Sir Priest no nose-tip to turn up at me!"

You, Sir, who listen but interpose no word,

Ask yourself, had you borne a baiting thus?

Was it enough to make a wise man mad?

Oh, but I'll have your verdict at the end!

Well, not enough, it seems: such mere hurt falls,

Frets awhile, aches long, then grows less and less,

And so gets done with. Such was not the scheme

O' the pleasant Comparini: on Guido's wound

Ever in due succession, drop by drop,