Why, 'tis Labes,[89] who has just rushed into the kitchen and
has seized a whole
Sicilian
cheese and gobbled it up.
Aristophanes
PHILOCLEON. Hold, hold! Here is a fine state of things! you had almost
made me judge without a bar,[88] and that is the thing of all others most
sacred among us.
BDELYCLEON. By Zeus! I had forgotten it, but I will run indoors and bring
you one immediately. What is this after all, though, but mere force of
habit!
XANTHIAS. Plague take the brute! Can anyone keep such a dog?
BDELYCLEON. Hullo! what's the matter?
XANTHIAS.
Why, 'tis Labes,[89] who has just rushed into the kitchen and
has seized a whole
Sicilian
cheese and gobbled it up.
BDELYCLEON. Good! this will be the first offence I shall make my father
try. (_To Xanthias._) Come along and lay your accusation.
XANTHIAS. No, not I; the other dog vows he will be accuser, if the matter
is set down for trial.
BDELYCLEON. Well then, bring them both along.
XANTHIAS. I am coming.
PHILOCLEON. What is this?
BDELYCLEON. 'Tis the pig-trough[90] of the swine dedicated to Hestia.
