Cleom. Is the king

Assured of this, by any overt-act,

Or any close conspiracy revealed?

Ptol. He has it in his power to be a traitor;

And that's enough.

Sosib. He has it in his will too;

Else, why this ostentation of his virtues,

His bounty, valour, and his temperance?

Why are they thus exposed to public view,

But as a Venus set beside a monster,