. The old Woman refusing to turn out so easily as he would have her, he threatned to banish her not only from his own House, but out of all
Greece
, if she made any more Words upon the Matter.
Poverty
on this Occasion pleads her Cause very notably, and represents to her old Landlord, that should she be driven out of the Country, all their Trades, Arts and Sciences would be driven out with her; and that if every one was Rich, they would never be supplied with those Pomps, Ornaments and Conveniences of Life which made Riches de
Sir
able. She likewise represented to him the several Advantages which she bestowed upon her Votaries, in regard to their Shape, their Health, and their Activity, by preserving them from Gouts, Dropsies, Unweildiness, and Intemperance. But whatever she had to say for her self, she was at last forced to troop off.
Chremylus
immediately considered how he might restore
Plutus