numerous. This fellow, at any rate, I know; and him
yonder; and this fellow with the long hair.

Unj. What, then, will you say?

Just. We are conquered. Ye blackguards, by the gods,
receive my cloak, for I desert to you.

[Exeunt the Two Causes, and re-enter Socrates and
Strepsiades.]

Soc. What then? whether do you wish to take and lead
away this your son, or shall I teach him to speak?

Strep. Teach him, and chastise him: and remember that
you train him properly; on the one side able for petty
suits; but train his other jaw able for the more
important causes.

Soc. Make yourself easy; you shall receive him back a
clever sophist.

Strep. Nay, rather, pale and wretched.

[Exeunt Socrates, Strepsiades, and Phidippides.]

Cho. Go ye, then: but I think that you will repent of
these proceedings. We wish to speak about the judges,
what they will gain, if at all they justly assist this
Chorus. For in the first place, if you wish to plough up