That, when you coped with him in single fight,
You had so much ado to conquer then,
You fear to engage him in a second combat.
Alph. The world knows how I fought:
But old men have prerogative of tongue,
And kings of power, and parents that of nature.
Your pardon, royal sir.
Vera. I give it you;
Your battle now is paid at the full price.
Alph. Fear not, I curb myself. [To Ximena.