Floating before these vain soul-treacherous eyes,—

My tempter and tormentor.

Enter Gaoler.

GAOLER.

A priest sent from the archbishop. Shall he enter?

Pal. Yea: bid him enter. But I pray thee now,

Thou execrable minion of that devil

Who sucks our people’s blood, come not thyself:

Each time I see thee I must wish to kill thee.

Thou art my soul’s last peril. Keep away.