Why, because thee dost call me churlish. Therefore now, if thee doesn’t be off this instant, and tell me quickly what thee want’st, adzookers, woman, I’ll be, here this very instant, trampling thee beneath my feet like a sow her piglings.ASTAPHIUMThis is indeed right country,and no mistake; ’tis an abominable and truly a monkey race.STRATILAX(holding up his fist.)Dost thee throw the country in my teeth, when thee hast found a man who’s ashamed of what’s foul? Hast thee come hither to tempt me with thy decked out bonesDecked out bones: Ossibus,with your bones. Probably, in allusion to her thinness, he insinuates that she is a skeleton. Exornatis may apply either to her dress or to the paint upon her face.? Was it for that, shameless slut, thee dyed thy mantle of its smoke-dried colour, or art thee so fine because that thee’s been a stealing?Come thee towards me then.ASTAPHIUMNow you charm me. STRATILAXHow much I wish I could charm thee.ASTAPHIUMYou tell a lie.Part of line 273 in a variant reading of the Latin. STRATILAXTell me—Part of line 273 in the Latin.