[ ACT THE FIFTH.]

[ SCENE I.]

Menedemus alone.

That I’m not overwise, no conjurer,

I know full well: but my assistant here,

And counselor, and grand controller Chremes,

Outgoes me far: dolt, blockhead, ninny, ass;

Or these, or any other common terms

By which men speak of fools, befit me well:

But him they suit not: his stupidity