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