Note to The Taming of the Shrew, 1.1.161:
"Redime te captum quam queas minimo."

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This Latin phrase, which may be translated as "Ransom yourself from captivity as cheaply as you can," appears in the widely used Latin grammar of William Lily (c. 1468 - 1522), and is a quotation from a Latin comedy, Eunuchus (The Eunuch) by Terence (c. 195/185 - c. 159? BC). In Eunuchus, "Redime te captum quam queas minimo" is a cynical piece of advice given by a crafty servant, Parmeno, to his master Phaedria, who is suffering love-sickness over a prostitute who is playing hard to get.