Æn. Trojans, aboard, and I will follow you. [Exeunt all except Æneas. I fain would go, yet beauty calls me back: To leave her so, and not once say farewell, Were to transgress against all laws of love. But, if I use such ceremonious thanks As parting friends accustom on the shore,50 Her silver arms will coll [523] me round about, And tears of pearl cry, "Stay, Æneas, stay!" Each word she says will then contain a crown, And every speech be ended with a kiss: I may not dure this female drudgery: To sea, Æneas! find out Italy! [Exit.
SCENE IV.
Enter [524] Dido and Anna.
Dido. O Anna, run unto the water-side! They say Æneas' men are going aboard; It may be, he will steal away with them: Stay not to answer me; run, Anna, run! [Exit Anna. O foolish Trojans, that would steal from hence, And not let Dido understand their drift! I would have given Achates store of gold, And Ilioneus gum and Libyan spice; The common soldiers rich embroider'd coats, And silver whistles to control the winds,10 Which Circe [525] sent Sichæus when he lived: Unworthy are they of a queen's reward. See where they come: how might I do to chide?
Re-enter Anna, with Æneas, Achates, Cloanthus, Ilioneus, Sergestus, and Carthaginian Lords.
Anna. 'Twas time to run; Æneas had been gone; The sails were hoising up, and he aboard.
Dido. Is this thy love to me?
Æn. O princely Dido, give me leave to speak! I went to take my farewell of Achates.
Dido. How haps Achates bid me not farewell?
Ach. Because I feared your grace would keep me here.20