ACT III.
SCENE I.—The King's Apartment.
A Table set. Ptolemy, Sosibius, Cassandra sitting: Ptolemy at the upper end; Cassandra sitting on the one side, Sosibius on the other.
Ptol. I must confess, 'twas obvious.
Sosib. He said he could command them with his nod:
Can he do this with mercenaries, raised
Not at his charge, but yours? by you maintained?
What could he more, had they been Spartans born?
Cas. What would you hence infer?
Sosib. What you observed:
Some are born kings, and so is Cleomenes.