SCENE IV.—Enter CALLIDAMATES, at a distance, drunk, and DELPHIUM,
followed by a SERVANT.
CALL. (to his SERVANT). I want you to come for me {1} in good time to the house of Philolaches; listen you; well then! those are your orders. (Exit SERVANT.) For from the place where I was, thence did I betake myself off; so confoundedly tired was I there with the entertainment and the discourse. Now I'll go to Philolaches to have a bout; there he'll receive us with jovial feelings and handsomely. Do I seem to you to be fairly drenched, my bubsy?
DEL. You ought always to live pursuing this course of life.
CALL. Should you like, then, for me to hug you, and you me? DEL. If you've a mind to do so, of course.
CALL. You are a charming one. (He stumbles.) Do hold me up, there's a dear.
DEL. (holding him by the arm). Take care you don't fall. Stand up.
CALL. O! you are the apple of my eye. I'm your fosterling, my honey. (He stumbles.)
DEL. (still holding him up). Only do take care that you don't recline in the street, before we get to a place where a couch is ready laid.