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And in a fool's elysium. Now am I

Persuaded that the gods immortal are,

Because their joys have immortality.

And I, too, am immortal in my bliss,

If no mischance step on my happiness.

Oh! for a friend I love the best, to be

My partner in this joy and ecstacy.

Cha. He is rejoicing surely.

Pam. Davus, ah!

I want you, Davus; no one more than you,

For none more vividly reflects my joys.

Dav. Where then is Pamphilus?

Pam. Behold! 'tis I.

Dav. O, Pamphilus.

Pam. Dost know my happy fortune?

Dav. No; but I know my own bad fortune, since

We parted last.

Pam. And I—I know it, too.

Dav. The lot of mortals; quicker is the flight

Of tale of woe than tale of happiness.

Pam. Ah! my Glycerium has found her friends—

Her father.

Dav. That is well done.

Cha. Hem!

Pam. Her father is our friend.

Dav. Who?

Pam. Chremes.

Dav. Good.

I am rejoiced.