SISINNIUS. Bring Irena here.
SOLDIERS. There she is.
Scene XII
SISINNIUS. Irena, take warning from the fate of your sisters, and tremble, for if you follow their example you will perish.
IRENA. I long to follow their example, and to die, that I may share their eternal joy.
SISINNIUS. Yield, yield!
IRENA. I will yield to no man who persuades me to sin.
SISINNIUS. If you persist in your refusal, I shall not grant you a swift death. I shall eke it out and every day I shall increase and renew your torments.
IRENA. The greater my pain, the greater my glory!
SISINNIUS. You are not afraid of being tortured, I know, but I can use another means that will be abhorrent to you.