Sofrye Offers His Feet to the Chains

From D12.2, The Fall of Sofrye. It illustrates D12.2.58–69 (to D12.2.77):

D12.2.58
They met, and both those haughty chiefs stepped down,Dismounting from their steeds before the town.
D12.2.59
When Shapur sat with Sofrye, they weighedBoth good and ill in all the plans they made.
D12.2.60
Then Shapur laid the royal letter bare;Affairs had reached a pass of dark despair.
D12.2.61
The Pahlevan read through the royal word,Grew stunned and dark of soul at what he heard.
D12.2.62
When he had read, Shapur spoke without pause:“The Shah commands your seizure for this cause.
D12.2.63
He complains much of you before the great;You know the Shah, who will brook no debate.”
D12.2.64
The Pahlevan replied, “The Shah knows wellWhat toil I bore, what hardships on me fell.
D12.2.65
From Zabulistan I advanced with might,And freed him from his bondage in the fight.
D12.2.66
No calamity came upon his head;I shielded him when hope itself had fled.
D12.2.67
My deeds were told before the royal throne,And to Iran’s great chieftains they were known.
D12.2.68
But since my recompense is bond and chain,And my resistance would bring toil and pain,
D12.2.69
I ask no respite now. Bind both my feet;Qobad’s own fetters will be honor sweet.