TRYGAEUS Oh! leave off about your young warriors, you little wretch; we
are at peace and you are an idiot and a rascal.
SON OF LAMACHUS "The skirmish begins, the hollow bucklers clash against
each other."(1)
f(1) These verses and those which both Trygaeus and the son
of Lamachus quote afterwards are borrowed from the 'Iliad.'
TRYGAEUS Bucklers! Leave me in peace with your bucklers.