Whatever joy earth yields, betide[308] your majesty.

Balthazar.

Earth yields no joy without Perseda's love.

Hieronimo.

Let then[309] Perseda on your grace attend.

Balthazar.

She shall not wait on me, but I on her,
Drawn by the influence of her lights, I yield:
But let my friend the Rhodian knight come forth,
Erastus, dearer than my life to me,
That he may see Perseda my belov'd.

Enter Erastus.

King.