80 ARISTOPHANES,

get about the shield, I fancy. And you, my friends,
set to; there is plenty for all, and there is no good in
having fine teeth if you don’t use them.”

Hus. “We will do our duty; but you were quite
right to mention it.”

Tf. “Set to; or you will be sorry for it some day.”

Aus. “Now it’s time that the bride and the torches you
bring ;

And those that come with her shall dance and shall sing ;
And we'll pray to the gods to give plenty and peace
Forever henceforth to the children of Greece ;
Their fruit in abundance our fig-trees shall yield,
With the yard full of wine and of barley the field ;
With sons and with daughters our homes shall abound;
By the sidé of our hearth shall the blessings be found,
That of late we have lost, though we had them before,
And the name of the sword shall be heard of no more.”