THEB. SH. I was, not bought, but bred within the house.
OED. What charge or occupation was thy care?
THEB. SH. Most of my time was spent in shepherding.
[page 117][1126-1155] OED. And where didst thou inhabit with thy flock?
THEB. SH. ’Twas now Cithaeron, now the neighbouring tract.
OED. And hadst thou there acquaintance of this man?
THEB. SH. Following what service? What is he you mean?
OED. The man you see. Hast thou had dealings with him?
THEB. SH. I cannot bring him all at once to mind.
COR. SH. No marvel, good my lord. But I will soon
Wake to clear knowledge his oblivious sense.
For sure I am he can recall the time,
When he with his two flocks, and I with one
Beside him, grazed Cithaeron’s pasture wide
Good six months’ space of three successive years,
From spring to rising of Arcturus; then
For the bleak winter season, I drove mine
To their own folds, he his to Laius’ stalls.
Do I talk idly, or is this the truth?