Bacchides, or The Twin Sisters (276-294b)

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Nay, but do you listen—

NICOBULUS

Well, I wasn’t aware of the disposition of my avaricious entertainer.

CHRYSALUS

Afterwards, at last we had got the gold, and embarked on board ship, desirous for home. By chance, as I was sitting on the deck, while I was looking about me, at that moment I beheld

a long bark being fitted out by this cheating knave.

NICOBULUS

Troth, I’m undone; that bark breaks my heart[*].

CHRYSALUS

This was held in partnership by your host and some pirates.

NICOBULUS

And that I should be such a blockhead as to trust him, when his very name of Archidemides[*]

cried aloud to me that he would deprive me of it, if I should entrust anything to him.

CHRYSALUS

This bark was lying in wait for our ship. I began to watch them, to see what business they were about. Meanwhile, from harbour our ship set sail. When we had fully left the harbour, these fellows began to follow with their oars;

nor birds, nor winds more swiftly. As I discovered what scheme was being carried out, at once we dropped anchor. As they beheld us stopping, they began to keep their vessel back in harbour.

NICOBULUS

Wicked wretches, by my troth. What did you do at last?

CHRYSALUS

We returned again into harbour.

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