Hither, here I say! RACHEL _comes in flight_ RACHEL. They're killing me! My father, too! Oh! is there none to help? [_She sees the QUEEN and kneels before her._] Sublime one, shelter me from these. Stretch out Thy hand and hold it over me, thy maid, Not Jewess I to serve thee then, but slave. [_She tries to take the hand of the _QUEEN _who turns away._] RACHEL (_rising_). Here, too, no safety? Terror everywhere? Where shall I flee to? Here there stands a man Whose moonbeam glances flood the soul with peace, And everything about him proves him King. Thou canst protect me, Sire, and oh, thou wilt! I _will_ not die, I _will_ not, no, no, no! [_She throws herself on the ground before the_ KING _and seizes his right foot, bending her head to the ground._] KING (_to several who approach_). Let be! Her senses have ta'en flight through fear, And as she shudders, makes me tremble, too. RACHEL (_sits up_). And everything I have, (_taking off her bracelet_) this bracelet here, This necklace and this costly piece of cloth, (_taking a shawl-like cloth from her neck_) It cost my father well-nigh forty pounds, Real Indian stuff, I'll give that too--if you Will leave me but my life: I will not die! [_She sinks back to her former position._] _ISAAC and ESTHER are led in._ KING. What crime has he committed? MANRIQUE. Sire, thou know'st, The entrance to the royal gardens is Denied this people when the court is here. KING. And I permit it, if it is forbidden. ESTHER. He is no spy, O Sire, a merchant he, In Hebrew are the letters that he bears, Not in the Moorish tongue, not Arabic. KING. 'Tis well, I doubt it not. (_Pointing to_ RACHEL.) And she? ESTHER. My sister! KING. Take her and carry her away. RACHEL (_as_ ESTHER _approaches her_). No, no! They're seizing me, they're leading me away To kill me! (_Pointing to her discarded finery._) See, my ransom. Here will I Remain a while and take a little sleep. (_Laying her cheek against the_ KING's _knee._) Here safety is; and here 'tis good to rest. QUEEN. Will you not go? KING. You see that I am caught. QUEEN. If you are caught, I still am free, I go! [_Exit with her women._] KING. And now that, too! That which they would prevent They bring to pass with their false chastity. (_Sternly to_ RACHEL.)