en.

DEM. Go to: we'll do you justice.

HEGIO. 'Twill become you.
Geta, conduct me in to Sostrata. (_Exit with GETA._

[Changes:

_Harper_
HEGIO. Good Heaven! a most unworthy action, Geta!
GETA. Ev'n so.
HEGIO. A deed so base
Sprung from that family?--Oh AEschinus,
I'm sure this was not acting like your father.
DEM. So! he has heard about this Music-Girl,
_Colman 1768_
HEGIO. Can it be true?
GETA. Ev'n so.
HEGIO. A deed so base
Sprung from that family?--Oh AEschinus,
This was not acting like your father.
DEM. So!
He has just heard about this Musick-Girl,

_Harper_
HEGIO. Unless they do what's just
_Colman 1768_
HEGIO. Unless they do you justice

_Harper_
The good old Simulus, on his death-bed
_Colman 1768_
On his death-bed, the good old Simulus

_Harper_
HEGIO. AEschinus, your elder son,
Adopted by your brother, has committed
_Colman 1768_
HEGIO. AEschinus, your elder son,
Your brother's by adoption, has committed

HEGIO. Ha! Is she then in labor, _Geta_?
_"Geta" italicized in Harper edition_]

SCENE VII.

_DEMEA alone._

This is no more than I foretold: and well
If his intemp'rance would stop _here!_--But this
Immoderate indulgence must produce
Some terrible misfortune in the end.
--I'll hence, find out my brother, tell my news,
And empty all my indignation on him. (_Exit._

SCENE VIII.

_Re-enter HEGIO, speaking to SOSTRATA at the door._

Be of good cheer, my Sostrata; and comfort,
As much as in your pow'r, poor Pamphila!
I'll find out Micio, if he's at the Forum,
And tell him the whole story: if he'll act
With honor in it, why 'tis well; if not,
Let him but speak his mind to me, and then
I shall know how to act accordingly. (_Exit._

ACT THE FOURTH.

SCENE I.

_CTESIPHO, SYRUS._

CTES. My father gone into the country, say you?

SYRUS. Long since.

CTES. Nay; speak the truth!

SYRUS. He's at his farm,
And hard at work, I warrant you.

CTES. I wish,
So that his health were not the worse for it,
He might so heartily fatigue himself,
As to be forc'd to keep his bed these three days!

SYRUS. I wish so too; and more, if possible.

CTES. With all my heart: for I would fain consume,
As I've begun, the livelong day in pleasure.
Nor do I hate that farm of ours so much
For any thing, as that it is so near.
For if 'twas at a greater distance, night