ifferent from what other men ordinarily do.
No one has such an iron nature, such an unyielding heart,
as not to do himself a good turn whenever he has any chance.
So now in case you wish to beg the old fellow off from a
beating, we opine that you can succeed, if you--give us some
loud applause.

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[Footnote 1: Leo brackets following v., 25-26:
_ita me obstinate adgressu's, ut non audeam_
_profecto, percontanti quin promam omnia._]

[Footnote 2: Leo brackets following v., 33:
_ubi flent nequam homines, qui polentam pinsitant._]

[Footnote 3: Corrupt (Leo): _obsequellam_ MSS:
_obsequellam eam_ Acidalius.]

[Footnote 4: Leo brackets following v., 77:
_volo amori obsecutum illius, volo amet me patrem._]

[Footnote 5: Corrupt (Leo): _venari autem rete iaculo_ MSS:
_reti, iaculo venari autem_ Vahlen.]

[Footnote 6: Leo notes lacuna here: _atqui ibi_ MSS:
_ibo atque ibi_ Camerarius.]

[Footnote 7: Corrupt (Leo): _experiri_ MSS: _experi_ Skutsch.]

[Footnote 8: Leo brackets following v., 252:
_igitur inveniundo argento ut fingeres fallaciam._]

[Footnote 9: Leo notes lacuna here: _istuc_ MSS:
_istuc, istuc_ Palmer.]

[Footnote 10: Corrupt (Leo): _exasciato_ Acidalius:
_exasceatum_ MSS.]

[Footnote 11: Leo notes lacuna here: _da_ MSS:
_dare_ Fleckeisen.]

[Footnote 12: Leo brackets following vv., 480-483:

_in ius voco te._
Leon.
_Non eo._
Merc.
_Non is? memento._
Leon.
_Memini._
Merc.
_Dabitur pol supplicum mihi de tergo vostro._
Leon.
_Vae te_
_tibi quidem supplicum, carnufex de nobis detur?_
Merc.
_Atque etiam_
_pro dictis vostris maledicis poenae pendentur mi hodie._]

[Footnote 13: _etiam nunc dico_ MSS: Lindsay excises _nunc dico._]

[Footnote 14: Leo brackets following v., 508:

Cle.
_An decorum est adversari meis te praeceptis?_
Phil.
_Quid est?_ ]

[Footnote 15: Corrupt (Leo): _nobis_ excised by Bothe.]

[Footnote 16: _quo est_ Leo: not in MSS.]

[Footnote 17: Leo brackets following v., 547:
_scapularam confidentia, virtute ulmorum freti._]

[Footnote 18: _advorsum stetimus_ Ussing:
_qui advorsum stimulos_ MSS.]

[Footnote 19: _Inductoresque_ Acidalius and othe