Just so; and, in fact, as though you, on your arrival to-day, had asked us to show you a spot for freedom and pleasure; where you might wench, drink, and live like a Greek.MILPHIODear me! Crafty fellows, upon my faith!AGORASTOCLESBut it was I who instructed them.MILPHIOAnd who you, in your turn?COLLYBISCUSCome, be of’ in-doors, Agorastocles, lest the Procurer should see you together with me, and some accident might befall our plan.MILPHIOThis person is extremely prudent. (To AGORASTOCLES.) Do as he bids you. AGORASTOCLESLet’s be off. (To the ASSISTANTS.) But you—has enough been said?COLLYBISCUSDo you be off.Part of line 607c in the Latin.AGORASTOCLESI’m off.Immortal Gods, I beg—COLLYBISCUSNay, but why don’t you be off?Part of line 608b in the Latin. AGORASTOCLESI’m off.COLLYBISCUSYou do wisely. (AGORASTOCLES and MILPHIO go into the house.)Hush! be quiet.ADVOCATIWhat’s the matter?COLLYBISCUSThis door (pointing to the door of the house of LYCUS) was guilty of a great indecency just now.ADVOCATIWhat indecency is that?COLLYBISCUSIt rumbled aloud.ADVOCATIMay the Deities confound you! Get you behind us.COLLYBISCUSBe it so.(Goes behind them.)ADVOCATIWe’ll walk first.COLLYBISCUS(aside.)They do what town-fellows are in the habit of doing: they put worthy men behind themselves.ADVOCATI(pointing to the PROCURER’S house .)That man that’s coming out is the Procurer.COLLYBISCUSHe’s a real good one; for he’s like a bad manLike a bad man: He means that the worse the man, the better the Procurer.. Even now, as he comes forth, I’ll suck out his blood at this distance.

(Enter LYCUS, from his house.)LYCUS(speaking to ANTHEMONIDES, within .)I’ll return here this moment, Captain. I wish to find us some fitting guests, to join us. Meanwhile, they’ll bring the entrails; and at the same time, the women, I suppose, will soon be making their appearance at home after the sacrifice. But why are such a number of people coming this way? I wonder what they are bringing? He, too, in the scarf, that’s following at a distance, who is he, I wonder? He is not an Aetolian.ADVOCATIWe greet you, Lycus. Although against our will, we give you this salutation, and although in a very moderate degree do we entertain good wishes for procurers.LYCUSMay you all be fortunate—a thing that I know for certain you neither will be, nor will Fortune permit it so to be.