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But moderation is requisite;
PALAESTRIO
curb your desires; don’t be over anxious. But see, here she is herself; she is coming out of doors.
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Mistress, see! the Captain’s near.
ACROTELEUTIUM
Where is he?
MILPHIDIPPA
Only look to the left.
Eye him askance, that he mayn’t perceive that we are looking at him.
ACROTELEUTIUM
I see him. Troth, now’s the time, in our mischief, for us to become supremely mischievous.
MILPHIDIPPA
’Tis for you to begin.
ACROTELEUTIUM
Prithee, did you see him yourself?
(Aside.) don’t spare your voice, so that he may hear.
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MILPHIDIPPA
By my troth, I talked with his own self, at my ease, as long as I pleased, at my leisure, at my own discretion, just as I wished.
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PYRGOPOLINICES
Do you hear what she says?
PALAESTRIO
I hear. How delighted she is because she had access to you.
ACROTELEUTIUM
O happy woman that you are!
PYRGOPOLINICES
How I do seem to be loved!
PALAESTRIO
You are deserving of it.
MILPHIDIPPAACROTELEUTIUM
By my troth, ’tis passing strange what you say, that you had access to him and prevailed. They say that he is usually addressed, like a king, through letters or messengers.
MILPHIDIPPA
But, i’ faith, ’twas with difficulty I had an opportunity of approaching and beseeching him.
PALAESTRIO
How renowned you are among the fair.
PYRGOPOLINICES
I shall submit, since Venus wills it so.
