Lor.And I——
[The Doge takes a goblet from the hand of Loredano.
Doge. I take yours, Loredano, from the hand
Most fit for such an hour as this.[bu]
Lor.Why so?
Doge. 'Tis said that our Venetian crystal has
Such pure antipathy to poisons as
To burst, if aught of venom touches it.
You bore this goblet, and it is not broken.
Lor. Well, sir!