CARDINAL LOPEZ (Spanish).
Stay!
The Scriptures tell us there are many gods
And lords as many....
DON GARCILASO.
True! Lord Lucifer
Is one of them, and he is kept in bonds
By God’s divine discretion.
CARDINAL BORGIA.
Gently!
DON GARCILASO.
Why set him up aloft—why, why? Such eagles
Have dropped down tortoises on shining pates.
Look to your safety!
CARDINAL SEGOVIA.
Yet we need not shear
Our Samson of his martial strength: Delilah,
And not the Lord, put tonsure on that head.