O father, if it may be, be to me borrow
And give me penance or ere we part,
I reck not how heavy.
THE POPE
I scarce have heart
To tent so deep into the mercy of the Lord.
What, that ye should with the fiend be at accord!
Such crimes in confession I have not heard tell!
And furthermore by your wiles ye have sent pell-mell
So many the way their life they should lose!