We do remember.
Jezebel.
Wait, then, some minutes, till the feast be set,
Then summon up the chapter of the priests,
And Rechab with his troop of bodyguard.
Then march with priests and soldiers to the banquet.
Let the priests call for silence from the throng,
And in the silence do you three stand forth,
Bear witness against Naboth in these terms:
“Thou didst blaspheme God and the King!” repeat
The words he uttered, bear each other witness;
And if a further witness be required,
Say I, the Queen, will come to testify,
Who heard the words, yet spared the speaker of them,
So that the priests, whose cause it is, might judge.
Then call upon the priests to utter judgment
According to the laws of blasphemy.
Micaiah, Pharmas, and Ashobal.
We will obey your orders instantly.
[They go out.
Jezebel.
Which brings the greater woe; to pass an evil,
Or break your Being’s law to combat it?
The allotted sorrow ever has a gateway.
Curtain.
THIRD CHORUS
Rose-Flower.