I have been nailed....
The Commander: Nailed!
The Princess: Know that I have been nailed by the hands.
What are they good for? Nailed like a bird of the night.
Like the tree that is crucified that it may fructify.
The Commander: You have suffered a great outrage.
The Princess: I cannot hold the golden sceptre and yet I must. Help me.
Clench my fist with your hand that I may hold it erect.
(She grasps the sceptre.
The Commander: Hail to you, Queen!