Aristippus. So far past, that Dionysius hath sworn, Damon to-morrow shall die.
Pithias. This word my trembling heart cutteth in two.
Ah, sir, in this woful case that[67] wist I best to do?
Aristippus. Best to content yourself, when there is no remedy,
He is well relieved that foreknoweth his misery:
Yet, if any comfort be, it resteth in Eubulus,
The chiefest councillor about King Dionysius:
Which pitieth Damon’s case in this great extremity,
Persuading the king from all kind of cruelty.
Pithias. The mighty gods preserve you for this word of comfort.