As if you thought of such things; but, fair maid,
Take of these apples.
B. Oh, how beautiful!
A. They are, indeed, since hither they but lately
Have come from the great king.
B. By Phosphoros!
I could have thought them from the Hesperian bowers,
Where th’ apples are of gold.
A. There are but three.
B. The beautiful is no where plentiful.[[677]]