For one and all—Let Segismund, whom now

We first hear tell of as your living heir,

Appear, and but in your sufficient eye

Approve himself worthy to be your son,

Then we will hail him Poland’s rightful heir.

What says my cousin?

Est. Ay, with all my heart.

But if my youth and sex upbraid me not

That I should dare ask of so wise a king—

King. Ask, ask, fair cousin! Nothing, I am sure,