μὴ λυπρὰ μηδὲ καρδίας δηκτήρια
ἐξιστορῆσαι, σοὶ μὲν εἰρῆσθαι χρεών,
ἡμᾶς δ’ ἀκοῦσαι τοὺς ἐρωτῶντας τάδε.
Potter thus—
“But may slaves be permitted of the free
To ask—I mean no rudeness, no reproach—
But may we ask? And wilt thou answer us?”
247.——τί δῆτ’ ἔλεξας, δούλος ὤν ἐμὸς τότε;
Potter—“What didst thou say, when thou wast then my slave?”
Idem, 291—