The same case simultaneously was judged

At Arezzo, in the province of the Court

Where the crime had its beginning but not end.

They then, deciding on but half o' the crime,

The effraction, robbery,—features of the fault

I never cared to dwell upon at Rome,—

What was it they adjudged as penalty

To Pompilia,—the one criminal o' the pair

Amenable to their judgment, not the priest

Who is Rome's? Why, just imprisonment for life