280From whence they haue their nouri
shment?
281Per. Thou knowe
st I haue power to take thy life from
(thee. 282Hel. I haue ground the Axe my
selfe,
283Doe but you
strike the blowe
. 284Per. Ri
se, prethee ri
se,
sit downe, thou art no
flatterer,
285I thanke thee fort, and heaue forbid
286That kings
should let their eares heare their faults hid.
287Fit Coun
sellor, and
seruant for a Prince,
288Who by thy wi
sdome makes a Prince thy
seruant,
289What would
st thou haue me doe?
290Hel. To beare with patience
such griefes as you your
291selfe doe lay vpon your
selfe
. 292Per. Thou
speak
st like a Phy
sition
Hellicanus,
293That mini
sters a potion vnto me:
294That thou would
st tremble to receiue thy
selfe,
295Attend me then, I went to
Antioch,
296Where
as thou know
st again
st the face of death,
297I
sought the purcha
se of a glorious beautie,
298From whence an i
ssue I might propogate,
299Are armes to Princes, and bring ioies to
subie
cts,
300Her face was to mine eye beyond all wonder,
301The re
st harke in thine eare, as blacke as ince
st,
302Which by my knowledge found, the
sinful father
303Seemde not to
strike, but
smooth, but thou know
st this,
304Tis time to feare when tyrants
seemes to ki
sse.
305Which feare
so grew in me I hither
fled,
306Vnder the couering of a carefull night,
307Who
seemd my good prote
ctor, and being here,
308Bethought what was pa
st, what might
succeed,
309I knew him tyrannous, and tyrants feare
310Decrea
se not, but grow fa
ster then the yeares,
311And
should he doo't, as no doubt he doth,
312That I
should open to the li
stning ayre ,
313How m
any worthie Princes blouds were
shed,
314To keepe his bed of blackne
sse vnlayde ope,
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