ned! what, to be the envy of your sex,
And lord it o'er the heart of the World's lord?

_Myr._ Were you the lord of twice ten thousand worlds--
As you are like to lose the one you swayed--
I did abase myself as much in being
Your paramour, as though you were a peasant--
Nay, more, if that the peasant were a Greek.

_Sar._ You talk it well----

_Myr._ And truly.

_Sar._ In the hour
Of man's adversity all things grow daring
Against the falling; but as I am not 470
Quite fall'n, nor now disposed to bear reproaches,
Perhaps because I merit them too often,
Let us then part while peace is still between us.

_Myr._ Part!

_Sar._ Have not all past human beings parted,
And must not all the present one day part?

_Myr._ Why?

_Sar._ For your safety, which I will have looked to,
With a strong escort to your native land;
And such gifts, as, if you had not been all
A Queen, shall make your dowry worth a kingdom.

_Myr._ I pray you talk not thus.

_Sar._ The Queen is gone: 480
You need not shame to follow. I would fall
Alone--I seek no partners but in pleasure.

_Myr._ And I no pleasure but in parting not.
You shall not force me from you.

_Sar._ Think well of it--
It soon may be too late.

_Myr._ So let it be;
For then you cannot separate me from you.

_Sar._ And will not; but I thought you wished it.

_Myr._ I!

_Sar._ You spoke of your abasement.

_Myr._ And I feel it
Deeply--more deeply than all things but love.

_Sar._ Then fly from it.

_Myr._ 'Twill not recall the past-- 490
'Twill not restore my honour, nor my heart.
No--here I stand or fall. If that you conquer,
I live to joy in your great triumph: should
Your lot be different, I'll not weep, but share it.
You did not doubt me a few hours ago.

_Sar._ Your courage never--nor your love till now;
And none could make me doubt it save yourself.
Those words----

_Myr._ Were words. I pray you, let the proofs
Be in the past acts you were pleased to praise
This very