anger" or "foreigner" toward the end of the Play,
he probably was intended to be represented as a native of Asia and
a subject of Seleucus. One of the Seleuci was also favored with
the services of Pyrgopolinices, the "Braggart Captain" of Plantus,
in the Miles Gloriosus. See l. 75 in that Play: "For King Seleucus
entreated me with most earnest suit that I would raise and enlist
recruits for him."]

[Footnote 63: _You've just hit it_)--Ver. 401. Colman here
remarks, quoting the following passage from Shakspeare's "Love's
Labor Lost," "That that Poet was familiarly acquainted with this
Comedy is evident from the passage, 'Holofernes says, _Novi
hominem tanquam te_. His humor is lofty, his discourse peremptory,
his tongue filed, his eye ambitious, his gait majestical, and his
general behavior vain, ridiculous, and Thrasonical.'" We may
remark that the previous words of Gnatho, though spoken with
reference to the King, contain a reproach against the Captain's
boastfulness, though his vanity will not let him perceive it.]

[Footnote 64: _In his eye_)--Ver. 401. "In oculis" is generally
supposed to mean "as dearly in his eyes." As, however, the Satraps
of the East were called "the king's eyes," those who suppose that
Darius is alluded to, might with some ground consider the passage
as meaning that the king ranked him in the number of his nobles.
See the Paenulus of Plautus, l. 693, and the Note in Bohn's
Translation.]

[Footnote 65: _You understand_)--Ver. 405. He says this at the
very moment when he is at a loss what to say next; the Parasite
obligingly steps in to help him out with the difficulty.]

[Footnote 66: _Indeed, of none_)--Ver. 410. "Immo, nullorum
arbitror, si tecum vivit." This expression which is used "aside,"
has two meanings, neither of which is complimentary to the
Captain. It may mean, "he has no society if he associates with
you," making the Captain equivalent to nobody; or it may signify,
"if he associates with you he'll be sure to drive all his other
acquaintances away."]

[Footnote 67: _Over the Indian elephants_)--Ver. 413. Here he
shows his lofty position to perfection; he dares to take down the
pride of one who commanded even the royal elephants. The Braggart
Captain of Plautus comes into collision with the elephants
themselves: l. 26. Artotrogus says to him, "In what a fashion it
was you broke the fore-leg of even a