To hold the castle for thee as I may.

K. Have thou no fear, Sala. My daughter, go:

Leave us alone: or better sit thou there,

And hear what Sala tells: and, Sala, thou

Begin the tale, for which thy messenger

Hath well prepared my ear. Here is thy seat.

Sa. Hear then, my liege, what happened, as I tell.

(Aside.) Yet how to tell my shame in Almeh’s ears?—

’Tis the fifth day since thou didst send me forth

Against the Christian bands, which as we learned