[297] So ed. 1.—Ed. 2. (i.e. 8vo of 1633) “powers.”
[298] Ed. 1. reads “ouse,” which becomes “house” in ed. 2.
[299] Cn. Scipio, who fell fighting in Spain, B.C. 212. See Livy, xxv. 36.
[300] See Livy, xxv. 34.
SCENE II.
Sophonisba’s bedchamber.
Enter Arcathia; Nycea, with tapers; Sophonisba, in her night attire, followed by Zanthia.
So. Watch at the doors: and till we be reposed
Let no one enter. Zanthia, undo me.
Zan. With this motto under your girdle:
You had been undone if you had not been undone.
Humblest service!
So. I wonder, Zanthia, why the custom is,
To use such ceremony, such strict shape,