Was not that doctrine pious?

Tyler. Rank sedition—

High treason, every syllable, my child!

The priests cry out on him for heresy;

The nobles all detest him as a rebel;

And this good man, this minister of Christ,

This man, the friend and brother of mankind,

Lingers in the dark dungeon!

Morceau III.

Tyler. Piers, I have not been idle,