And what prevention in foreknowledge lies.

In. Great is the gain.

Pr. O king, the gain is thine,

The penalty I more than share.

In. Enough,

I take thy gift; nor hast thou stood more firm

To every point of thy strange chequered tale,

Revealing, threatening, offering more and more,

And never all, than I to this resolve. 705

Pr. I knew thy heart would fail not at the hour.