Perde 3
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Upon my faith, the fact is really as you mentioned, Lesbia,
MYSIS
you can hardly find a man constant to a woman.
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SIMO
This maid-servant comes from the Andrian.
MYSIS
But this Pamphilus—
MYSIS
Has proved his constancy.
DAVUS
I wish that either he were deaf, or she struck dumb.
MYSIS
For the child she brings forth, he has ordered to be brought up.
What do I hear! It’s all over, if indeed this woman speaks the truth.
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LESBIA
You mention a good disposition on the part of the young man.
MYSIS
A most excellent one. But follow me in-doors, that you mayn’t keep her waiting.
DAVUS
What remedy now shall I find for this mishap?
SIMO
What does this mean? Is he so infatuated? The child of a foreign woman? Now I understand; ah!
scarcely even at last, in my stupidity, have I found it out.
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DAVUS
What does he say he has found out?
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