[329] Armour for the throat.
[330] I follow the reading of ed. 2.—Ed. 1. gives:—
“Some common weales melt at a noble hart,
Too forward bleeds abrode and bleed bemond,
But not revengd at home.”
[331] Statesman.—The word is used by Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, &c.
[332] So ed. 1.—Ed. 2. “into ruthlesse hell.”
Carthage.
Enter Asdrubal, Hanno, Bytheas.
Asd. What Carthage hath decreed, Hanno, is done;
Advanced and born was Asdrubal for state;
Only with it, his faith, his love, his hate,
Are of one piece. Were it my daughter’s life
That, fate hath sung, to Carthage safety brings,
What deed so red but hath been done by kings?
Iphigenia—He that’s a man for men,
Ambitious as a god, must, like a god,
Live free from passions; his full aim’d at end,
Immense to others, sole self to comprehend, 10
Round in’s own globe; not to be clasp’d, but holds
Within him all; his heart being of more folds
Than shield of Telamon, not to be pierc’d, though struck:
The god of wise men is themselves, not luck.
Enter Gisco.