But this was better for both, for me and for his own self, that before then he yielded to my hands despite his wrath, for not without sweat would the issue have been wrought.
ἀλλὰ τόδ' ἠμὲν ἐμοὶ πολὺ κέρδιον ἠδέ οἱ αὐτῷ ἔπλετο , ὅττι πάροιθε νεμεσσηθεὶς ὑπόειξε χεῖρας ἐμάς , ἐπεὶ οὔ κεν ἀνιδρωτί γ' ἐτελέσθη .
ἀλλά ὅδε ἠμέν ἐγώ πολύς κερδίων ἠδέ ἕ αὐτός πέλω , ὅτι πάροιθε νεμεσάω ὑπείκω χείρ ἐμός , ἐπεί οὐ ἄν ἀνιδρωτί γε τελέω .