He doth with holy abstinence subdue

That in himself which he spurs on his power

To qualify in others: were he meal’d with that

80 Which he corrects, then were he tyrannous;

But this being so, he’s just. Knocking within.

Now are they come.

Exit Provost.

This is a gentle provost: seldom when

The steeled gaoler is the friend of men. Knocking within.

How now! what noise? That spirit’s possessed with haste