K. (pouring). Myself I pour the wine.
Drink with me. ’Tis thy life.
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Fer.Why should I live?
K. Canst thou not guess? I’ll tell thee then, and speak
Not as a foe. Thy will hath conquered mine;
And if I wronged thee, thou hast wronged me more.
Thou hast loved my daughter, and strangely won her love
Away from him whom for my son I had chosen,
And pillar of my house: thou hast driven away