Touch not De Burgh! And you—lord barons—you

Who blow the gentle fires of this new peace

With wind of your hot tempers—free the king,

And wait as fathers on his tender years!

Alb. I said, my lords, we should have prating here.

Abb. The midnight vision and long hours of prayer

Give us strange powers, and we see thoughts burn

In your intent would strike their fire against

The stars of war and light disaster o'er

A shuddering world. But you——