My nearest counsels.
Phæd. And yet Parmeno
Will not be silent even here.
Par. Oh, Sir,
Is that a doubt?
Thais. Nay, prithee now, attend!
My mother’s lately dead at Rhodes: her brother,
Too much intent on wealth, no sooner saw
This virgin, handsome, well-accomplish’d, skill’d
In music, than, spurr’d on by hopes of gain,