[Exeunt omnes.
Here entereth Aristippus.
Aristippus. Ah, sirrah, by’r Lady, Aristippus likes Dionysius’ court very well,
Which in passing joys and pleasures doth excel.
Where he hath dapsiles cœnas, geniales lectos, et auro
Fulgentem tyranni zonam.[51]
I have plied the harvest, and stroke when the iron was hot;
When I spied my time, I was not squeamish to crave, God wot!
But with some pleasant toy[52] I crept into the king’s bosom,
For which Dionysius gave me Auri talentum magnum—