Act iii. sc. 1, lines 264-268—
"... sound him with the gem;
'Twill sink into his venal soul like lead
Into the deep, and bring up slime and mud.
And ooze, too, from the bottom, as the lead doth
With its greased understratum."
Did Byron write Werner, or was it the Duchess of Devonshire?
(For a correspondence on the subject, see Literature, August 12, 19, 26, September 9, 1899.)