And tell him that his wife awaits him here.

He’ll take thee for Cynisca; when he speaks,

Answer thou him as if thou wast his wife.

Gal. Yes, yes, I understand.

Myr.Then I’ll be gone.

The gods assist thee in this artifice!

[Exit Myrine.

Gal. The gods will help me, for the gods are good.

Oh, Heaven, in this great grief I turn to thee.

Teach me to speak to him, as, ere I lived,