Vana haec more famae cerdentium otio augebantur; ceterum libertus Plauti celeritate ventorum praevenit centurionem et mandata L. Antistii soceri attulit:'Effugeret segnem mortem, dum suffugium esset: magni nominis miseratione reperturum bonos, consociaturum audaces: nullum interim subsidium aspernandum.
These figments, in the manner of all rumours, were amplified by indolent credulity; in reality, a freedman of Plautus, with the help of quick winds, outstripped the centurion, and carried his patron instructions from his father-in-law, Lucius Antistius:'He was to escape a cowards death, while a refuge was still open. Compassion for his great name would win him the support of the good, the alliance of the bold; in the meantime, no resource should be disdained.
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