And if we needs must draw comparisons,
Micio. What has he done?
Demea. Burst open doors, and forc’d
His way into another’s house, and beat
The master and his family half dead;
And carried off a wench whom he was fond of.
The whole town cries out shame upon him, Micio.
I have been told of it a hundred times
Since my arrival. ’Tis the common talk.——
And if we needs must draw comparisons,