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SCENE IX.

Re-enter SATURIO and his DAUGHTER.
Sat.
Well—if I'm not destruction to that fellow—

Dor.
Undone!

Sat.
He's luckily before the door—

Daug.
My father, hail!

Sat.
And hail to you, my daughter—

Dor.
That Persian's ruin'd me—

Daug.
This is my father—

[to Dordalus.
Dor.
What father?—I am ruin'd past redemption.
Why don't I weep my sixty minæ lost—

Sat.
Villain, I'll make you weep yourself—

Dor.
I'm murder'd.

Sat.
Come pandar—March before a magistrate—

Dor.
Why summon me?

Sat.
I'll open that in court,
Before the Prætor—Mind I summon you—

Dor.
But don't you call to this arrest some witness?

Sat.
Shall I for you touch any freeman's ear?
Scoundrel—Whose trade is buying up free citizens.

Dor.
Let me but speak—

Sat.
I'll not—

Dor.
Hear me—

Sat.
I'm deaf—
Come follow me this way, vile catamountain—
Thou virgin-stealer—And do you, my daughter,
Go with us to the Prætor's—

Daugh.
Sir, I follow—

[Exeunt.