Emperor to be: he proffers you his hand.
Duch. Generous and princely!
Val. He is all of this.
Duch. Thanks, Berthold, for my father's sake. No hand
Degrades me!
Val. You accept the proffered hand?
Duch. That he should love me!
Val. "Loved" I did not say.
Had that been—love might so incline the Prince
To the world's good, the world that 's at his foot,—