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1. MERCURY
My fists are longing. SOSIA
aside . If you are going to exercise them upon me, I beg that you'll first cool them down against the wall. MERCURY
A voice has come flying to my ears. SOSIA
aside . Unlucky fellow, for sure, was I, who didn't clip its wings. I've got a voice with wings, it seems. MERCURY
This fellow is demanding of me for himself a heavy punishment for his beast's back
1 This person's a wizard: We must remember that this is supposed to take place in the dark; and Sosia says that the man must surely be a wizard to guess that another person is so near him, and that he has been abroad till just now.
The Comedies of Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley. London. G. Bell and Sons. 1912.
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