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[Textpart 7]
Have you got the money from the fellow?
BALLIO
Do you ask about that which you see?
SIMO
Harkye, remember to give me one half of that plunder.
It’s right that that should be in common.
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BALLIO
Why, plague on’t, ’tis all your own Your own: Meaning that, no doubt, Pseudolus had stolen it from him..
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HARPAX
How soon are you going to attend to me?
BALLIO
I’ll attend to you, indeed. (Aside.) What now do you advise me to do, Simo?
SIMO
Let’s make some fun of this counterfeit spy, even until he himself shall be sensible that he is being made a fool of.
BALLIO
Follow me. (To HARPAX.) What have you to say? You are his servant, I suppose?
BALLIO
At what price did he purchase you?
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HARPAX
With the victory of his prowess in battle; for I was a very great general at home in my own country.
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BALLIO
Why, did he ever capture a gaol in your country?
HARPAX
If you utter affronting speeches, you’ll be hearing them.
BALLIO
In what time did you come from Sicyon hither?
HARPAX
In one day, by noon.
SIMO
Bravo! By my troth, you did come quickly;
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how very swift of foot this man is.
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BALLIO
When you look at his calves, you might know that he can wear heavy fetters.
How say you—were you also, when a child, in the habit of sleeping in a cradle?
