150 Yet will I favour thee in what I can.
[Therefore, merchant], I’ll limit thee this day
To seek thy [help by beneficial help]:
Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus;
Beg thou, or borrow, to make up the sum,
155 And live; if [no], then thou art doom’d to die.
[Gaoler], take him to thy custody.
Gaol. I will, my lord.
Æge. Hopeless and helpless doth Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his [lifeless] end.