70 Pen. Thus they must do that are right lovers: especially if they mean to [be] beggers with any speed. Men. I bought this same of late for my wife, it stood 115 Pen. There's tenne pounde bestowed verie thriftily. Erot. You shall Sir. Men. I have a little businesse in this Cittie, by that 125 Pen. Nay I meane to follow yee: I will sooner leese [Exeunt. Erotium. Who's there? Call me Cylindrus the Cooke 130 hither. Enter CYLINDRUS. Cylindrus, take the Hand-basket, and heere, there's ten shillings, is there not? Cyl. Tis so mistresse. Erot. Buy me of all the daintiest meates ye can get, 135 ye know what I meane: so as three may dine passing well, and yet no more then inough. Cyl. What guests have ye to-day mistresse? Erot. Here will be Menechmus and his Parasite, and myselfe. Cyl. That's ten persons in all. Erot. How many? 140 Cyl. Ten, for I warrant you that Parasite may stand for eight at his vittels. Ero. Go dispatch as I bid you, and looke ye returne 145 with all speed. Cyl. I will have all readie with a trice. [Exeunt. ACT 2. SCEN. 1.-Enter MENECHMUS, SOSICLES, MESSENIO, his servant, and some Saylers. Men. Surely Messenio, I thinke Sea-fairers never take so comfortable a joy in any thing as when they have been long tost and turmoyld in the wide seas, they hap at last to ken land. Mess. Ile be sworn, I shuld not be gladder to see a whole Country of mine owne, then I have bene at such a sight. But I pray, wherfore are we now come to Epidamnum ? must we needs go to see everie Towne that we heare off? Men. Till I finde my brother, all Townes are alike to me: I must trie in all places. 5 ΙΟ Mess. Why then let's even as long as wee live seeke your brother: six yeares now have we roamde about thus, Istria, Hispania, Massylia, Ilyria, all the upper sea, all high Greece, all Haven Towns in 15 Italy. I think if we had sought a needle all this time, we must needs have found it, had it bene above ground. It cannot be that he is alive; and to seek a dead man thus among the living, what folly is it? Men. Yea, could I but once find any man that could 20 certainly enforme me of his death, I were satisfied; Mess. This is washing of a Blackamore. Faith let's goe 25 Men. Sirra, no more of these sawcie speeches, I perceive I must teach ye how to serve me, not to rule me. Mess. I, so, now it appeares what it is to be a servant. 30 Wel yet I must speake my conscience. Do ye heare Men. Yee say very well indeed:. give mee my purse Mess. Why Sir? Men. Because I feare you wil be busie among the Curtizans, and so be cozened of it: then should I 50 take great paines in belabouring your shoulders. So to avoid both these harms, Ile keep it my selfe. 55 Mess. I pray do so Sir, all the better. Enter CYLINDRUS. *I have tickling geare here yfaith for their dinners: Menech. God a mercy my good friend, doest thou know mee? Cyl. Know ye? no not I. Where's mouldichappes 60 65 Cyl. Why Peniculus worship, that whorson lick-trencher, 70 Med. What Peniculus? what attendant? my attend- Mes. Did I not tell ye what cony-catching villaines Cyl. Menechmus, harke ye Sir, ye come too soone Men. Fellow, here thou shalt have money of me, goe 75 get the Priest to sacrifice for thee. I know thou Cyl. Alas sir, Cylindrus was wont to be no stranger to you. Know ye not Cylindrus? Men. Cylindrus, or Coliendrus, or what the divell thou art, I know not, neither do I care to know. Cyl. I know you to be Menechmus. Men. Thou shouldst be in thy wits, in that thou namest me so right; but tell me, where hast thou knowne me? 85 Cyl. Where? even here, where ye first fell in love with 90 my mistresse Erotium. Men. I neither have Lover, neither knowe I who thou art. Cyl. Know ye not who I am? who fils your cup and dresses your meat at our house? Mes. What a slave is this? that I had somewhat to breake the Rascals pate withall. Men. At your house, when as I never came in Epidamnum till this day. 95 Cyl. Oh that's true. Do ye not dwell in yonder 100 house? Men. Foule shame light upon them that dwell there, for my part. Cyl. Questionlesse, he is mad indeede, to curse himselfe Cyl. If I may advise ye, ye shall bestow this money Men. What's that? Cyl. This I say. Thinke ye I have brought meate 105 ΙΙΟ inough for three of you? If not, Ile fetche more 115 |