Perde 1
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In love to your loss, a thing that Mercury is by no means in love with Mercury is by no means in love with: As being the God of Merchandize and Profit..
AGORASTOCLES
Why, really, by my troth, it befits no lover to be in love with pelf.
ANTERASTYLIS
Let’s go, my sister.
ADELPHASIUM
Do, please, just as you like.
ANTERASTYLIS
I’ll follow.
AGORASTOCLES
They are going.
330
What if we accost them?
330
MILPHIO
You accost them.
330
AGORASTOCLES
In the first place, health to you, the elder; and you, the younger, health to you in the second degree of estimation; (to the ATTENDANT) you, the third, health to you, without any place in my estimation.
330
ATTENDANT
In that case, faith, I’ve wasted my oil and my labour.
AGORASTOCLES
Whither are you betaking yourself?
ADELPHASIUM
What I? To the Temple of Venus.
AGORASTOCLES
Why thither?
ADELPHASIUM
To propitiate Venus.
AGORASTOCLES
How now? Is she angry, then? Upon my faith, she is propitious. I will even answer for her.
ADELPHASIUM
What are you about?
335
Prithee, why are you annoying me?
335
AGORASTOCLES
Thus cruel? Alas!
335
ADELPHASIUM
Let me go away, I beg of you.
