I. Ber. I served with him at Zara
In the field, when you were pleading here your way
To present office; we exposed our lives,
While you but hazarded the lives of others,60
Alike by accusation or defence;
And for the rest, all Venice knows her Doge,
Through his great actions, and the Senate's insults.
Ben. You have held conference with him?
I. Ber. I am weary—
Even wearier of your questions than your tortures:
I pray you pass to judgment.
Ben. It is coming.
And you, too, Philip Calendaro, what
Have you to say why you should not be doomed?
Cal. I never was a man of many words,
And now have few left worth the utterance.70
Ben. A further application of yon engine
May change your tone.
Cal. Most true, it will do so;
A former application did so; but
It will not change my words, or, if it did—
Ben. What then?
Cal. Will my avowal on yon rack
Stand good in law?
Ben. Assuredly.