>> require "hpricot" => true >> doc = Hpricot('<p>foo1</p><p>foo2</p>') => #<Hpricot::Doc {elem <p> "foo1" </p>} {elem <p> "foo2" </p>}> >> (doc / "p").prepend("foo") => #<Hpricot::Elements[{elem <p> "foo" "foo1" </p>}, {elem <p> "foo" "foo2" </p>}]> >> doc.to_html => "<p>foofoo1</p><p>foofoo2</p>"