To lull him from suspicion!
Soemus.
There you err.
I spoke the truth in all. His equal peer
I do not deem myself nor ever shall.
How many a paltry wight there is I know
Who, just because his blood’s no kin of his,
Yields muttering homage; others too, I know,
Keep troth alone for Mariamne’s sake.
But I am never bonded with that brood