"If thy soul oh, / Such sweet blood / I almost lost myself, and bit through your slender neck" . This is the first of many soliloquy's in the play, and it begins with the narrator's declaration that he almost lost his soul. He tells us that his body is in a state of war with his soul, just like in the biblical war between satan and satan's angels. If his soul is strong enough to survive, he says, then he will be able to bear Arthur's baby. He also tells us about the catastro's prediction that the flute would inspire the music of the famous harpist, and how he has seen her practicing alone in the woods near night. He says that he feels a sense of dread in his gut, and that he has not yet found her. He asks the men to stop gawking at him and help him find the flute, and he tells them that he was once engaged to the harpist, but that he put off their wedding because he wanted to become a real man and not just a fool. He adds that he will take the path of reconciliation to find his true love.