SCENE III.—TOM THUMB to them, with Officers, Prisoners, and Attendants.
King. [1] Oh! welcome most, most welcome to my arms.
What gratitude can thank away the debt
Your valour lays upon me?
[Footnote 1: This figure is in great use among the tragedians:
'Tis therefore, therefore 'tis.—Victim.
I long, repent, repent, and long again.—Busiris. ]
Queen.—————[1] Oh! ye gods! [Aside.
[Footnote 1: A tragical exclamation.]
Thumb. When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough. [1] I've done my duty, and I've done no more,
[Footnote 1: This line is copied verbatim in the Captives.]
Queen. Was ever such a godlike creature seen? [Aside.