Sem. Madam, you are sad, As if you doubted your Success to day.
Cleo. There are some Moments wherein I do repent me The too rash Banishment of poor Clemanthis. How did he take the Letter which I sent?
Sem. As Persons innocent and full of Health
Receive unlookt-for Sentences of Death;
He sigh’d, and said he wou’d obey your Will:
And, Madam, had you seen his silent Grief,
You wou’d have thought him innocent.
Cleo. Innocent! banish that foolish Pity from your Heart,
That wou’d persuade thee he is innocent.
Did I not see him courting of Olympia?
And can my Eyes deceive me?
Sem. Olympia, Madam! Gods, what do I hear! Till now I did not know his Fault of Banishment.
Cleo. And was’t not cause enough?
Sem. Ah, Madam, what Injustice have you done?
Before Clemanthis came into your Cabinet,
He entertain’d me for a pretty while
With the Intentions of your generous Uncle;
He told me how he offer’d him Olympia,
And that he durst not seem to disesteem it,
Being your Uncle, and a Man to whom
He ow’d so much; but most to hide his Passion:
And then was coming to consult with you,
How he should manage this Affair with him.
Cleo. And is this Truth thou tell’st me, dear Semiris?
Sem. Madam, I do not use t’abuse your Credit.
Cleo. Fly then, Semiris, and reverse his Doom.