Dec. There 'tis again,
The paper innocent as when you gave it.
Queen. My lord, you have writ nothing.
Dec. And 'tis nothing,
Now I have miss'd yourself, I can demand.
Fortune, contract thy treasure from all nations,
And gild it o'er with honour and with beauty,
Yet hast thou not the power to force one wish,
Now I have lost this lady.
Asc. A great spirit!
Dec. One humble prayer I have, which must not be
Denied: and 'tis, your majesty will give
Me leave ne'er more to see you.
Queen. O my lord——
Dec. My vow's irrevocable. I shall secure
Your kingdom best by absence, and my eye
Will never brook so rich a treasure made
The purchase[287] of another. To a cave,
Some undiscover'd cave, to which no path
Doth lead the wandering lover, I have vowed
The remnant of my days.
Enter Ossuna.
Flo. A strange conversion!
And 'twill behove my fate to follow him.