For this revolt of thine, methinks, is like
Another fall of man."[426:A]
Nor can we forbear distinguishing the dismissal of these traitors, as
a striking example of magnanimity, and of justice tempered with dignified compassion:—
"God quit you in his mercy!——
Touching our person, seek we no revenge;
But we our kingdom's safety must so tender,
Whose ruin you three sought, that to her laws
We do deliver you. Get you therefore hence,
Poor miserable wretches, to your death: