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.