So great is the matter that has been commenced upon; this must not be
carried out in any drowsy fashion.
TYND. Just as you shall desire me to be, I will be.
PHIL. I trust _so_. TYND. For now you see that for your precious
life I'm setting at stake my own, _as_ dear _to me_.
PHIL. I know it. TYND. But remember to know it when you shall be
enjoying that which you wish for; for mostly, the greatest part of
mankind follow this fashion; what they wish for, until they obtain it,
they are rightminded; but when they have now got it in their power, from
being rightminded they become most deceitful, and most dishonest; now I
do consider that you are towards me as I wish. What I advise you, I
would advise my own father.
PHIL. I' faith, if I could venture, I would call you father; for next to
my own father, you are my nearest father.
TYND. I understand. PHIL. And therefore I remind you the more
frequently, that you may remember it. I am not your master, but your
servant; now this one thing I do beseech you. Inasmuch as the immortal
Gods hare disclosed to us their wishes, that they desire me to have
_once_ been your master, and now to be your fellow-captive; what
formerly of my right I used to command you, now with entreaties do I beg
of you, by our uncertain fortunes, and by the kindness of my father
towards you, _and_ by our common captivity, which has befallen us
by the hand of the enemy, don't you pay me any greater respect than _I
did you_ when you were my slave; and don't you forget to remember who
you were, and who you now are.
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