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SCENE IV.
Enter CAPPADOX.Cap.
The man to whom the Gods propitious are,
They can't be angry with.—After the sacrifice
It came into my head to ask the banker,
Lest he should take't in mind to run away,
To pay me the remainder of the money,
That I may rather make good cheer, than he.
The.
Did you not hear me wish you a good day?
Cap.
Therapontigonoplatagidorus! save you!
I'm glad to see you safe in Epidaurus.
You will not pick a bit with me to-day?
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Why, your reception's civil, I must own!
But you will find a different one from me.
[aside.
How fares my purchase at your house?
[to him.
Cap.
You've nought
At my house now. Nay, call not witnesses:
I owe you nothing.
The.
What!
Cap.
I've done as I
Had sworn to do.
The.
Will you return the girl,
Or no; before I spit you with my sword,
You rascal?
Cap.
I shall make you laugh, and on
The wrong side of your mouth. Nay, fright not me,
She's carry'd off—as you shall be yourself,
If you persist in thus abusing me.
I owe you nothing, but a cord to hang you.
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And dare you threaten me!
Cap.
Not only threaten,
But I will put my threats in execution,
If you persist in being troublesome—
The.
What! threatned thus! by a procurer too!
All my set battles disregarded thus?
So may my sword and buckler never do me
Good service in the field, unless the girl
Deliver'd be, I'll mince thee in such bits,
The ants shall piecemeal carry thee away.
Cap.
So may my nippers, crisping-irons, combs,
And glass be good, my cloth and scissars clean,
As I regard your threats and swelling words,
No more, than the poor wench, that cleans my privy.
I sent the girl by him, who brought your money.
The.
And who is he?
Cap.
Your freedman—said his name
Was Nimwell.
The.
Mine?—Now I perceive the cheat—
By Hercules! Curculio stole my ring.
Cap.
And have you lost your ring? You are a soldier
Finely enroll'd in a disbanded corps!
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But where to find this weevil?
Cap.
In your wheat.
There you'll five hundred find instead of one.
Well, I'll away—Your servant!—Fare you well.
[Exit.
The.
Fare well! Fare ill to you. What shall I do?
Shall I stay here or go? And have I been
Impos'd on in this manner? I would give
A good reward to him who'd find him out.
[Exit.
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