Hild. Henry of Germany, wilt thou perform the same
And leave thine innocence to the power of Heaven?
Hen. (Stands boldly up and confronts Hild.) Most mighty
Hildebrand, Prelate of Holy Rome,
Though to refuse thy gage be to acknowledge
His consciousness of human frailty,
Henry of Germany, whate’er his sins,
Hath too much sense of Heaven’s mighty justice
To desecrate the eternal bending Ear
By such blasphemings. I am no priest of God,