CR. To cringe to rebels cannot be a need.
HAEM. I do not claim observance for the vile.
CR. Why, is not she so tainted? Is ’t not proved?
HAEM. All Thebes denies it.
CR. Am I ruled by Thebes?
HAEM. If youth be folly, that is youngly said.
CR. Shall other men prescribe my government?
HAEM. One only makes not up a city, father.
CR. Is not the city in the sovereign’s hand?
HAEM. Nobly you’d govern as the desert’s king.