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SCENE VII.
Enter PLEUSIDIPPUS and TRACHALIO, talking, at a Distance.What! would the rascal drag her off perforce,
By violence from the altar?
Trach.
Even so.
Pleu.
Did you not kill the villain on the spot?
Trach.
There was no sword at hand.
Pleu.
You should have taken
A club or stone.
Trach.
Shou'd I have ston'd the fellow?
Have ston'd him like a dog?
Pleu.
Yes, such a villain.
Lab.
(seeing them)
Now I'm undone indeed.—Here's Pleusidippus:
He'll brush my jacket for me;—aye, he'll give me
A thorough dusting.
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Were the damsels sitting
Then by the altar, when you went for me?
Trach.
Yes, and are sitting now there.
Pleu.
Who protects them?
Trach.
A good old gentleman, I know not who,
Who lives close by the temple: he has been
Of special use, and of most rare assistance.
He and his servants now protect and guard them:
I gave them to their charge.
Pleu.
Conduct me strait
To the Procurer: shew me, where's the villain?
[They advance.]
Lab.
(to Pleus.)
Good morrow.
Pleu.
Hang good-morrow: take your choice
This instant, whether you'd be carried gently
Before a judge, or drag'd there by the throat.
Chuse which you will, while 'tis allow'd you.
Labr.
Neither.
Pleu.
Trachalio, run with speed to the sea-side,
And bid the friends I brought along with me
To meet me forthwith at the city-gate,
That they may help to drag this knave to prison:
That done, come back again, and guard these damsels.
[Exit Trachalio.
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