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 For all my kindness, paid me back unkindness. Her. I hear thee raging in a mighty madness. Pro. If it be madness to abhor my foes, May I be mad! Her.If thou wert prosperous, Thou wouldst not be endurable. Pro. Alas! Her. Jove knoweth not that word. Pro. Maturing Time24 Teacheth all things. Her.Yet thou hast learn'd no wisdom. Pro. None—since I commune with a slave like thee. Her. Of all our Sire demands, thou utt'rest nought. Pro. In very sooth, I owe him gratitude! Her. Thou tauntest me, as if I were a child. Pro. No child thou art, but weaker than a child, If thou expect to gather aught from me. Nor is there chast'ning, nor device, whereby Jove shall constrain me to reveal these things,