Will say that my story is true. Holding with him
Some talk of Proculus, I laid a wager
That I could make the Admiral believe
Anything, no matter how ridiculous:
And this we hit on. Then straight he comes in,
And if I went too far, ’twas in my fear
To lose my money.
Ner.Is this so, Senecio?
SENECIO.
’Twas so, sire; I backed the Admiral, and lost.