Haleb.
Not for thy threats, but for myself I say,
It is not meet that one so base as thou
Should'st come about the person of a king.
Soliman.
Must I give aim to this presumption?
Amurath.
Your highness knows, I spake in duteous love.
Haleb.
Your highness knows, I spake at your command,
And to the purpose, far from flattery.
Amurath.
Think'st thou, I flatter? now I flatter not.