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Did tell me of you, bade me trust you; but

I do not greatly care to be deceiv'd,

That have no use for trusting. If your master

Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him,

That majesty, to keep decorum, must

No less beg than a kingdom: if he please

To give me conquer'd Egypt for my son,

He gives me so much of mine own as I

Will kneel to him with thanks.

Pro. Be of good cheer;

You're fall'n into a princely hand, fear nothing.

Make your full reference freely to my lord,

Who is so full of grace, that it flows over

On all that need; let me report to him

Your sweet dependancy, and you shall find

A conqueror that will pray in aid for kindness

Where he for grace is kneel'd to.

Cleo. Pray you, tell him

I am his fortune's vassal, and I send him

The greatness he has got. I hourly learn

A doctrine of obedience, and would gladly

Look him i' the face.

Pro. This I'll report, dear lady:

Have comfort, for I know your plight is pitied

Of him that caus'd it.

Gal. You see how easily she may be surpris'd.

[''Proculeius and two of the Guard ascend the monument by a ladder, and come behind Cleopatra. Some of the Guard unbar and open the gates, discovering the lower room of the monument''.]

 23 Make reference: refer the whole matter

27, 28 A conqueror kneel'd to; cf. n.

