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Replied the king: "Fly! Fly!
Thy aid we need not, and thy threats we defy!
There want not chiefs in such a cause to fight,
and Jove himself shall guard a monarch's right;
Of all the kings (the god's distinguished care)
to power superior none such hatred bear:
Strife and debate thy restless soul employ,
and wars and horrors are thy savage joy.
If thou hast strength, 'twas Heaven that strength bestow'd
for know, vain man! thy valor is from God.
Haste, launch thy vessels, fly with speed away;
Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway.
I heed thee not, but prize at equal rate
Thy short-lived friendship, and thy groundless hate.
Go, and threat thy earth-born knights-- but here
'tis mine to threaten, prince, and thine to fear.
Know, if the god the beateous dame demand,
my bark shall waft her to her native land;
but then prepare, imperious prince! prepare,
fierce as thou art, to yield thy captive fair,
even in thy tend I'll seize the blooming prize,
Thy loved Bresis with her radiant eyes,
Hence shalt thou prove my might, and curse the hour
thou stood'st a rival of imperial power;
And hence, to all our hosts it shall be known,
That kings are subject to the gods alone.