To the motive, the endeavor, the heart's self.

Your quick sense looks: you crown and call aright

The soul o' the purpose, ere 'tis shaped as act,

Takes flesh i' the world, and clothes itself a king.

But when the act comes, stands for what 'tis worth,

—Here's Puccio, the skilled soldier, he's my judge!

Was all well, Puccio?

Puc. All was ... must be well:

If we beat Lucca presently, as doubtless ...

—No, there's no doubt, we must—all was well done.