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SCENE I.
Enter DÆMONES.'Twas a right deed, and 'tis a pleasure to me,
That I could serve these damsels.—I am now
Their patron and protector. They are both
Of a rare age and beauty; but the jade,
My wife, still watches me on ev'ry side,
Lest I should shew a liking to the damsels.—
I marvel what my slave Gripus is doing,
Who went last night a fishing on the sea:
He had been wiser, had he slept at home,
Such weather, such a night: what he has caught,
I'll dress within the hollow of my hand,
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But my wife
Calls me to dinner; I must home again;
Though she will stun my ears with her vile prattle.
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