Looks not a lie. Thou saidst thou wert a captive—

Turn not away; we are not all like him.

Theod. My story's brief. My mother, and myself,

(I then an infant) in my father's absence,

Were on our frontiers seiz'd by Saracens.

Count. A likely tale! a well-devis'd imposture!

Who will believe thee?

Aust. Go on, say all.

Theod. To the fierce bashaw, Hamet,

That scourge and terror of the Christian coasts,