36 _ ARISTOPHANES.

“Yes; one with a noble business.”
“What is it?”
“Must I tell you?”
“ Certainly.”

H. “Then listen. A sausage-seller shall drive out
the man of hides.”

V. “A sausage-seller! Good heavens! what a
trade! where are we to find him?”

H. “We must look for him. And, as I am alive,
there he comes just in the nick of time.

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“ Blest sausage-seller, best and dearest, come,
Saviour of Athens, saviour of thy friends!”

The sausage-seller, greatly astonished at this ad-
dress, wanted to know what was meant, and was told
to put down his tray and then kiss the earth, and
make a reverence to the gods. Again he asked what
they wanted, and was again addressed with profound
respect : —

“Thrice happy child of wealth, little to-day,

To-morrow growing great beyond compare,
Of Athens, dear to heaven, lord and chief.”

Sausage-seller. “Come, come, don’t make game of
me; let me wash my paunches and sell my sausages.”

H. “Paunches indeed, and sausages! Look here.
Do you see these crowds of people?”

Ss. “Yes, I see ’em.”

H. “Well, you'll be their lord and master. Every-
thing — Assembly, Senate, admirals, generals — will
be under your heel.”