LUCREZIA.

A prayer—

CESARE.

The oath

LUCREZIA.

I cannot, death is on me.... Oh, I faint....
[The Doctors press round.] A cordial....

CESARE.

No, a treaty!

[He lays the foot tenderly down and comes up close to Lucrezia’s ear.

All my foes—
You can lay them in the hollow of my hand;
Or, perishing, you can put out the fires....
And all the engines of my brain extinct!