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Eunuchus; or, The Eunuch (764-785c)

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Let me go, I’ll be here presently.
THAIS
There’s no occasion, Chremes.
Only say that she is your sister, and that you lost her when a little girl, and have now recognized her; then show the tokens.
(Re-enter PYTHIAS from the house, with the trinkets.)
PYTHIAS
(giving them to THAIS.)
Here they are.
THAIS
(giving them to CHREMES.)
Take them. If he offers any violence, summon the fellow to justice; do you understand me?
CHREMES
Perfectly.
THAIS
Take care and say this with presence of mind.
CHREMES
I’ll take care.
THAIS
Gather up your cloak. (Aside.) Undone! the very person whom I’ve provided as a champion, wants one himself.
(They all go into the house.)
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(Enter THRASO, followed by GNATHO, SANGA, and other Attendants.)
THRASO
Am I to submit, Gnatho, to such a glaring affront as this being put upon me? I’d die sooner. Simalio, Donax, Syriscus, follow me! First, I’ll storm the house.
GNATHO
Quite right.
THRASO
I’ll carry off the girl.
GNATHO
Very good.
THRASO
I’ll give her own self a mauling.
GNATHO
Very proper.
THRASO
(arranging the men.)
Advance hither to the main body, Donax, with your crowbar; you, Simalio, to the left wing; you, Syriscus, to the right.
Bring up the rest; where’s the centurion Sanga, and his maniple[*] of rogues?
SANGA
(coming forward.)
See, here he is.
THRASO
What, you booby, do you think of fighting with a dish-clout,[*] to be bringing that here?
SANGA
What, I? I knew the valor of the general, and the prowess of the soldiers; and that this could not possibly go on without bloodshed; how was I to wipe the wounds?
THRASO
Where are the others?
SANGA
Plague on you, what others? Sannio is the only one left on guard at home.
THRASO
(to GNATHO.)
Do you draw up your men in battle order; I’ll be behind the second rank;[*] from that position I’ll give the word to all.
(Takes his place behind the second rank.)
GNATHO
(aside.)
That’s showing prudence; as soon as he has drawn them up, he secures a retreat for himself.
THRASO
(pointing to the arrangements.)
This is just the way Pyrrhus used to proceed.[*]
(CHREMES and THAIS appear above at a window.)
CHREMES
Do you see, Thais, what plan he is upon? Assuredly, that advice of mine about closing the door was good.
THAIS
He who now seems to you to be a hero, is in reality a mere vaporer;
don’t be alarmed.
THRASO
(to GNATHO.)
What seems best to you?
GNATHO
I could very much[*] like a sling to be given you just now, that you might pelt them from here on the sly at a distance; they would be taking to flight.

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