Original (English)

SCENE I The Vatican Enter CÆSAR and VANNOZZA CÆSAR Now, mother, though thou love my brother more, Am I not more thy son than he? VANNOZZA       Not more. CÆSAR Have I more Spaniard in me—less of thee? Did our Most Holiest father thrill thy womb With more Italian passion than brought forth Me? VANNOZZA    Child, thine elder never was as thou— Spake never thus. CÆSAR       I doubt it not.  But I, Mother, am not mine elder.  He desires And he enjoys the life God gives him—