SALADIN.

Dearest Sittah,

This interruption will but whet our zeal.

Your thoughts are on the war: well, let it come--

'Twas not my arm that first unsheathed the sword;

I would have willingly prolonged the truce,

And willingly have knit a tender bond,

For Sittah's sake, with Richard's noble brother.

SITTAH.

How pleased you are, can you but praise your Richard.