Arthur. [To Florence.] Thou wilt live now?
Flor. I would have died for thee,
Joy doth not kill! [Points to BASIL.]
O, order them to free him;
He is thy brother, would have sav'd thee, though
For a base guerdon; yet he would have sav'd thee.
An Officer. We cannot free him!
Basil. [Points to Wyckoff.] Why not take him too?— He is guiltier than I am.—
Wyck. [Aloud.] Traitor! O Thou most pernicious traitor. [Aside.] Damn him, coward! He will tell all, unless I stop it thus.
[Draws his sword.]
This for the Commonwealth! [Stabs BASIL.]
Basil. O, I am kill'd! Will ye see this?— [To Arthur.] Revenge me, some of you!
[Falls into the Soldiers arms and is borne off, U.E.R.]
Officer. [Points to WYCKOFF.] Seize him, ye have a warrant for his life. The scaffold were defil'd. Unto the gallows!