E'er to deny my actions. What I've done

I've done--and there's an end. Nor am I one

Who would maintain that all I've done is right.

But should one fault condemn me? Am I not

Resolved on better deeds for time to come?

And who is ignorant how much the man

Who wills it may improve? Then hear me, Nathan:

I am the Templar talked of by the Friar,

Who has accused--you know what maddened me,

What set my blood on fire within my veins--