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  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    If you know naught of soling�察�I understand nothing of sausages��

you�察�who cut bad leather on the slant to make it look stout and

deceive the country yokels。 They had not worn it a day before it had

stretched some two spans。

  DEMOSTHENES

    That's the very trick he played on me�察�both my neighbours and my

friends laughed heartily at me�察�and before I reached Pergasae I was

swimming in my shoes。

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Have you not always shown that blatant impudence�察�which is the

sole strength of our orators�拭�You push it so far�察�that you�察�the head

of the State�察�dare to milk the purses of the opulent aliens and�察�at

sight of you�察�the son of Hippodamus melts into tears。 But here is

another man who gives me pleasure�察�for he is a much greater rascal

than you�察�he will overthrow you�察�'tis easy to see�察�that he will beat

you in roguery�察�in brazenness and in clever turns。 Come�察�you�察�who have

been brought up among the class which to´day gives us all our great

men�察�show us that a liberal education is mere tomfoolery。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Just hear what sort of fellow that fine citizen is。

  CLEON

    Will you not let me speak��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Assuredly not�察�for I too am an awful rascal。

  DEMOSTHENES

    If he does not give in at that�察�tell him your parents were awful

rascals too。

  CLEON

    Once more�察�will you let me speak��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    No�察�by Zeus��

  CLEON

    Yes�察�by Zeus�察�you shall��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    No�察�by Posidon� �We will fight first to see who shall speak first。

  CLEON

    I will die sooner。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I will not let you。。。。

  DEMOSTHENES

    Let him�察�in the name of the gods�察�let him die。

  CLEON

    What makes you so bold as to dare to speak to my face��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Because I know both how to speak and how to cook。

  CLEON

    Hah� �the fine speaker� �Truly�察�if some business matter fell your

way�察�you would know thoroughly well how to attack it�察�to carve it up

alive� �Shall I tell you what has happened to you�拭�Like so many others��

you have gained some petty lawsuit against some alien。 Did you drink

enough water to inspire you�拭�Did you mutter over the thing

sufficiently through the night�察�spout it along the street�察�recite it

to all you met�拭�Have you bored your friends enough with it�拭�And for

this you deem yourself an orator。 You poor fool��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And what do you drink yourself then�察�to be able all alone by

yourself to dumbfound and stupefy the city so with your clamour��

  CLEON

    Can you match me with a rival�拭�Me�拭�When I have devoured a good hot

tunny´fish and drunk on top of it a great jar of unmixed wine。 I say

;to Hell with the generals of Pylos� �

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I�察�when I have bolted the tripe of an ox together with a sow's

belly and swallowed the broth as well�察�I am fit�察�though slobbering

with grease�察�to bellow louder than all orators and to terrify Nicias。

  DEMOSTHENES

    I admire your language so much�察�the only thing I do not approve is

that you swallow all the broth yourself。

  CLEON

    Even though you gorged yourself on sea´dogs�察�you would not beat

the Milesians。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Give me a bullock's breast to devour�察�and I am a man to traffic in

mines。

  CLEON

    I will rush into the Senate and set them all by the ears。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I will pull out your arse to stuff like a sausage。

  CLEON

    As for me�察�I will seize you by the rump and hurl you head foremost

through the door。

  DEMOSTHENES

    By Posidon�察�only after you have thrown me there first。

  CLEON

              ��Beginning another crescendo of competitive screeching��

    Beware of the carcan��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I denounce you for cowardice。

  CLEON

    I will tan your hide。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I will flay you and make a thief's pouch with the skin。

  CLEON

    I will peg you out on the ground。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I will slice you into mince´meat。

  CLEON

    I will tear out your eyelashes。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I will slit your gullet。

  DEMOSTHENES

    We will set his mouth open with a wooden stick as the cooks do

with pigs�察�we will tear out his tongue�察�and�察�looking down his gaping

throat�察�will see whether his inside has any pimples。

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Thus then at Athens we have something more fiery than fire�察�more

impudent than impudence itself� �'Tis a grave matter�察�come�察�we will

push and jostle him without mercy。 There�察�you grip him tightly under

the arms�察�if he gives way at the onset�察�you will find him nothing

but a craven�察�I know my man。

  DEMOSTHENES

    That he has been all his life and he has only made himself a

name by reaping another's harvest�察�and now he has tied up the ears

he gathered over there�察�he lets them dry and seeks to sell them。

  CLEON

    I do not fear you as long as there is a Senate and a people

which stands like a fool�察�gaping in the air。

  CHORUS ��singing��

    What unparalleled impudence� �'Tis ever the same brazen front。 If I

don't hate you�察�why�察�I'm ready to take the place of the one blanket

Cratinus wets�察�I'll offer to play a tragedy by Morsimus。 Oh� �you

cheat� �who turn all into money�察�who flutter from one extortion to

another�察�may you disgorge as quickly as you have crammed yourself��

Then only would I sing�察 �Let us drink�察�let us drink to this happy

event� ─�Then even the son of Ulius�察�the old wheat´fairy�察�would empty

his cup with transports of joy�察�crying�察 �Io�察�Paean� �Io�察�Bacchus� �

  CLEON

    By Posidon� �You� �would you beat me in impudence� �If you succeed��

may I no longer have my share of the victims offered to Zeus on the

city altar。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I�察�I swear by the blows that have so oft rained upon my

shoulders since infancy�察�and by the knives that have cut me�察�that I

will show more effrontery than you�察�as sure as I have rounded this

fine stomach by feeding on the pieces of bread that had cleansed other

folk's greasy fingers。

  CLEON

    On pieces of bread�察�like a dog� �Ah� �wretch� �you have the nature of

a dog and you dare to fight a dog´headed ape��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I have many another trick in my sack�察�memories of my childhood's

days。 I used to linger around the cooks and say to them�察 �Look��

friends�察�don't you see a swallow�拭�It's the herald of springtime。;

And while they stood�察�their noses in the air�察�I made off with a

piece of meat。

  CHORUS

    Oh� �most clever man� �How well thought out� �You did as the eaters

of artichokes�察�you gathered them before the return of the swallows。;

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    They could make nothing of it�察�or�察�if they suspected a trick�察�I

hid the meat in my crotch and denied the thing by all the gods´so that

an orator�察�seeing me at the game�察�cried�察 �This child will get on�察�he

has the mettle that makes a statesman。;

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    He argued rightly�察�to steal�察�perjure yourself and make your arse

receptive are three essentials for climbing high。

  CLEON

    I will stop your insolence�察�or rather the insolence of both of

you。 I will throw myself upon you like a terrible hurricane ravaging

both land and sea at the will of its fury。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Then I will gather up my sausages and entrust myself to the kindly

waves of fortune so as to make you all the more enraged。

  DEMOSTHENES

    And I will watch in the bilges in case the boat should make water。

  CLEON

    No�察�by Demeter� �I swear�察�it will not be with impunity that you

have thieved so many talents from the Athenians。

  DEMOSTHENES ��to the SAUSAGE´SELLER��

    Oh� �oh� �reef your sail a bit� �Here is a Northeaster blowing

calumniously。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    I know that you got ten talents out of Potidaea。

  CLEON

    Wait� �I will give you one�察�but keep it dark��

  DEMOSTHENES ��aside��

    Hah� �that will please him mightily�察。�to the SAUSAGE´SELLER�� now

you can travel under full sail。 The wind has lost its violence。

  CLEON

    I will bring four suits against you�察�each of one hundred talents。

    SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I twenty against you for shirking duty and more than a

thousand for robbery。

  CLEON

    I maintain that your parents were guilty of sacrilege against

the goddess。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I�察�that one of your grandfathers was a satellite。。。。

  CLEON

    To whom�拭�Explain��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    To Byrsina�察�the mother of Hippias。

  CLEON

    You are an impostor。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And you are a rogue。

                                   ��He strikes CLEON with a sausage。��

  DEMOSTHENES

    Hit him hard。

  CLEON

    Alas� �The conspirators are murdering me��

  DEMOSTHENES ��to the SAUSAGE´SELLER��

    Hit him� �Hit him with all your might� �Bruise his belly and lash

him with your guts and your tripe� �Punish him with both hands��

                                     ��CLEON sinks beneath the blows。��

  CHORUS´LEADER

    Oh� �vigorous assailant and intrepid heart� �See how you have

totally routed him in this duel of abuse�察�so that to us and to the

citizens you seem the saviour of the city。 How shall I give tongue

to my joy and praise you sufficiently��

  CLEON ��recovering his wits��

    Ah� �by Demeter� �I was not ignorant of this plot and these

machinations that were being forged and nailed and put together

against me。

  DEMOSTHENES ��to the SAUSAGE´SELLER��

    Look out�察�look out� �Come outfence him with some wheelwright slang。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    His tricks at Argos do not escape me。 Under pretence of forming an

alliance with the Argives�察�he is hatching a plot with the

Lacedaemonians there�察�and I know why the bellows are blowing and the

metal that is on the anvil�察�it's the question of the prisoners。

  DEMOSTHENES

    Well done� �Forge on�察�if he be a wheelwright。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And there are men at Sparta who are hammering the iron with you��

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