Meheuman

Your majesty,

The king does hold his queen a goddess.

Vashti

Well,

Perhaps he thinks himself divine. Go tell

The king I do not wish to be enrolled

Among divinities. I am the queen—

He must respect me as the one who wears

The Persian crown.

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'Tis scarce three years since he

Began to reign. He was Darius' son—

A king of whom the world was proud. He wooed

Me as a prince of noble blood, and I

Received his hand with dignity as well

As love. I was a princess, but I had

A heart. Long since I found that he had none.

A hundred eighty days continuous feast

He has oppressed the people of his rule

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