17941657Or some of you shall smoke for it in Rome.

17951658Demetrius. By this our mother is foreuer shamde.

17961659Chiron. Rome will despise her for this foule escape.

17971660Nurse. The Emperour in his rage will doome her death.

17981661Chiron. I blush to thinke vpon this ignomie.

17991662Aron. Why ther's the Priuiledge your beautie bears:

18001663Fie trecherous hue, that will betraie with blushing

18011664The close enacts and counsels of thy hart:

18021665Her's a young Lad framde of another leere,

18031666Looke how the blacke slaue smiles vpon the father,

18041667As who should say, olde Lad I am thine owne.

18051668Hee is your brother Lords, sensiblie fed

18061669Of that selfe bloud that first gaue life to you,

18071670And from your wombe where you imprisoned were,

18081671Hee is infraunchised, and come to light:

18091672Nay hee is your brother by the surer side,

18101673Although my seale be stamped in his face.

18111674Nurse. Aron, what shall I say vnto the Empresse.

18121675Demetrius. Aduise thee Aron, what is to be done,

18131676And we will all subscribe to thy aduise:

18141677Saue thou the childe, so wee may all be safe.

18151678Aron. Then sit we downe and let vs all consult,

18161679My sonne and I will haue the winde of you:

18171680Keepe there, now talke at pleasure of your safetie.

18181681Demetrius. How many women saw this childe of his?

18191682Aron. why so braue Lords, when we ioine in league

18201683I am a Lambe, but if you braue the Moore,

18211684The chafed Bore, the mountaine Lionesse,

18221685The Ocean swels not so as Aron stormes:

18231686But saie againe, how manie saw the childe.

18241687Nurse. Cornelia the Midwife, and myselfe,

18251688And no one els but the deliuered Empresse.

18261689Aron. The Empresse, the Midwife, and yourselfe,

18271690Two may keepe counsell when the third's away:

18281691Goe to the Empresse, tell her this I said. He kils her.