And should they fail of victory in this cause,
Hereafter from their passionate mood will poison[[508]]
Fall on the land, disease intolerable,
And lasting for all time. E'en thus it stands;
And both alike, their staying or dismissal,
Are unto me perplexing and disastrous.
But since the matter thus hath come on me,
I will appoint as judges of this murder
Men bound by oath, a law for evermore;[[509]]
And ye, call ye your proofs and witnesses,