NORTH.
The four lines about the Roar and the Fall are good——
TALBOYS.
Indeed, sir.
NORTH.
Mind your game, sir. Seward, you may give him a Pawn. The next four—about Hell—are bad.
TALBOYS.
Indeed, sir.
NORTH.
Seward, you may likewise give him a Knight. As bad as can be. For there is an incredible confusion of tormented and tormentor. They howl, and hiss, and boil in endless torture—they are suffering the Pains of Hell—they are in Hell. "But the sweat of their great agony is wrung out from this their Phlegethon." Where is this their Phlegethon? Why, this their Phlegethon is—themselves! Look down—there is no other river—but the Velino.