MAGISTRATE
Of course--a Spartan cane!
But speak right out. I know all this too well.
Are new privations springing up in Sparta?
HERALD
Och, hard as could be: in lofty lusty columns
Our allies stand united. We maun get Pellene.
MAGISTRATE
Whence has this evil come? Is it from Pan?
HERALD
No. Lampito first ran asklent, then the others
Sprinted after her example, and blocked, the hizzies,
Their wames unskaithed against our every fleech.
MAGISTRATE
What did you do?