PHILO. May the Gods bless you. (_Pointing to a couch._) Take your
place, Callidamates. (_He takes his place._) Whence are you
betaking yourself?
CALL. Whence a drunken man _does_.
PHILO. Well said. But, my Delphium, do take your place, there's a dear.
(_She takes her place on a couch._)
CALL. Give her something to drink. I shall go to sleep directly.
(_Nods and goes to sleep._)
PHILO. He doesn't do anything wonderful or strange. What shall I do with
him then, my dear?
DEL. Let him alone just as he is.
PHILO. Come, you _boy_. Meanwhile, speedily pass the goblet round,
beginning with Delphium.
[Footnote 1: _You to come for me_)--Ver. 306. Though none of the
Editions say so, it is not improbable that this is said to Phaniscus,
who, in the sequel, comes to fetch Callidamates home. The duties of the
"adversitor" have been alluded to in a previous Note.]
SCENE V.--_Enter_ TRANIO, _at a distance._
TRA. (_to himself_). Supreme Jove, with all his might and
resources, is seeking for me and Philolaches, my master's son, to be
undone. Our hopes are destroyed; nowhere is there any hold for courage;
not _even_ Salvation [1] _now_ could save us if she wished.
Such an immense mountain of woe have I just now seen at the harbour: my
master has arrived from abroad; Tranio is undone! (_To the_
AUDIENCE.) Is there any person who'd like to make gain of a little
money, who could this day endure to take my place in being tortured?
Where are those fellows hardened to a flogging, the wearers-out of iron
chains, or those, who, for the consideration of three didrachms, would
get beneath besieging towers [2], where some are in the way of having
their bodies pierced with fifteen spears? I'll give a talent to that man
who shall be the first to run to the cross _for me_; but on
condition that twice his feet, twice his arms [3] are fastened there.
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