GORDON.
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
BUTLER.
What then? Shall he go forth anew to kindle
The unextinguishable flame of war?
GORDON.
Seize him, and hold him prisoner—do not kill him.
BUTLER.
Had not the Emperor's army been defeated,
I might have done so.—But 'tis now past by.
GORDON.
O, wherefore open'd I the stronghold to him?