Sem.
Must he needs trouble me in't? Humph! 'Bove all others?
He might have tried lord Lucius, or Lucullus;
And now Ventidius is wealthy too,
Whom he redeem'd from prison^{3 note}



: All these^{4 note}
Owe their estates unto him.

Serv.
My lord,
They have all been touch'd^{5 note}

Sem.
How! have they denied him?
Has Ventidius^{6 note}

And does he send to me? Three? humph!—
It shows but little love or judgment in him.
Must I be his last refuge? His friends, like physicians,
Thrive, give him over^{7 note}

He has much disgrac'd me in't; I am angry at him,
That might have known my place: I see no sense for't,
But his occasions might have woo'd me first;

For, in my conscience, I was the first man
That e'er receiv'd gift from him:
And does he think so backwardly of me now,
That I'll requite it last? No: So it may prove
An argument of laughter to the rest,
And I amongst the lords be thought a fool^{8 note}

Serv.

Excellent^{1 note}