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That I may ne'er become bondslave and thrall

Unto Ægyptus' race.

And is it hate

That prompts thy plea, or reverence of law?

Nay, who amongst their own blood kin would buy

Their lords and masters?

Yet it is a match

That makes for power.

And if misfortune come

Who cares if wife so wed be put away?

What shall I do then that I may be found

To-you-ward a respecter of the Right?

Refuse to yield us up to Ægyptus' sons

When they demand us of thee.

There thou broachest

Grave matters, that envisage dangerous war.

Yet Justice champions these that fight for her.

If I had had my share in these events

From the beginning