THE THESMOPHORIAZUSAE, 584-000

CL. Euripides, they say, has sent a cousin,

A bad old man, amongst you here to-day.
CH. O, why and wherefore, and with what design ?
CL. To be a spy, a horrid, treacherous spy,

A spy on all your purposes and plans.
CH. O, how should he be here, and we not know it ?
CL. Euripides has tweezered him, and singed him,

And dressed him up, disguised in women's clothes,
MN.(stamping about with a Itrrly recnlltctton of his recent
suffer i-ny ft) I don't believe it ; not one word of it;

No man would let himself be tweezered so.

Ye Goddesses, I don't believe there's one.
CL. Nonsense : I never should have come here else,

I had it on the best authority.
CH. This is a most important piece of news.

We'll take immediate steps to clear this up.

We'll search him out: \\ e'11 find his lurking-place.

Zounds, if we catch him ! r-r-r ! the rascal man.

Will you, kind gentleman, assist the search ?

Give us fresh cause to thank you, patron mine.
CL. (to AUF.) Well, who are you ?
MN. (</.v/J<") Wherever can J flee ?

CL. I'll find him, trust me.tt
MN. (aside) Here's a precious scrape !

F.W. Who? I?

CL. Yes, you.

F.W. Cleonymus's wife.

CL. Do you know her, ladies ? Is she speaking truth ?

CH. O yes, we know her : pass to someone else.

CL. Who's this yoang person with the baby here ?

F.W. O, she's my nursemaid,

MN. (aside) Here he comes ; I'm done for.

0 Lit. *' you must all be searched."

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