You’ll not comply with his demands; whereon

He falls to his old fence immediately,

And knowing where your weak part lies, will threaten

To leave you instantly.

Mene. ’Tis very like.

Chrem. Now on my life I have not clos’d my eyes,

Nor had a single wink of sleep this night,

For thinking how I might restore your son.

Mene. Give me your hand: and let me beg you, Chremes,

Continue to assist me!