Or multiplied extortions for a minion.120

Sar. I understand thee—thou wouldst have me go

Forth as a conqueror. By all the stars

Which the Chaldeans read—the restless slaves[e]

Deserve that I should curse them with their wishes,

And lead them forth to glory.

Sal.‍Wherefore not?

Semiramis—a woman only—led

These our Assyrians to the solar shores

Of Ganges.