I know not, but 'twould seem the very air

Is full of floating rumours, vague alarms,

Formless suspicions which elude the grasp,

Unspoken presages of coming ill

Which take no shape. For whence should danger come?

We are at peace with all. Our former foe

Is now our dearest friend; the Prince Asander,

Though of a hasty spirit and high temper,

Dwells in such close, concordant harmony

With his loved wife that he is wholly ours;