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90 plight our life would not be evil, so were we content therewith.

. Which, thinkest thou, most suffers in this parley,—I by thy course, or thou by thine own?

. For me, 'tis enough if thy pleading fails, as with me, so with yon men who are nigh.

. Unhappy man, shall it be seen that not even thy years have brought thee wit? Must thou live to be the reproach of age?

. Thou hast a ready tongue, but I know not the honest man who hath fair words for every cause.

. Words may be many, and yet may miss their aim.

. As if thine, forsooth, were few, but aimed aright.

. No, truly, for one whose wit is such as thine.

. Depart—for I will say it in the name of yon men also!—and beset me not with jealous watch in the place where I am destined to abide.

. These men—not thee—call I to witness: but, as for the strain of thine answer to thy kindred, if ever I take thee—

. And who could take me in despite of these allies?

. I promise thee, thou soon shalt smart without that.

. Where is the deed which warrants that blustering word?

. One of thy two daughters hath just been seized by me, and sent hence,—the other I will remove forthwith.