Has been to lovers' joys an ireful foe, And tugs me from these arms to arms of steel, 'Phi. I see all earth-bred joys are born and dead In a short moment.' I fare now like her Was turned from paradise ere she had tasted bliss, 'Or like a king killed at his coronation.' M. Tull. Weep not, love! Oh, spare those orient pearls, Whose worth out-values all the world beside! 'Phi. You shall command what kings want power to do, My passions.'-Your pardon, noble sir, [To MARIUS. This sudden cause of sorrow has bereft Mar. I want power In all things but the will to render thanks I am his servant, lady, in this war, And will in life and death take part with him. Lel. [Apart.] I am now lost for ever. Wretched Lelia, What planet reigned at thy nativity That thus prolongs still thy desired bliss? 'Phi. To part thus ! The all-seeing sun, that makes chaste virgins blush, But three short nights hath hid his peeping eyes Since that uniting Hymen tied our hearts' In a connubial band, yet ne'er allowed So much true freedom to our infant sports M. Tull. There's no help, we must part; though with less grief I could attend my father's funeral hearse,' Phi. Shall not these breasts for this night be your pillow? M. Tull. 'Tis my wish, and if with my safety it may be, Which for thy sake I only strive to keep. Enter RUFINUS. Ruf. Hail to the general! M. Tull. 'Like, my lord, to you. Arm. [Aside.] What makes this screech-owl here? I never see him, but methinks his face Is more prodigious 3 than a fiery comet. Ruf. The king by me, sir, greets you, and com mands You instantly make to the enemy Before his forces join, and make the way 3 Prodigious.] That is, portentous, the original sense of the word. So in A Midsummer-Night's Dream: "Never mole, hare-lip or scar, Nor mark prodigious, such as are Shall upon their children be." Mar. A strict injunction, more severely uttered. M. Tull. My Philadelpha sees then there's no stay; Only a kiss and part: that, though the foe Arm. Farewell to whom? You wrong me, friend, to think my love so faint To leave you now; no, though your way were through Hell's pitchy cave, without a Sybil's clue, Sands shall be numbered first, the heavens stand still, Earth fly her centre, before death or M. Tull. Forbear, Thou best of men, a true and faithful friend; Yet now thou must not go. Arm. Not go? M. Tull. No, my prophetic soul Tells me my absence gives too free a scope The knowledge of black hatred lodged i' th' breasts Then, lest my danger here at home should prove From highest joy to sorrow's lowest valley: The least of these more, much more, I esteem, Than if thy manly breast should stand a shield 'Twixt me and thousand perils. Arm. I am won, sir, And yield at first charge; may your foes do so! And Heaven guard me but as I strive to keep Your honours clear and spotless. M. Tull. I should sin In making question of it. Now I'm happy, Dearest, farewell, and think our parting now, ACT II. SCENE I. An Apartment in the Palace. Enter RUFINUS. Ruf. A general! Oh, ye gods, 'I that these twenty years have tugged with danger Where'er it durst appear, and oft have done Those deeds would make this novice quake to hear; I that have stood more breaches for my country* By the ungrateful king slighted, neglected; Than clothe thee thus in these unfitting honours Can hardly be digged out.'-Oh, his grace comes, Enter LEARCHUS, LEONTIUS, MARCELLANUS, and another Senator; then TITUS MARTIUS, talking to ARMANUS. Titus. Armanus, we have sent thy friend to danger, But Honour leads him on. We ever saw • I that have stood more breaches for my country.] This is sense, as it may mean, stood in, held out, or defended breaches; but I much suspect we should read stormed. 5 Speene.] So the MS. Spleen in this place signifies angry huSo in The Taming of the Shrew : mour. "I must forsooth be forced To give my hand, opposed unto my heart, |