MERCURY.
Queen Dido, that Aeneas could not move,
Stabbed herself, and yielded unto Love.
VULCAN.
The more fool she, and she were my own brother?
If my wife would not love me, must not I love another?
[Music.
Enter the show of Pompey and Caesar.
MERCURY.
Pompey and Caesar, the wonders of their time,
By froward Fortune spoiled in their prime.
VULCAN.
They were served well enough, why could not they be content
With a roach and a red herring in the holy time of Lent?
[Music.
Enter the show of Leander and Hero.
MERCURY.
[Hero and] Leander presents them very loth,
That felt the force of Love and Fortune both.
FORTUNE.
Upon him I my sovereignty did show.