ANDRIA.
ACT I.
Scene 1.—Simo—Sosia—Davus (with provisions).
Sim. Here you, take these within; stay, Sosia, stay,
A word with you.
Sos. About the cookery
No doubt.
Sim. Nay, it is something else.
Sos. Whatever
It may be, I'll do my best.
Sim. It is not
Your active but your passive operation
That now I need; silence and secrecy;
Virtues I ever noted strong in you.
Sos. I am all attention.
Sim. Since I purchased you,
A little child, I have been just to you,
And clement in your servitude to me.
You served me well and I affranchised you;
So I repaid your service with the best
Return that I could make you.
Sos. Which I hold
In grateful recollection.
Sim. Nor do I
Repent your manumission.
