E’en so at our reunion he has found me.
Therefore I must deny that I deceived.
Herod (breaking into wild laughter).
Nay, she has not deceived because there’s naught
She did but what foreshadowing Sentience,
All praise to her, dusked warning Deity,
Caused me to feel. (To Mariamne.) Woman, this fits you well!
But build not overfast on this, that I
With peace and happiness have lost my strength;
Perchance some jot has still survived for vengeance