Of falsehood, murder, heresy, and treason.”
Here the accuser knelt before the book,
And laid his hand upon the crucifix;
And with an oath confirmed his story’s truth,
By God, and by the Saviour’s agony.
He ceased. The judges arbitrate the cause,
But not by open voice or still discourse;
Scarce by a glance of eye, or sign of hand,
Their deep and dreadful thought communicate.
Each in his turn approached him to the throne,