Her. How so? When taught, I shall thy meaning master.

Chor. Ye longed for us who yearned for you in turn.

Her. Say'st thou this land its yearning host yearned o'er?

Chor. Yea, so that oft I groaned in gloom of heart.

Her. Whence came these bodings that an army hates?

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Chor. Silence I've held long since a charm for ill.

Her. How, when your lords were absent, feared ye any?

Chor. To use thy words, death now would welcome be.

Her. Good is the issue; but in so long time