Or finished or midway in act, all's one,—

'T is the town-talk; so my revenge shall be.

Does he presume because he is a priest?

I warn him that the sword I wear shall pink

His lily-scented cassock through and through,

Next time I catch him underneath your eaves!"

But he had threatened with the sword so oft

And, after all, not kept his promise. All

I said was, "Let God save the innocent!

Moreover, death is far from a bad fate.