Cæsar. Speak Queen of beauty, and stand up.

Cleo. I dare not,

'Till I have found that favour in thine eyes,

That godlike great humanity to help me,

Thus, to thy knees must I grow (sacred Cæsar,)

And if it be not in thy will, to right me,

And raise me like a Queen from my sad ruines,

If these soft tears cannot sink to thy pity,

And waken with their murmurs thy compassions;

Yet for thy nobleness, for vertues sake,