ROSAMUND.
He weeps: thy boy is humble.
ALMACHILDES.
Queen,
I weep not. Shamed with no ignoble shame
Thou seest me: but I weep not. Yea, God knows,
Humbled I am, and humble; not to thee.
ALBOVINE.
Chafe not: and thou, queen though thou be, and mine,
Tempt not a true man’s wrath with words that bear
Fangs keener than thou knowest of.
ROSAMUND.
King, henceforth,
Being warned, I will not. Dangerous as the sea
A true man’s wrath is—and a true man’s love:
A woman’s hath no peril in it: her tears
Wash wrath and peril away.
ALBOVINE.
I have never seen thee
Weep.