I meekly bowed to, took my allotment from,

Guido has snatched at, broken in your hands,

Metes to himself the murder of his wife,

Full measure, pressed down, running over now!

Can I assist to an explanation?—Yes,

I rise in your esteem, sagacious Sirs,

Stand up a renderer of reasons, not

The officious priest would personate Saint George

For a mock Princess in undragoned days.

What, the blood startles you? What, after all