My heart inclines toward the better cause,385
The worser fortune, ever favoring him
Who suffers more; for this is fortune's way
To win the wretched to their own again.
[Enter Messenger in haste.]
Messenger: O queen, while thou dost utter these complaints,
And spend'st the precious time in useless tears,
With weapons drawn the battle lines approach.
The trumpet's blare incites to bloody war,
And even now the eagles are advanced.390