Know me as you I know; which did I not,
By whatsoever signs, assuredly
You were not here to prove it at my risk.
Seg. You are my father.
And is it true then, as Clotaldo swears,
’Twas you that from the dawning birth of one
Yourself brought into being,—you, I say,
Who stole his very birthright; not alone
That secondary and peculiar right
Of sovereignty, but even that prime