_Hu._ Enough! Thou dost admit the act: ’tis downright treason. I’ll hear no answer. Though thou wouldst deny My authority, thou shalt not doubt my power. 1611 Thou art my prisoner. To-night the embassy Will sail for Spain. Thou goest with them to plead Thy cause before the king. _Man._ I shall be ready, sire. _Hu._ Thou wilt be here detained until thy house Is searched: which done thou wilt go home, and there Resign thy keys. Knowing thy doings, sir, I treat thee as I find thee. We are enemies. _Man._ I pray your excellence, for your daughter’s sake ... 1619 _Hu._ My daughter! could I wed her to a traitor, Would she herself consent? _Enter LIVIO with the book, and BLASCO._ _Man._ Call me not traitor, Ere I be proved one. _Hu._ (_to Bl._). Ho! call in the guard. [_Exit Blasco._ (_To Liv._) What bring you, son? [_Talks with him._ _Man._ (_to Ph._). Philip, before I go;— Thou see’st my case. Fate would look black upon me, Left I no friend to speak for me: but thee I trust. Tell Constance what thou knowest; the rest Margaret can tell you. Add thereto assurance Both of my innocence and speedy acquittal. _Re-enter Blasco with Guards._ One word and I am gone. Beware of Blasco. He bears two faces. See he be not trusted 1630 With aught of moment. _Hu._ (_to officer of guard_). The chief justiciary is your prisoner On charge of treason. Guard him in the palace Till you hear more. _Man._ (_to Ph._). Stand my friend, and God aid thee. [_Exit guarded._ _Ph._ (_aside_). And so I may. I am not yet stepped so far That I must push my purpose, where it wounds Such ample trust. _Hu._ Philip, see here. _Ph._ What, sire? _Hu._ From some most friendly hand we have full tidings Of all the rebels; where they may be seized This very night. _Ph._ (_to Liv._). You bring it? _Liv._ They are betrayed 1640 By some one of themselves. _Hu._ ’Twill end the matter. _Ph._ How came you by it? _Liv._ A woman brought it me, Who said ’twas thrust into her hands by one She knew not, who escaped. She hath since confessed That ’twas a maid of Manuel’s. _Bl._ Look you, tho’, How close this follows the discovery Of Manuel’s treason. It must be that some, On whom he used constraint, smelling his fall Return to loyalty.