Do I see Strobilus now, my servant? STROBILUS (to himself.) ’Tis he himself. LYCONIDES (to himself.) ’Tis no other. STROBILUS (to himself.) I’ll accost him. LYCONIDES (to himself.) I’ll step out I’ll step out : It must be supposed that Strobilus is a good way down a street, which emerges on the stage right opposite the Spectators; while Lyconides is in the front of the stage, and consequently beyond the nearer end of the street. towards him. I do think that he has been, as I requested him, to the old woman, the nurse herself of this damsel. STROBILUS (to himself.) Why don’t I tell him that I’ve found this prize, and speak out? For that reason, I’ll beg of him to make me free. I’ll go and speak to him. (Addressing him.) I’ve found— LYCONIDES What have you found? STROBILUS Not that which the boys cry out that they’ve found in the bean Found in the bean : This is explained as meaning a little worm or weevil, which boys used to seek for in beans and other pulse, and which they called Midas . LYCONIDES And are you trifling with me then, as you are in the habit of doing?