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_An if I keep my oath, may I be
suffered
to drink of this
wine.
Aristophanes
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LYSISTRATA.
_I will not lift my legs in air.
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.
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CALONICE.
_I will not lift my legs in air.
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LYSISTRATA.
_Nor will I crouch with bottom upraised, like carven lions on
a knife-handle_.
CALONICE.
_Nor will I crouch with bottom upraised, like carven lions on a
knife-handle_.
LYSISTRATA.
_An if I keep my oath, may I be
suffered
to drink of this
wine.
_
CALONICE.
_An if I keep my oath, may I be suffered to drink of this
wine_.
LYSISTRATA.
_But if I break it, let my bowl be filled with water_.
CALONICE.
_But if I break it, let my bowl be filled with water_.
LYSISTRATA.
Will ye all take this oath?
MYRRHINE.
Yes, yes!
LYSISTRATA.
Then lo!
I immolate the victim.
(_She drinks.
_)
CALONICE.
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