BUTLER.
His guilt is clear, the Emperor has pass'd judgment,
And we but execute his will.
GORDON.
We should not
Hurry to realize a bloody sentence;
A word may be recall'd, a life can never be.
BUTLER.
Dispatch in service pleases sovereigns.
GORDON.
No honest man's ambitious to press forward
To the hangman's service.
BUTLER.
And no brave man loses
His color at a daring enterprise.