narcotic but supposed to be deadly, he took the 

 bread in which you were to understand the poison 

 was mixed, and ate it, and a little while afterwards 

 seemed to shiver and stagger and be stupefied. 

 At last he stretched himself out and lay like a 

 dead dog, and let them pull him and move him 

 about as the needs of the play dictated. But 

 when he got his cue from what was being said 

 and done, he stirred, at first gently, as if waking 

 from deep sleep, and lifted his head and looked 

 round. Then, when they were surprised, he got 

 up and went to the right man and gave him such 

 a glad welcome that every one there, even the 

 emperor (for this was in the theatre of Marcellus, 

 and old Vespasian was present), felt for him. 



Plutarch, translated by F. T. Richards. 



The Dogs of Alcibiades and Xanthippus *^> 



(From Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans) 



(i) A LCIBIADES had a marvelous fayer great 

 ^ dogge that cost him three score and 



tenne minas, and he cut of his taile that was his 

 chief beawtie. When his friendes reproved him, 

 and tolde him how every man blamed him for it ; 

 he fell a laughing, and tolde them he had that 

 he sought. For, sayeth he, I would have the 



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