Or. What answer canst thou giue? I wil not stay.
Phy. Nay, villain; then my sword shall make me way.
Or. Wilt thou in this against thy conscience striue?
Phy. I will defend a woman while I liue, A virgin and an innocent beside; Therefore put vp or else thy chaunce abide.
Or. Ile neuer sheath my sword vnles thou show, Our oath reserued, we may let her go.
Phy. That will I do, if truth may be of force.
Or. And then will I be pleasd to graunt remorse.
Eu. Litle thought I, when out of doore I went, That thus my life should stand on argument.
Phy. A lawfull oath in an vnlawfull cause
Is first dispenc't withall by reasons lawes;
Then, next, respect must to the end be had,
Because th'intent doth make it good or bad.
Now here th'intent is murder as thou seest,
Which to perform thou on thy oath reliest;
But, since the cause is wicked and vniust,
Th'effect must likewise be held odious:
We swore to kill, and God forbids to kill;
Shall we be rulde by him or by man's will?
Beside it is a woman is condemde;
And what is he, that is a man indeed,
That can endure to see a woman bleed?
Or. Thou hast preuaild; Eurymine, stand vp; I will not touch thee for a world of gold.