Sar.Tis most true. And how returned?
Sal. Why, like a man—a hero; baffled, but
Not vanquished. With but twenty guards, she made130
Good her retreat to Bactria.
Sar.And how many
Left she behind in India to the vultures?
Sal. Our annals say not.
Sar.Then I will say for them—
That she had better woven within her palace
Some twenty garments, than with twenty guards