And from how many sorrows rescued him!

His son, by his and their means nearly lost,

I sav’d; a wife he meant to put away,

I’ve sav’d; a wife he meant to put away,

I have restor’d; and from the strong suspicions

Of Laches and Phidippus set him free.

—Of all these things the ring has been the cause.

For I remember, near ten months ago,

That he came running home to me one evening,

Breathless, alone, and much inflam’d with wine,