Since one clear right suffices: yours is clear.

Propose!

Berth. I offer her my hand.

Val. Your hand?

Berth. A Duke's, yourself say; and, at no far time,

Something here whispers me—an Emperor's.

The lady's mind is noble: which induced

This seizure of occasion: ere my claims

Were—settled, let us amicably say!

Val. Your hand!