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Then in what act?

He wears a purple robe

A purple robe? Oho, that is bold.

Oh, great wing-footed Mercury, when I think how he would have paid for that robe in your predecessor's time! And this garment of vainglory I have daily before my eyes

This garment, bought with money that might have been yours

Oh most gracious Emperor,—punish his audacity; let him be expelled the city; my love for our great and august ruler will not suffer me to remain a witness of such shameless arrogance.

Tell me, good Medon, what manner of clothes does Alites wear, besides the purple cloak?

Truly I cannot call to mind, sire; ordinary clothes, I think; I have only remarked the purple cloak.

A purple cloak, then, and untanned sandals?