Which to revolt against--

SEG.
Were to revolt
Against the stars, belike!

CLO.
And him who reads them;
And by that right, and by the sovereignty
He wears as you shall wear it after him;
Ay, one to whom yourself--
Yourself, ev'n more than any subject here,
Are bound by yet another and more strong
Allegiance--King Basilio--your Father--

SEG.
Basilio--King--my father!--

CLO.
Oh, my Lord,
Let me beseech you on my bended knee,
For your own sake--for Poland's--and for his,
Who, looking up for counsel to the skies,
Did what he did under authority
To which the kings of earth themselves are subject,
And whose behest not only he that suffers,
But he that executes, not comprehends,
But only He that orders it--

SEG.