ry good.

ANT. It's not a long time that he asks, Dorio; do let him prevail upon
you; he'll pay you two-fold for having acted to him thus obligingly.

DOR. {Mere} words!

ANT. Will you allow Pamphila to be carried away from this place? {And}
then, besides, can you possibly allow their love to be severed
asunder?

DOR. Neither I nor you {cause that}.

GETA. May all the Gods grant you what you are deserving of!

DOR. I have borne with you for several months quite against my
inclination; promising {and} whimpering, and {yet} bringing nothing;
now, on the other hand, I have found one to pay, and not be sniveling;
give place to your betters.

ANT. I' faith, there surely was a day named, if I remember right, for
you to pay him.

PHAED. {It} is the fact.

DOR. Do I deny it?

ANT. Is that {day} past, then?

DOR. No; but this one has come before it.

ANT. Are you not ashamed of your perfidy?

DOR. Not at all, so long as it is for my interest.

GETA. Dunghill!

PHAED. Dorio, is it right, pray, for you to act thus?

DOR. It is my way; if I suit you, make use of me.

ANT. Do you try to trifle with him (_pointing to PHAEDRIA_) in this
manner?

DOR. Why really, on the contrary, Antipho, it's he trifling with me,
for he knew me to be a person of this sort; I supposed him to be quite
a different man; he has deceived me; I'm not a bit different to him
from what I was {before}. But however that may be, I'll yet do this;
the captain has said, that to-morrow morning he will pay me the money;
if you bring it me before that, Phaedria, I'll follow my rule, that he
is the first served who is the first to pay. Farewell! (_Goes into his
house._)

SCENE VI.

_PHAEDRIA, ANTIPHO, and GETA._

PHAED. What am I to do? Wretch that I am! where am I now in this
emergency to raise the money for him, {I}, who am worse than nothing?
If it had been possible for these three days to be obtained of him, it
was promised me {by then}.

ANT. Geta, shall we suffer him to continue thus wretched, when he so
lately assisted me in the kind way you were mentioning? On the
contrary, why not, as there's need of it, try to do him a kindness in
return?

GETA. For my part, I'm sure it is {but} fair.

ANT. Come then, you are the only man able to serve him.

GETA. What can I do?

ANT. Procure the money.

GETA. I wish I could; but where {it is to come} from-- tell me that.

ANT. My father has come home.

GETA. I know; but what of th