And all to end our strife.

Appius. Who art thou then? declare; be brief!

Conscience. Not flesh nor filthy lust I am,

But secret Conscience I,

Compell’d to cry with trembling soul,

At point near-hand to die.

Appius. Why, no disease hath me approach’d, no grief doth make me grudge,

But want of fair Virginia, whose beauty is my judge:

By her I live, by her I die, for her I joy or woe,

For her my soul doth sink or swim, for her I swear I go.