Act, scene

 1     I,     1|     with you! By the Lord, you've got to get out of here,
 2     I,     2|       house, are you? I vow we've got nothing else there for
 3     1,     1|       you and I. This is why I've taken you aside out here
 4     1,     2|        Now that fellow knows I've got gold: That's why he'
 5     1,     2|     have a contented mind, you've got enough to enjoy life
 6     1,     2|       too.~Mega. Now Euclio, I've always considered you a
 7     1,     2|        that you mayn't think I've found some treasure.~Mega.
 8     1,     3|      Oh deary me! I'm afraid I've got to take a drink of trouble
 9     1,     5|       s no way to divide: they've got the fattest lamb.~Pyth.
10     1,     8|        much as possible. Now I've bought a little frankincense
11     1,     8|       treasure thieves, if you've ever helped a man in such
12   III,     2|        speak for themselves. I've been clubbed till I'm looser
13   III,     3|    nice time for it, after you've clubbed my head till it'
14   III,     5|     not seeing Euclio) Well, I've told a number of friends
15   III,     5|      And now you may think you've them all paid off. Then
16   III,     5|     let him be.~Mega. When you've got all these fellows of
17   III,     6|         genially) Ah well, you've got enough, and heaven make
18   III,     6|         What for, eh? When you've filled every corner of my
19   III,     6| thieves, confound it! When you've sent cooks into my house
20    IV,     2|     gold back from you safe. I've trusted my gold to your
21    IV,     2|      ll do for you; and when I've done that for you, why,
22    IV,     4|   grimly) now you're found you've finished! Oh-h-h-h you felon!
23    IV,     4|        it, eh? Looks as if you've downed too much of it yourself
24    IV,     4|     know. Anything of mine you've got, hand it over.~Strob.
25    IV,     4|       off. (pauses) But then I've searched him already: he
26    IV,     9|    there in life for me when I've lost all that gold I guarded,
27    IV,     9|   guarded, oh, so carefully! I've denied myself, denied my
28    IV,    10|        is this?~Lyc. I admit I've done wrong, sir; I deserve
29    IV,    10|     know it; more than that, I've come to beg you to be patient
30    IV,    10|        for it.~Lyc. Yes, but I've come of my own accord, sir,
31    IV,    10|        ashamed. Now, sir, if I've injures you or your daughter
32     V       |      aside) Why not tell him I've found this prize? Then I'
33     V       |     Lyconides, as they meet) I've found -- ~Lyc. (scoffingly)
34     V       |    away.~Strob. Sir, to-day, I've found -- boundless riches.~
35     V       |       Lyc. What's all this you've done? He's the man that
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