Mother beloved and hallowed. I desire
More.

VANNOZZA

Thou wast ever sleepless as the wind -
A child anhungered for thy time to be
Man. See thy purple about thee. Art thou not
Cardinal?

CAESAR

Ay; my father's eminence
Set so the stamp on mine. I will not die
Cardinal.

VANNOZZA

Caesar, wilt thou cleave my heart?
Have I not loved thee?

CAESAR

Ay, fair mother--ay.
Thou hast loved my father likewise. Dost thou love
Giulia--the sweet Farnese--called the Fair
In all the Roman streets that call thee Rose?
And that bright babe Giovanni, whom our sire,
Thy holy lord and hers, hath stamped at birth
As duke of Nepi?