I shall be as belied, whate'er the event,

As you, or more: my weak head, they will say

Prompted this last expedient, my faint heart

Entailed on them indelible disgrace,

Both which defects ask proper punishment.

Another tenure of obedience, mine!

You are no son of Pisa's: break and read!

Lur. And act on what I read? What act were fit?

If the firm-fixed foundation of my faith

In Florence, who to me stands for mankind,