He raves.—He blasphemes.—Away with him.—He is beside himself.

Jeremiah

[In an ecstasy, speaks over their heads into the void]

Dumb and sinister Being, I witness against thee!

Be thou silent no longer, witness thou against me!

Say,

Have I ever, I charge thee, proved backward or loath?

Have I ever, I charge thee, been false to my oath?

Dumb and sinister Being, thy silence now break.

Ope thy mouth, and against me thy parable take.