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SCENE XIV.

Honoria, Fulvia.
Fulv.
Honoria, keep his transports hid from Cæsar:
Ætius is faithful still; he speaks but thus
Through disappointed love.

Hon.
Fulvia, methinks
Thou shew'st too much of fear and pity for him;
And does not pity sometimes spring from love?

Fulv.
Princess, you wrong me much, for well I know
To whom this bosom owes its first affections.

Hon.
Be not too warm—'twas but a slight suspicion.

Fulv.
If credit must be given to such suspicion,
Honoria too might furnish cause for doubt:
By thy resentment I perceive how well
Thou bear'st to be rejected. I should think
Thou wert a lover, yet I'll not believe it.

Hon.
And when thou dar'st insult me with suspicions
Injurious to my honour, I might well
Rebuke thy arrogance, yet I forbear.

[Exit.