Perde 5
[Textpart 7]
O wonderful!
STICHUS
QuietQuiet!: Pax. This was the ordinary expression used to signify a pause—Stop.!
SAGARINUS
Now, then, both in the same step. (They dance quietly, in the same measure.) I challenge all the dancing-masters to dance against me. ’Tis no more possible for there to be enough of this for us than for there to be too much rain for a mushroom.
STICHUS
Let’s away hence in-doors at once now; we’ve danced long enough for the wineLong enough for the wine: They have fairly danced the wine out..
You, Spectators, give us your applause, and then go home to enjoy yourselves.
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