I’d rather die.—Be of good courage, brother!

Pluck up the spirit of a man! You see

This slip of yours is got abroad; nor can you

Keep it a secret from your wife. Now, therefore,

’Tis more conducive to your peace, good Chremes,

That we should fairly tell it her ourselves,

Than she should hear the story from another.

And then we shall be quite at liberty

To take our own revenge upon this rascal.

Phor. Ha!—If I don’t take care I’m ruin’d still.