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SCENE V.

MENÆCHMUS SOSICLES, MESSENIO.
Men. Sos.
Messenio!
Come hither.

Mess.
What's the matter?

Men. Sos.
'St!—shall I
Impart it to you?

Mess.
What?

Men. Sos.
'Tis such a chance.

Mess.
What chance?

Men. Sos.
I know what you will say.

Mess.
I say
So much the worse for you.

Men. Sos.
I have got it, boy:
I have already made a rare beginning.
Quick as you can, go carry these my ship-mates
Directly to some place of entertainment.
Then come to me e'er sun-set.

Mess.
Master! master!
You're unacquainted with these harlotries.

Men. Sos.
Peace, prithee. If I play the fool, 'tis I,
Not you, shall suffer. Why, this woman here
Is a mere simpleton, an arrant ignorant,
As far as I have prov'd her hitherto.—
She is our game, my boy.

Mess.
'Tis over with us.

Men. Sos.
Will you be gone?

Mess.
He is undone, that's certain.
This pirate vessel has the boat in tow.
But I'm a fool, that I should seek to rule
My master: for he bought me to obey,
Not govern him. Come, follow me, that I
May wait upon him at the time he order'd.

[Exeunt.]