The prancing gesture, see: the head upcast,

The bosom all in a white wrath, and yet

Bridled and bitted: that’s their duplex way.

The Prefect. I hesitate.

The Crowd. Eustratius Proculus,

We take him for a Christian!

The Prefect. Prisoner,

Attend, and ease our cares. Obediently

Unto the known gods wilt thou sacrifice?

[Didymus is silent.