Menalcas.
This art thou fain to ascertain, and risk a bet with me?
Daphnis.
This I full fain would ascertain, and risk a bet with thee.
Menalcas.
But what, for champions such as we, would seem a fitting prize?
Daphnis.
I stake a calf: stake thou a lamb, its mother’s self in size.
Menalcas.
A lamb I’ll venture never: for aye, at close of day,