_Enter a Party fighting_--ARNOLD _at the head of the Besiegers_.

He comes,
Hand in hand with the mild twins--Gore and Glory.[dq]
Holla! hold, Count!

_Arn._ Away! they must not rally.

_Caes._ I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge
Is for a flying enemy. I gave thee
A form of beauty, and an
Exemption from some maladies of body,
But not of mind, which is not mine to give.
But though I gave the form of Thetis' son,
I dipped thee not in Styx; and 'gainst a foe 20
I would not warrant thy chivalric heart
More than Pelides' heel; why, then, be cautious,
And know thyself a mortal still.

_Arn._ And who
With aught of soul would combat if he were
Invulnerable? That were pretty sport.
Think'st thou I beat for hares when lions roar?
[ARNOLD _rushes into the combat_.

_Caes._ A precious sample of humanity!
Well, his blood's up; and, if a little's shed,
'Twill serve to curb his fever.

[ARNOLD _engages with a Roman, who retires
towards a portico_.

_Arn._ Yield thee, slave!
I promise quarter.

_Rom._ That's soon said.

_Arn._ And done---- 30
My word is known.

_Rom._ So shall be my deeds.
[_They re-engage_. CAESAR _comes forward_.

_Caes._ Why, Arnold! hold thine own: thou hast in hand
A famous artisan, a cunning sculptor;
Also a dealer in the sword and dagger.
Not so, my musqueteer; 'twas he who slew
The Bourbon from the wall.[245]

_Arn._ Aye, did he so?
Then he hath carved his monument.

_Rom._ I yet
May live to carve your better's.

_Caes._ Well said, my man of marble! Benvenuto,
Thou hast some practice in both ways; and he 40
Who slays Cellini will have worked as hard
As e'er thou didst upon Carrara's blocks.

[ARNOLD _disarms and wounds_ CELLINI, _hit slightly:
the latter draws a pistol, and fires; then
retires, and disappears through the portico_.

_Caes._ How farest thou?