Vera. The rugged business of the war is over;

Softness and sweetness, and a gentle air,

Would make a mixture, that would temper well

That inborn fierceness of your boiling mind.

Alph. I stand corrected, sir; and let me tell you now,

That sweetness, which so well you have advised,

Fortune has put in your own hand to practise

Upon this royal soldier; till we fought, [Showing Ramirez.

Your equal, now your prisoner of the war;

And once, (alas, that still it is not so!)