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354—371. . And I too, as soon as I shall have eased myself. But now a wild pear has shut up my hinder end.

. Is it the wild pear which Thrasybulus spoke of to the Spartans? [Exit.]

. By Bacchus, at any rate it clings very tight to me. But what shall I do? for not even is this the only thing which troubles me; but to know where the dung will go to in future, when I eat. For now this Achradusian, whoever in the world he is, has bolted the door. Who then will go for a doctor for me? and which one? Which of the breech-professors is clever in his art? Does Amynon know it? But perhaps he will deny it. Let some one summon Antisthenes by all means. For this man, so far as groans are concerned, knows what a breech wanting to ease itself means. O mistress Ilithyia, do not suffer me to be burst or shut up! lest I become a comic night-stool. [Enter Chremes.]