Prithee, first learn what it is to live. When you know that, if life displeases you, then try the other.SYRUS Master, may I be allowed—?CHREMES Say on.SYRUS But may I safely?CHREMES Say on.SYRUS What injustice or what madness is this, that that in which I have offended, should be to his detriment?CHREMES It’s all over.It’s all over: Ilicet, literally, you may go away. This was the formal word with which funeral ceremonies and trials at law were concluded.Don’t you mix yourself up in it; no one accuses you, Syrus, nor need you look out for an altar,Look out for an altar: He alludes to the practice of slaves taking refuge at altars when they had committed any fault, and then suing for pardon through a precator or mediator. See the Mostellaria of Plautus, 1. 1074, where Tranio takes refuge at the altar from the vengeance of his master, Theuropides. or for an intercessor for yourself.SYRUS What is your design?