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The Maids Tragedy Alter'd.
And let them know the happiness they haveIn such a Royal pair, so just, so brave.Lend me your Guards, that if perswasion fail,Force may against the Mutinous prevail.
K. to the Guards. Go, and obey, with as exact a care,All his commands, as if our self were there.Aside. He that depends upon another, mustOblige his Honour with a boundless trust.Exeunt King and Lucippus.
Mel. How frail is Man! how quickly changed areOur wrath and fury to a Loyal care!This drawn but now against my Soveraigns Breast,Before 'tis sheath'd, shall give him peace and rest.Exeunt Brothers and Guards.

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