The laughter of the people and their gods.)
He raised his hand. It ceased.
“This is their knowledge,
And this,” he cried, “their charter to obscure
What all men know, the natural face of things.
This proves their right to rule us from above.
They meet here nightly. Nightly they conspire
Against your rights, your liberties, and mine.
Was it not they who, when the people rose
In Sybaris, housed her noble fugitives here?