GALLICANUS. If I had not changed, and for the better, I could never have consented to renounce you.
CONSTANCE. The Lover of virginal purity and the Author of all good resolutions made you renounce me because He had already claimed me for His own. May He Who has separated us in the body on earth unite us in the joys of eternity.
GALLICANUS. So be it! So be it!
CONSTANTINE. And now, since we are united in the bond of Christ’s love, you shall live with us in our palace, and be treated with as much honour as though you were our own son.
GALLICANUS. What temptation is to be feared more than the lust of the eyes?
CONSTANTINE. None, I know.
GALLICANUS. Then is it right that I should see her too often? As you know, I love her more than my own kin, more than my life, more than my soul!
CONSTANTINE. You must do what you think best.
GALLICANUS. Thanks to our Lord Christ and to my labours, your army was never so strong as now. Give me leave, then, to transfer my service to that Emperor through Whose power I have returned victorious, and to Whom I owe any success I have won in life.
CONSTANTINE. To Him be praise and glory. All creatures should serve Him.