Ptol. Thus I begin my homage to the day [Kisses her hand.
That brought me forth a mistress; and am proud
To be your foremost slave.
Cas. Our little entertainment waits; not worth
A longer ceremony; please to grace it?
The Scene opens, and discovers Cassandra's Apartment. Musicians and Dancers. Ptolemy leads in Cassandra; Sosibius follows—They sit. Towards the end of the song and dance, enter Cleomenes and Cleanthes on one side of the stage, where they stand.
SONG.
No, no, poor suffering heart, no change endeavour,
Chuse to sustain the smart, rather than leave her;
My ravished eyes behold such charms about her,