Perde 4
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Who’s this fellow in the scarf, or whence does he come, or whom is he looking for? The appearance of the fellow seems outlandish and shabby.
SIMO
But see, here’s a person, who, from uncertainty, will make the thing more certain for me that I wish to know.
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BALLIO
He’s coming straight towards me. Where in the world am I to say this fellow comes from?
SIMO
Harkye! you who are standing there with a goat’s beard, answer me this that I ask you.
BALLIO
How now! Don’t you salute me first?
SIMO
I have no salutations to give away.
BALLIO
Well, troth, you shall get just as much from here then.
PSEUDOLUS
Well done, at the very beginning.
SIMO
Do you know any person in this lane, I ask you?
SIMO
Few persons do that which you mention; for in the Forum there is hardly every tenth person that knows his own self.
PSEUDOLUS
I’m all right; he is philosophizing now.
SIMO
I’m looking for a fellow here, a bad one,
a law breaker, an impious, perjured, and dishonest rogue.
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BALLIO
He’s looking for me, for those are my titles If he would only mention the name. (To SIMMIA.) What’s the name of this person?
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SIMO
Ballio, the procurer.
BALLIO
Do I know him? I am the very person, young man, that you are looking for.
SIMO
What, are you Ballio?
SIMO
How you are clothed, a housebreaker
