And all those false, foul prelates of the church,

That Hildebrand who crushed out his own heart,

To keep the right will die as he hath lived.

[Curtain.

SCENE II.—(A chapel close near the castle. The grave of Margaret and her child marked by a cross.) Enter Hildebrand leaning on the arm of Peter.

Hild. Little did I dream that it was I

Would be the first to go. O, Peter, Peter,

This world—ambition hath eaten up my heart,

And my life with it. Better to be there