XANTHIAS. Here comes our pest, our plague!
PHILOCLEON. Let down the barriers.[165] The dance is now to begin.
XANTHIAS. Or rather the madness.
PHILOCLEON. Impetuous movement already twists and racks my sides. How my nostrils wheeze! how my back cracks!
XANTHIAS. Go and fill yourself with hellebore.[166]
PHILOCLEON. Phrynichus is as bold as a cock and terrifies his rivals.
XANTHIAS. Oh! oh! have a care he does not kick you.
PHILOCLEON. His leg kicks out sky-high, and his arse gapes open.[167]
XANTHIAS. Do have a care.
PHILOCLEON. Look how easily my leg-joints move.