicos sex pos- 

 terior.es Lybicos — in utrisque eadem haberi quae in Latinis quibus scena Poeta claudit." — Bochart 

 de Lingua. Punicd- (Caput VI.) 



Ten Punic Lines as found in the Poenulus, divided into Punic Words by 



interstitial Lines. 



N|Yth|alonim|uvalonuth|si corath|isima conlslth| 

 Chy|m lach|chun|yth mu|mys tyalmlyctibari i|niischi- 

 -Lilphojcanet h|yth|byn|ithii]a|d cedm|binutliii| 

 Byrnjarob|syllo ho|malonin]ubym|ls|yrthohol 

 Bythjlylm mo|thynlnoctothi|i n|elech|anti dasmachon;| 

 Yss|ld|ele|brim tylfel|yth|chyly|s clioln ten|lyphul| 

 Uthlbynlim ysdi|but thin]no cuthnu|AgorastoclesI 

 Yth|e manet|ihylchyrs|oe ly|coch|sithlnaso| 

 By|uniiid|chl|l|luh|ill|gubylim|lasyblt|thym| 

 Boldylalyt hleraylnlnynlnjuys ly|m moncothllusim 



The same reunited into connected but distinct Vocables. 



N' Yth alonlm uvalonuth si corath isimacon sith 



Chy m'lach'chun ythmu mystyalm yctibari mischili pho 



Caneth yth byn ithii a(i) doedin binuthil 



Byrn arob s'yl'loho malonim ubym is yrthoho 



Byth ly m'mo thyn noctothi i'n 'elech antidasmachon ; 



Yss id ele brimty fel yth chyl li s'cho ntn lyphul 



Uth byn im ysd ibuth thin nocuth'no Agorastocles 



Yth emeneth ihy chyrs asli choch sith naso by 



U'ni id chi'l'luh ili gubylim lasibith thym 



Bo dy 'alyt'h erayn 'nyn' n' uys'l ym'mon'cuth lusim 



