Herod.
Pooh, Titus, pooh! Even you think thus of me?
I made my southward march to Araby
Pursuing orders Antony had given.
But there I found no foe, so I made ready
To start for Actium, and there’s no blame
Attaints me if I came too late. Had he
Maintained the attitude I thought he would,
In such a case (to Mariamne) occasion had been sought
To make him present of Octavian’s head