[The Guards defend themselves desperately, while the Pontiff escapes, by a private passage, to the Vatican and the Castle of St. Angelo.[248]
Cæs.Ha! right nobly battled!
Now, priest! now, soldier! the two great professions,30
Together by the ears and hearts! I have not
Seen a more comic pantomime since Titus
Took Jewry. But the Romans had the best then;
Now they must take their turn.
Soldiers.He hath escaped!
Follow!
Another Sold. They have barred the narrow passage up,