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SCENE IV.
Enter EUCLIO.I would at last have found it in my heart
T'have done things handsome at my daughter's wedding.
I come to th'market,—ask the price of fish,—
I find it very dear,—lamb dear,—beef dear,—
Veal dear,—nay, ev'ry thing in short was dear:
What made them dearer still, I had not money.
Seeing that there was nothing I could purchase,
I came away in rage, and bid adieu
To the vile rascals. As I trudg'd along,
I with myself reflected, “Feast to-day
“Makes Fast to-morrow.” So I brought my mind
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My daughter with as little charge as possible.
I've therefore only bought this frankincense,
And these few wreaths of flow'rs, to place upon
The hearth in honour to our Houshold God,
That he may smile upon my daughter's nuptials.
(Going up to his house)
But ha! what do I see?—The door is open!
And there's a noise within! I'm robb'd, I'm plunder'd.
Congrio.
(within)
Go borrow, if you can, a larger Pot
Among the neighbourhood: this is too little;
It will not hold enough.
Eucl.
O I'm undone!
They've seiz'd my gold, they're asking for my Pot.
I'm a dead man, if I don't run this instant.
Apollo, come to my assistance, kill
These robbers with your arrows: you have help'd me
Upon a like occasion heretofore.
But why do I delay from running in,
Before I'm ruin'd past recovery?
[Runs in hastily.
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