Gnat. First grant me a short hearing: if you like

What I propose, agree to’t.

Phæd. Let us hear!

Gnat. Do you retire a moment, Thraso! (Thraso retires.) First,

I must beseech you both, most firmly think,

That I, whate’er I do in this affair,

For my own sake I do it: but if that

Likewise advantage you, not to agree

In you were folly.

Phæd. What are your proposals?