Zar.They ne'er
Shall know from me of aught but what may honour
Their father's memory.
Sar.Rather let them hear
The truth from you than from a trampling world.
If they be in adversity, they'll learn280
Too soon the scorn of crowds for crownless Princes,
And find that all their father's sins are theirs.
My boys!—I could have borne it were I childless.
Zar. Oh! do not say so—do not poison all