[Exit.]

Alex. In the meane season, to recreate my spirits, being so neere, wee will goe see Diogenes. And see where his tub is.[853] [Crosses stage.] Diogenes!

Diog. Who calleth? 125

Alex. Alexander. How happened it that you would not come out of your tub to my palace?[854]

Diog. Because it was as farre from my tub to your palace as from your palace to my tub.

Alex. Why then, doest thou owe no reverence to kings? 130

Diog. No.

Alex. Why so?

Diog. Because they be no gods.

Alex. They be gods of the earth.