And you, Clotaldo, sworn it? And the Why
And Wherefore are to follow by and bye!
And yet--and yet--why wait for that which you
Who take your oath on it can answer--and
Indeed it presses hard upon my brain--
What I was asking of these gentlemen
When you came in upon us; how it is
That I--the Segismund you know so long
No longer than the sun that rose to-day
Rose--and from what you know--
Rose to be Prince of Poland?

CLO.
So to be
Acknowledged and entreated, Sir.

SEG.
So be
Acknowledged and entreated--
Well--But if now by all, by some at least
So known--if not entreated--heretofore--
Though not by you--For, now I think again,
Of what should be your attestation worth,
You that of all my questionable subjects
Who knowing what, yet left me where I was,
You least of all, Clotaldo, till the dawn
Of this first day that told it to myself?

CLO.
Oh, let your Highness draw the line across