Lucrezia?

ALEXANDER

None. Thou art subtle of soul and strong.
I would thou hadst spared him--couldst have spared him.

CAESAR

Sire,
I would so too. Our sire, his sire and mine,
I slew not him for lust of slaying, or hate,
Or aught less like thy wiser spirit and mine.

ALEXANDER

Not for the dove's sake?

CAESAR

Not for hate or love.
Death was the lot God bade him draw, if God
Be more than what we make him.

ALEXANDER

Bread and wine
Could hardly turn so bitter. Canst thou sleep?

CAESAR