To do you such small services as these.
Max. The sight, with which my eyes shall first be fed, Must be my empress' and this traitor's head.
Por. Where'er thou stand'st, I'll level at that place My gushing blood, and spout it at thy face. Thus, not by marriage, we our blood will join; Nay more, my arms shall throw my head at thine. [Exit guarded.
Max. There, go, adoption: I have now decreed, That Maximin shall Maximin succeed: Old as I am, in pleasures I will try To waste an empire yet before I die: Since life is fugitive, and will not stay, I'll make it fly more pleasantly away. [Exit.
ACT V. SCENE I.
Enter Valeria and Placidius.
Val. If, as you say, you silently have been So long my lover, let my power be seen: One hour's discourse before Porphyrius die, Is all I ask, and you too may be by.
Plac. I must not break The order, which the emperor did sign.
Val. Has then his hand more power with you than mine?