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Enter Achmetes in his Generalls coate, and Caigubus his sonne.
Achm.
Caigubus, publike dangers call me forth,
And I must leaue thee now vnto thy selfe
My sonne, thou seest vnto what height of fame
We are ascended, yet the sunne shines cleare,
And not one dusky cloude of discontent
Dimmes the vnspotted brightnesse of our ioyes,
Not Baiazet is more belou'd then I:
Such strict obseruance is there shew'd to mee,
By all that know my worth, and heare me nam'd,
As if I grasp't Ioues thunder in my hands:
By all my hopes, I feare some tragicke sceane
Will trouble our calme fortune. Sonne beware,
The top of honour is a narrow plot
Of ground, whither we haue already got,
'Tis brittle, and vncertaine, if thou tread
One carelesse steppe aside, thou fall'st downe dead
The shute from thence is deepe, and vnderneath,
Ruine gapes wide, thy body to receiue.
Stand firme Caigubus: though thou start'st not away
Yet blasts of envie often force aside
The weariest footsteppe: these where e'r they shall,
Blow strong, will make them stagger if not fall.

Caigu.
I shall forget to sleepe, to breath, to liue,
Sooner then these thy precepts they are fixt,
And printed in my thoughts.

Ach.
Enough, no more,
That Isaack Bassa trust him not too much:
I haue divorc'd his daughter from my bed,
For her adulterate loosenesse, hence, hee hides
A masse of fretting ranchor in his brest,
Which he hath varnish't yet, and gilded o're
With coloured shewes of love, but he is false,
And subtile as a Serpent, that will winde
Into thy brest, stinging thee ere thou finde
Or once suspect his hatred; I must away,
Trumpets sound.
Hasty alarmes call me hence, thus, and farewell,
Envie growes greater, as our states excell:

Exit.
Caigu.
Father, adiew.

Exit.