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First Dead Man

Alas for my goods!

Second Dead Man

Alas for my fields!

Third Dead Man

Woe is me, what a house I have left!

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Fourth Dead Man

How many thousands my heir will get to make ducks and drakes of!

Fifth Dead Man

Alas for my young children!

Sixth Dead Man

Who will gather grapes from the vines I planted for myself last year?

Hermes

Mikyllos, do you make no lament? It is impious for any one to cross without a tear.

Mikyllos

Nonsense. I have nothing to lament for on a prosperous voyage.

Hermes

Still, just join a little in the groaning for custom's sake.

Mikyllos

I will make my moan, then, since you think best, Hermes. Alas for my soles! Alas for my old lasts! Woe is me for my rotten sandals! Poor wretch, I shall never again go without food from daybreak to nightfall! Never again shall I stalk about in winter barefoot and half naked, my teeth chattering with the cold! Who, pray tell, will have my knife and my awl?

Hermes

You have mourned enough; we have almost finished our voyage.

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