I ask no more than that;
For 'tis below a king to tell a lie.
Cleor. But where's the means?
Cleon. The means is in the daring:
Had my own mother lived, and asked that question,
I should have thought my father had begot me
Without her help, as Pallas sprung from Jove.
Cleor. Think'st thou, he can defend us all, alone?
Cleon. No; for I mean to help him.