Lamenting for thy shame. Wouldst have me credit

Thy innocence? Speak, if thou hast a word

To balance proofs like these, or let thy silence

Condemn thee.

Ire. (after a pause, and slowly, as if calculating consequences). Then do I keep silence, brother,

And let thy vengeance fall.

Theo.

Oh, long-dead mother,

Who now art with the saints, shut fast thy ears