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Persa, or The Persian (576b-600)

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I’m come; I’ve brought her (pointing to the DAMSEL.) as I just now said I would. For yesterday at night the ship arrived in harbour: I want her to be sold, if she can; if she cannot, I intend to go away from here as soon as I can.
DORDALUS
Greetings to you, young man.
SAGARISTIO
If indeed I shall dispose of her at her own price—
TOXILUS
(pointing to DORDALUS.)
Why, you’ll either sell her handsomely with him for your purchaser, or you can to no one.
SAGARISTIO
Are you a friend of his?
TOXILUS
In the same measure as all the Divinities who inhabit the heavens.
DORDALUS
Then you are an assured enemy to me; for to the race of procurers no God was ever so kind as to prove propitious.
SAGARISTIO
Attend to the business in hand. Have you any need to purchase her?
DORDALUS
If you have need for her to be sold,
I, too, have need to purchase her; if you have no sudden occasion to sell, just in the same degree have I to buy.
SAGARISTIO
State a sum; name a price.
DORDALUS
The commodity is your own; it’s for you to name a sum.
TOXILUS
(to SAGARISTIO.)
He asks what’s right.
SAGARISTIO
Do you wish to buy at a bargain?
DORDALUS
Do you wish to sell at a handsome profit?
TOXILUS
I’ faith, I’m sure that both of you would like to do so.
DORDALUS
Come, boldly name your price.
SAGARISTIO
I tell you beforehand; no one will dispose of her to you on warranty. Do you so understand it, then?
DORDALUS
I understand it.
Declare what’s the lowest price at which you’ll offer her, for which she may be taken by the purchaser.
TOXILUS
Hold your tongue, hold your tongue. Really, upon my faith, you are a very simple man, with your childish ways.
DORDALUS
Why so?
TOXILUS
Why because I wish you first to make enquiries of the damsel which relate to your interest.
DORDALUS
And really, upon my faith, you’ve given me no bad advice. Look at that, will you. I, an experienced Procurer, had almost fallen into the pit,
if you had not been here. How important a point it is to have a person your friend at hand when you are about anything.
TOXILUS
I want you to make enquiry of her, of what family or in what country she was born, or of what parents, so that you mayn’t say that you’ve bought her at hazard by my persuasion or suggestion.
DORDALUS
On the contrary, I approve of your counsel, I tell you.
TOXILUS
(to SAGARISTIO.)
Unless it’s troublesome, he’s desirous to make a few enquiries of her.
SAGARISTIO
By all means;
at his own pleasure.

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