3d Judge. Do.
Eug. Eugenio was alive, when first the news
Was spread in Syracuse that he was dead;
Which false report Count Virro crediting,
Became an earnest suitor to his sister,
Thinking her [to be's] heir; but finding afterwards
Her brother liv'd, and [he was] coming home,
Not a day's journey hence, he sent [for] me to him,
And with a promise of five hundred crowns
Hir'd me to poison him. That this is true,
Here's his own hand to witness it against him:
Please it your lordships to peruse the writing.
1st Judge. This is his hand.
3d Judge. Sure as I live, I have seen warrants from him with just these characters.
3d Judge. Besides, methinks this fellow's tale is likely.
Pol. 'Tis too true;
This fellow's sudden going from my house
Put me into a fear.
1st Judge. Count Virro, stand to the bar.
What can you say to clear you of this murder?
Vir. Nothing, my lords; I must confess the fact.
2d Judge. Why, then, against you both do I pronounce
Sentence of death.