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Dav. All right!

Byr. My master may go troop elsewhere.

Sim. Go in, and wait within till we have need.

Pam. I go!

Byr. No faith in man; put not your trust in man.

Truly the proverb says—That everyone

Must take care of himself and not another.

I know the maiden, of a faultless form,

And, doubtless, Pamphilus is more content

To clasp her in his arms—in lieu of other.

Now to my master, to get my reward,

The portion I shall have for my good news.

Dav. He thinks me now a-hatching roguery,

And therefore keeps me here.

Sim. What say you, Davus?

Dav. Ah! nothing to the purpose.

Sim. Purpose, how?

Dav. Nothing at all.

Sim. Yet I expected something.

Dav. [Aside.] He is put out. I know it—in a rage.

Sim. Now can you speak the truth?

Dav. Nought easier.

Sim. This marriage, now, has sorely hit my son;

All through his intercourse with that same stranger.

Dav. Hercle! Not so; or, if he be put out,

'Tis but a matter of a day or two.

He will forget it; for you now perceive

He has surrendered to run the right way.