[Scene I.]Cherson, two years after. The palace of Lamachus.

Asander and Gycia.

Gycia. What day is this, Asander? Canst thou tell me?

Asan. Not I, my love. All days are now alike;

The weeks fleet by, the days equivalent gems

Strung on a golden thread.

Gycia.

Thou careless darling!

I did not ask thee of the calendar.

Dost think a merchant's daughter knows not that?