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1252—1273.

. Not, as far as I know. Will you not then pack off as fast as possible from my door?

. I will depart; and be assured of this, that I will make deposit against you, or may I live no longer!

. Then you will lose it besides, in addition to your twelve minæ. And yet I do not wish you to suffer this, because you named the foolishly. [Exeunt Pasias and witness, and enter Amynias.]

. Ah me! ah me!

. Ha! whoever is this, who is lamenting? Surely it was not one of Carcinus' deities that spoke.

. But why do you wish to know this, who I am?—a miserable man.

. Then follow your own path.

. O harsh Fortune! O Fates, breaking the wheels of my horses! O Pallas, how you have destroyed me!

. What evil, pray, has Tlepolemus ever done you?

. Do not jeer me, my friend; but order your son to pay me the money which he received; especially as I have been unfortunate.

. What money is this?

. That which he borrowed.

. Then you were really unlucky, as I think.

. By the gods, I fell while driving my horses.

. Why, pray, do you talk nonsense, as if you had fallen from an ass?