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_Bar. _ I am a judge; but must confess that part
Of our stern duty, which prescribes the Question,[47]
And bids us sit and see its sharp infliction,
Makes me wish--

_Lor. _ What?

_Bar. _ That _you_ would _sometimes_ feel,
As I do always.

_Lor. _ Go to, you're a child,
Infirm of feeling as of purpose, blown
About by every breath, shook[48] by a sigh, 330
And melted by a tear--a precious judge
For Venice! and a worthy statesman to
Be partner in my policy.

_Bar. _ He shed
No tears.

_Lor. _ He cried out twice.

_Bar. _ A Saint had done so,
Even with the crown of Glory in his eye,
At such inhuman artifice of pain
As was forced on him; but he did not cry[az]
For pity; not a word nor groan escaped him,
And those two shrieks were not in supplication,
But wrung from pangs, and followed by no prayers. 340

_Lor.
_ He muttered many times between his teeth,
But inarticulately. [49]

_Bar. _ That I heard not:
You stood more near him.

_Lor. _ I did so.

_Bar. _ Methought,
To my surprise too, you were touched with mercy,
And were the first to call out for assistance
When he was failing.

_Lor. _ I believed that swoon
His last.

_Bar. _ And have I not oft heard thee name
His and his father's death your nearest wish?

_Lor. _ If he dies innocent, that is to say,
With his guilt unavowed, he'll be lamented. 350

_Bar. _ What, wouldst thou slay his memory?

_Lor.