Tel.Good-morrow, lords.

Eur.I prithee

What mean those axes planted in the court?

They mock my judgment.

ANTINOUS.

Now I have wagered, prince,

They are set to root: the bronze is out of date;

They shall be grafted in the spring with iron.

Tel. The pleasantry is happier than the wager.

This being Apollo’s feast-day, ’tis proposed