[35] Myrrha.
[36] i.e., For pity. So, act ii. sc. 2—
"As easily befalls that age which asketh ruth."
Act v. sc. 1—
"That hath the tyrant king
Withouten ruth commanded us to do."
Again, in Milton's "Lycidas," i. 163—
"Look homeward, angel, now and melt with ruth,
And, O ye Dolphins, waft the helpless youth."
And in Churchyard's "Worthiness of Wales," 1587—
"Great ruth, to let so trim a seate goe downe,
The countries strength, and beautie of the towne."
[37] [Mine almighty.—MS.]